By creating a flipbook directly from InDesign—rather than from a secondary format like PDF—you’ll be able to take advantage of all the rich interactivity from InDesign that isn’t supported in PDF.
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To understand these steps in detail, continue reading below.
If you’re a designer, then it’s likely that you already use InDesign.
InDesign is the world’s number one page layout tool.
If you’re a designer and you don’t know how to use InDesign, it’s time to start learning, because this knowledge will be expected of you in nearly any design job.
So why start building a page layout anywhere else?
Because you’re going to export directly from InDesign, you can take advantage of all of the interactivity built into InDesign.
in5 also supports Overlays (from DPS/AEM Mobile) and has additional interactive capabilities (like 3D Flip Cards).
in5 is the export tool that will let you create a flipbook directly from InDesign.
To install in5
Once in5 is installed, you can choose File > Export HTML5 with in5… to export your document.
Choose the Flipbook with Page Peel option from the Page Format menu before clicking OK to export.
When the export is done, you can choose Open in Default Browser to see your HTML5 flipbook.
Your flipbook will be responsive by default.
In narrow (portrait) browser windows, only one page will be shown.
In wider (landscape) browser windows, a two-page spread will be displayed.
If you’d also like to see your flipbook layout scale proportionally to the browser window, use the Desktop Scaling and Mobile Device Viewport Zoom settings found in the Advanced section of the in5 dialog.
Now you have a beautiful, interactive flipbook that plays well on desktop and mobile devices. 🙂
If you want to get super-responsive and create separate layouts for different devices, check out the Responsive Layouts feature.
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