What software is there for creating your own Comics?

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Isaac F

Im getting a MAC very soon and I wanted to know what I need software wise to help me out? I will be using a good camera and a good scanner to catch my comic shots. Anyone know any good programs for mac or any hardware to help me out?

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There are any number of ways you can make a comic strip, from drawing it entirely with a pen or pencil on folded pieces of paper, to drawing it and then scanning and doing clean-up digitally, or doing the entire thing digitally. You can use any tools to string together sequential images in any way to make a comic. There are no rules, there are no limits.

If you're really interested in making a comic, you should definitely buy or take a trip to the library to take out Scott McCloud's "Making Comics." It's a great book and sequel to his "Understanding Comics" which not only goes over some of the tools and techniques of making comics, but deconstructs the concepts, theories, standards and practices of visual storytelling.

Best part is, the book about comics is a comic book itself!

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001441.php

Also, any Digital imaging suite like Adobe Photoshop can be used to make comics. Some free alternatives are Paint.NET and Gimp or Gimpshop.

http://www.getpaint.net/

http://www.gimpshop.com/

Kazu Kibuishi has a step-by-step tutorial on how he makes his webcomic, "Copper," on this site:

http://www.boltcity.com/workshop/copper_tutorial/


There are also some programs you can use that try to help making comics easier. Manga Studio is a popular choice for black and white comics. However, it's pretty pricey.


There's also TokyoPop's Manga Creator:

It's much much cheaper than Manga Studio, and easier to use. The dowside is that it has less features. It's up to you what you'd want to spring for.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/tokyopop-manga-creator-2

There's also Comic Book Creator 2, which is fairly cheap. Which usually means, easy to use but low on advanced features:

http://www.myplanetwide.com/products/detail/description.html?id=41

It's up to you to find out exactly what these programs can do and decide whether it's worth paying for that extra functionality.

If you're on a Mac, there's Comics Life. It should already be on your Mac, I think. If it's not, you can download a demo here:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/comiclife.html

What are the best computer programs to work with concerning art and animation?

Megan Y

I'm just curious about Adobe Illustrator, Adobe photoshop, or any other programs similar to those which help with 3D art and animation, allowing me to create visual effects. How exactly do they work? I just need to know before I go buy it and find out later that I don't like it.

Answer
definitely do further research, the range you're looking for from art, animation, illustration, images, 3d, and effects, may require more than one program, and suggest finding trial software for each,

for art theres corel painterX
http://www.corel.com/painterix/index.html

for animation theres flash,flat 2d vector,
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/

for illustration there's adobe illustrator, vector,
http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/
or corel draw,
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1150981051301

for images and photos there's adobe photoshop,
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/
or corel paint shop pro,
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1155872554948

for 3d images and or animation,
theres maya
http://www.alias.com/glb/eng/support/maya.jsp
also maxon,
http://www.maxon.net/pages/dyn_files/dyn_htx/htx/welcome_e.html
and softimage xis,
http://www.softimage.com/
so it can get very complicated not knowing which direction you're opting to go,

other freeware at this time, note that this is pc mostly and some mac-able,
Art rage,
http://www.ambientdesign.com/artragedown.html
Beneton Movie Gif,
http://software.benetonfilms.com/Beneton_Movie_GIF.php
GIMP image editor
http://www.gimp.org/
Inkscape. illustrator
http://www.inkscape.org/
Anim8or Free 3D Animation Software
http://www.anim8or.com/
..
also suggest a wacom tablet or other,
http://www.wacom.com/index2.cfm
and scanner, printer,camera, et cetera,
..

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