How to use ReadKidz to create your own series of children's picture books
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What is a children's picture book series?
A series of children's picture books refers to a set of picture books created by the same author or publisher, featuring the same main characters, style, and theme. For example, the well - known "Peppa Pig Series", "No, David! Series", etc.
So how do you use ReadKidz to create your own series of children's picture books? First, you need to identify the main character and then plan the story outline for each book, which will make subsequent creation smoother.
Step 1: Enter the creation page and create a new project.
We can enter the creation page of the series of children's picture books in two ways!
Method 1:
① On the ReadKidz homepage, click "HOME", and find "AI Generate" in the "AI PICTUER BOOK" section on the right!
② Choose Book Series!
③ Enter the series name editing page, enter the series name you want to create, for example: "The Kitten Wants to Be a Detective", and click "create" to enter the creation page!
Method 2:
We can click on "AI Generate" under "AI E-books" in the left navigation bar of the ReadKidz homepage! The subsequent steps are the same as in Method 1!
Step 2: Story Generation
① Set the parameters of your picture book. Based on the story outline, determine the target age group, picture book type, picture book style, narrative perspective, and picture book size! (Please note: The target age group and picture book size for the subsequent picture books in the series should be consistent!)
② Enter the story theme according to the story outline and click "AI Generate" to generate the story!
③ If you encounter a creative bottleneck, click on the AI assistant in the upper right corner to let it generate story themes!
Click on the dialog box and send the type of story you want to generate to the AI. Select the desired story theme according to the AI's response and copy and paste it into the text box!
Step 3: Story Review
① Review whether the story is logical and whether it is the content you want!
② You can directly make modifications in the original text. Of course, you can also click the arrow to slide up to the story generation page and click "Generate" to generate a new one!
Step 4: Extract characters
① After confirming that the story is correct, click "Extract Roles" to extract the characters!
② When using it for the first time, there will be a pop-up reminder. The pop-up will display the basic information of the character. If there is a problem with the character information, "???" will be displayed. You can click "confirm" to directly close the pop-up and modify it in the corresponding place of the character information list! If you don't need to display the pop-up in the future, you can check "Do not show Again" and then click "confirm".
③ After confirming that the role is correct, click "confirm role" to confirm the role. A confirmation pop-up window will appear. You can review it carefully again. After ensuring it is correct, click "NEXT".
Step 5: Style Selection
After determining the character, we need to choose the style. The platform currently has over 100 styles in its collection, offering two categories: classic reissue and official. Select the style you want, and you can proceed to the next step!
Step 6: Character Portrait
After confirming the style, we need to create a character portrait!
① Click the small pencil on the right side of the character to enter the character information editing page！
② You can directly modify the descriptive words. If you add new descriptive words, be sure to press the "Enter" key and add them within the specified number of characters, otherwise it will not take effect! After the modification is completed, remember to click "confirm" to save!
③ After saving is completed, click "Generate" in the lower left corner to generate the image!
④ AI image will generate four pictures at a time, choose the one that best matches the character description!
⑤ If you are not satisfied with the character portraits generated in the selected style, you can click on the style selection page and choose a different style! After confirming the style, make sure that the character portraits of all characters are in the same style! Also, ensure that each character has a character portrait before proceeding to the next step! (Please note that once you click to proceed to the next step, you cannot regenerate the character portraits!)
Please note that it is necessary to ensure that each character has a single character portrait. Otherwise, we cannot proceed to the next step!
Step 7: Subtitle Editing
① Unsatisfactory subtitles can be edited directly!
② To add subtitles, hover the mouse between the subtitles and click the "+" icon that appears!
③ Each subtitle has a delete icon at the end. You can click on the subtitle you don't need to delete it! Once deleted, it cannot be retrieved!
After the subtitle editing is completed, click Next!
Step 8: Storyboard Page
① Click "Edit" in the upper right corner of the canvas to enter the prompt editing page!
② Review whether the content of the prompt corresponds to the subtitles. If not, you can edit it directly!
③ Light up the character portrait in the upper left corner according to the content of the prompt words! (Please note: To ensure the quality of the drawing, the order of the prompt words for the two - person scene needs to be written following the order of the character portraits!)
If you are not satisfied with the prompt, you can also write your own prompt!
④ After confirming that there is no error, click "Generate" to create the illustration!
⑤ Of course, you can also return to the main page of the storyboard and generate multiple images simultaneously!
⑥ AI image generates four pictures at a time. Choose the one that best matches the prompt!
⑦ If you don't know how to modify the prompt for the two - person scene, you can click on the small question mark in the lower right corner of the two - person scene canvas to get help! Or when the number of times you generate the two - person scene reaches 3, you can choose whether to let the system change it to a single - person scene according to your needs!
⑧ If you want to delete a page, you can click the "Trash Can" in the upper right corner of the canvas and click the icon to delete it. If you want to restore the canvas, click the "Colored Trash Can" in the upper right corner of the page. After entering the page, click "Recovery" to restore it!
