Comic Life
Encyclopedia
Comic Life is a comic desktop publishing
computer program
developed by plasq
for Mac OS X
and Windows
. Comic Life was previously bundled with Intel Macs.
The program is designed to create comic strips or arrange photos into a scrapbook. With a Webcam or built in iSight, Comic Life allows the user to snap a picture and add this to a comic very easily. These images as well as those from iPhoto and anywhere on the hard drive can be 'filtered' to look comic like.
Comic panels, lettering, captions and balloons are also major features of the program. Comic Life is designed to work with Apple's iPhoto
program and iLife
software suite.
The Mac OS X
version was released in April 2005 and the Windows
version was released in October 2007.
The software also connects to Apple's MobileMe
.
Desktop publishing
Desktop publishing is the creation of documents using page layout software on a personal computer.The term has been used for publishing at all levels, from small-circulation documents such as local newsletters to books, magazines and newspapers...
computer program
Computer program
A computer program is a sequence of instructions written to perform a specified task with a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute...
developed by plasq
Plasq
plasq is an international software limited liability company comprising software developers and user interface designers from the United States, Australia, Switzerland, Norway and France...
for Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
. Comic Life was previously bundled with Intel Macs.
The program is designed to create comic strips or arrange photos into a scrapbook. With a Webcam or built in iSight, Comic Life allows the user to snap a picture and add this to a comic very easily. These images as well as those from iPhoto and anywhere on the hard drive can be 'filtered' to look comic like.
Comic panels, lettering, captions and balloons are also major features of the program. Comic Life is designed to work with Apple's iPhoto
IPhoto
iPhoto is a digital photograph manipulation software application developed by Apple Inc. and released with every Macintosh personal computer as part of the iLife suite of digital life management applications...
program and iLife
ILife
iLife is a suite of software applications developed by Apple for organizing, editing, and publishing photos, movies, and music. The suite comprises five applications: iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, and iWeb, all of which run on the Mac OS X operating system....
software suite.
The Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
version was released in April 2005 and the Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
version was released in October 2007.
The software also connects to Apple's MobileMe
MobileMe
MobileMe was a subscription-based collection of online services and software offered by Apple Inc. Originally launched on January 5, 2000, as iTools, a free collection of Internet-based services for users of Mac OS 9, Apple relaunched it as .Mac on July 17, 2002, when it became a paid subscription...
.