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PDF, ebook and web page

Export a book, or one painting, as a PDF for print, an EPUB ebook or a single web page, with the pages moving where the reader can play them.

Free + PlusiPad · iPhone · Mac

Free
Books of any length as PDF, ebook and web page, with every page moving, and a small Made with Doodly Doodle mark on each page.
Plus
Book exports without the mark.
Narrated walkthrough, recorded in the iPad Simulator.
Narrated walkthrough, recorded in the iPhone Simulator.

  1. Here is a book of two pages, A quiet breeze and a page added after it.

    Here is a book of two pages, A quiet breeze and a page added after it.

  2. Open Pages, tap Add page, and choose Export book. Or open Export from Actions and pick a format under Book.

    Open Pages, tap Add page, and choose Export book. Or open Export from Actions and pick a format under Book.

    Open Pages, click Add page, and choose Export book. Or open Export from Actions and pick a format under Book.

  3. The Export sheet opens on PDF. Choose PDF, EPUB ebook or Web page, the whole book or just this page, and whether the pages move.

    The Export sheet opens on PDF. Choose PDF, EPUB ebook or Web page, the whole book or just this page, and whether the pages move.

  4. Tap Export. When it's done, share the file, or find it in Files, in Doodly Doodle, Exports.

    Tap Export. When it's done, share the file, or find it in Files, in Doodly Doodle, Exports.

    Click Export. When it's done, share the file, or find it in Files, in Doodly Doodle, Exports.

Three kinds of document

Open Pages → Add page → Export book… 1: the Export sheet opens on PDF. Or open Actions → Export… and choose a Format 1 under Book. For a painting that isn't a book, they're under Document, and the Pages button reads Export as PDF or ebook…. While drawing together, Export makes images and movies only.

  • PDF: each page is one picture, sized for print at the Print resolution you choose. A page of 2480 × 3508 pixels at 300 DPI prints as A4. With Moving pages on, each moving page also carries its motion as a short looping video, over the still picture. Adobe Acrobat on a computer plays it; other readers, and printers, show the still.
  • EPUB ebook: one painting to a page, laid out as the page is (fixed layout). Moving pages play in Apple Books, looping; readers that can't play video show the still.
  • Web page: one .html file with every page inside. It opens in any browser on any device, with the pages playing. Turn pages with the buttons, the arrow keys or a swipe. Send it by AirDrop or email, or put it on a website.

Pages 2: the whole book, or only the page you are on. Moving pages 3: whether moving pages move. Each page shows the pose it was left in; its motion loops for as long as it takes to repeat (up to 20 seconds). A page that doesn't move is a still picture in every format.

The file is saved in Files → Doodly Doodle → Exports, and Share sends it on.

Tip: For the widest reach, export the web page. It is the one format that plays everywhere. The PDF is best for printing, and the EPUB for reading on iPad and iPhone in Apple Books.

On Free, every page, still or moving, carries a small Made with Doodly Doodle mark in its bottom-right corner, as every Free export does. The form says so, with Remove the mark with Plus: see Share and export.

Plus: Books export without the mark. Every format, with every page moving, is Free.

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