Page Turning PDFs

Does Adobe have any page turning (flipping) app yet? I have searched the internet and have not found anything, surely Adobe should be addressing this. is it included in any updates?
Having subscribed to Creative Cloud I was hoping that there was something 'Adobe' that would do the job. The company I work for publishes directories of over 100 pages, so I am looking for a something straightforward to convert pdfs.
I have seen some software costing £1000 but that is silly money.
Is there anything in the pipeline from Adobe? If not any recommendations out there please!
We do want to host the adapted documents ourselves.

Minute by minute, I'm vacillating between the two formats. For exploration, I'm using ePub and pdf copies of Robin Williams and John Tollet's Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: A Quick Refernce Guid to Mastering Lion! A few more confounding variables:
I can see why the "page swipe" thing doesn't influence you (in pdf format, the same gesture goes back and forth between pages, just without the curling page.
It's not possible to make notes while reading a document in pdf format.
It's virtually impossible to know what page to turn to in an ePub when it says "as discussed on page 27." Fortunately, many of those internal reference are accompanied by hyperlinks, which (curiously) don't work while reading in pdf format.
It's not possible to select text with the cursor while reading in pdf format (this one really surprised me).
On balance, looks as though ePub will win out for me, but I can't fathom why graphics don't scale. The curling page eye candy in ePub clearly shows that the format supports impressive on-the-fly graphics transformations.

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Navigation with page turning PDF?

Am using CS4 products, don't know whether Acrobat or InDesign is the problem. I can get a flip-book by adding Page Turn transitions in InDesign, exporting to SWF, using Create PDF from file in Acrobat, then poof, I have a PDF with page turns. So far, so good. But, can't get navigation to work, what I want is one Start Over button on the last page that returns user to first page. I suspect it's because the SWF file is considered only 1 page by Acrobat. Any workarounds?
I can get the Start Over button to work in a PDF exported directly from InDesign, but then there can't be Page Turns.
Tried to put the SWF PDF in a portfolio in Acrobat, thinking I could add navigation, but couldn't figure it out.
Any theories would be appreciated. : )

You're correct - PDF files don't support page turning, so when InDesign exports your document places a single SWF into a one-page PDF file, therefore none of the navigation features of Acrobat or Reader will apply.
Navigation *within* the SWF should work as normal.

InDesign: Creating interactive PDFs with Page Turn and Flash animations | CSInsider | Design | Adobe TV

This episode gives an answer to a question Rufus hears very frequently: "Can I have page turns and animations created in Adobe InDesign in a PDF?" - The answer is yes. Find out how.
http://adobe.ly/wmHCbl

Not an expert, but would think you still get 508 compliance by the normal PDF reader controls -- the page curls are visual extras only.
I understand these 'techniques' perfectly -- but they sure seem awkward.
- why doesn't InDesign properly emit the combination page turner PDF in one step?
- why doesnt InDesign show the actual background of the embedded Flash animation as it will be, and why doesn't it allow you to set background transparency right there in InDesign, again showing you what the result will be?
I hope this is done in such a straightforward and clear way, in InDesign CS6.

I need to make a pdf document, made in photoshop, 'page turn' and then add it to my website. I know I can do this in indesign but indesign will not open pdf files for some inexplicable reason. Any ideas how I can do it without completely starting again?

I need to make a pdf document, already made in photoshop, 'page turn' and then add it to my website as an e-brochure. I know I can do this in indesign but indesign will not open pdf files for some inexplicable reason. Any ideas how I can do it without completely starting again?

Hello waitingone,
please try this (all terms are translated from my German programs to my best knowledge):
1. Did the creator of the pdf file enable the import options?
2. See import options: choose an other visibility option for your layer.
3. Let you show the import options and click into one with a black background and try these out (often a gray is selected).
4. See trimming: try the different modes there. Often works: "Media".
5. Is the pdf file (eg from Word) correctly created?
6. Is the PDF file protected? >>> no import possible.
7. If that does not help, store the pdf file in Acrobat, repair possible errors, run the PDF Optimizer before placing in InDesign.
Good luck!
Hans-Günter

Can I view the same pdf on multiple iPads at the same time with 1 iPad operating as the master (controlling page turns etc)?

Would like to use 4nr iPads as an autocue system. Can I view the same pdf on multiple iPads at the same time with 1 iPad operating as the master (controlling page turns etc) and the others operating as slaves? Can this be done without the use of 3G or a remote Wifi hub? I would appreciate your input.................

