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1. Double-click the Comic Book Creator icon on your desktop to start the program:
2. As Comic Book Creator opens, you will see a splash screen with these
choices: Click New Comic Book.
5. Next you will need to choose a page template for the first page of your comic book:
6. When you click you will see the editing screen for the first page of your comic book:
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Using the Resource Browser
At the top of the Resource Browser you can click these
Buttons to switch between the different collections of When you click one of
Elements: Caption Boxes
Balloons (for these resource types,
(for adding
Screenshots (this is adding dialogue you will see the choices
narrative text)
where you access text) available here.
your photos)
You can simply drag
these elements into the
panels of your comic
book page.
2. When you are back in Comic Book Creator, click on the Screenshots button in the Resource
Browser.
3. At the bottom of the Resource Browser there is a row if dice icons. This allows
you to set up four different folders of images that you can access in the Screenshots mode. Click
on the second icon (#2) to select it.
4. To designate which folder this icon accesses, click the small folder icon that is under the row of
dice. This opens a widow where you can select your folder of pictures for this comic book.
Now whenever you click the #2 dice icon, you will have access to
the pictures that are in this specific folder.
When you click on an image that is one your comic book page,
you will see a magnifying glass appear below it.
You can change the size of your image by selecting
a magnification in the drop-down menu, or you can
right-click the magnifying glass icon to increase it by 10%
(if you left-click it, it will decrease by 10%).
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Working with dialogue Balloons
To place a dialogue balloon on your comic book page, click the Balloon icon at the top of the Resource
Browser. Type your text in the balloon.
A list of the available balloon styles If you click once on the border of the
will appear here. balloon, you will get handles that you
can use to resize the balloon.
Simply drag the balloon from the
Double-click to get two green handles
resource Browser into one of the that you can use to change the direction
panels on your comic book page. of the balloon arrow.
You can extend a dialogue text balloon to a second connected balloon. To do this, click the balloon on
your comic book page to select it. Then click the Add Secondary Balloon icon in the Resource Manager.
You will then see the available caption boxes in this area.
Drag the desired caption box from the Resource Browser into
one of the panels in your comic book page.
Then you can type text in the box, resize the box, or drag it to a
different position in your panel.
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Working with Text Boxes and Action Text
To insert a text box into your comic book, click the Text Box icon at the top of the Resource Browser.
When your comic book is finished, select Publish from the File menu:
Click the PDF icon here.