Add an image, video or image gallery in Keynote on Apple Vision Pro

You can add photo and videos to any slide and replace media placeholders with your own media. You can add photos from photo albums on your Apple Vision Pro or insert photos and images from iCloud.

When you show a slide with a video during a presentation, the video plays when you tap anywhere on the slide. You can set video looping and start timing to make the media files play automatically when the slide appears.

Note: Video files must be in a format that QuickTime supports on your Apple Vision Pro. If you can’t add or play a media file, try using iMovie, QuickTime Player or Compressor on a Mac to convert the file to a QuickTime file (with a .mov filename extension) for video.

Add an image or video

Tap in the toolbar at the bottom of the window.
Do one of the following:
- Add media from your device: Tap Photo or Video, then choose the file you want.
- Insert media from iCloud or another service: Tap “Insert from”, then choose the file you want.
- Add a video from the web: Tap Web Video, then type or paste a link to the video.
Pinch and drag any blue dot to resize an image, or double-tap to crop it.

Add an image gallery

With an image gallery, you can view a collection of photos in one place on a slide, so only one shows at a time. When you play your presentation, you can cycle through the images before moving to the next slide. A visual effect plays during the transition from one image to the next.

Tap in the toolbar at the bottom of the window, then tap Image Gallery.
Pinch and drag the image gallery to reposition it on the slide, or drag any blue dot to resize it.
To add images, tap in the bottom-right corner of the image gallery.
To customise the image gallery, make sure it’s still selected, then do any of the following:
- Add, reorder or delete images: Tap in the format bar that appears, tap Manage Images, then tap Add Images or .
  To reorder, pinch and drag next to images you want to move.
- Change the transition between images: Tap in the format bar that appears, tap Build Effect, then tap an effect.
- Add an image description that can be used by assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver): Tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window, tap Gallery, then tap Description. Enter your text in the text box. The image description isn’t visible anywhere in your presentation.
  To add descriptions to other images in the gallery, tap the left or right arrow below the text box.
To navigate through the image gallery, tap or .

To remove an image, tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window, tap Gallery, tap Manage Images, then swipe on the image in the list to remove it.

Replace a media placeholder

Tap in the bottom-right corner of a media placeholder.
Tap Photo or Video, then choose the file you want.
To use a photo from iCloud or another service, tap “Insert from”.
Pinch and drag any blue dot to resize the image.

Set video to loop

Tap the video on the slide to select it, then tap in the format bar that appears.
To set when the video starts playing, select an option:
- Start on Tap: Turn on this option to start playing video when you tap the slide. Turn it off to play video automatically when the slide appears.
- Play Across Slides: Turn on this option to play the video continuously through multiple slide transitions (even if you change the video’s size and position between consecutive slides). Turn it off to restart the video when a new slide appears.
To have the video repeat until you advance the slide, select an option:
- Play in a continuous loop: Tap Loop.
- Play forward and then back: Tap Back & Forth.

Remove the background or a colour from a photo

You can remove a background or colour from an image with the Remove Background tool.

Tap the image to select it, tap in the format bar that appears, then tap Remove Background.
Pinch and drag over the colour you want to remove.
As you drag, the mask selection grows to include areas that use similar colours.
To refine your selections, do any of the following:
- Remove another colour: Pinch and drag over the colour.
- Undo all changes: Tap Reset in the controls.
Tap Done.

Add an accessible media description

You can add a description to any media in your presentation. Descriptions are read by assistive technology (for example, VoiceOver) when someone uses that technology to access your presentation, but they aren’t visible anywhere in your presentation.

Tap the media to select it, then tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window.
Tap Description, then tap in the text box and enter your text.
If Description isn’t visible, you may need to tap a tab that corresponds with your media type, like Movie or Drawing.

If you export your presentation as a PDF, descriptions are still readable by assistive technology. See Export Keynote presentation in another format.

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Apple Vision Pro User Guide