Embedding GIFs/video to your slides

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.