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It has numerous stability and significant performance improvements over 1.0.2.1 - so we would love previous users to download and let us know if you come across any issues.
A free update for Comic Life Magiq is available for all users.
Identical to 1.0.2c in all but version number, which has been changed to ensure 1.0.2 users are made aware of the 1.0.2c update via the menu: Comic Life Magiq > Check for Updates...
This 1.0.2.1 update is recommended for all 1.0.2 users and fixes a serious saving issue introduced in 1.0.2 that caused images to be left out of the document.
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Ever wished you had the fun of Comic Life handy at all times? Ever been out at a party, family gathering or on public transport and wished you could add your 'comic touch' to a photo? Now you can!
We're giggling with glee to announce Comic Touch for iPhone and iPod Touch. Add various speech balloons and captions to your photos. Choose a fun special effect to warp and bend your family and friends, then email the results to them!
Working on photos without fit/crop - 2008/10/15 18:57I normally use Photoshop for all my photo-editing/manipulation needs, but for this particular project I needed speech bubbles, and prefer Comic life over Photoshop's "custom shapes".
What I want to do is simply import a photo into Comic Life, add the speech bubbles, then save in a format which I can continue editing in Photoshop (TIFF probably -too bad Comic Life won't export PSD files with each item on a separate layer).
My problem is that the imported photo is forced to fit within the page frame. While this is good for printing or outputting to a specific format I simply want to save the photo back to its same size: no cropping or resizing.
Is there a feature for working on single photos (in any size) which will simply let me save the file in the exact same format as originally, or alternatively; can I set up a template for my specific camera's dimensions?
My photos are all 3456x2304 pixels, while some are in portrait and others in landscape.
Re:Working on photos without fit/crop - 2008/10/16 05:23This is a similar question to another by user "Carl" elsewhere in this forum.
It's a great request, and something I would certainly use. I could equate this to Photoshop, where you can create a new file at whatever size and bring images in, or you can drop an image onto the icon and get a file that is just that image. It's that second option that's missing in Comic Life.
I'm not a fan of "modes", so that's out (in my opinion only, of course). Maybe another "new" option? Something like "New From File..."?
It would open up whatever image you point it to, set the page size and resolution to match, and would make the image the background. You could then do whatever you wanted with it as normal. Add an "Export at Original Size" option and that should do it.
At least, that's what I've got off the top of my head.
Re:Working on photos without fit/crop - 2008/10/16 13:42Pixella wrote: ...for this particular project I needed speech bubbles, and prefer Comic life over Photoshop's "custom shapes".
You can simply create the balloons in Comic Life then copy them and paste them into your Photoshop document - one at a time. That my do what you need?
too bad Comic Life won't export PSD files with each item on a separate layer
If you go to File > Print > PDF > Save As PDF - you can open up the file in Illustrator and it will all be vectors (apart from your photos of course).
Is there a feature for working on single photos (in any size) which will simply let me save the file in the exact same format as originally
Sorry, no. But it is something we are thinking about for the future.
or alternatively; can I set up a template for my specific camera's dimensions?
You certainly can do it this way... go to File > Page Format > Custom Size - and enter the dimensions of your photo and orientation.
Then drop in a photo and go to Format > Resize Image to Actual Size.
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Re:Working on photos without fit/crop - 2008/10/20 20:39Kramy wrote: You can simply create the balloons in Comic Life then copy them and paste them into your Photoshop document - one at a time. That my do what you need?
Wow! I wasn't aware of that possibility. Very cool.
too bad Comic Life won't export PSD files with each item on a separate layer
If you go to File > Print > PDF > Save As PDF - you can open up the file in Illustrator and it will all be vectors (apart from your photos of course).
I don't have Illustrator, but hope to buy it some time and will try that out then.
or alternatively; can I set up a template for my specific camera's dimensions?
You certainly can do it this way... go to File > Page Format > Custom Size - and enter the dimensions of your photo and orientation.
But the size there is only shown in Cm, isn't it? That will probably give me the correct width/height ratio for my photos, but might still mean that they will get resized. Is there a way to input the exact pixels?
Then drop in a photo and go to Format > Resize Image to Actual Size.
This is what worked for me. I simply chose a size much bigger size than my photos (when doing a "resize image to actual size"), added my speech-bubbles, exported the whole thing as 300 DPI TIFF image files which I imported in Photoshop. In Photoshop I selected the empty space around the photo (using the Magic wand tool) cropped it and finally saved it. Looks good!
But I'm still puzzled to as why my photos aren't the same size as originally imported into Comic Life.
Re:Working on photos without fit/crop - 2008/10/21 01:42Hi Pixella,
When you copy and paste elements from Comic Life into Photoshop, the element is internally as a vector PDF file.. meaning you can resize the element within Photoshop without losing quality.
