is there a way to insert a pdf doc into a movie similar to how we insert a jpeg? i have a document that i describe in a video that i would like to have appear in the upper right corner while i'm talking ... help! thanks!
iMovie '11
no i haven't ... will do! first time i use this community 'thing' and new user to macs ... actually searched and found that back in 2006 other users had difficulty importing pdf's into imovie and iphoto and ended up changing them to jpegs to import ... worst case scenario, i will do that ... the quality is not the same though : ) thanks SIR jeremy!!
When you have a PDF with more than one page, open it in Preview then from the menu select Print. When the Print dialog box opens, in the bottom left corner you will see a button labelled "PDF" with a down pointing disclosure triangle. Click on the button and select "Save PDF to iPhoto" from the drop-down menu. This action will import each page into iPhoto as separate JPEGs.
For a single page PDF, follow AppleMan's advice. However, using the Print method saves a lot of work when you wish to save a multi-page PDF as separate JPEGs. I sometimes use this method after creating a book in iPhoto. I save the book as a PDF then convert to JPEGs using the Print method as described. I can then use the individual book pages in iMovie for compiling a slideshow to complement a video project (typically a wedding project).
Using Save As in Preview requires you to do this separately for each page in a multi-page PDF. The Print method does this in the one action, with the added bonus of placing the JPEGs directly into iPhoto.
John
Thanks John - that is great detail for me since I am new to Mac!!
And to all 3 of you (Sir Jeremy, Apple Man and John) I appreciate your advice ... as it turns out, the JPG way actually preserves the clarity of the document when I import it into imovie so it is perfect 🙂
thank you thank you thank you!!
Amanda : )
It's very simple, I've just tested it in iMovie 10.1.3. Just drag the .pdf document into the iMovie event pane and as you scrub through it it scrolls through the pages of the document. So to display a single page you just need to select the range that shows the desired page in the event pane then drag it into the timeline. To change duration you need to use the Speed tool.
Geoff.
@dalcourt I know this is so unpro but have you tried youtube🙂
You need to open the PDF in Preview app and save out the page you want as a JPEG.
Thanks Apple Man!! I will try that : )
I don't see the option, "Save to iPhoto," in Preview with macOS 10.12 ("Sierra").
Do you have a new way of breaking a multi-page .pdf file into separate .jpeg files for each page?
can i insert a pdf doc into a movie like a jpeg?
