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How to convert Indesign magazines to animated flipbooks

7 August 2024

Looking to elevate your digital publications? Over at Montilla Design, they have explored many PDF-to-flipbook platforms, but Flowpaper stands out in its ability to animate in order make your publications really pop.

In this tutorial, they will show you how to:

Export your InDesign magazine layout as a PDF.
Convert it into an interactive flipbook using Flowpaper.
Animate text and objects.
Set up a photo gallery.
Create button interactions for videos.

Discover how Flowpaper’s tools can bring your layouts to life. Check it out and take your digital content to the next level!

FlowPaper 3.8.5 Release Notes

1 August 2024

Want to make your publications pop on social media? FlowPaper’s got you covered! We’ve introduced high-definition 3D clips that transform your flipbooks into eye-catching videos perfect for sharing. Here’s how FlowPaper helps you generate these shareable clips effortlessly:

Easy Conversion

Upload your PDF or flipbook to FlowPaper. Customize with animations and transitions. Convert to a high-definition 3D video clip after uploading your publication to FlowPaper cloud.

High Definition Quality

Version 3.8.5 ensures your 3D clips are crystal clear, maintaining the sharpness and professionalism of your original publication.

Perfect for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and more. Tailor your clips to fit any platform and captivate your audience everywhere.

Track and Optimize

With built-in analytics, see how your publications perform and optimize your strategy for better results.

Ready to elevate your social media game? Start using FlowPaper and turn your flipbooks into stunning 3D video clips that everyone will want to share!

Upcoming Features - Video Magic and Cloud Publishing Upgrades

6 July 2024

FlowPaper is about to drop some awesome new features that will make creating and sharing your Flipbooks even more exciting.

Flipbooks to high definition Videos

Reach More People: Videos get tons of engagement on social media. By turning your Flipbooks into videos, you can share your content with a broader audience and get more eyes on your work. Videos are a fun and dynamic way to present your content. Whether it’s a product catalog, a magazine, or a brochure, turning it into a video can really grab your audience’s attention. We are improving the ways you can generate promotional content to video clips so that you can spread your content to channels such as TikTok, Instagram, Linkedin.

New Cloud API

We’re working on launching a new cloud publishing API which will allow you to publish and manage large amounts of publications via an easy-to-use API. Features include being able to search accross multiple publications as well as automatic reading order detection. Let us know if you want to know when this API is launched and we’ll make sure you’re first in line!

New YouTube content related to making flipbooks

Quite a lot of new content is being seen on YouTube for FlowPaper such as the tutorial below which was posted by Alexandra. Hope you’ll enjoy it.

FlowPaper 3.8.4 Release Notes

11 March 2024

Exciting news! Get ready for the upcoming release of FlowPaper version 3.8.4, set to launch imminently! Brace yourself for a next-level experience in publication realism, as we push the boundaries yet again. With a focus on replicating the tactile sensation of flipping through a real hardcover book. In the publication below you’ll see how the first page is visualized with a binder as well as a hard page turning animation, while the pages inside animate softly as you flip through the publication.

Stay tuned for the unveiling of FlowPaper 3.8.4!

FlowPaper 3.8.3 Release Notes

16 February 2024

Another exciting FlowPaper release! With the release this week, we’re fine tuning the desktop experience further by allowing the mouse wheel to pan in the publication. You can turn this on and off in the “Toolbar & Navigation” section of the desktop publisher depending on if you want mouse wheel to scroll or pan in the publication.

With this version, we’re also making it easier to access color and style settings inside the desktop publisher.

Have a go at our sample publication below. Enjoy!

FlowPaper 3.8.2 Release Notes

29 January 2024

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to share that we’re rolling out another cool feature. We’re introducing a fantastic “zoom navigator” feature, showcased in the picture on the right. When you zoom into FlowPaper Flipbooks on your desktop PC, this handy tool will pop up, making it easier for you to navigate and read your publication.

And that’s not all—there’s more to come! Keep an eye out for additional features throughout the year. The latest version will be ready for download in just a few days. If you’re eager to give the new “zoom navigator” a spin, simply click on the picture. Stay tuned for an enhanced experience!

FlowPaper 3.8.1 Release Notes

8 January 2024

A new year provides new opportunities and we start this year by pushing the boundaries around the FlowPaper experience. To further the realism in FlowPaper, we’ve improved the initial experience that your readers will get as they launch your publication. You can see an example of this by clicking on the example publication on the right.

In FlowPaper version 3.8.1, we are providing a number of templates like the one on the right. We hope these new templates will let you improve the experience for your readers. Keep an eye out in the coming week for this release!

FlowPaper 3.8.0 - Actionable analytics for your flipbooks

2 December 2023

Ever sent out a publication and wondered if it was accessed by a particular part of your audience or not? with FlowPaper 3.8.0 you are now able to create multiple, custom links for the same publication and get notified when your visitors visits your publication.

Insights with Trackable Links

Imagine having the ability to track your flipbook each time you send it out to a targeted group of customers. Trackable links for flipbooks offer precisely that advantage. By generating a unique link each time, you gain a bird’s-eye view of one particular audience's interaction with your content. Here's why it's a game-changer:

Notifications on Interactions: Trackable links let you see precisely when someone opens your flipbooks, and even how much time they spend engaging with your content.

Insights Beyond Page Views: It’s not just about knowing who views; Using heatmaps, FlowPaper provides insights into how much time your visitors are spending on each part of a page in your publication.

A year of climate change events

13 September 2023

We have had our fair share of climate change effects in New Zealand this year to say the least. Following a record wet La Nina period, Auckland flooding and with cyclone (Gabrielle) striking the central part of the north island, New Zealand experienced the wettest year on record with over 350mm rain recorded over just a few months. Some of our team members were displaced from their homes and are still waiting to see if they’ll be able to return to their homes.

This is just one out of the many events the planet has experienced this year and it highlights the importance of contributing to reducing the impacts from fossil fuels. At FlowPaper, we do this by contributing 2% of our gross revenue to carbon removal through the Stripe Climate partnership program. It has now been a year since we joined this program.

We believe that just as we got ourselves into this problem, we can get ourselves out of it. A heartfelt thank you to all of our customers who helped in carbon removal in 2023. Lets make 2024 record year in carbon removal!

FlowPaper 3.7.2 Release Notes

31 August 2023

With FlowPaper 3.7.2, we have improved the general usability on mobile devices and focused on making sure that the analytics service that we provide is more rubust and scalable. Support for Google Analytics 3 has been revoked and Google Analytics 4 does not get included automatically at any point unless you specifically add your GA code to the deskop publisher. Our own analytics service does not use cookies and can be turned on or off as you wish.

Improved geusture sensitivity for the Zine template when dragging pages in mobile portrait mode
Improved search in Zine with a new search forward button as well as a close button for better UX
Fixed an issue where links would sometimes open in mobile mode while swiping/dragging a page
Various smaller bug fixes to Zine, particularly in the mobile modes
Much improved header detection for the mobile-first template
Its now easier to turn on analytics via the publishing dialogue

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