Open the document in Acrobat Reader and use the menu Window > New Window.

How do I add a poster to a page curl/turn PDF in InDesign 2014?

I have created a two-page Christmas card for my company. I used the Adobe TV video to see how to create a SWF file with page curl to import into an InDesign file and keep page turn in a PDF.
The only problem is that I can't find how to use the first page of the card as a poster for the PDF; when receivers see the file at the moment, they get is the image below, a screen-filling image with a SWF icon in the corner with a button that says 'activate here' which looks ugly.
In the Adobe TV video which uses an older version of InDesign, it's easy to see how to set a page as the poster but in InDesign 2014, I can't see how it's done.
Any suggestions? Thanks for reading this.

I strongly suggest you rethink any use of SWF. Most emails are opened on mobile devices today and that mean no flash.
Add to that many people don't even have it installed on desktops anymore.

Realistic Page Turn Effects from a PDF document

Is there a way to create animated page turn effects from within Acrobat or in combination with Flash?
I would like to create books, magazines, brochures that have hot links to other pages within the same document, web links, and multimedia capabilities, but which display animated page turns. Something along the style of http://page-flip.com/products.htm
Ideally, I would like to create the documents in various programs, and then turn them into a PDF with the hot links and multimedia capabilities. I then want them to display as a Flash video with the animated, realistic page turn effects, along with pagination and zoom controls.
There are software programs available that will do this but they cost big $$$$. Is there a way to export/print/save a PDF file to a SWF format and automatically have the page turn effects added?
I have CS4 with Acrobat Pro and Flash Pro. I found a couple of Flash extension that appear to do this but they are clumsy to use and I am not very experienced with Flash and ActionScript. I am looking for an easy way to accomplish this, hopefully, right from within Acrobat.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Dan

Adobe CS5 support animated Flash and movies in PDF files, you can visit the home page for detail. When it comes to convert PDF to SWF with Page-Flip effect, Adobe didn't work that good. I recommend convert online at http://www.axmag.com/submit.html , this seems to be free.

Page turn effect doesn't work for PDFs in iBooks

Hi All,
Page turn in iBooks doesn't seem to be working for PDF files. Whenever I open the PDF file on Macbook, iBooks opens the file in Acrobat reader.
I was just wondering if this is the default behaviour or something can be changed to get the page turn effect for PDFs in iBooks.
Configuration:
Macbook Pro OS X 10.9.2
I would appreciate any help on this.

That is normal. My PDFs open in Preview as that is what I use as the default application for reading PDFs.

Creating a PDF with automatic page turn after playing a movie

Is there anyway to create a pdf where pages get turned automatically after a movie has been played? Simply put, I need to create a slideshow with both movies and images, and with an automatic page turn every x seconds the movies might be either too short or too long.
Any help will be greatly apreciated!
best, Jacob

Did you ever figure this out? I would love to know.

Scripting page-turns in a pdf

I'd like to move between pages in a pdf, by means of a hotkey or similar, without switching focus to the pdf app (e.g., Preview). This would be useful for taking notes in a text editor, for example, where I want to retain the focus on the editor but easily turn pdf pages as I read and take notes.
I thought this would be an easy thing to script using Automator or AppleScript but I can't figure it out. While it would be nice to pull this off using Preview, I'm not opposed to using another (cheap or free) pdf app to do it, if that's what it takes to expose the page-turning commands. Any ideas?

Preview is not scriptable, and trying to GUI script it requires bringing it to the foreground. you could do something like this:
tell application "System Events"
          set oldFrontApp to item 1 of (every process whose frontmost is true)
          tell process "Preview"
                    set frontmost to true
key code 121
          end tell
          set frontmost of oldFrontApp to true
end tell
which brings it to the front, scrolls it, then sends it back, but it's a little annoying to watch.
You could try Skim, which is scriptable, and a good app for note-taking regardless. Or you could recall that you can hold down the command key while clicking on the scrollbar of a background window or rolling the mouse wheel over it, and that will scroll it without bringing it forward.

Can we keep page turn and accessibility in InDesign/PDF CS6?

