Page-flip Module?

[hassafrass]

Hi,

I am looking at a way to convert PDF documents to a page-flip style of display.  I've spent a bunch of time looking at this.

 I found an open source sample :
http://www.codebox.es/pdf-to-flash-page-flip

A Drupal conversation on page-flip that seemed to indicate developers are talking about this but that we aren't there yet...
http://groups.drupal.org/node/18326

And then a paid piece of software currently with a WordPress plugin.(this one is beautiful, and I want to write a module for it )
http://page-flip.com/products/

I am leaning towards writing a Drupal module with #1 (open source), but wondering if there were  any other mummerings in the community about page flip ?  Any advice or pointers that might help me focus on what has been done and what needs to be done.

Thanks,

-Emma

[David Sterratt-2]

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 20:54 -0700, Emma Irwin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at a way to convert PDF documents to a page-flip style of
> display.  I've spent a bunch of time looking at this.

> I am leaning towards writing a Drupal module with #1 (open source),
> but wondering if there were  any other mummerings in the community
> about page flip ?  Any advice or pointers that might help me focus on
> what has been done and what needs to be done.

Once the patch to imageapi_imagemagick module at
http://drupal.org/node/269329 
is reviewed and committed, the work done on incorporating imagecache
into D7 means that D7 will have the ability to convert the first page of
a PDF document to an image format. Perhaps it would be possible to
modify imageapi_imagemagick to produce multiple pages - but I don't know
how that would link up with the new image system in core.

David.

[hassafrass]

Thanks David - that is good to consider for future...  that would be very cool if it could make the multiple pages, because really the flip technology seems easier after that  - I would like to find something using jquery rather than flash, but that's just a personal goal to 'not use flash' if I can...

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM, David Sterratt <dtq@...> wrote:

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 20:54 -0700, Emma Irwin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at a way to convert PDF documents to a page-flip style of
> display.  I've spent a bunch of time looking at this.

> I am leaning towards writing a Drupal module with #1 (open source),
> but wondering if there were  any other mummerings in the community
> about page flip ?  Any advice or pointers that might help me focus on
> what has been done and what needs to be done.

Once the patch to imageapi_imagemagick module at
http://drupal.org/node/269329
is reviewed and committed, the work done on incorporating imagecache
into D7 means that D7 will have the ability to convert the first page of
a PDF document to an image format. Perhaps it would be possible to
modify imageapi_imagemagick to produce multiple pages - but I don't know
how that would link up with the new image system in core.

David.

[John Oakley]

Just a thought,

I like this idea and could help with development.

in the interim the iPaper module does a fairly slick job with flash and hosted documents at scribd.com

Cheers Psy

On 29/10/2009, at 11:25 AM, Emma Irwin wrote:

Thanks David - that is good to consider for future...  that would be very cool if it could make the multiple pages, because really the flip technology seems easier after that  - I would like to find something using jquery rather than flash, but that's just a personal goal to 'not use flash' if I can...

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM, David Sterratt <dtq@...> wrote:

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 20:54 -0700, Emma Irwin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at a way to convert PDF documents to a page-flip style of
> display.  I've spent a bunch of time looking at this.

> I am leaning towards writing a Drupal module with #1 (open source),
> but wondering if there were  any other mummerings in the community
> about page flip ?  Any advice or pointers that might help me focus on
> what has been done and what needs to be done.

Once the patch to imageapi_imagemagick module at
http://drupal.org/node/269329
is reviewed and committed, the work done on incorporating imagecache
into D7 means that D7 will have the ability to convert the first page of
a PDF document to an image format. Perhaps it would be possible to
modify imageapi_imagemagick to produce multiple pages - but I don't know
how that would link up with the new image system in core.

David.

[Gorav Singal]

scribd uses swftools (pdf2swf), and has its own swf-viewer.

This module will be mostly in demand.


