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Flickbook Vs Flipbook

lindsayanng said:
Anyways I can think of some more features, like a text box option
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Ah yes, a text function! That's the one I keep meaning to suggest, and keep forgetting. It's sooooo hard to manually draw in text, and make it look neat. No matter how sophisticated your drawings might be, once you add text, it looks like a pre-schooler did it.

Even if it was a really simple, limited, one-font version of text, where all we could do is maybe change the size and color, it would be REALLY helpful! Although I can see where it might be complicated to do, too. Not sure if a keyboard popping up would work, and any other kind of input would be awkward...
 
yea.. i would THINKtext would be simple if they just offer ONE font.

the other thing i would LOVE is the grab tool, so you can grab or select a bunch of lines and stretch them. I keep going to do that like i am in illustrator, but forget that there is anot an option for that.. now, i KNOW that has to be something more complicated than it sounds..

Again, i'm still learning the process, and i THINK there was a way to stretch a layer to make it "grow" and then just make the next frame with another stretched image, ect..
 
thanks.. not NEARLY as good as timothyb's.. his are probably the best ones on flipbook.tv.. hes got me all excited to try to make my own better than his though :)

I finally figured out and got used to the layers and stuff.. i just REALLY wish you could combine a layer once you are done coloring it in, ect.
 
lindsayanng said:
I made my FIRST flipbook movie. A little rough, and kinda borning, but i'm happy with it.. my next animation will probably be more detailed with more visual angles.

my Flower Movie
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Very cute! I hear you on merging layers. As I've said before, we will be gradually improving our drawing tools, just making sure that we take the time to do things right rather than rushing something out :)

Also, we're working on updating our featured flipbooks (which will be far easier once we have ratings and comments up and running), but if you think you've drawn something especially great (*cough*Timothy), make sure to tell us via the contact form on our site!
 
hah.. NEAT-O!! I think a rating system would be fun! like youtube.. I did click through the site for about an hour (not much going on at work today) and i have to say, some of those were ust a waste. I would love to see a FEATURED section, or look at them by ratings.. AWESOME!

as for the additional features, i'm not begging, i commend you for taking your time to put out an app that is robust as yours and has NO glitches. even the huge companies (ahem - AIM) couldnt get it right.. you guys DEFINITELY did.

I am SOO psyched that i bought this app.. TOTALLY excited about working on my next!
 
My 2 cents...

Flipbook vs. Flickbook? ...I guess we all love a little conflict. I use both, so here's my 2 cents.

Flickbook is basic. No zoom, or brush size. You can't insert frames, or insert pictures/photos from outside. No cut and paste. You can't upload to a site or export to show off your animations outside of the iPhone. ...But what you can do, is make quick and fun little animations. I like it because it forces the animator to really think about motion, and not fret about anything else. It's quick. It's fun. ...It's definitely worth the $4.99 (unless you're a starving child in Africa).

Now Flipbook is ridiculously good. For $9.99 it is practically philanthropy. It has layers, color pallets, brush sizes, zoom in/zoom out, multiple undo's, cut and paste for frames, insertion of duplicate frames, import of pictures and photos from your iPhones photo gallery. It's remarkably easy to use considering everything it gives you. It has shortcuts to change brush size, do undo's, position the layer. It has onion skinning for the frame before, or after, or both (you set it as you like). It has an upload to a Flipbook.tv site so you can show your friends and family how much time you're wasting. It is an obscenely good app that will really make you open your eyes in seeing what an iPhone application is capable of. With a little practice it's actually quite easy to use. (...I love the repositioning you can do on a layer, because you can copy and paste an object to the next frame and move it just a little bit. I love a lot of things about it.)

Which one should you get? ...Both. Seriously, is $15.00 gonna break the bank??? Can't you almost find that in your sofa cushions? If you're into animation, you should really try both, because each creates a different experience when drawing animations. They're both worthy of purchase.

Flickbook is ok for beginners, but I can't say enough good things about Flipbook. For the upload capability alone, I can't see why anyone would want to be without FlipBook.
 
scriptmonkey said:
Flipbook vs. Flickbook? ...I guess we all love a little conflict. I use both, so here's my 2 cents.

Flickbook is basic. No undo, zoom, or brush size. You can't insert frames, or insert pictures/photos from outside. No cut and paste. You can't upload to a site or export to show off your animations outside of the iPhone. ...But what you can do, is make quick and fun little animations. I like it because it forces the animator to really think about motion, and not fret about anything else. It's quick. It's fun. ...It's definitely worth the $4.99 (unless you're a starving child in Africa).

Now Flipbook is ridiculously good. For $9.99 it is practically philanthropy. It has layers, color pallets, brush sizes, zoom in/zoom out, multiple undo's, cut and paste for frames, insertion of duplicate frames, import of pictures and photos from your iPhones photo gallery. It's remarkably easy to use considering everything it gives you. It has shortcuts to change brush size, do undo's, position the layer. It has onion skinning for the frame before, or after, or both (you set it as you like). It has an upload to a Flipbook.tv site so you can show your friends and family how much time you're wasting. It is an obscenely good app that will really make you open your eyes in seeing what an iPhone application is capable of. With a little practice it's actually quite easy to use. (...I love the repositioning you can do on a layer, because you can copy and paste an object to the next frame and move it just a little bit. I love a lot of things about it.)

Which one should you get? ...Both. Seriously, is $15.00 gonna break the bank??? Can't you almost find that in your sofa cushions? If you're into animation, you should really try both, because each creates a different experience when drawing animations. They're both worthy of purchase.

Flickbook is ok for beginners, but I can't say enough good things about Flipbook. For the upload capability alone, I can't see why anyone would want to be without FlipBook.
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I agree with you 100%. I have both apps and love them both. I do, however, find myself using "flickbook" more because it is quick, easy, and fun. You can create a little animation in a matter of minutes with flickbook vs hours on flipbook.
 
Hi. Great thread here. I have flipbook, which I really like.

The one problem is that I can't download my .mp4 from flipbook.tv... I have a MAC and I'm trying to "right-click" by holding down "control" key and clicking with my mouse, but I don't get an option to save.

Thanks for any advice you can give... I'd like to open my flipbook movie in another program and add sound
 
Hi Shenania,
http://flipbook.tv/contact/ is always the best way to ask for help, but fortunately I get updates to this thread. To download your movie, when you're logged in:
1. Click the mine/all link on the left
2. Click the "edit" button below the movie you want to download
3. Click the Download link on the movie's edit page.

hope that helps!
 
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