Using online comic strips

 

I'll insert the pictures later...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.pikistrips.com/

or   http://www.comeeko.com/

 

 

To make comic strips.

Signup for a free account and have students sign up also

 

 

Select the “create” tab , top towards right

 

 

 

 

Select your layout choice.  You can pick from 1 to 9 cells.

 

 

Then click on “continue to step 2”

Play with settings to pick borders and colors

The click on “continue to step 3”

 

 

Read the popup instructions that the site provides next:

 

 

Then close that window.

Press “control t” to open another tab, go to google images and save pictures that you want to use to your folder or desktop.  It works with jpgs, png, and maybe others but not all file types.  It probably works with real photos or paint pictures but I haven’t played around with that.

Go back to the pikistrips tab and browse and upload your images to pikistrips;

 

 

Select the panels (top right).  Browse and upload images for each panel:

Save your work periodically:

Fill in fields to save:

To continue editing project after savings select “edit image’ found on bottom left:

It looks like it takes you back to the beginning:

But scroll down to bottom and select step 3 to continue:

 

 

To add text and thought bubbles:  click on a panel picture and click and drag a speech bubble on to your image.  You can adjust size of text bubble and where it points to.

 

 

Scroll down page to insert the text and format text or do effects to the image:

Add speech bubbles to each of the comic panels, preview, then save.

 

 

To print comic or save it to the server or a USB drive:  Select “download”, select open (with picture viewer)   then use the save icon and the print icon to save and print.

 

 

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