Comments on: His two cents, her geekhood, bite-sized content http://minimediaguy.org/2007/03/06/his-two-cents-her-geekhood-bite-sized-content/ studying the media ecosystem Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:37:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Doug Milison http://minimediaguy.org/2007/03/06/his-two-cents-her-geekhood-bite-sized-content/#comment-7454 Doug Milison Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:00:51 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/2007/03/06/his-two-cents-her-geekhood-bite-sized-content/#comment-7454 Even people without the patience to learn to draw (a description of myself until recently) can make comics with digital photos, adding captions or word balloons in a simple photo app (my digital camera came with a program that can do this stuff). I also use a program called Comic Life (from Plasq.com) to do comic book style layouts, adding digital photos or my own drawings as illustrations. I had previously purchased a copy, then found another bundled with a new iMac that I bought a couple of weeks ago. Photo comics also seem to be gaining acceptance within the webcomics community, and appear a simple enough medium, technically - the trick is, of course, choosing (or creating) compelling images and writing captions, titles, or dialogue that make them engaging and entertaining. Sky's the limit, in other words. Even people without the patience to learn to draw (a description of myself until recently) can make comics with digital photos, adding captions or word balloons in a simple photo app (my digital camera came with a program that can do this stuff). I also use a program called Comic Life (from Plasq.com) to do comic book style layouts, adding digital photos or my own drawings as illustrations. I had previously purchased a copy, then found another bundled with a new iMac that I bought a couple of weeks ago. Photo comics also seem to be gaining acceptance within the webcomics community, and appear a simple enough medium, technically - the trick is, of course, choosing (or creating) compelling images and writing captions, titles, or dialogue that make them engaging and entertaining. Sky’s the limit, in other words.

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