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HOW TO - Make video flipbooks with AfterEffects

Vid Flipbook

Bennett sent us this how-to on making flipbooks from video -

I can’t quite remember how I got the idea, but I thought it would be fun to create some flipbooks based off of video I had shot. The challenge was to be able to effeciently process the frames from a 3-5 second clip, have them printed by a photography shop, and assemble them as easily as possible.

After some testing, I created a template within After Effects that takes a video as input, and through some expressions I wrote, outputs a sequence of JPGs - each with four video frames and crop markings per 4×6 print

Hit up the site for some nice video of the resulting books - Handmade Flipbooks

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Posted by: Anonymous on August 14, 2008 at 6:22 PM

You could also just use the Flipbook Printer
http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/FlipbookPrinter/

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Posted by: JimK on August 15, 2008 at 9:27 AM

Worthy of the Magazine

This really should be considered for inclusion in MAKE magazine. For those of us non-Mac savvy people, it'd be great to have an alternative as well. Please consider showing the drilling and leather binding, too. Great work.

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Posted by: Anonymous on August 15, 2008 at 9:47 AM

Well, I guess we all have our favorites hammers but Quicktime can output video as a sequence of images, sos you know...

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Posted by: Embassy Pro Books on August 18, 2008 at 8:28 AM

Great Picture Book!

This is great post on how to make your own flip book. Thanks for the info!

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Posted by: James on November 9, 2008 at 11:43 PM

Looks like a great Christmas gift to grandparents of baby's first steps. I just came across this company called TruAction Flix. They have a patented flipbook that shows 4 clips instead of your usual 2.... The clip they have on their web site has Carl Edwards crashing and doing a back flip!! Totally Kool! http://www.truactionflix.com

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Posted by: Sandy on November 23, 2008 at 5:27 PM

flip books

I love flipbooks. There's more flip book information at http://www.flippies.com

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Posted by: Julian on June 1, 2009 at 2:29 PM

flipbook online-tool

Try http://www.bobbooks.co.uk, they have a cool, flash-based tool (you can upload a movie, design your cover and have it produced)

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Posted by: sharlie on June 21, 2009 at 8:12 PM

owner

NOE FLiP THIS --You can have flip books at your next event - mobile flipbook studio - also submit video for holiday cards, save the date, announcements www.nowflipthis.com
California - Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Illinois - Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Nevada, Texas

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Posted by: sharlie on June 21, 2009 at 8:14 PM

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NOW FLiP THIS --You can have flip books at your next event - mobile flipbook studio - also submit video for holiday cards, save the date, announcements www.nowflipthis.com
California - Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, Illinois - Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Nevada, Texas

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