Systems and methods for producing a flipbook

A method for producing a flipbook comprising:

• receiving, by processing circuitry, a video comprising a plurality of frames;
• selecting, by the processing circuitry, a start frame and an end frame of a subject of the video, and a plurality of frames therebetween defining a segment of the video, wherein the start frame is selected based on a predetermined percentage change relative to a previous frame;
• analyzing, by the processing circuitry, the plurality of frames of the segment to determine an average rate of change of the plurality of frames;
• determining, by the processing circuitry, a threshold of relative image difference based on the average rate of change of the plurality of frames by comparing a number of pixels in one of the plurality of frames to a number of pixels in a previous frame and a baseline frame rate, wherein the threshold is adjustable based on the nature of the video;
• selecting, by the processing circuitry, based on the results of analyzing the plurality of frames, a plurality of selected frames, each of the selected frames being separated from two other selected frames by a sub-segment of the video, wherein each pair of selected sequential frames comprises a relative image difference above the threshold and wherein each selected frame meets quality criteria not met by one or more local frames;
• arranging, by the processing circuitry, the selected frames, in temporal order;
• editing, by the processing circuitry, to add a protruding edge to each of the selected frames;
• and
• transmitting, by the processing circuitry, data representing each of the selected frames, in temporal order, to a printer for printing and binding a flipbook.