Using animated clip art in Keynote

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Using animated clip art in Keynote

When I try to use animated clip art in my Keynote presentations (like I get from the internet) they are motionless. Anyone know how to make my animated gifs animated in keynote??

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 22, 2009 6:14 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 24, 2009 12:52 PM in response to Westong

Assuming that the issue is really that the gifs are not playing continuously (looping), you could try selecting the image and then in the (Q)uicktime inspector pane, about midway down, go to "Repeat" and select the "Loop" option.

Just a thought...

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Answer 2

Alain

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Aug 26, 2009 7:03 AM in response to Charlie Perdue

Hi Charlie

Yes that does the trick.
Here is another one.
When the animated gif displays in Keynote (or QuickTime) it runs much faster than in Safari. Do you have a clue how to slow it down ?
Try this one: http://www.moillusions.com/wp-content/uploads/i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb234/ vurdlak8/2007b.gif
Thanks

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Answer 3

Westong Author

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Aug 26, 2009 2:06 PM in response to Westong

This works but the image plays faster than normal.

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Answer 4

Alain

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Aug 26, 2009 2:43 PM in response to Westong

Hi Westong

I found a way to slow it down.
You need to use GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ It requires X11 environment which you should have on your Mac.

Start Gimp and then load your image, save it and when prompted for "export" check "animation" and then you may choose the time lapse between frames. I chose 110 ms.
Once done, you load the new .gif in Keynote, it should play slower than before.

Hope this helps you.

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