We are delighted to offer a beta of our upcoming Comic Life Magiq 1.0.3 update.
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.
If you're already running 1.0.2c (v10939) you can "Skip This Version".
Head to the plasq downloads page to get the 1.0.2.1 update or update from within Comic Life Magiq.
Comic Life is great for sharing those funny little moments from school, in the office, or while on worldwide progressive-rock-legends tours.
Robert Fripp and Tony Levin have been sharing the day-to-day stories of touring within one of the most influential prog rock bands - on King Crimson’s 40th Anniversary Tour.
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!
Any chance of "grown up" version? - 2008/09/25 05:06Just thought I'd ask real quick if there's any chance of making a more grown up version of Doozla. I know that you can turn off the music and sounds and the like, and I don't really have a problem using a "kid friendly" program. I'm thinking more of taking the drawing engine in Doozla (and Skitch) and creating a more powerful and flexible drawing program around it.
I'm thinking specifically of something like Flash, without the animation and programming stuff (or the painful UI, though Adobe might have improved it since I used it last). I've used Flash a lot for drawing, and always wished I could strip everything but the drawing tools out and improve the UI. That would be a killer program for me.
I've used Skitch to do little things, and have considered buying Doozla to do this, but neither is quite powerful or flexible enough.
Re:Any chance of "grown up" version? - 2008/09/25 11:40I was doing comics, way back when. Here's an example (I scanned in a drawing, cleaned it up and smoothed it and colored it in Flash, and drew the background using a Wacom tablet):
I guess I really want Doozla with layers, gradients (hopefully easier to use than Flash's), access to the full color picker (with HTML color code entry if at all possible), the ability to group objects, maybe the ability to create reusable "stamps", and all kinds of input/output options. Of course, it should be easy to use and have a great workflow in and out (you know, the easy stuff .
I loved what Flash could do, but the interface and workflow were terrible (of course, it wasn't meant for what I was using it for). Doozla already has a great drawing engine, it just needs a little more power.
If anyone can do, I figure it's Plasq. I'll gladly beta test. Please?
Re:Any chance of "grown up" version? - 2008/09/25 13:39Thank you, it's one of the better ones I did, in my opinion. This one and this one are also good examples (I haven't looked at these in ages...).
I wouldn't think I'd need Illustrator... Really, the reason I was using Flash is because it was vector based, but it worked like a paint program, kind of like Doozla does. Also, despite a poor UI, it was much simpler than Illustrator.
Most of what I'm looking for already exists in some form in one of your programs or another (vector painting however limited in Doozla, export in Comic Life, etc.). A way to convert scanned art work to vectors (and then to smooth or otherwise manipulate them) would be a killer feature, but I'm guessing that it would be complicated to implement. Other than that it's basically "vector paint" drawing in a slick package that I want.
Layers wouldn't really be needed as such, just a way to keep different objects discrete (for example, each character would be its own object).
What part of my wish list would put it in Illustrator territory? I'm not a programmer so I honestly don't know.
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