“You can make your own flipbook using any printer and a series of digital images. There is no reason why you couldn’t print the series of images in the upper or lower right corners of a multipage report, so people could flip the pages to see the animation. It might be one way to get people’s attention. In most cases however, you’d want to do a stand-alone flipbook. Here’s how to begin:”

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A cartoon, a drawing, a photograph animation is made up of a series of still images, pictures, or hand drawings. In fact, every movie, TV show, and video you watch works the exact same way.

When you view a series of still images one after another, your mind fills in the gaps and you are tricked into thinking that the images, cartoon characters, or photographs are actually moving.