After all subtitles are generated and a single picture is confirmed, you can proceed to the next step!
Step 9: Image Editing
The ReadKidz platform supports basic image editing functions and allows for direct layout design of picture books!
① Click on the picture, click and hold the small green dot on the green border of the picture to perform operations on the position and size of the picture. Right - click on the picture, and you can also perform corresponding operations according to the corresponding options!
② If you think the layout of the pictures still lacks creativity, you can use the cropping tool in the editor! The cropping tool contains different masks. Select cropping masks of different shapes according to your needs to adjust the shape of the illustrations and make your picture book more creative!
b. The cropping area can be rotated. Adjusting the rotation angle can change the cropping shape! (Please note: After cropping is completed, be sure to click "confirm", otherwise the cropping will be invalid!)
c. After cropping is completed, adjust the position of the cropped image to make the picture more harmonious!
④ If you need to add a new canvas, you can click "+ Add pages" below the canvas. New canvases will only be added under the specified canvas, so be sure to pay attention!
⑤ For the newly added blank page, you can choose the "Generate" icon to enter the AI painting page and write your own prompt words to generate images! You can also click "Upload" to upload images by yourself. Of course, you can also click the image upload icon in the right toolbar to upload images!
⑥ You can click the download button in the upper left corner of the canvas to download the picture!
⑦ Click "Delete" in the upper left corner to delete the canvas! Click the "Trash can" in the upper right corner. After entering the page, click "Recovery" to restore the canvas! (Note: Newly added canvases cannot be restored after deletion!)
Step 10: Subtitle Editing
① Click the subtitle. Click the green dot on the green border of the subtitle and long press to adjust the position and size of the subtitle. Right-click the subtitle and perform corresponding operations according to the corresponding options!
② After clicking the subtitle, a toolbar for font effect settings will appear on the upper side, and you can set the font effect according to your ideas!
③ If you want your story dialogue to be more interactive, you can click the Add Subtitles icon in the right toolbar and select the appropriate font style to add it!
④ In order to ensure the consistency and viewing experience of the picture book, please remember to unify the font effects of the subtitles on the screen. Right-click the subtitle and select "Copy Style" to unify the font effects of all subtitles except the cover and end!
Step 11: Stickers Library
① ReadKidz supports a variety of styles of stickers, bubble frames and other diversified material libraries. Click the material library icon in the right toolbar to enter the material library and select materials that match the style of the picture book to make the picture more interesting!换个房间al
② In order to highlight the subtitles in the picture book story, you can find the bubble frame in the material library, select the appropriate bubble, and put the subtitles on the top layer to make the picture more harmonious!
Step 12: Dubbing Library
① After the layout design of the picture book is completed, we can dub each subtitle. Click the dubbing icon on the right toolbar to enter!
② Click on “change all voice actors” in the upper right corner to enter the “voice library” to audition and select the dubbing roles!
③ You can uncheck the subtitles and click change voice actor to directly enter the dubbing role list. Confirm the dubbing role and you can unify all subtitles to use that role!
④ You can also check the subtitles, enter the dubbing list, and dub the subtitles separately!
⑤ New subtitles can also be dubbed, and you can drag the order of the subtitles in the dubbing list to adjust the reading order of the subtitles on that page!
Step 13: Background Music
① After dubbing is completed, you can click on the background music library on the right!
② Choose appropriate background music according to the story content of the picture book. You can listen to it by pressing the play button and add background music by pressing “+”!
Step 14: Background wall
After adding background music, you can click the background wall library in the right toolbar and select a background picture that matches the style of the picture book, which can make the picture book preview more vivid and interesting!
Step 15: Save and Preview
Finally, save it. Click "Preview" to preview the overall effect of the picture book. Adjust it according to the unsatisfactory parts.
Step 16: Create a new series sequel
Please note: If the steps of the first picture book do not reach the storyboard page, you will not be able to create the second picture book!
1. Return to the ReadKidz homepage. In the left navigation bar, find "My Creations", click on "Book", select "Book Series", and locate the picture book you created previously.
2. Click on the "+" at the bottom left of the picture book!
3. For the story content of the sequel picture book, you can choose to continue AI generation, or you can choose to edit the story yourself!
4. If you choose AI to generate a story, you can check the characters you need for the sequel picture book, and then choose whether to continue the story based on the first picture book or rewrite a new story based on the characters you checked! (Please note: when rewriting a story, the protagonist of the story is the character you have determined)
① Set the parameters for the sequel picture book, reselect the characters, and finally enter the story theme!
② After the story is generated, you can edit it directly, or click the arrow to slide up and regenerate it!
③ After refining the characters, if there are characters in the story that you have not checked but already exist, you can click on the character information library in the character information list to synchronize the characters!
④ After confirming the character, please scroll up to "Step 5: Style Selection" to start the subsequent content!
5. If you choose your own story, you can directly paste the edited story on the original story page. After analyzing the characters, please scroll up to "Step 5: Style Selection" for the subsequent content!
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