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Motion Books push the boundaries of storytelling to the extreme, turning the act and art of reading into something that extends well beyond the printed page. Madefire's powerful and adaptable Motion Book Tool is now in your hands, allowing you to create expressive stories where audio and visual artistry collide.

The Motion Book is an adventurous, energy-packed medium that empowers creators to reach for worlds unseen. When you submit your Motion Books to deviantART and share them with the world, they'll be showcased alongside some of the comic industry's greatest creators and publishers, right alongside characters like Batman, Optimus Prime, Rainbow Dash, and Hellboy!

Professional-grade, yet flexible, the Madefire Motion Book Tool can be used to create the familiar page-by-page reading experience you know and love, while also being versatile and powerful enough to create the high-impact Motion Book environment being embraced by major companies such as DC, IDW, and Dark Horse Comics.

Stories unfold on-screen through words,pictures, motion, and sound.

Stories unfold page-by-page througha simple, elegant print-style book format.

With the Motion Book Tool and its built-in distribution and reader-tool functions, you are the publisher of your own work. Sell your Motion Books on deviantART and expand your horizons, generating profit for your hard work while building your audience, bringing more readers into your creative space with no up-front costs.

You choose the distribution of your Motion Books:

For free:

in which case there is absolutely no charge for the use of the Tool or for the distribution of the Motion Book through deviantART or Madefire's mobile platforms.

For sale:

in which you elect to sell your Motion Books on deviantART and on Madefire's mobile platforms. You can set your own price and receive 60% of every sale. You can use the Motion Book Tool as much as you want with free access, but if and when you decide to start making money with your Motion Books, a reasonable fee goes back to the Tool maker and distributors. You only bear a cost when you make a profit.

DeviantART's new Bookshelf feature is a place to keep your Motion Books and everything else, holding all digital content purchases you've made on deviantART and making it simple to rediscover your content. Access your Bookshelf from the Shop menu and view your favorite digital content. Stay tuned for more!

Show off your Bookshelf! Share Motion Books and other items from your Bookshelf in comments, and help bring an audience to the artists you appreciate.



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Comments: 1079

Bloodsong13T In reply to ??? [2014-07-22 20:19:00 +0000 UTC]

aha, i found the manual!  (under help)

kb.madefire.com/hc/en-us/artic…

this says you can create effect groups (with like sub-effects), and also talks about the child layers and such.  i will have to delve into these subjects further on the manual.

thanks a bunch for checking on the forums and zendesk!

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to Bloodsong13T [2014-07-22 21:53:19 +0000 UTC]

Ah yes, the manual! I sort of gave up on that thing when I kept coming across sections saying "This will be added later!"

The zendesk is here: kb.madefire.com/hc/en-us and I don't think there's a forum as of yet. You can always ask around on the official motionbook related groups though.

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Bloodsong13T In reply to Katy-L-Wood [2014-07-24 20:39:10 +0000 UTC]

okay, the zendesk seems to be the same as the manual.  : X
kb.madefire.com/hc/communities…

is the current community help, such as it is, for now.

what official motionbook related groups do you mean?  here on deviant art or...?

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to Bloodsong13T [2014-07-24 21:31:07 +0000 UTC]

It is the same, but you can also report issues to them and ask for assistance there, as well as participate in discussions on the different topics.

MADEFIRE and MotionBookTool are the two I know best.

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AlvaroMurga In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 22:27:20 +0000 UTC]

Promising..

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Juu-G In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 13:21:18 +0000 UTC]

This looks cool

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Yreva99 [2014-07-17 03:54:00 +0000 UTC]

Is this a new permanent feature? Or will we only be able to use it for a certain amount of time? I'd love to do this, but I have WAY to many projects right now...

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ikazon In reply to Yreva99 [2014-07-18 02:44:21 +0000 UTC]

It's permanent.

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to Yreva99 [2014-07-17 16:15:41 +0000 UTC]

It isn't going anywhere.

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allaround215artist In reply to ??? [2014-07-17 03:05:34 +0000 UTC]

this looks interesting.

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to allaround215artist [2014-07-17 16:15:52 +0000 UTC]

It is!

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CatsofFreedom88 [2014-07-17 01:27:09 +0000 UTC]

Ahh! The comments are posting twice!!

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CatsofFreedom88 [2014-07-17 01:26:58 +0000 UTC]

Ahh! The comments are posting twice!!

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CatsofFreedom88 [2014-07-17 01:26:14 +0000 UTC]

So cool!!!!!!!!!!

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CatsofFreedom88 [2014-07-17 01:22:20 +0000 UTC]

So cool!!!!!!!!!!

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Eromaxi In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 13:19:14 +0000 UTC]

Ta-da !  

Mass Effect fans, here's a small page for you:

eromaxi.deviantart.com/art/Com…

The page has music, parallax and an interactive small conversation between Joker and Shepard. Enjoy! 

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CatsofFreedom88 In reply to Eromaxi [2014-07-17 01:24:23 +0000 UTC]

I love it. It"s awesome!  Gonna add to my favorites!!

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Eromaxi In reply to CatsofFreedom88 [2014-07-17 04:19:34 +0000 UTC]

Glad that you like it!

