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Video to Flipbook Maker

Two seconds of video, cut into pages you flip with your thumb.

Runs in your browser

A sample: Eadweard Muybridge's galloping horse, photographed in 1878, fifteen frames three times round (public domain).

Your video

Two to five seconds of something that moves: a jump, a wave, a dog catching a ball. Or drop the file here.

Frames per second
Page size
Paper

Choose a short video from your phone or computer, set where it starts and ends, and the maker reads it frame by frame: at 10 frames per second, two seconds become 20 pages. The stage flips the book for you before anything is printed. Then it lays the pages out on US Letter or A4 with a numbered tab on each for the binding edge and dashed lines to cut along: 21 pocket pages or 10 large ones to a Letter sheet. Add a title and the first page becomes a cover. It opens on Eadweard Muybridge's galloping horse of 1878, the photographs that started moving pictures. The video is read in your browser; nothing is uploaded and there is no account.

More for your photos

Open the Photos page

Page sizes and sheets

PagePicturePages on a Letter sheetPages on an A4 sheet
Pocket48 × 32 mm, with a 14 mm tab2124
Large72 × 48 mm, with an 18 mm tab1010

A clip of two seconds at 10 frames per second fills one Letter sheet of pocket pages; the same clip at 12 frames per second needs two.

What moves well

  1. One thing that moves across a still background: a jump, a ball, a wave, a cat on a sofa.
  2. Hold the phone still, on a table or against a wall; a moving camera makes a wobbly book.
  3. Short and complete: a movement that ends where it started (a bounce, a spin) can be flipped again and again.

For a moving picture on the screen instead there is the video to GIF converter, and more for photos is on the Photos page.

Questions

How many pages does my flipbook get?

The length of the clip times the frames per second: two seconds at 10 frames per second are 20 pages, three seconds at 12 are 36. Between 20 and 60 pages flips best; the maker stops at 120. Fewer frames per second give a shorter, jerkier book, more give a smoother and thicker one.

How do I put it together?

Print at 100 percent, cut along the dashed lines, and stack the pages in number order with 1 on top, all tabs on the same side. Square the stack by tapping it on the table, then hold the tabs with a strong binder clip or two staples. Hold the clip in one hand and let the pages slip off the thumb of the other. If the movement runs backwards, flip from the other end of the stack.

What paper works best?

Cardstock of about 160 to 200 gsm (60 to 110 lb) flips best because each page springs back. Plain printer paper works for a first try; the pages are just softer.

My video is vertical. Does that work?

Yes. The pages are 3 by 2, so a tall phone video is cut to that shape; the crop slider moves the picture up or down until the part that moves is in the page.

Is my video uploaded?

No. The browser plays the file on your device, the maker copies the frames from it into the page, and the PDF is made there too.