Resize movie objects, posters, or frames

When you add a movie to the InDesign document, the movie object and poster appear in a frame. When you export to PDF, the movie object’s boundary determines the size of the movie in the PDF document, not the frame size or poster size.

For best results, keep the poster size and dimension the same as the movie. If you apply a clipping path or resize the image, the exported PDF document may not include these changes.

Movies are displayed in the topmost layer of the PDF document. If you overlay a movie with another object in InDesign, that object appears beneath the movie in the exported PDF.

If you want the PDF document to include a play area with feathering or other effects that may not export well when applied to a poster, consider using a placed image for the play area, and then place a movie (without a poster) on top of the placed image.

Resizing movie object

A.: Poster
B.: Movie object
C.: Frame

Do any of the following:

To resize the movie object, poster, and frame, use the Scale tool and drag one of the corner handles (hold down Shift to maintain proportions).
To resize only the frame, use the Selection tool to drag a corner handle.
To resize the poster or media object, use the Direct Selection tool to select the poster. Switch to the Selection tool, and then drag a corner handle.

You can also use the Fitting commands (Object > Fitting) to resize a poster within a frame.