Everything works here — tap ☰ for the controls. But this tool was built
for a large screen, and MP4 export needs Chrome or Edge; other browsers
fall back to WebM.
No matching setting
Product
Artwork
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Inside
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Page edges
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Materials
Cover
1
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Pages
Page edges
20
0.5
Endpapers
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Shown when the book is open.
Size
0.3
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0.6
315
3
Presentation
Book view
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Scanner
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0
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60
0
Bend
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Close the cover to bend.
1
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Binding
Binding Type
15
90
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1.2
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30
1
0
Cover
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1.5
2
0.4
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0.6
French groove
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Headband
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0.75
2
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Binding
2
11
2
10
15
8
Poster Surface
5
1
0
4
2
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30
340
0.35
90
6
3
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90
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0
Folded Leaflet
2
0.5
Vinyl Record
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Flag
4
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1
Finishing
Finish
Applies to
Foil, embossing and UV spot. Shrink wrap always wraps the whole product.
Downloads the current product as a 3D model (.glb) for Blender, Cinema 4D or any web
3D viewer — in real-world size, with materials and textures.
Not included: lighting, background and ground shadow. Moving parts (flag, record) are
saved as they stand right now.
Downloads a ZIP containing a standalone HTML version of your current setup — all settings
and textures are embedded. Open it directly or embed it on your website. Nothing is uploaded
to a server.
On: three.js travels inside the file — it opens by double-click, forever, with no connection.
Adds about 0.9 MB (roughly 0.3 MB in the ZIP).
Off: the library is fetched from unpkg.com when the file is opened. Smaller file, needs
internet.
On: exactly one full turn, so the video loops seamlessly — the speed setting has no effect.
Off: records your own animation (your axes and speed). No guaranteed loop.
5.0s
⚠ There is no rotation to show right now (no axis active, or the Scanner look is on) — this exports a still video.
Imprint (Impressum)
Legal notice required under German law. The German wording below is authoritative.
Angaben gemäß § 5 DDG
Sascha Fronczek
Alter Schlachthof 11b, Atelier B2
76131 Karlsruhe, Deutschland
E-Mail: mail@saschafronczek.de
Umsatzsteuer-ID
Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer gemäß § 27 a Umsatzsteuergesetz: DE287899181
Datenschutz
Dieses Werkzeug läuft vollständig in deinem Browser. Deine Bilder und Einstellungen
werden nirgendwohin übertragen und nicht gespeichert — es gibt keine Benutzerkonten,
keine Cookies und kein Tracking. Was du exportierst, entsteht im Browser und landet direkt in
deinem Download-Ordner.
Beim Öffnen der Seite wird die 3D-Bibliothek three.js von unpkg.com geladen;
dabei wird deine IP-Adresse an diesen Dienst übermittelt. Die Bibliotheken für den Export
(ZIP, GIF, MP4) werden erst geladen, wenn du einen Export startest.
Die Seite wird bei der dogado GmbH, Antonio-Segni-Straße 11, 44263 Dortmund gehostet. Dort
fallen Server-Logdaten an (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO — Betrieb und Sicherheit). Schreibst du
mir eine E-Mail, verarbeite ich die Angaben zur Beantwortung (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. b bzw. f
DSGVO). Auskunft, Berichtigung und Löschung:
mail@saschafronczek.de
Haftung für Inhalte und Links
Für eigene Inhalte auf diesen Seiten bin ich nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen verantwortlich.
Für Inhalte verlinkter externer Seiten sind deren Betreiber verantwortlich; zum Zeitpunkt der
Verlinkung waren keine Rechtsverstöße erkennbar.
Printed Matter Animator is free to use. Here is exactly what you may do with
what comes out of it.
Images and videos (PNG, MP4, GIF)
Yours, without conditions. Use them commercially, in client work, in shops, in print — no
credit required, nothing to ask for. They are renderings of your own artwork.
Exports carry a small “Made with Printed Matter Animator” watermark by default. You can switch
it off in the export dialog, free and with no strings attached — a mention or a pretzel is
welcome, never required.
Web export (the standalone HTML)
You may host it, embed it on any number of websites and use it commercially, free of charge —
as long as the small “Made with Printed Matter Animator” credit in the corner stays
visible. That credit is the only thing this free tool asks for, and it is a condition
of this licence, not a favour. If it is removed, the permission to use the exported file ends.
The exported file is a copy of this application. Permission to publish that file does
not license the application itself: you may not reuse, rebuild or operate its source
code as your own tool or service.
