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• • February 16, 2016 at 5:10 pm #82070
    Lulu Kwan

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    Wondering if there’s a trick to make an animation look like a card flip in InDesign?

    I’m hoping that when I hover over an object, it will trigger the animation to turn the card over and see the backside. Then, on roll-off, it will return to the original position with a similar flip animation.

    I’ve been searching the web and I saw a tut on how to do this in PPT with the expand and collapse animation selections, but these options aren’t available in InDesign.

  • February 16, 2016 at 6:45 pm #82071
    Frances Simons

    Member

    I spent a lot of time on this very thing almost a year ago. You can do up your layout in InDesign but you need another application to upload it as a flipbook–if you want the full animation effect. My client opted to use Issuu after trials with about 4-5 of the other flip book apps.

  • February 16, 2016 at 6:49 pm #82072
    David Blatner

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    InDesign’s animations don’t really have any “3D” kind of effects that would let you scale in such a way to simulate flipping.

  • February 17, 2016 at 8:51 am #82082
    Lulu Kwan

    Member

    OK, I thought about some more and created something that works for me.

    Here’s a Publish Online link of my FlipTest results if you’re interested.

    https://indd.adobe.com/view/ce14dfde-d1d4-48cd-9dab-594daf83dcb3

    Will post details later if anyone in interested.

  • February 17, 2016 at 9:35 am #82083
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Hey, cool! Yes, please do post details on your technique.

  • February 24, 2016 at 8:43 am #82223
    Lulu Kwan

    Member

    I’ve made a video tutorial on how to do this now: https://youtu.be/8ILaDz3F4wo

    Otherwise, here are the written details:

    With 2 objects the same size (front object & back object):

    Select the front object. In the Animations Panel:
    1. Name the object FRONT
    2. Set the Preset to Shrink
    3. For Event, uncheck On Page Load so it says Choose
    4. Set Duration to .25 seconds (or longer if you prefer)
    5. Keep Speed at Preset and make sure origin point is at the center of the object
    6. Set Animate: From Current Appearance
    7. Unlink Scale constrain button and set W to 0% and H to 100%

    Now select the back object
    8. Name the object BACK
    9. Set the Preset to Grow
    10. Set Event, uncheck On Page Load so it says Choose
    11. Set Duration to .25 seconds (or longer if you prefer)
    12. Set Animate: To Current Appearance (not From Current Appearance!)
    13. Unlink Scale constraints and set W to 0% and H to 100%
    14. For Visibility: check Hide until animated

    Again select the object named FRONT
    15. In the Buttons and Forms Panel, select Button
    16. Name the Button FRONT
    17. Set Event to On Roll Over
    18. For Actions: choose Animation
    19. For Animation: choose FRONT
    20. For Options: choose Play
    21. Add another Action: again choose Animation
    22. Make sure Animation: is set to BACK in the dropdown list
    23. For Options: choose Play

    Now select the object named BACK
    24. In the Buttons and Forms Panel, select Button
    25. Name the Button BACK
    26. Set Event to On Roll Off
    27. For Actions: choose Animation
    28. For Animation: choose Back
    29. For Options: choose Reverse
    30. Add another Action: again choose Animation
    31. Make sure Animation: is set to FRONT
    32. For Options: choose Reverse

    33. Align the the two objects on top of each other

    34. Done. Test with EPUB Interactivity Preview or Publish Online

  • February 24, 2016 at 10:46 am #82227
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Awesome! Thank you, Lulu.

  • February 25, 2016 at 7:35 am #82244
    Masood Ahmad

    Participant

    Very well… nice tip, thanks for sharing

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