by Froggy Team·Motion Graphics
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3D Flip Book earns its place in the toolfarm library as a one-click way to assemble text and images into an animated 3D flip book, with curved pages driven by the Ray-traced 3D Renderer.
3D Flip Book is a script from Froggy Team for After Effects that turns a folder of page images into a fully animated 3D flip book. Select the folder containing the pages, using at least six pages, activate a composition, and press the button to generate the book.
The script reads the page layers in alphabetical order and places each one onto the sheets. The first and last pages become the cover, and any page named with "spine" is used as the book's spine. Curved pages are produced using the Ray-traced 3D Renderer, also known as the CINEMA 4D renderer.
You can choose between two opening modes, Symmetrical and Right to Left (Left to Right), and set page duration to Still, Loop, or Pingpong. Pseudo Effect controls are included, along with a sample project in the download and a demo video.
3D Flip Book is best for creating one-click animated 3D flip books from folders of text and images in After Effects.
3D Flip Book is completely free to download and use.
3D Flip Book supports a wide range of After Effects versions, from CS4 through CC and up to the 2025 release. That span covers CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC, CC 2014, CC 2015, CC 2015.3, CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019, and the annual 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 versions. If you are on any of these releases, the script is listed as compatible. For the most current details, check the developer's page before installing.
3D Flip Book works from a folder of page images. Select the folder containing the pages, using at least six pages, then activate a composition for the new book and press the button. The script takes each page texture in alphabetical order and places it on the sheets, so the first and last pages become the cover. Pages named with "spine" are used as the book's spine. A sample project is included in the download to help you get started.
3D Flip Book creates its curved pages using the Ray-traced 3D Renderer, also known as the CINEMA 4D renderer, in After Effects. That renderer is the mechanism behind the page curvature in the animated book. Alongside the curved pages, the script provides two opening modes, Symmetrical and Right to Left (Left to Right), Pseudo Effect controls, and page duration options of Still, Loop, and Pingpong. A demo video is available if you want to see it before installing.
3D Flip Book needs a minimum of six pages to build a book. In structural terms, the book should consist of at least three sheets, and each sheet is two-sided, consisting of two pages. The script reads the page layers from the selected folder in alphabetical order and maps them onto the sheets, with the first and last pages forming the cover and any page named with "spine" used as the spine.
3D Flip Book is listed as free in this catalog, so there is no cost to add it here. Licensing terms can change over time, so it is worth confirming the current details on the developer's page before you download. The download also includes a sample project, which gives you a working reference for how the script assembles pages into an animated flip book.
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