Mister V Comic Books

PLANNING YOUR LAYOUT

1. Decide which pages in the template you want to use.

2. Based on your pages you chose, count the panels in the pages so you know how many images you have to find.

3. Save all of the images into a folder on your desktop.

PLANNING YOUR COVER

1. Check out examples so you can see what you can create.

2. What is a PNG? Finding a background image. Find super-hero/villain logos.

3. How to create text / Downloading font.

4. Resizing images (don’t forget to hold shift)

5. Layers (cmd + [, cmd + ], cmd + shift + ] or [ )

6. Clipping images using the clipping mask (cmd + 7) (right click on track pad, release clipping mask if need)

SETTING UP YOUR BOOK

1. Move the pages you want to the numbered areas. (hold opt/alt when dragging to make a copy)

2. Move talk bubbles you want to use, over your pages. (hold opt/alt when dragging to make a copy)

3. Type your text or text boxes into the bubbles. (click on screen for text, click and drag a box for a text box)

 

Here are some examples for inspiration: