Apple Media Tool 2.0: How to Create Flipbooks

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TOPIC

This article contains directions for creating flipbooks in Apple Media Tool 2.0.

DISCUSSION

Here is a list of essential

Steps for quickly creating Flipbooks. A list of example files on the Apple Media Tool 2.0 CD that demonstrate how Flipbooks should work.

BEFORE YOU START

You need a Flipbook media item. Flipbook media items are pictures whose contents have been divided into equal-sized areas, known as frames. The frames can be arranged in one or more rows, but all rows must be the same hight. Each row can be divided into multiple columns, all of which must be the same width.

HOW TO SET IT UP

Step 1

Open your project and add your Flipbook media item to the media list.

Step 2

Click and hold on the Flipbook media item until a pop-up menu appears.

Step 3

Choose "Flipbook" from the pop-up menu.

Step 4

Double-click on the Flipbook media item in the media list to display its parameters.

Step 5

Set the number of frames, columns, and rows by adjusting the values in the appropriate fields.

Step 6

Set the column width and row height by adjusting the values in the appropriate fields. Click "OK" when finished.

Note: You will need these values again later.

Step 7

Add your Flipbook media item to a screen.

Step 8

Double-click the Flipbook object in the object list to display its parameters.

Step 9

Set the column width and row height by adjusting the values in the appropriate fields. Use the same values specified earlier.

Step 10

Specify the rhythm of the Flipbook.

It is important to note that changing the rhythm of a Flipbook changes the way that Apple Media Tool counts the frame numbers for that Flipbook.

If a rhythm of two is specified, each frame is displayed twice. As a result, the first two frames displayed are the same image. The next two frames displayed are the next image, and so on. If a rhythm of ten is specified, the frames 0 to 9 display the first image from the Flipbook media object, frames 10 to 19 display the second image from the Flipbook media object, and so on.

If you want to tell Apple Media Tool to go to a specific frame, you need to adjust the frame number you specify by multiplying it by the rhythm. If you use a Flipbook media object with 3 frames, you would have the following results:

Image in Flipbook Frame Numbers if Rhythm = 1 Frame Numbers if Rhythm = 2 Frame Numbers if Rhythm = 10

1 0 0-1 0-9

2 1 2-3 10-19

3 2 4-5 20-29

Text: Flipbook Rythm

FINSIHING UP

Add actions which control the Flipbook. Flipbook objects can perform the following commands:

Enable	Start-Stop
Enable-Disable	Stop
Disable	Stop All
Move By	Go to Beginning
Move To	Go to End
Start	Go to Time

EXAMPLES

The Apple Media Tool 2.0 CD contains several files that demonstrate Flipbooks. Check these paths on the AMT 2.0 CD:

An AMT project with Flipbooks:
Apple Media Tool:New Features Demo Project:New Features Demo
Flipbook media objects:
Apple Media Tool:
New Features Demo Project:
MEDIA:
50$Bill.flipbk
ALPHABET.PIC 40x40
ambsnd.txt.fb
AMT ColorTitle.flipbk 200x400
AMTTitle.flipbk
AppleScriptBtn.flipbk
AudioBtn.PICT
DUCKFLIP.PIC
exit
EYELID.PIC 62x73
FlipbooksBtn.flipbk
qt fb
QTVRBtn.flipbk
QuickTimeBtn.flipbk
Sportflip.flipbk
stop.fb

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