flipbook

flipbook.js

Scroll-based inline flipbook animation for the internet. Checkout the demo.

Installation

npm install flipbook

or

<script src="flipbook.min.js"></script>

Usage

	<div id='walk-cycle'></div>

	<script>
		flipbook({
			id: 'walk-cycle',
			path: 'frames/walk',
			filename: '%1d',
			extension: 'jpg',
			count: 86,
			speed: 0.5
		});
	</script>

Options

• id (required) [String] The id of the element where the flipbook will be inserted.

• path (required) [String] The relative path the directory where the images are.

• filename (required) [String] The pattern of filename (%3d = 3 digits or 001, 002, etc, ex. 'images-%3d').

• extension (required) [String] The type of image file (png or jpg).

• count (required) [Number] Count of images in directory.

• speed (optional) [Number 0 to 1] How fast the scroll advances the frames (0: slow, 1: fast). Defaults to 0.5.

• cover (optional) [Boolean] If the flipbook should go full window height, and center-crop (like CSS's background-size: cover). Defaults to false.

• loaded (optional) [Function] Callback function when the flipbook has loaded all images and is ready to play through. Defaults to none.

• gif (optional) [Boolean] Autoplay the animation and loop like a gif without scroll interaction.

Helpful bits

Convert a video to image sequence with ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -r 12 frames/%d.png

License & Credit

MIT © Russell Goldenberg

Inspired by canvid and stack