Our Little Seaside Escape
A five-page travel diary made in Free from photos, a short clip of the waves, captions, and a parent's narration on every page.
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This is a fictional family. Their photos, video clips, and narration voice were generated with AI outside the app, to stand in for your own pictures and recordings. The book itself was made in the Free app, which uses no AI: the template, captions, layout, narration timing, and export. In your own book, the pictures and the voice are yours.
A weekend at the sea, kept as a Travel Diary: four photos, one short clip of the waves, a caption on every page, and a parent reading each page aloud.
Watch the book
Download the video (MP4). The transcript is below.
Copy the project file to your phone, then open Doodle Dragon Studio and choose Projects → Import. Every page, picture, and recording in it can be edited. Opening and editing it is free.
How it was made in Free
- Template: Travel Diary, with the Big picture layout and five pages.
- Pictures: four photos and one short video clip, imported from the phone, one per page. The clip’s own sound is turned off so the narration stays clear.
- Words: a short caption typed on each page.
- Voice: narration imported page by page with Sound → Import. Each page waits for its narration to finish. In your book, you record your own voice here, free and unlimited.
- Export: a 50-second 9:16 story video with the captions on, plus a PDF and an editable project file.
Everything above is part of Free: no credits, and no AI in the app. Watch the Free tutorials to make one like it.
Transcript
- The adventure began with packing.
Dad: “Our seaside weekend began with a small suitcase, a sunhat, and your insistence that your favourite toy needed a holiday too.” - Then we saw the sea.
Dad: “After the journey, we finally saw the water. You stopped talking for a moment, then asked how far the sea went.” - The waves came to say hello.
Dad: “You held my hand while the waves tickled your toes.” - Our tiny beach collection.
Dad: “We found shells, smooth stones, and shapes that looked like hearts. You wanted to remember every single one.” - The best souvenir came home with us.
Dad: “We brought home sandy shoes and a few photographs. My favourite souvenir was the sound of your happy laugh.”