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    Getting Started With Comic Life: Setting Preferences

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    The document provides instructions for getting started with the Comic Life software. It explains that users should first set preferences like the default page format. It then describes the Comic Life window and how to drag and drop elements onto the work area. It also explains how to select page templates, import images, adjust panels and images, apply styles, and export finished projects.

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    The document provides instructions for getting started with the Comic Life software. It explains that users should first set preferences like the default page format. It then describes the Comic Life window and how to drag and drop elements onto the work area. It also explains how to select page templates, import images, adjust panels and images, apply styles, and export finished projects.

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    Getting started with Comic Life

    Getting started with Comic Life

    Setting Preferences

    It is wise to set the Default Page Format in the Preferences window before you begin
    building your project. For example do you wish to create a traditional comic book, a
    movie or a web page? Make your choice at this stage in the project.

    The Comic Life Window

    The Comic Life application is divided into several different areas. You simply drag and
    drop the elements you wish to use in your project onto the working area.

    John Larkin. http://www.larkin.net.au/ Page 1


    Getting started with Comic Life

    Page Templates

    Choose one of the many comic page styles and page templates from the drop down
    menu. Double click on a page template to select it for your project. You can also drag
    and drop the page template on to the working area. You can use as many different
    page templates as you wish.

    There are a large variety of templates to choose from. They are listed in the menu
    shown below.

    John Larkin. http://www.larkin.net.au/ Page 2


    Getting started with Comic Life

    Working with page templates

    Your pages appear as thumbnails on the left hand side of the screen. You can shift
    pages up and down to change their order. Each page consists of one or more cartoon
    panels. You can select, delete and even resize individual cartoon panels.

    Working with Images

    You can import digital images, drawings and live video captures into your project.
    Choose from iPhoto, the Finder or a video capture source for your images. Simply
    drag and drop.

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    Getting started with Comic Life

    Select your image from an image library in iPhoto or explore the folders on your
    computer. They will appear as thumbnails in the image pane.

    Working with cartoon panels and images

    You can simply drag and drop an image onto a cartoon panel. You can resize the image
    to match the panel or even enlarge the image so that unimportant areas of the
    photograph are not visible. You can focus on important subject in the image.

    In the example below on the right the cartoon panel is selected. In the example
    shown on the lower left the digital image is selected. The green selection handles
    show that the image is actually larger than the cartoon panel.

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    Getting started with Comic Life

    Working with styles

    You can alter the style of every element in your project. You can change the style of
    the panels, images, word balloons, lettering and even the actual pages. There are an
    endless variety of styles. There are common themes that you could use to give your
    project a consistent look and feel.

    Exporting your completed project

    When you have completed your project you can then choose export from the file
    menu. You may produce a web site, a collection of images, an iPhoto library or even a
    Quicktime movie.

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    Getting started with Comic Life

    Remember, the size and dimensions of your finished product should be based upon
    the default page format preferences that you decided upon at the beginning of your
    project.

    What’s new…

    There are some new features in the latest versions of Comic Life… More useful
    buttons and export possibilities…

    Shared thoughts from a single balloon…

    John Larkin. http://www.larkin.net.au/ Page 6


    Getting started with Comic Life

    Links

    Comic Life Workshop: http://www.larkin.net.au/023_comic_life.html

    Comic Life software: http://plasq.com/comiclife

    Comic Book ideas for educators from Read, Write and Think.
    http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=21

    Comics in the Classroom: http://comicsintheclassroom.net/

    Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Genre Study:


    http://www.learnnc.org/lessons/readwritethink1242005016

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