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Tools / Software Posts
Scrivener 2.0 is coming! And it’s going to be awesome!
The developer of Scrivener, the very best writerly software, has posted a drool-worthy write-up of the new and/or improved features of Scrivener 2.0 on his blog.
Among my favorites:
- A Freeform cork board mode
- More flexible note options
- and my personal favorite…Simplenote integration
Can’t wait!
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Some interesting Adobe Illustrator scripts I’m going to maybe use soon
I think there might be one or two things in this collection of Illustrator scripts that I could use in lettering my comics.
I think the Divide Text Frame would be useful when working with sound effects or shouted dialogue.
With this script you can divide multi-line text fields into separate text frame objects, making it easy to separate lists, navigation items, and more.
Speeding up the chopping up of a block of text could come in handy.
Another on that might cut down on some fiddling and CMD-Zs is the Metaball script.
This script will create connecting arcs from shapes you have drawn. Very useful when connecting basic shapes to create more complex shapes for logos, icons and illustrations.
I can see using this to create a more organically shaped balloon, much like the final balloon this week’s The Winchcombe strip.
But I like these scripts. Seeing stuff like this always makes me wish that I had learned how to do this myself when I had more free time.
By the way, I think I got this link from a post on Art Geek Zoo a while back. Check it out.
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10 Free and Extremely Useful Illustrator Scripts(vectips.com)
Swooshy Winter Olympic vector effects in Illustrator
An interesting tutorial from Layers magazine:
In this tutorial we’re going to explore the graphics created for the Olympic Winter Games recently held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Throughout the winter games, they had a continuing graphic theme of very stylized vector art. Here, we’ll achieve a similar effect using only Adobe Illustrator and a PSD file of a snowboarder. Follow along below to learn more about vector graphics.
It’s sometimes strange to realize that, despite the fact that I live in Illustrator for making my comics, I really only use a small portion of the application.
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Some highlights of Illustrator CS5
For my money, Adobe Illustrator is the best all around tool for making digital comics.
A few months back Adobe released Illustrator CS5, and I picked it up.
I’ve definitely noticed some improvements in the new version. Mostly in terms of stability and speed, but there are a few new features that I’m looking forward to trying out.
Layers Magazine has a review of this new version and some videos that highlight a handful of the new features.
