Flipbook is an app where the guest shoots a short video and the frames of that video are printed as small cards. When the cards are cut and bound in a stack, you get a booklet whose pages flip quickly; the guest takes it home. The app uses the same foundation as AI Photo Booth: the event, camera, screen design, sharing and printer settings are the same. The difference is that it only shoots video, and it has the Flipbook Output page where you set the page layout of the booklet. This article gives the steps of the first setup in order.
- Sign in with your Activation King account and create an event.
- Choose the camera in the Event Settings → Camera tab and the printer on the Print page.
- On the Flipbook Output page, set the paper, the number of cards per page and the total number of frames; preview it with a test video.
- Set the video length in the Session → 360 / Video tab.
- Open the guest screen with Run the App → Start Flipbook.
Step by step
Step 1 · Sign in and create an event
Open the app, sign in with your Activation King account and create a new event on the Events page in the left menu. Most pages belong to an event and do not open until an event is selected. Signing in, creating an event and moving an event to another device are the same as in AI Photo Booth; for details, see the list in the article Which Photo Booth Articles Apply to Flipbook?.
Step 2 · Get to know the left menu
| Page | What it is for |
|---|---|
| White Labeling | Publishing under your own brand; depends on the plan |
| Flipbook Output | The page layout of the booklet: paper, number of cards, number of frames, cover, printing. Specific to this app |
| Events and Event Settings | The event list; the Main, Output, Camera and Kiosk tabs |
| Screen Design | The design, texts and sounds of the guest screens |
| Templates | Video & GIF and Video Print Templates |
| AI Assets | Only the Video to AI Video tab; depends on the plan |
| Session | The Main, 360 / Video, Survey, Disclaimer and payment tabs |
| Sharing Settings | The ways the guest receives the video: QR, email, SMS |
| Printer selection and print settings |
The difference from AI Photo Booth: there are no photo, GIF or boomerang modes; there is no event mode tab on the Event Settings page; and the AI Assets page has a single tab.
Step 3 · Choose the camera and the printer
Choose the camera in the Event Settings → Camera tab and the printer on the Print page. Both are the same screens as in AI Photo Booth. Flipbook shoots video; the camera you use in AI Photo Booth (the device's own camera, a webcam, a DSLR or a GoPro) connects here in the same way.
Step 4 · Set up the booklet and preview it
On the Flipbook Output page you decide how the booklet will be printed. A new event comes with ready values: 6 x 4 in paper, 2 × 2 cards per page and 36 frames; this makes a 9-page print. If you choose a video in the Output preview section at the top of the page, you see the pages to be printed exactly as they will really come out with these settings. Details: the article How to Set Up the Flipbook Output?.
Step 5 · Set the video length
How many seconds the guest's video lasts is set by the Video Duration field in the Session → 360 / Video tab. The frames are taken at equal intervals from the start to the end of the video; so the longer the video, the slower the motion in the booklet, and the shorter it is, the faster. The number of frames comes from the Total frames field on the Flipbook Output page.
Step 6 · Open the guest screen
Press the Run the App button in the left menu and choose Start Flipbook. The guest screen opens in full screen. To go back to the settings, touch the lock icon in the corner of the guest screen and enter the PIN; the PIN is set in the Event Settings → Kiosk tab.
Do a full test before the event: shoot a video, print the booklet, cut it and flip it. You only see whether the card order comes out right once you have cut and stacked the cards.
Going live without testing the Flipbook Output settings: if the card order does not match the cutting method, you only notice when binding.
Looking for the video length on the Flipbook Output page: the length is in the Session → 360 / Video tab.
Going live without selecting a printer: Print Flipbook queues the job but no paper comes out.
Going live without a PIN: a guest who touches the lock icon gets into the settings.
