Handmade Flipbook

Step 4 Number the image and Export

Here you can see that the image has been pasted into the work area - the other image shows the picture with the border hidden. I used the Text tool to give it a number (16) and export it to a jpeg using the screen dimensions. This will create a 4x6 jpeg that I can have developed at the camera store and if I'm careful to use the guidelines to cut, all my images should match up and provide a nice smooth animation.

I could have used a different color for the border but black made the white guidelines easier to see - I changed the guidelines to black when they moved off of the black border - not a big deal if you don't do this, but it helps if the developer doesn't line up the image square on the paper; you'll have at least one end of a guideline that touches the edge of the photo, but hopefully two ends of each guideline.

Also, notice that when I shot this video I kept the subject on the right side of the movie. I knew I would be turning this into a flipbook, so I intentionally kept the subject as far to the right as possible. I also shot it in Widescreen. If you don't have the ability to shoot in Widescreen OR if your subject is centered in your clip, just make your border cover less of the right side of the image and you may even have to build in a left side block to leave in.