BAM! POW! WOW! That’s the end result I was hoping for when using Comic Life. My first attempt at using the program leaves me somewhat disappointed. I won’t blame the product yet, but I will let you know a bit about my experience.
Comic Life is a program that allows you to use your photographs to create posters and comics that really stand out. I saw some wonderful examples of Comic Life creations (library posters and teacher-librarian roles) and I had high hopes for what I could create. I decided to create a poster to advertise our upcoming Travel School lessons for students in my Travel Club. Here is the end result:
I began the process by downloading the free 30 day trial for Windows. I suppose that might be my first issue, as the deluxe version of the product (available for $29.95) features 40 fonts (vs 7 in the trial), 322 templates (vs 78), and 180 styles (vs 78). For now I will have to make-do with my free trial and see what can be created!!!
The program itself is fairly intuitive and I found some extra help in a couple of online tutorials (MacInstruct and TheDaringLibrarian). It took some playing for me to realize that the “Style” button on top would inform me what component I have selected (textbox, picture, frame, etc). I haven’t been able to crop photos as much as I had hoped, and I am struggling with my inability to center the font in the textboxes. One lesson learned the hard way was that once I plugged my mouse into my laptop (instead of using the touch pad), formatting and moving objects became a lot easier!
I will continue to play, and will hopefully improve on my first attempt!
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