Comic Life is highly regarded computer program that gives you a super-quick and easy way to create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums and enticing instruction booklets to name a few of the many possibilities.
Images can be dragged straight from a live video feed into a comic book.
Here are some key features of "Comic Life":
· Create Comics.
· Annotate family photos.
· Holiday photo albums.
· Childrens story books.
· 'How-to' Guides.
· Basic desktop publishing.
· Greeting cards.
· Gifts.
· Scrap booking.
· Apply effect filters to images (10.4 +).
· Drag and drop images from iPhoto.
· iSight / DV Cam image capture.
· Pre-made templates and styles.
· Easy uploads to .mac.
· Bendable lettering text.
· Shadows, Gradients, borders and more.
Requirements:
· Photo Filtering requires OS 10.4.
Limitations:
· 30 days trial period.
· Any output receives a watermark.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
New Features:
· Easily create Single Panel Comics by dropping an image onto a new blank comic page! (To turn on, go to... Comic Life > Preferences... and under "Single Panel Comics:" choose "Ask").
· Ability to import comics (File > Import Comics...).
· Now able to have a referenced image rather than copying images into the .comicdoc file (Comic Life > Preferences... > and uncheck "Copy Images into the Document").
· A single click on a page element now adds the element to the center of the page.
· Easier to duplicate a page (Page > Duplicate Page).
· iPhoto Events are now an option when making a Quick Comic.
Improvements:
· Now easier to import single pages by dragging from one document to a different document.
· Enhanced multiple item selection and resizing performance.
· Fixed a "blank page" issue which occurred for some users when using Fixed-Resolution PDF exporting.
· Rotated and Locked Lettering now stays rotated on reload.
· Again able to delete custom styles (Edit > Delete Style).
· Balloons and Captions now expand when using the Bigger button on the Toolbar.
· Quick comic now displays page numbers correctly with more than 99 pages.
· Changed .Mac references to MobileMe.
· Image brightness adjuster now uses a full stop.
· Several translation fixes for several languages.