~Gorav

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:36 AM, John Oakley <john.oakley@...> wrote:

Just a thought,

I like this idea and could help with development.

in the interim the iPaper module does a fairly slick job with flash and hosted documents at scribd.com

Cheers Psy

On 29/10/2009, at 11:25 AM, Emma Irwin wrote:

Thanks David - that is good to consider for future...  that would be very cool if it could make the multiple pages, because really the flip technology seems easier after that  - I would like to find something using jquery rather than flash, but that's just a personal goal to 'not use flash' if I can...

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM, David Sterratt <dtq@...> wrote:

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 20:54 -0700, Emma Irwin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at a way to convert PDF documents to a page-flip style of
> display.  I've spent a bunch of time looking at this.

> I am leaning towards writing a Drupal module with #1 (open source),
> but wondering if there were  any other mummerings in the community
> about page flip ?  Any advice or pointers that might help me focus on
> what has been done and what needs to be done.

Once the patch to imageapi_imagemagick module at
http://drupal.org/node/269329
is reviewed and committed, the work done on incorporating imagecache
into D7 means that D7 will have the ability to convert the first page of
a PDF document to an image format. Perhaps it would be possible to
modify imageapi_imagemagick to produce multiple pages - but I don't know
how that would link up with the new image system in core.

David.

--
Be the change U want to see in the world...

[hassafrass]

So we have a couple of different lines of thinking here, (I have another conversation off-group) and thrilled that perhaps a couple of you are interested in contributing. We should probably take this off the group conversation now, please email me directly and we can start a single thread .  I'm excited!  

emma.irwin@...

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:06 PM, John Oakley <john.oakley@...> wrote:

Just a thought,

I like this idea and could help with development.

in the interim the iPaper module does a fairly slick job with flash and hosted documents at scribd.com

Cheers Psy

On 29/10/2009, at 11:25 AM, Emma Irwin wrote:

Thanks David - that is good to consider for future...  that would be very cool if it could make the multiple pages, because really the flip technology seems easier after that  - I would like to find something using jquery rather than flash, but that's just a personal goal to 'not use flash' if I can...

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM, David Sterratt <dtq@...> wrote:

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 20:54 -0700, Emma Irwin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at a way to convert PDF documents to a page-flip style of
> display.  I've spent a bunch of time looking at this.

> I am leaning towards writing a Drupal module with #1 (open source),
> but wondering if there were  any other mummerings in the community
> about page flip ?  Any advice or pointers that might help me focus on
> what has been done and what needs to be done.

Once the patch to imageapi_imagemagick module at
http://drupal.org/node/269329
is reviewed and committed, the work done on incorporating imagecache
into D7 means that D7 will have the ability to convert the first page of
a PDF document to an image format. Perhaps it would be possible to
modify imageapi_imagemagick to produce multiple pages - but I don't know
how that would link up with the new image system in core.

David.

[Steve Edwards-8]

How about this?

http://elliottkember.com/sexy_curls.html

Steve

Emma Irwin wrote:

> Thanks David - that is good to consider for future...  that would be
> very cool if it could make the multiple pages, because really the flip
> technology seems easier after that  - I would like to find something
> using jquery rather than flash, but that's just a personal goal to
> 'not use flash' if I can...
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM, David Sterratt <dtq@...
> <mailto:dtq@...>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 20:54 -0700, Emma Irwin wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I am looking at a way to convert PDF documents to a page-flip
>     style of
>     > display.  I've spent a bunch of time looking at this.
>
>     > I am leaning towards writing a Drupal module with #1 (open source),
>     > but wondering if there were  any other mummerings in the community
>     > about page flip ?  Any advice or pointers that might help me
>     focus on
>     > what has been done and what needs to be done.
>
>     Once the patch to imageapi_imagemagick module at
>     http://drupal.org/node/269329
>     is reviewed and committed, the work done on incorporating imagecache
>     into D7 means that D7 will have the ability to convert the first
>     page of
>     a PDF document to an image format. Perhaps it would be possible to
>     modify imageapi_imagemagick to produce multiple pages - but I
>     don't know
>     how that would link up with the new image system in core.
>
>     David.
>
>