How to Make Flipnotes Using Google Slides
A flipnote is a form of media that originated from an animation software application called Flipnote Studio, a DSiWare app for the Nintendo DSi. It consists of moving drawings from page to page, of as a comic strip that takes multiple pages.
My favorite experience with Flipnote Studio was making comic-like flipnotes and pretend they're either a movie or a TV show. My siblings did the same. We then branched out to making comic-like flipnotes on Google Slides. Slides is not an animation software application, but it's a gateway for collage and comics to combine into transformative work. I'll teach you how to make a flipnote on Google Slides.
1. Make a flipnote folder on Google Drive. Then, in that folder, add additional folders for your flipnote actors, your locations, your props, and optional, production company logos.
2. For locations, search for images of locations on Google Images, or Pexels. Put those images in your locations folder of your flipnote folder.
3. For flipnote actors, you can search for images of people or characters either on a search engine, or take screenshots of people or characters with your phone or tablet. Then, crop the images, if desired. You'll then go to remove.bg to remove backgrounds from the people or characters. Put those images in your flipnote actors folder.
4. For props, repeat step 3 for images of objects. Put them in your props folder.
5. On your computer, create a blank Google Slides presentation, and make sure the layout is blank. That is where your images come together, along with text and shapes, to make a flipnote.
Here's a sample of three slides from a recent flipnote I made with Google Slides:
It's basically a minimalistic collage, but make it a comic.
You may share these flipnotes privately but not publicly.
Here's a link to a PDF copy of my mini zine of the same premise:
Happy flipnote-making!
