Interactive pdf indesign cs5 animation

To create a motion path from an existing path, select a path and an object, and click the Convert To Motion Path button in the Animation panel. To change the direction of the path, click Properties in the Animation panel, and then choose a setting from the Animate menu. See Motion preset options. If you want to reverse the path without moving the object, remove the animation, reverse the path, and then redo the animation. Use the Timing panel to change the order of when animated objects play.

The Timing panel lists the animations on the current spread based on the page event assigned to each animation. For example, you can change one set of animations that occur when the page is loaded, and then change another set of animations that occur when the page is clicked. Animated objects are listed in the order they were created. Animations listed for the Page Load event occur sequentially by default.

Animations listed for the Page Click event are played in sequence each time the page is clicked. To determine whether to edit the timing of Page Load or Page Click events, choose an option from the Event menu.

To change the animation order, drag items up and down in the list. The top items are animated first. To play multiple animated objects together, select the items in the list, and click the Play Together button to link the items. To play links items a specific number of times or to loop them, select all the items that are linked together, and then specify the number of times the animations play back, or select Loop.

Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. Buy now. User Guide Cancel. Apply a motion preset and edit settings such as duration and speed. Edit the path on which the animated object travels. Determine the order in which objects on a page are animated. View the animation in an InDesign panel. Animate a document with motion presets. Place the object you want to animate in your document. Specify motion preset options. To edit the motion path, use the Pen tool and Direct Selection tool. Use the Timing panel to determine the order of the animation effects.

Use the Preview panel to preview the animation in InDesign. Convert selected objects to a motion path. Select the object you want to animate and the path you want to use as the motion path. Are you running the latest version of flash version 11? Did this and everything works in the html version as well as playing the swf file in Flash.

Try converting your video into a. Another issue could be the version of Acrobat that you are using. If you are able to use Acrobat X, you might get better results. Good stuff, all the way around. Thanks James, this has all made interesting reading. I have been playing with your script swf. Any advice? Hey, I have made a large multi page animated presentation in indesign. The animation looks very well. I need to make a movie from the individual pages of the document which I have exported as individual.

I would love to know is there any software out there that can play a series of swf files as a movie with no need for page click activating. By which I mean it is self running. If this is possible it would really improve the presentation capabilities of indesign. Anybody have any suggestions? The only way I can get my video to play is if I open the html file.

It does not play through the swf file or the interactive pdf. All of the other button and animations work fine. I really need the movie to play in the pdf that I am creating for my sales team. The video plays fine in the preview panel. Is there any way to get the video to play in the PDF? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. I actually did a little experiment and made an InDesign document without any animation or buttons and placed a video and exported an interactive PDF.

The video played fine in the PDF. I then took the same exact InDesign file, placed a simple animation and ran the SWF Presenter script and the video only shows up as the still screen so I know that it is happening when I run the script. I thought I would be able to add the video straight through Acrobat X if needed but I now realize since my I have a multi-page document where you can only get to the next pages through buttons that I can not add the video correctly because my PDF only shows up as a 1-page document.

Again, any tips would be greatly appreciated. Would love any help. Thanks in advance Roxanne. Is there any way to have the best of both worlds? I tried adding form fields but its laborious and low res — any ideas would be greatfully received! Got everything to work except when it comes to printing a pdf. It only prints page 1 since you convert it to one pdf page.

Does anyone know how to print each page? Can you explain how to build in a navigation system inside InDesign to let your users move between the pages of your document? How do I fix this? Instead it just shows the background with missing animation and images.???

PDF will play movies in acrobat but once placed onto ipad movies no longer play… Tried swf but ipad does not support flash files. Tried linking to website but again ipad does not like flash files… Am I just a bit ahead of my time and this idea of having a animated cv which you have on a ipad can not currently possible….

Had a idea of creating a app from in design … Any ideas please help. Anthony: you are ahead of your time; there is just no good way to do animations in PDFs on an iPad at this time. Very frustrating, I know. Thank you for replying… I think I have found a way around. Started looking at creating a app from indesign the process seems complex but the finished item offers me more than I was hoping ie animations imbedded side swiping, slide shows, can you help in offering any sites that I can find good tutorials, watched a few on you tube, once again thank you for replying.

This is not a good idea. If you use PDF, use it for static documents meant for print or annotation. Make them paged and simple so people can use familiar Acrobat navigation, so people using screen readers can read your document, and so your document opens quickly and without issues on mobile devices. Hi, That is very good idea!

I was looking for a simple solution to this problem. Is there a way or would I need to upload the swf file and html file on the web server and just send a link to the clients??

Show only Search instead for. Did you mean:. Interactive PDF not showing animations. Follow Report. Community guidelines. Be kind and respectful, give credit to the original source of content, and search for duplicates before posting. Learn more. Derek Cross. Adobe Community Professional , Oct 13, Oct 13, Contributor , Dec 18, Dec 18, Do you ean they've removed that feature? Used to be able to have animations in PDF. Preview your form, and see how much better it looks. You can save the changes and clear the form data, then save the finished file as a new PDF.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Category: InDesign Tutorials April 26, 1, 0. A few notes: Make sure your form design is very clear.

Everything should be well named and extremely user friendly. Stick with form basics so that Acrobat easily recognizes everything.