Packed with fonts, templates, panels, balloons, captions, and lettering art, comic life is a fun, powerful and easytouse app with endless possibilities. Comic book ideas for educators from read, write and think. Presenting comic life 3, the app with everything you need to make a stunning comic from your own images. To publish comics so others can read them on their kindle, phones, and computers. Html will convert your comic to a format that can be linked to a website. If you see a style you like simply click on it and then click select. Comic life magiq is a powerful tool for creating comics, collages and other. First click on libraries on the right side of the window. To export the comic to another form, click file export. Use comic life to produce high quality comics for posting on the web, including in a. If youre trying to import a comic from comic life 2 for mac os x choose comic life 2 archive when saving to make it compatible with comic life for ipad. The comic life work area is arranged to help you focus on creating and editing comics. The comiclife document files are related to comic life.
Comicdoc comicdoc files are files which are generated by the plasq comic life software, a comic book generation suite. Your export decisions will be based on what you intend to do with the comic when youre done. Subpixel artifacts eliminated when rendering to bitmap images. When you have finished creating your comic, it must be exported. This guide will walk you through all features and tools of comic life 3. Comic life also exports to ebook standard, facebook, epub and images. The work area the comic life work area is arranged to help you focus on creating and editing comics. Comic life is a comic desktop publishing computer program developed by plasq.
Exporting your masterpiece using file, export, you can output your comic to html, export to imagess, export to iphoto, export to quicktime, and, of course, print it. For example the pages menu contains commands for working with pages. These files generally contain layout information for a comic book, but may also contain the associated images that were used in the comic, the storyboard that has been laid over the images, and other visual effects that were placed in to or over the images used for the comic. Teachers and students will find comic life a very useful software tool, and now its available for both mac and windows platforms. Comic life is a comic generating program which allows. Mac export option to make your comic available for viewing on your personal. Pdf effects of using digital comics to improve esl writing. Use the export to iweb button to move your pages into your iweb website. Teaching with comic life a guide to using plasqs comic life in the classroom. The comicdoc file extension is related to the comic life, a photo comic creation software for microsoft windows operating system the comicdoc file stores comic book images, photos, texts, layout settings, etc.
Choose from a variety of export formats including pdf and epub. Alternatively, if youve got an album in iphoto that you want to turn into a comic, comic life s quick comic feature lets you choose the album, a layout, a stylesheet, and a page format, and. If youre still in the writing phase of your project you can open the script template. Only comic life archives may be imported into comic life. Save comic life pdf windows how to export comic life projects to pdf mac, tif windows and jpg files both. First save your project work o on the file menu, select save as, type a definable filename. You can create comic books from scratch or rely on one of the various templates with this powerful application that comes with multiple customization features. We can post pages from comic life to facebook or email the comic to others.
There are some new features in the latest versions of comic life more useful buttons and export possibilities links comic life workshop. How to use comic life in the classroom macinstruct. Saving comic life as a pdf instructions if you have. Use comic life comiclife is in your applications folder. Getting to know comic life template chooser p3 comic life provides you with blank and predesigned template options to help you get started on your project. Exporting to a fixedresolution pdf file at 300dpi will allow you to create high quality posters. You can export your completed comic in a wide range of formats. Export comic life to a pdf, dropbox on d2l youtube.
Comic life 3 by plasq will put a virtual comic book company in your pc, mac or ipad. It has everything you need to create any type of sequential storytelling like comic books, comic strips, web comic or if youre feeling really ambitious a graphic novel. Fixed a bug where the app could hang when saving changes while quitting. The html export creates an interface that allows users to flip through your comic pagebypage. Make your choice by clicking one of the buttons in the top left menu see picture at right. Comic life is used widely in p12 education settings. Whilst it was once only available for the mac, it has recently became available for the pc.
These buttons allow you save, print or email your comic. Export it as a pdf, others will be able to view it. To export your completed comic in a format that you can share via bluetooth to your mobile phone then you need to save the. You can also export the document to a variety of formats, such as.
Others can open it if they dont have comic life, you may want to put a page you made into a powerpoint, i have even had yearbook teachers have kids make pages and. Share your comics in a variety of formats including pdf and epub. Exporting your masterpiece create your own comic strip. The original comic life app was upgraded for mac in december of 2010 and for windows in march 2012.
Create photo comics in the full featured comic editor. Unfiltered image quality is preserved when exporting to pdf. Digital scrapbooking comic life 3 skokie public library. Comic life 2 has upgraded features such as full templates, pdf export and control of word bubble tails. You can export your finished page as an image for a variety of reasons. The html export creates an interface that al ows users to flip through your comic pagebypage.
If the file you are attempting to import is grey, it is not a valid comic life archive and cant be imported. Frequently asked questions about export control compliance. Comic life 3 how i learned to stop worrying and love. Comic life is a comic generating program which allows users to create a comic using photographs or images.
Comic life 3 how i learned to stop worrying and love digital. How to export comic life projects to pdf mac, tif windows and jpg files both. Menu bar the menu bar contains menus for performing tasks. Not only can we letter with comic life, but we can export the pages as images with transparency. Comic life is an application by plasq for creating comics through use of. The comiclife file allows you to close your project and continue working on it at later time. Ive only had it for a day but it is by far my favorite app on my ipad pro. If you have completed a comic life document, you can export it as a pdf document, which will open on. Life sciences biotech and biomedical engineering and chemicals including medical center and health sciences research.
Exporting your comic allows it to be viewed as an image. Improved compatibility when opening files created with comic life 1. Use these buttons to zoom in or out of the main page, or to fit the comic to the screen. Below are some broad categories that contain items which may be controlled. Effects of using digital comics to improve esl writing article pdf available in research journal of applied sciences, engineering and technology 418. If you have completed a comic life document, you can export it as a pdf document, which will open on any computer without needing the comic life application. Comic life is a simple yet very powerful comic making application for apple mac.
You can save your file as a comic life document or export it to another. This video tells you how to export as a pdf in comic life. Comic life doesnt suffer from this problem as it gives you many export options from the cbz format for digital comics to the well known and widely used pdf format. When your comic is complete share with your friends and family. For print quality options you can export your comic as a high resolution pdf or. Create your own comics with comic life in this tutorial, you will learn how to create your own comics using comic life. For print quality options you can export your comic as a high resolution pdf or image file. Quicktime export create a movie to put on a dvd or to include in a larger video project.