Old Film Flipbook

A good friend of mine is a HUGE fan of the Indiana Jones movies (even the 4th one) - for an upcoming birthday, I decided to try a little different method for creating a new flipbook for him. It involved some new software and a slightly larger page size. Here's how I did it.

*** Note: A special nod and thanks to instructable user, teamwalrus, for pointing me to some of the software I used in this process. ***

Step 1 Grab Video

Rather than use video I took with a video camera, I needed to be able to rip out about 20 seconds or so of video - to do this, I used a piece of free software called DVD Shrink 3.2. This software allows you to make backups of your DVDs but it also lets you edit the backup before burning it - this way you can take out the pesky previews and any of the extra content - even credits if you don't want them.

The software isn't complicated, but here's the basic steps:

1. Put in your DVD.
2. The software will "scan" the DVD for stuff - movie, extras, out takes, etc.
3. Click the Reauthor button
4. Drag the video you want to edit (such as Main Title, Chapter 1, etc.)
5. Use the Set Start/End Frames button to define the start and ending of your clip.
6. Click the Backup button.
7. Your video will be copied to a folder you specify (TS_AUDIO and TS_VIDEO are in there by default.)

After you've created your backup, you'll need to import the video into your video editing software. Maybe you know a different way, but I use Pinnacle 12 and it's the only way I could import and convert the DVD backup image and convert to a suitable format (MPEG-4) for Step 3 later (converting the video to JPEG files.)

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Comments

[Foaly7]

You know why Indy just shoots the swordsman? It's because Harrison Ford had the squirts that day and wanted to get the scene over with. Very true story. Seriously. It happened. You could ask him yourself if you every meet him. He might deny it, but it's true. Seriously. I'm not lying. I read about it in a completely factual book. Very seriously. Not lying. NOT! Seriously. Bye bye now. (SERIOUSLY!!!!)

[dominosrob]

seriously?

[jeffconnelly]

Yeah, he had a bad case of food poisoning.

[fwjs28]

looka really cool....Im guessing its something out of the Indiana Jones movie.....(i haven't seen any of the movies)

[jktechwriter]

Yes, it's a fairly famous scene - with Indy facing off against a swordsman. If you watch any of them, you should definitely see the first - Raiders of the Lost Ark. I promise you'll enjoy it.

[kibbler]

That's my favorite part! The sword dude is going crazy, so Indie just shoots him.

[maeve]

raders of the lost ark is d best. I tought the last 1 was a teeny bit dissapointing- but still very good.

[fwjs28]

i figured...sounds pretty cool.....

[nosemeat]

That came out great, and definitely a perfect choice of scenes. Do you mind me asking how much it cost you for the prints?

[jktechwriter]

Costco charges 0.13 per 4x6 photo - so 100 would be around $13.00. You can obviously submit them for printing online for less (snapfish.com?) but I like the ability to immediately refuse them if they don't print properly and avoid sending bad photos back through the mail.

[bumpus]

Hahaahha! I think the second Indian Jones is the best one.. Connery is boss.

[beauwalker23]

Dude...Connery is in the 3rd one! noob. hahaha jk

[bumpus]

Damn my faulty typing. For some reason I was thinking about second something..

[meanbean]

indy RULES!! except for fourth one.

[mynameisjonas]

I agree, I was so disappointed

[gmjhowe]

haha good choice of scene, nice work