UniFlip – Create flip flash docs from PDF, MS Office or Open Office

UniFlip, based in Denmark, calls itself a Self Service Publisher System which you can use to create flip flash magazines, catalogs, brochures & reports from Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office and Open Office documents. The flip flash magazine thus created can then be downloaded, hosted, emailed or burned/stored on a CD/DVD/USB. The best thing about UniFlip is that it provides an 8 days FREE TRIAL to convert documents to flip flap versions, though it requires registration through an email address. It’s not required to validate the email address which can be termed as a flaw in the system but we see it as a marketing measure till they grab some bigger chunk of the market share.

We used UniFlip’s free services today in order to see its quality of conversion & write this article on them by converting the March 2010′s digital version of Reader’s Digest. The file was over 33MB in size and the system uploaded it without any problem, thanks to the 8 days FREE TRIAL. UniFlip’s system took around 1 hour to convert the file into a flip flash file and the experience was no less than awesome. There was nowhere stamp on the pages, though on the header & footer, and the movie got streamed very soon. The pages get scrolled as you move up or down. UniFlip provided the zooming level to 100% only while the next page is streamed quickly in the background. UniFlip’s system also provides you a link where you can see index of all of the pages changed from PDF to Flash.

The flip flash version of March 2010′s digital version of Reader’s Digest can be seen at http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/29320/52947/pub/ until 18th of March, 2010. UniFlip enables you to provide a title, description & keyword for the flip flash page for SEO purposes, plus you can also put tracking code (like Google Analytics) to keep a track of visitors if you choose them as a host. You would only be able to download your PDF to Flash movie if you are a paid subscriber of UniFlip and it then enables you to remove “Powered by UniFlip” stamp. The paid version also allows you to add background music/video to a PDF to Flash presentation.

With 8 days FREE Trial, you would be able to convert 3 files from PDF to Flash but you will not be able to download them. The prices start from US$ 38 per publication plus some extra one time fee for the removal of “Powered by UniFlip” stamp. You have the facility to pay through PayPal, Master Card, Visa and American Express cards.