Storyboard the Easy Way

February 2, 2007

comic We received a new MacBook this week, pre-installed was the fantastic Comic Life application : Zoom! Pow! Now you can bring your digital photos to life, create astounding comics and much more. Comic Life includes professional and fun templates, ready to drag and drop onto your page for instant attractive photo layouts. Or if you like to be in control, position your photos and panels exactly; with support for saveable styles and templates.

Fearless filters
Want a more authentic-looking comic? Now you can apply filters to your photos to make them look printed, hand-drawn, painted and even ‘night vision’, among others. The 16 featured filters expand your creative palette, making ordinary photos&marvelous. You can change filters without fear–nothing is permanent (except your super powers of comic creation).

iSight/iPhoto support
Perhaps you wish you could snap a photo straight into your comic with something handy, like… your iSight? Try a few different poses and drag right onto your comic. Expand what you can do with your digital photos. With a comprehensive set of features, Comic Life gives you numerous ways to explore your creativity–liven up holiday snaps, tell a story, even create how-to guides. Your iPhoto library and hard drive files are always at your fingertip - just drag in your pictures. Drag on some captions, sound effect text (’ka-blam!’) and speech bubbles and your work is done.

Web, Camera, Action!
Comic Life now supports capture from iSight or Firewire DV Cameras - directly in the Library sidebar! Just aim, freeze, and drag.

Share your creations with friends and family Comic Life supports .Mac, html, QuickTime and JPEG exports, so you can share on your website, blog or via email. Comic Life’s .Mac support includes RSS feeds, allowing anyone to subscribe to your Comic Life creationstest issue.

The new version (1.3 10th Jan 07) boasts new features such as :

Get a visual preview of the available styles
Camera is now activated only when Camera tab is selected
Email your comic right from Comic Life (support for Apple Mail, Eudora, Entourage and AOL mail)
Publish your comic to iWeb
Format the text in balloons and captions without needing to double-click and select the text

Buy Comic Life

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