Comic Life 3
Comic Life 3
Comic Life 2|
If you like Comic Life now you'll love what we're bringing you in Comic Life 3. We've been listening to your requests, taking some advice from the pros and adding some shazam! of our own. From the new Script Editor, to the Advanced Filters, Instant Alpha, and all new Editing Controls there are treats in store for everyone.
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Comic Life | Deluxe* |
Comic Life 2 | Comic Life 3 | |
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Mac & Windows |
Mac & Windows |
Mac & Windows |
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| Number of fonts included |
Standard: 8 Deluxe: 41 |
70 | 74 | |
| Includes English, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish localizations |
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| Integrated script editor with SmartScript™ text processing, including dedicated script templates |
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| Instant alpha tool - for quickly knocking out the background of images |
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| Balloon variety picker |
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| Balloon tail thickness selector |
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Precision balloon tail control including connecting tails |
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17 advanced parametric image filters, including Rotoscope, Paintoscope, Hatched, Sketched, Smooth, Pen, Retro and more. |
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| Find & replace - great for quickly changing a characters name |
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| 191 built-in creative fill options including speedlines, halftones, textures and tiles |
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| 11 stroke types from clean lines to scratchy pens |
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| 16 page texture overlays |
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| 3D lettering option for big, blocky comic titles |
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| Smart alignment guides |
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| Master page for repeating design elements |
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| Two-up page view, including facing pages |
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Opacity controls for balloons (including panels, captions and shapes) |
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| Hideable element well |
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| Blur image adjustment |
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| Bezier controls for warping lettering |
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| Text paste and match style |
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| Element grouping |
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| Rulers with user-settable guidelines |
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| Shape line endings: arrows, circles etc. |
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| Full template support |
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| Smart shapes: predefined and freeform shapes |
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| Export to PDF |
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| Integrated Spell Checker |
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| Image Adjustments (Brightness, Exposure, Saturation, Sharpness, Contrast) |
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| Advanced page setup with the ability to save custom page sizes |
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| Page size options with choice of standard measurements set in Options [Points (pt), Inches (in), Millimeters (mm) and Centimeters (cm)] |
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| Ability to rotate balloons |
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| Single click on a page element adds the element to the center of the page |
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| Ability to duplicate pages and elements |
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| Captions snap to panel corners when moved in proximity |
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| Pressing 'Shift' constrains an object's dimensions when resizing |
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| Standard image filtering for your photos |
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| Bendable comic lettering text |
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| Webcam image capture |
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| Clippable balloons (inside panels) |
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| Exports out as an image |
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| Library of pre-made template layouts and styles |
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Built-in Photos and Explorer image browser |
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The best way to see the differences is to download the free Comic Life 3 thirty (30) day trial and give the new version a try: http://plasq.com/downloads/
* A "Deluxe" version of Comic Life 3 will not be released as Comic Life 3 contains all of the Deluxe extras; additional fonts, styles and templates.
# Partial Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish localizations. A complete localization will be coming in a future update.