How to make your first four-panel comic strip
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What is a four-frame comic strip?
Four-panel comics are short comics consisting of four panels, arranged vertically and compactly, with themes of daily life and humor. Famous works include "Snoopy", "Garfield", "Hetalia", "Lucky☆Star", etc. This comic form is simple and direct, especially suitable for online dissemination and fragmented reading, and is deeply loved by readers.
So how do you use the four-frame comic function to create an interesting and creative comic?
Step 1: Create a project
① Go to the Readkidz homepage, and click Caricature in the left navigation bar to enter the four-frame comic creation page!
② Choose the age group and protagonist type of the story according to your ideas!
Step 2: Choose a subject
After entering the subject selection page, you can choose the comic subject according to your own ideas!
Currently, the themes are divided into four categories: daily life, funny humor, workplace, campus fun! Each major category has a corresponding theme category!
Step 3: Refine the character
Enter the story creation page. The story on the left shows the comic title, subtitles of each frame and the plot. Click the title to modify the title of the comic!
① Click "Extract Roles" to extract the characters in the comics!
The first time you use it, there will be a pop-up window reminder, which will display the basic information of the character. You can click "confirm" to exit the pop-up window directly and modify it in the corresponding place in the character information list! If you don't need to display the pop-up window later, you can check "Do not show again" and then click "confirm"
② After extracting the role, check whether there are any missing or wrong roles in the role information on the right! If there are, click "Extract Roles" again to extract the role again. If you are not satisfied, click "Recovery" in the role information to reset the role information!
③ After confirming that the role is correct, click "Confirm Role" to proceed to the next step!
Step 4: Choose a style
After confirming the character, we need to choose the style. Currently, the platform contains more than 100 styles! Select a style for your comic and click Next!
Step 5: Character Portrait
After confirming the style, we need to create the character portrait!
① Check the character list to see if there are any missing characters!
② Click the small pencil on the right side of the character to enter the information editing page of the current character!
③ On the character information editing page, there will be corresponding character information according to the character type. Please edit the character information according to whether it is a required item! (Please note: If the animal character information editing page shows clothing, it is recommended to delete all clothing information!)
④ You can modify the description directly. If you add a new description, please be sure to click the Enter key and add the description within the specified number of characters, otherwise it will not take effect! After the modification is completed, please remember to click "confirm" to save!
⑤ If you are not satisfied with the currently selected style, you can click to enter the style selection page and reselect the style! After confirming the style, please make sure that the character portraits of all characters are of the same style! And make sure that each character has a character portrait before you can proceed to the next step! (Please note that after clicking to enter the next step, you cannot regenerate the character portrait!)
⑥ Click "Generate" to generate a character portrait. If you are not satisfied with the raw picture, you can go to the prompt editing page to adjust the drawing prompts and click "Generate" to regenerate!
⑦ Four pictures will be generated at one time, just pick the one you want!
Step 6: Storyboard Page
Click "Edit" in the upper right corner of the subtitle on the canvas page to enter the prompt word editing page!
④ Check whether the content of the prompt words corresponds to the story subtitles, and whether the number of characters described in the prompt words corresponds to the character portraits!
⑤ After the review is completed, click "Generate" to generate the screen image. If you are not satisfied with the original image, you can enter the prompt word editing page to adjust the drawing prompt words and click "Generate" to regenerate!
⑥ Four pictures will be generated at one time, just pick the one you want!
⑦ When all the illustrations for the pages have been generated and selected, click to proceed to the next step! (Please note: if a page has already generated four pictures, you cannot proceed to the next step if you have not selected any of them!)
Step 7: Image Editing
① Enter the picture editing page, and the four pictures will be arranged into a four-frame comic by default!
② Click on the picture, and click on the green dot in the green border of the picture to rotate, zoom in and out the selected picture!
③ Select the picture and right-click it. You can use the toolbar to Undo, Lock, Flip horizontally or vertically the selected picture.
④ The material library on the right contains various types of stickers, bubble frames and other image materials. Click to enter and select materials that match the style of the picture book to make the picture more interesting! (When the overall composition of the generated picture is good but there are slight flaws, stickers can also be used to cover up the unsatisfactory parts!)
If you don’t like the initial bubble frame, you can also click to enter the material library on the right, find the bubble type sticker material, select the appropriate bubble, and put it in the appropriate position to make your picture look more creative!
Step 8: Text Editing
After you finish editing the picture, you can start the layout design of the subtitles. Click on the subtitles and the corresponding font settings will appear above! Choose the appropriate font style, adjust the appropriate size, and then put it in the appropriate position to make the whole picture look more harmonious!
If you want to add new subtitles, you can click the text library in the right toolbar to add new subtitles. The text library contains a variety of font effects, and you can choose according to your needs! (Please note: In order to make the entire picture book look more consistent, it is recommended to set the subtitles to a unified font effect!)
Step 9: Download and share
When you have finished editing your four-frame comic, click Save and then click the "Present" button to preview the entire comic effect!
Click the download icon in the upper right corner of the canvas to download your four-panel comic！
After confirming that everything is correct, you can click the "Share" button in the lower right corner to share your work!
Click Share and select the platform you want to share on, and you will be redirected to the corresponding platform and share with one click! You can also get 500 points for sharing a four-frame comic on social media for the first time!