Hi there
I have been working on an accessible PDF for awhile now and my client wants this doc look more interesting by applying 'page turn' and animation. Understanding we only could export as SWF for the page turn functionality but at the same time we lose all the accessibility. Is there anyway we can keep both? If it's not, are there any software to do that?
Also, for my understanding, these SWF files are not compatible with iOS device except Android? Ummm its a bit of drag when you can export SWF from InDesign and yet can not be view in Apple??
Any advice would be appreciated!
Cheers
Karen

There are some solutions outside InDesign which will convert pages with page flip effect compatible with iOS.
At the moment is a cheap offer available, for this price nothing to do wring: Convert PDFs into Interactive Animated Publications - only $9.97! - MightyDeals

Underlying images appear for a moment upon opening pdf or page turn.

Hi, when I export from indesign to pdf, then open the pdf, a graphic layered behind the top graphic on the first page appears first; so instead of seeing the cover of the book, the reader sees one of the layers first, for a second or two, then the top layer appears. Is there a way to 'flatten' pdf content so this doesn't happen? It also happens on page turn, as it takes a moment for the front-most graphic to appear, and in the meantime reveals the one below it.

Everytime you change the page Acrobat needs to redraw all of the page elements. The dealy is probably a reflection of the amount off video memory available, as much as anything.

Placed mp3 stops playing on page turn in exported pdf

Hi, I placed a sound file in an indesign file, left the 'media' setting 'stop on page turn' unchecked, and still, the file stops when i turn the page in the pdf. I have one button controling the play (mouse release action) and stop (mouseover action) of the file.

hi steve, you're right; from what i've found, the only way that an embedded audio or movie file will keep playing is if you float a controller. The problem there however is that you have to use the controller; that can be dealt with in pdf, but not from indesign, and if one has a lot of media files in their interactive pdf, that's a lot of work after export. from within indesign, that controller can be made fairly small, and it ends up sitting in the top right corner of adobe reader once a media file is clicked; and it only goes away if you close it; and if you open other media files, the contollers start piling up.
what i ended up figuring out as an alternative was that if you export to swf instead of pdf, for some reason the mp3 (i only tried mp3 in swf) keeps playing on page turn (with no controller); and the nice thing about swf is that you can get 'curl' page transitions, and since it opens as an html it's ready to go online.
the document has buttons that upon being clicked, play the file (with nothing popping up); and the mouseover stops the file; and click again plays it.
one thing that would be nice is if one audio file could be placed that buttons on other pages could access cue points within; unfortunately; buttons can only access audio files that have been placed on the page. so instead of having 1 file, accessed at different navigation points, you have 50 files cut from the 1, each with their own button.

Creating interactive PDFs with page turn,issue with PDF

I recently watch a video on adobe tv titled "indesign : creating interactive PDFs with page turn and flash animation". The video was great,simple to follow with great results, I was able to create a document with interactive page turns that was viewable in a web browser,the next step was to then create the same document but be able to view it in PDF format. I followed the above mentioned video and everything worked apart from one issue once I exported the indesign file out as an interactive PDF it opened up in adobe acrobat pro with no problem but when I went to turn the page it would lag and slow down to the point were it was almost impossible to turn the page, the page turning didn't seem to flow as well as when viewing it in a web browser. The document I am creating is a catalogue and I am happy with the interactive version for the web but I am looking at putting the catalogue on a CD/ USB and need it to open and work with PDF, it would be a great help if anyone could advise me on the reason why the interactive page turning runs so poor in PDF format. I am currently running on a very powerful computer with the adobe CS5 master suit.
Any help would be much appreciated

The page flipping is an SWF effect, so essentially you now have an entire SWF embedded inside a PDF.
If you forget about this garish effect (which, I can guarantee you, by next year will be "so 2012") you can send out a standard PDF which can be easily viewed on otherwise sub-standard computers, and using very straightforward PDF readers, such as the ones currently available for the iPad and its clones.

Adobe pdf to Flash page turning book

First of all apologies as this isn't strictly an Indesign itself question - more the end product of Indesign brochure query.
Can anyone recommend a particular professional PDF to Flash page turning book effect software. I've googled but there's a fair few out there and not sure which to go for. Anyone recommend a software in particular or know if any have been approved by Adobe? This is following a request by corporate client of mine but I'm stuck on which one is best to go for.
Thanks
Molly O'Moon

eDocker is not a PDF to Flash FlipPage software, it´s more like InDesign to Flash FlipPage solution, but it´s aproved by Adobe.
You can download trial version from Adobe Marketplace at:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/marketplace/index.cfm?event=marketplace.offering&offeringid=1 7503&marketplaceid=1
Sample Magazine (with videos, animations, slideshows etc. InDesign interactive features)
http://www.edocker.com/_demo/edocker-online-demo/index.html

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