Your images
You are responsible for holding the rights to any image you upload. Nothing is uploaded to a
server — everything stays in your browser — so I never see your files and cannot check them.
No warranty
This tool is provided “as is”, without any warranty. It may render inaccurately, and to the
extent permitted by law I accept no liability for damage or lost work arising from its use.
Note in particular that nothing is saved: reloading the page discards your
whole session. Export early.
Paper names and values
Paper names are trademarks of their respective owners. No affiliation or endorsement.
Thickness, tone and finish of named papers are approximate values from manufacturer datasheets
and may differ from the paper you receive. Always confirm spine width with your printer.
No guarantee of continuity
This is a free side project. It may change, break or disappear, and there is no support or
uptime commitment. Files you have already exported keep working regardless — they are
self-contained.
The libraries this runs on and the tool that inspired it:
see .
Questions about any of this? Write to
mail@saschafronczek.de. Who runs this tool:
see „Imprint".
Switch off the watermark?
Totally fine — your exports are yours either way.
If it doesn’t get in the way, leaving it on helps a lot: it’s how other people find
this free tool. If you’d rather go without, a mention (bookanimator.de) or a
pretzel keeps it going.
No code was taken from either; Printed Matter Animator was written from
scratch.
Built with
Four open-source libraries do the heavy lifting, all under the MIT licence:
three.js for the 3D scene,
JSZip for the web
export, gifenc
for animated GIFs and
mp4-muxer
for video.
What you may do with your exports is in
; who runs
this tool is in .
What’s new
Everything that changed since the first version, newest first. Small fixes are
folded into the entry they belong to; a few early steps were released together and are listed
as a range.
v1.65.08 Oct 2026
Books and booklets can now be printed on real papers from leading mills and merchants, taking thickness, shade and finish from the manufacturers' data, while pages and thickness can still be set by hand. Covers can be made from bookcloths, cover papers and boards with their colour ranges and true surface structure, with artwork printed on top or plain, and endpapers take a preset, a colour or your own image.
v1.64.07 Oct 2026
Scans fade into darkness and blur away from the glass like a real scanner, with books pressed flat, bindings showing in the gutter and page edges varying in tone. Plastic film now hugs books and records thinly with crisp shine and shrink ripples, and posters can look freshly pasted with wet glue.
v1.63.05 Oct 2026
The scanner look can add grain, a touch of softness and light creeping in at the edges, all set with one slider.
v1.62.05 Oct 2026
The scanner look now works for flyers, cards, leaflets and posters too, on a background colour of your choice, and the used look reaches flat print with cracked folds. Covers shade evenly, books with rounded corners open and close smoothly, and web exports only carry the images they need.
v1.61.04 Oct 2026
Spiral and Wire-O bound books and booklets can now turn their pages too, each page swinging around the wire.
v1.60.03 Oct 2026
Books and booklets can load a PDF as their pages and cover, and the menu is more compact, better sorted and can be searched. Saved setups with an open book keep their angle.
v1.59.13 Oct 2026
Typing a size or thickness no longer jumps to the limit while you are still typing.
v1.59.02 Oct 2026
Books and booklets can read right to left and turn their pages one by one, live or as a looping video. Spiral bindings run through punched holes, rounded hardcovers show shoulders, hardcovers can have coloured endpapers, and the scanner look shows real pages too.
v1.58.01 Oct 2026
Open books now show real pages running into the spine, set by page count and paper or by thickness, sewn in sections or glued, with a hollow back on hardcovers. Opening a book now lays it down for a better view, sewn books show their sections, headbands sit on the book block, and spiral bindings, rounded corners and plastic film look cleaner.
v1.57.030 Sep 2026
Front, back and side views now look at the product dead on, and snapping to an axis turns it perfectly straight. Books and booklets now open and close with a smooth motion, also as a looping video, and rounded hardcover spines bulge outward when the book lies open.
v1.56.029 Sep 2026
Video exports keep their proportions, even if the window changes size while they are being made.
v1.55.028 Sep 2026
Copies now settle into a clean, straight view for every arrangement, with the bottom copy of each stack lying square. Fans open out from a straight copy.
v1.54.027 Sep 2026
Scan-style views look more lifelike: a side lamp brings out the gutter, rounded spines and the sections of an open spine, with a soft glint on glossy covers and page edges that show at the sides of a spread. Plastic film now crinkles like the real thing, also in scan-style cover views. Open hardcovers now show their recessed spine and joints. Books and booklets can also look gently read, with rubbed edges, softened corners and light creases. Switching products, copies or poses now glides smoothly into view.
