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How to download your flipbook as a GIF file from Flipsnack

Pick GIF in the Download dialog for a clip that plays in an email

Overview

Download a flipbook as a GIF from its Overview page: click Download, open the format list, choose GIF, and click Download. The dialog describes the format as "Short clip, no sound", which is what makes it useful in an email or a social post where a video will not play and a link is one click too many.

The Download dialog open on a flipbook Overview page, with the format list showing PDF for web, PDF for print, HTML5, GIF, MP4, PNG and JPG

💡 Where a GIF beats a link
  • Email: most clients play a GIF inline and block a video.
  • Social posts: it shows the pages without the reader leaving the feed.
  • A landing page: a moving preview above the Read the catalog button.
  • A slide deck: it runs in a presentation with no internet connection.

Requirements

How do I download my flipbook as a GIF?

  • Open Content and click the flipbook to open its Overview page.
  • Click Download in the right-hand column.
  • Open the format list, which starts on PDF for web, and choose GIF.
  • Click Download.

The same dialog opens from the three-dot menu beside the flipbook in Content, under Download. Both list seven formats: PDF for web, PDF for print, HTML5, GIF, MP4, PNG and JPG.

The file is named after the flipbook, so rename the flipbook first if you want a different filename.

GIF or MP4?

GIF is a short clip with no sound, small enough to sit in an email. MP4 is described in the same list as High quality video: bigger, sharper, and the one to upload where a player exists. For a still of a single page, choose PNG or JPG instead.

Additional tips / FAQs

  • Can I change what the GIF looks like? Yes, see customizing your GIF download.
  • Does the GIF include my videos and links? No. It is an image file, so nothing in it is clickable.
  • Can I download a flipbook that is not published? Not as a GIF. Publish it first.
  • Where does the file go? Wherever your browser saves downloads.
  • Is there a watermark? On the Free plan, yes. Every paid plan downloads without one.

Next steps

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