Introduction to Comic Life

Use Script and Layout templates to create photo-comic stories.

Starting and Viewing Comic Life Documents

Choose a starting point that best addresses your needs.

Comic Life Templates

Script Templates

Layout Templates

Accessing Comic Life Tools

Use the toolbar to access commonly used actions, the format bar to change common stylistic attributes and the inspector window to change almost everything else.

The Toolbar

The Format Bar

The Inspector Window

Using Comic Life Browsers

The templates area lets you quickly accessed pre-designed template pages and panel layouts. The image browser gives access to your photos and built-in camera. Add new elements from the element well and make quick stylistic changes in the style browser.

Layout Templates

The Photo Browser

The Element Well

The Style Browser

The Page Browser

Working with Comic Life Documents

Create and save a document.

Create a New Document

Saving a Document

Viewing a Document

Working with Styles

Styles make it easy to make elements have the same appearance across your comic pages.

What Are Styles?

Applying Styles

Modifying Styles

Designing Your Own Comic Templates

Create a custom template by modifying an existing one or making one from scratch.

Designing a Template

Defining Default Styles in a Custom Template

Saving a Custom Template