FlickBook v0.1

[shaunj66]

FlickBook v0.1

Animation creator









This is the type of homebrew I've been waiting for! FlickBook is a new WIP application that allows you to create frame-by-frame animations using the Nintendo DS touch screen and export them as .AVI files on your PC. The exporter is Java based so read below, or head on over to the authors site to learn how to use it.

A DLDI compatible flash kit is required, system files are created automatically, so just copy the .NDS across which is mirrored at our Downloads Centre.[title:FlickBook v0.1]FlickBook



FlickBook is an animation toy for the Nintendo DS.


It requires a DLDI device with write support, so patch in the normal way.


Feel free to post comments/suggestions/problems in the gbadev forums.


The latest release is FlickBook_0_1.nds.


The latest release of the Java AVI Exporter is FlickbookAnimMaker_0_1.jar.



Controls



GUI Buttons



The following picture shows the layout of the animation drawing area and a description of the tools available.



Other controls



You can move the drawing area and tool windows by holding 'down' on the D-pad or 'B' and then dragging the area around with the stylus


You can zoom in and out of the drawing area by holding 'up' on the D-pad or 'X' and then dragging up and down with the stylus.


You can scroll through the animation frames by holding one of the shoulder buttons and dragging left and right with the stylus.



Java FlickBook AVI Exporter



The Java FlickBook AVI Exporter allows you to convert the FlickBook animations into uncompressed 24bit colour AVIs. These AVIs should be playable in most media players and can be converted into a more compact format using your favourite movie format converter.



How to use



Run from the command line as:

java -jar FlickbookAnimMaker_0_1.jar


Or maybe by double clicking/right clicking the jar file.


From the FlickBook directory on your DLDI device, copy the film_? directory of choice onto your PC. Select File->Load film and open the flickbook.xml from the film_? directory you just copied. You will be presented with a Set frame bmp directory dialog. Select the directory that contains the frame .bmp files (this will be the layer_0 directory if you have not changed anything).



You can now preview the film at full speed (12 frames/s) and half speed.



To export the film as an AVI file select Export->Export AVI. NOTE: if the half speed checkbox is selected the generated AVI file will run at 6 frames per second otherwise it will run at 12 frames per second.



The generated AVI files are fairly large (about 1.1MiB per second), this is because they are uncompressed 24bits colour. So you may want to convert them to a compressed format for distribution.

Download

Official Site

Source

 

[PikaPika]

SHWEET! Now I can make uber stick people ninja fights with my DS!

 

[iamwhoiam]

Or stickman porn

 

[Mr Shhh]

Its full of bugs.

 

[superrob]

Full of bugs... but i hope thet get fixed soon.

But great work!

 

[leetdude_007]

Guys, use VirtualDubMod to compress your files .AVIs to a more reasonable size. Cool program!!

 

[Orc]

Looks like something mthrnite, lagman and the rest of the gang would play with. ANIMATED HOLE PUNCH!

 

[akira28]

why don't you put some video on youtube (or somewhere else?)
I don't have my ds with me, so i cannot test

bye

P.S. very sweet idea

 

[TaMs]

sounds nice, but i think that i'll stick with flashhhhhhhh

and i don't even have ds to try this

 

[Feels Good Man]

How is it buggy exactly?

 

[GeekyGuy]

Sounds like a really cool idea for a homebrew. If it somehow offered a WiFi option for trading animations, that would make it even better. Hope the bugs get tweaked; I'd like to try it.

 

[Retal]

lol, "dot a-v-i".

 

[JacobReaper]

WOOT!!!! but isnt it flip-book?

 

[Alastair]

Perfect! I'm studying traditional animation at uni. at the moment. I'll give this a whirl.

 

[hollabackitsobi]

This is great. Hopefully the bugs will be fixed up, it's looking pretty nice.

 

[euqiddis]

any user examples?

 

[lagman]

Looks like something mthrnite, lagman and the rest of the gang would play with. ANIMATED HOLE PUNCH!

And I tried it but I couldn't do anything :'(
I'll wait for the next release.

 

[.::5pYd3r::.]

I HAVE NOTICED STRANGE BEHAVIOUR WHILST WRITING FILES ON HARDWARE LEADING TO FILES NOT BEING CREATED PROPERLY. THIS CAN RESULT IN THE FILMS BECOMING CORRUPTED AND UNLOADABLE. I AM WORKING ON THE PROBLEM AND VERSION 0.1 IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.

Thats from the official site so i suggest that you don't use this yet

 

[Hadrian]

I'll wait for a less buggy addition but its pretty sweet, not done any animations since I had Deluxe Paint III on my Amiga.

 

[Foie]

This sounds like it has the potential to become an amazing piece of homebrew, probably even my favorite. I can't wait for a non-buggy release!