Free program to turn PDF into flipping pages?

Draeger · 2 Oct 2018 at 19:32

I've put together a PDF evaluation report for a course I've been running at work. It's worked out fine (used Canva to draft it up) and I'd like to now turn it into a PDF which flips pages. I'd also like to embed a YouTube video clip. That's about all I need it to do, nothing fancy. All of the ones I've tried so far are limited versions of a full price product or leave a watermark on the pages unless you pay to upgrade.

Before I go ahead and pick a decent one to purchase is there a free version anywhere which will do the basics without watermarks being applied etc?

Cheers.

Randomface74 · 2 Oct 2018 at 19:41

I don't see this working out. PDF isn't a good format for dynamic content.

touch · 3 Oct 2018 at 10:53

I doubt you'll find any free software you can legally use. Most will exclude commercial use in their free licence. If you're running a course at work (even if it's internal for employees of your company only) it counts as commercial use.

Hades · 3 Oct 2018 at 12:40

A quick Google suggests that it is possible to embed video and YouTube in a PDF (that surprised me quite a bit). I would take a look at some of the free alternatives for PDF editing and see whether they support what you need

Inkscape
LibreOffice Draw
Qoppa PDF Studio (Linux only)

antijoke · 4 Oct 2018 at 11:39

I use FlippingBook at work, we have a paid licence so unsure if the trial watermarks or not, but it's a good program.

https://flippingbook.com/downloads

or you can try 3d Issue, I've used this as well for a couple of flipping books and it worked well.

https://www.3dissue.com/flipbooks-desktop.html

Ginger-Menace · 4 Oct 2018 at 12:06

Ive used this is the past, is it any good for you?
http://www.turnjs.com/

Draeger · 4 Oct 2018 at 21:12

Cheers guys, will have a look at those.