imagination304 opened this issue on Jun 24, 2007 · 14 posts
imagination304 posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 9:46 AM
Hi all,
Are there any free or affordable tools for comics, using Poser models?
Thanks in advance.
Acadia posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 9:55 AM
Are you referring to "shaders" that you use in the material room?
There is a thread about "cartoons" perhaps some information in there will help. There are links to some free shaders.
http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2693173
Also, if you go to the following link and enter the word "Toon", you can find cartoon type figures/props.
http://mystic-nights.com/directory/index.php
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thefixer posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 9:56 AM
Attached Link: http://market.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=44889
Depends what you call affordable, there's "Comic book creator" available in the Mp here for about $23 I think, I have this one, it's pretty good but has some limits with rotations and stuff that they need to adress, otherwise it's pretty good for comic book type layouts! It's at the link!Injustice will be avenged.
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manoloz posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 10:05 AM
Check out Manga Studio. It is not just for Manga. It does impressive stuff.
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Marque posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 11:27 AM
Should have gotten that when it was on sale....grrrr
Marque
Gazukull posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 12:44 PM
Comic book creator is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Totally worth the bones it costs.
ClawShrimp posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 9:17 PM
I have Manga Studio, and to be honest, I still default back to Photoshop for almost everything.
It's not that it's a bad program, there's just not all that much it can do that Photoshop can't. Once you've set up templates, and have a decent array of comic-like actions and brushes, it becomes almost redundant.
Just my two cents.
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Marque posted Sun, 24 June 2007 at 11:47 PM
Thanks ClawShrimp I do feel better now! It is an expensive program, and I do have the comic book creator so I will stick with that and CS3.
Marque
pakled posted Mon, 25 June 2007 at 7:27 AM
Doc Geep has a tutorial on making comics out there...somewhere..;) just as an alternative that's free, y'know..;)
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jdcooke posted Mon, 25 June 2007 at 9:55 PM
Hey mon Check out this website for a cool way to make comic renders using any 3D program and a photo program like Photoshop or Paintshop Pro. (...language warning...) http://www.3dluvr.com/rogueldr/tutorials/toon_ink/toon_ink.html The tutorial calls for a self illuminated material/shader which Poser does not have - but, you can simulate it by placing an "infinite light" or "point Light" in the same coordinate space as the camera. You can also raise the light above the camera's position which will result will be a weighted line. good luck jdc
estherau posted Mon, 25 June 2007 at 10:03 PM
comiclife for mac is great for panels and balloons and lettering etc
I aim to update it about once a month. Oh, and it's free!
Paloth posted Mon, 25 June 2007 at 11:34 PM
Comic Book Creator List Price: $22.99 Average Ranking: Add to Wishlist Shippable Product This product is no longer available for purchase So why host the advertisement for it, I wonder?
Download my free stuff here: http://www.renderosity.com/homepage.php?page=2&userid=323368
SnowSultan posted Tue, 26 June 2007 at 12:08 AM
The one thing I will say about Manga Studio is that it has the best pen tool I've ever used in any raster program, including Photoshop and Painter. Making smooth hand-drawn lines in Photoshop is tough, even with a tablet because it's very sensitive and records even the slightest shaking of your hand. Manga Studio's pen has excellent sensitivity settings, and the EX version lets you adjust vector lines in many ways after you draw them. I do prefer Photoshop for everything else like ClawShrimp said (especially for coloring, Manga Studio is weak in that department), but if you draw comics using a tablet, it is definitely something to look into. There should be a demo of the EX version on e-frontier's site.
SnowS
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imagination304 posted Tue, 26 June 2007 at 3:34 AM
Thank you for your reply.
@Paloth: It seems that we could still order it
https://secure.softwarekey.com/solo/products/b1_trigdetail.asp?T=6369