Add an outline to an element
An element outline in Comic Life is referred as the Stroke, like the stroke of a pen. You can choose a line style and color for the element's outline stroke, or you can specify no stroke is drawn.
- Select the element you want to modify
- Open the Format Inspector, and click on the Style tab.
- In the Stroke section, ensure the checkbox is enabled if the stroke is to be drawn.
- Choose a line style from the pop-up menu.
- To change line thickness, type a value in the width field (or click the arrows).
- To change the line color, click the color well and select a color.
- Click
to access more settings:
- To change the line join style, click on the join type control. The options from left to right are:
- Miter: makes corners meet at a point (within limits, see the miter limit below).
- Round: makes corners round off smoothly.
- Bevel: makes corners flat.
- Adjust the miter limit (for miter join styles) to make miters sharper if necessary.
- Elements can have multiple alternating color outlines. To enable multiple outlines change the outline count. To change the alternate color click on the alternate color well.
- The Compact checkbox switches multiple outline drawing so that all the outlines fit within the designated line width rather than expanding beyond it. This can give a pleasing effect with Lettering and replicates the look of multiple outline lettering in the original version of Comic Life.
- Open shapes, such as lines, can have endpoints. Choose left and right endpoints from the pop-up menus.