Embedding GIFs/video to your slides

Video Tutorial: Embed videos and GIFs

Searching/inserting GIFs to your slides ​

To add GIFs using the built-in GIPHY search integration, you can click the GIFs/Videos tab, then hover over the child layer where you would like to embed the GIF; then click on the GIPHY button to open the search panel. Type a keyword in the search field, then click the Search button to load the list of GIF results for your keyword search.

To insert a GIF result into your selected layer, you can click on any of the GIF thumbnails in the GIPHY search results list.

To remove a GIF from any layer, you can delete the URL from the text input field for that layer.

Searching/inserting stock videos to your slides ​

To add stock videos using the built-in Pixabay search integration, you can click the GIFs/Videos tab, then hover over the child layer where you would like to embed the video; then click on the Pixabay button to open the search panel. Type a keyword in the search field, then click the Search button to load the list of stock video results for your keyword search.

To insert a video result into your selected layer, you can click on any of the video thumbnails in the Pixabay search results list.

To remove a stock video URL embed from any layer, you can delete the URL from the text input field for that layer.

You can also add your own .mp4 video, by hosting it on something like Backblaze B2/Dropbox and copy/pasting the URL into Pitchdeck.

Embedding external video URLs to your slides ​

To add external video URLs from YouTube and Vimeo, you can click the GIFs/Videos tab, then hover over the child layer where you would like to embed the video; then paste any valid video URL from YouTube or Vimeo into the text field to embed it.

You can also add your own .mp4 video, by hosting it on something like Backblaze B2/Dropbox and copy/pasting the URL into Pitchdeck.

To remove an external video URL embed from any layer, you can delete the URL from the text input field for that layer.

Scaling your GIF and MP4 video embeds ​

You can select the way your GIF embed is scaled by using the Scale select box located directly underneath the URL input.

  • Selecting the Fill GIF/MP4 option will ensure the GIF covers your entire layer, with some possible outer cropping.
  • Selecting the Fit GIF/MP4 option will ensure the entire GIF is included inside your layer, with some possible blank space either on the left/right or top/bottom.

Embedding MP4 video URLs into your PPTX exports for PowerPoint (Optional) ​

Video Tutorial: Export PowerPoint files with MP4 video embeds from Figma

If you have MP4 Video URL (linking directly to an .mp4) embeds in your layers, you can optionally enable the Include MP4 Video URL Embeds toggle in your PowerPoint export settings, which will ensure your MP4 video is embedded as a playable video layer that's supported in the PowerPoint app.

You can also customize the video thumbnails from the plugin dropdown options below:

  • Automatic Video Thumbnails from MP4: Automatically use a frame from your video embeds for thumbnails (from the start, middle or end of your videos)
  • Use Figma Layer for Video Thumbnails: Use the content of your Figma layer (that the .mp4 file embed is on) as a totally custom thumbnail
  • No Custom Video Thumbnails: Don't set any thumbnail (which is what it was previously doing, where PowerPoint sets its own default play button thumbnail)