Infinite Canvas 1.2 Beta Now Available
Markus Müller has made the first beta version of the next update to the Infinite Canvas program available for download.
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Stuff for making webcomics
How to Read Webcomics on a Playstation Portable
Have you heard? It’s now possible to read webcomics on a PSP. Continue Reading
Comic Tagger Released
Ash has just released the comic tagger on his website. The comic tagger allows you to tag which comic you read last when reading through webcomic archives, thus when you return to the site you don’t lose your place.
He’s making it available for all webcomic sites to install and use. Continue Reading
Markus muller looking for a hand in Flash
Infinite Canvas is an application to create infinite canvas webcomics developed by Markus Müller. Recently on his blog Müller issued a question that someone might be able to help him with:
I’m currently working on a Flash Viewer, but unfortunately I ran into several performance issues. The animations are very choppy and I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. So if you are an ActionScript expert and are willing to help me improve my code, PLEASE contact me. Thank you!
The next version of the Infinite Canvas application is supposed to support export in Flash – hopefully someone can hook Müller up with the right expertise. Continue Reading
Hello Cleveland! Are You Ready to Font?
Fonts inspired by rock and roll band logos.
I am hoping to see an alien race in Schlock Mercenary begin speaking in “Pink Floyd” font immediately. Continue Reading
Expand Your Horizons Without the Hassle: The Infinite Canvas Program
The infinite canvas is one of the more obvious and interesting innovations that the web brings to comics. Since Scott McCloud coined the term in his 2000 book Reinventing Comics and raised the idea in cartoonist’s consciousness, there has been much debate over the validity of the infinite canvas as a storytelling device and the difficulty the average webcomics reader has in following an infinite canvas work. Continue Reading
Jelly Creations: New(er) Free Hosting for Webcomics
Jelly Creations appears to be in the mold of Keenspace and Drunk Duck although quite a bit smaller at the moment. I have no reports on its service or reliability yet but it looks like they just signed up their 100th member comic. Continue Reading
Let’s Build A Webtoonist Computer
If one were to build a computer to do some souped up digitial webcomic making what would you get? Mac or PC? Which kind of Mac? What kind of PC (especially any extra parts)? Wacom tablet? Monitor? Scanner? What things would you splurge on if you had the budget? Tell us about what you have and what you would have done differently on your current setup. Continue Reading
The Webcomicslist.com Generating Some Useful Readership Data for Webcomics
The Webcomiclist.com has added a number of graphs to the site, showing when webcomics update and how popular they are (example1, example2). There are also a number of graphs which can be found here; for example, it appears that Wednesday is the most popular day to update on. Continue Reading
VisiBone Web Color Lab
The VisiBone Webmaster’s Color Lab is an invaluable online aid to designing colorful websites. A map of the 216 web safe colors are arranged on a map. Clicking on any color will return the hex, CMYK, and RBG values for it. Additionally, a font sample is presented against up to 7 additional color choices, so you can determine if a potential palette has the right feel without having to call in a favor from your web designer friend. Continue Reading
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