v1.53.025 Sep 2026
A book can now be shown as a single shot: back, spine and front side by side, straight on. Exports carry a small watermark, which you can switch off. Hardcovers and paperbacks look more natural, with finer headbands, softer edges, a visible cover and page edges that read as paper. Books and booklets can now be shown flat and straight on against black, like a scan — as a spread, the cover or the unfolded cover.
v1.52.024 Sep 2026
Copies work for flyers, cards and leaflets too, and can be fanned out, set up as a display or laid out in a grid. Foil reads as gold from the start, and ground shadows can be made softer.
v1.51.021 Sep 2026
Eyelets can run all the way around a flag or banner now, evenly spaced on every edge, and they go right through the fabric.
v1.50.018 Sep 2026
The film around a book sits tighter and reflects across the whole cover. Flags and banners hang from eyelets now, sized to the format, instead of a pole.
v1.49.017 Sep 2026
Sheets and books can curve, colours come through truer, and a gatefold sleeve can be printed on the inside.
v1.48.015 Sep 2026
Products can animate themselves, booklets bind in more ways, and a whole setup saves to a file.
v1.47.014 Sep 2026
Closed books look properly bound, posters go up on walls and billboards, and the controls were sorted by task. A few features are switched off for the time being.
v1.45.0 – v1.46.013 Sep 2026
These release notes arrived.
v1.44.013 Sep 2026
On a phone the controls sit at the bottom, so the product stays in view.
v1.43.012 Sep 2026
The cut edges of a book can carry their own artwork.
v1.42.012 Sep 2026
Groundwork on the export side.
v1.41.010 Sep 2026
Records come in any colour, with splatter and marble patterns and a real centre hole. Sleeve spines can be printed.
v1.40.19 Sep 2026
The support link moved, and it now buys a pretzel.
v1.40.03 Sep 2026
Foil, embossing and spot varnish can be limited to one side of a sheet. Shrink wrap stays around the whole product.
v1.39.03 Sep 2026
Foil reads as foil again on flat products instead of going almost black.
v1.38.0 – v1.38.22 Sep 2026
Dragging turns the product instead of walking the camera around it, so the light stays where it was.
v1.37.0 – v1.37.531 Aug – 2 Sep 2026
A photo can stand behind the product, and it travels into every export.
v1.36.025 Aug 2026
New product: a saddle-stitched booklet.
v1.35.019 Aug 2026
The header went away and its buttons moved within reach; the canvas gained the space.
v1.34.0 – v1.34.118 Aug 2026
The axis widget is clickable and snaps the view straight.
v1.33.017 Aug 2026
The controls became one collapsible list, each row showing what it holds.
v1.32.0 – v1.32.414 – 16 Aug 2026
Every product can cast a shadow on the ground. Folding cards and the phone layout got fixes.
v1.30.0 – v1.31.114 Aug 2026
Phones got a proper menu, and the canvas finally reads its own size.
v1.29.06 Aug 2026
A web export can carry everything it needs inside, so the file opens without a connection.
v1.28.0 – v1.28.24 – 5 Aug 2026
Holographic foil that shifts colour with the viewing angle, on every part of a folded product.
v1.26.0 – v1.27.04 Aug 2026
New product: flag and banner, with wind.
v1.25.03 Aug 2026
Foil can be placed with a mask instead of covering a whole side.
v1.23.0 – v1.24.03 Aug 2026
Poster creases actually show now.
v1.22.01 Aug 2026
Auto-rotation can run the other way.
v1.21.01 Aug 2026
Imprint and licence, and no third-party request left on the page.
v1.20.0 – v1.20.130 Jul – 1 Aug 2026
Fixes to the open book: the pages stay inside the cover, and the corners match.
v1.18.0 – v1.19.129 Jul 2026
Web export as a ZIP with its own viewer. Image and video export show exactly what is on screen.
v1.8.0 – v1.17.022 – 29 Jul 2026
The open book was rebuilt from the ground up.
v1.5.0 – v1.7.020 – 22 Jul 2026
GIF export and social sizes; more bindings can be shown open.
v1.3.0 – v1.4.115 Jul 2026
The book can be shown open.
v1.0.0 – v1.2.0Jul 2026
First version: book, poster, flyer, folded leaflet, card and vinyl, with your own artwork and exports.
Something missing or broken? The speech-bubble button next to the
version number sends a mail.