FlipaClip Tutorial: Make Rico Animations on Your Phone

Follow Femtech’s smartphone lesson on creating Rico-style animation with FlipaClip.

Video lesson & practice notes • Femtech Animation Studio

Video by Femtech Animation Studio. The notes below are a practice companion to the lesson.

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Before you begin

Keep the project small and save a separate working copy. App controls and available features can vary by version.

  1. Prepare your phone

    Open FlipaClip and keep enough free space to save your practice project. App features may differ by version.

  2. Follow the demonstration

    Watch the lesson once, then replay it in short sections while you work.

  3. Practise one short action

    Keep your first attempt brief so you can focus on the drawings and movement.

  4. Review your animation

    Play back your result and improve one part before exporting a preview.

Try it yourself

Create a short practice project using these steps. Play it back, make one improvement and save your result.

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