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CatsofFreedom88 In reply to Eromaxi [2014-07-23 14:48:26 +0000 UTC]

^^

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CatsofFreedom88 In reply to Eromaxi [2014-07-17 01:23:04 +0000 UTC]

I love it. It"s awesome!

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CatsofFreedom88 In reply to Eromaxi [2014-07-17 01:20:27 +0000 UTC]

Cool c

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IrThumper In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 06:29:49 +0000 UTC]

Do authors/artists retain copyright to their work? Are there any publication (etc) rights that must be forfeited to Madefire? I'm in the process of reading the TOS and from what I understand it's not free to use but must have a license purchased to be able to use the software...?

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to IrThumper [2014-07-16 17:05:38 +0000 UTC]

No, you retain all rights to your work created through this tool.

The tool is also free to use if you don't intend to sell your work. If you do intend to sell books you make through the tool you will receive 60% of each sale.

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Nano-roar In reply to ??? [2014-07-16 04:30:23 +0000 UTC]

How do u create these amazing things!

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Eromaxi In reply to Nano-roar [2014-07-16 11:23:33 +0000 UTC]

Check out tutorials on Youtube.

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Mangakat-Zorogirl [2014-07-15 23:31:38 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

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mankikubo In reply to ??? [2014-07-15 23:16:53 +0000 UTC]

Ooooo! Omoshiroi!   I like this!!!  

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PennsyltuckyXTimes In reply to ??? [2014-07-15 19:54:52 +0000 UTC]

Hardcore! Can you add narration to the motion book?

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Ben-Abernathy In reply to PennsyltuckyXTimes [2014-07-17 18:37:05 +0000 UTC]

You absolutely can--here's an example of one:
darklifers.deviantart.com/art/…

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PennsyltuckyXTimes In reply to Ben-Abernathy [2014-07-18 17:49:58 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome! I would love to take part in something like that! XD

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to PennsyltuckyXTimes [2014-07-16 17:06:33 +0000 UTC]

Sure, I don't see why not! As long as you're not using copyrighted content you can do pretty much whatever you want.

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PennsyltuckyXTimes In reply to Katy-L-Wood [2014-07-18 17:47:56 +0000 UTC]

Cool! Not that I would even have the ability to make one of these. (I couldn't draw to save my life) I just thought it would be neat to take part in the narration of one of these.

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to PennsyltuckyXTimes [2014-07-18 21:15:19 +0000 UTC]

You can use them for 100% text books to, so that's always an option as well if you aren't as much of an artist.

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PennsyltuckyXTimes In reply to Katy-L-Wood [2014-07-27 04:42:52 +0000 UTC]

Cool! Thank you very much! I'll definitely look into those!

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to PennsyltuckyXTimes [2014-07-28 15:23:53 +0000 UTC]

Welcome.

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Asp-in-the-Garden In reply to ??? [2014-07-15 19:39:19 +0000 UTC]

<3 !!!!

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LaraMuk In reply to ??? [2014-07-15 16:53:23 +0000 UTC]

I am interested in this tool, but I am more of an illustrator for children than i am a graphic novel artist.  Is this tool solely for comics or would i be able to do cute interactive books for kids?  do kids even have access to the books if i submit them?  i may try to work on a comic in the future but i do not have a solid story yet

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ikazon In reply to LaraMuk [2014-07-15 18:49:46 +0000 UTC]

You can certainly create interactive books with the tool, at least at some level. And anyone who can see your deviantART page currently can read any Motion Books you submit to your dA account.

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LaraMuk In reply to ikazon [2014-07-15 19:59:48 +0000 UTC]

ah ok thanks  I'll have to take a peek at the tutorials and see what's possible

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to LaraMuk [2014-07-15 17:09:18 +0000 UTC]

You could easily create something for kids on this, it doesn't just have to be comics. They could access it through the app or through deviantART with the help of an adult. I believe you can also embed the books on your own website as well, but I have yet to try that myself so I'm not 100% sure how it works.

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LaraMuk In reply to Katy-L-Wood [2014-07-15 17:52:38 +0000 UTC]

ah thank you for answering!  I am definitely interested in experimenting with the tool

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to LaraMuk [2014-07-15 17:59:49 +0000 UTC]

Welcome.

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BunnysteeleStephanie In reply to ??? [2014-07-15 06:15:35 +0000 UTC]

DUDE ! I want to make one so bad!

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to BunnysteeleStephanie [2014-07-15 17:09:26 +0000 UTC]

Go for it!

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Nano-roar [2014-07-15 01:14:58 +0000 UTC]

in CoNFUseD?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to Nano-roar [2014-07-15 17:09:39 +0000 UTC]

What's confusing you? I'd be happy to try and help.

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Nano-roar In reply to Katy-L-Wood [2014-07-16 04:31:45 +0000 UTC]

How do u create these books?

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to Nano-roar [2014-07-16 04:40:48 +0000 UTC]

Go to your Sta.sh (under the submit menu) and then on the right side there is a button that says "Make a MotionBook with Madefire." Click on it and it will open the tool you use to make them. The first time you open it up it will show you a tutorial for the basics of how everything works, and will walk you through making a simple comic so you can get some practice.

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Nano-roar In reply to Katy-L-Wood [2014-07-16 05:02:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Katy-L-Wood In reply to Nano-roar [2014-07-16 15:19:15 +0000 UTC]

No problem.

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