How to create a picture book for language learning and enlightenment education for 3-5 year olds

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In the newly upgraded features of the ReadKidz platform! Especially launched a picture book area for children aged 3-5, meticulously designed four age levels: 3~3+ years of enlightenment, 3+~4 years of exploration, 4~4+ years of growth, and 4+~5 years of improvement. Each stage is matched with exclusive content, allowing children to absorb the most suitable knowledge at the most suitable time and enjoy happy growth!

How to create a picture book for language learning and early education for children aged 3-5 using a template?

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Step 1: Create a new project

Depending on the age of the children for whom we want to create picture book stories, we can enter the creation portal in two ways!

① Go to the ReadKidz homepage, click on the age card below "Ages 3 to 5" on the right!

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② Go to the ReadKidz homepage, select the corresponding age under the left navigation bar "Template Craft" to enter the creation page!

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Step 2: Subject selection

On the subject selection page, choose the subject according to your own ideas!

① The topics are divided into five categories: social skills, emotional management, living habits, imaginative adventure, and cognitive learning! Each category has a sub-category corresponding to the topic!

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② After determining the theme, we still need to choose the main character category of the story, as well as the style of the story!

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Step 3: Set the size and review the subtitles

① According to their own ideas, set the size of the picture book, which is divided into 16:9 and 1:1!

② Check if the subtitle content is what you want, and you can edit it yourself! The highlighted words are suitable words for learning at this age! You can remove the "【 】" symbol to cancel the highlight, or add "【 】" to mark the word you want to highlight!

③ If you are not satisfied with the subtitles, in addition to modifying the story content yourself, you can also click "generate" to regenerate it!

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Step 4: Refine the character

Confirm the subtitles first, then we need to refine the characters! (Please note: Make sure not to modify any subtitles when refining characters, otherwise the content you modify will not take effect on the scene page!)

① Click "Extract Roles" to extract roles!

② After extracting the roles, check if there are any missing or incorrect roles in the role list! If so, click "Extract Roles" to extract again, or click "Recovery" in the role list to regenerate the role information!

③ After confirming that the role is correct, click "Confirm Role" to proceed to the next step!

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Step 5: Style Selection

After confirming the character, we need to choose a style. The platform currently contains more than 100 styles. Select the style you want and proceed to the next step!

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Step 6: Character Portrait

After confirming the style, we need to create the character portrait!

Check the character list to see if there are any missing characters!

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② Click the small pencil on the right side of the character to enter the character information editing page!

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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 the following format! (Please note: If the animal character information editing page shows clothing, please be sure to delete all clothing information!)

Human :

a. Character skin color (required)

b. Character hairstyle (required)

c. Character's facial features (required)

d. Character accessories (please do not fill in this field if possible)

e. Character Costume (Required for human characters, optional for animal characters)

animal :

a. Character skin color (required)

b. Character's facial features (required)

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④ You can modify the description directly. If you add a new description, please be sure to click the Enter key and add it within the specified number of characters, otherwise it will not take effect! After the modification is completed, please remember to click "confirm" to save!

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⑤ If you are not satisfied with the character portrait generated by the selected style, you can click on 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 proceed to the next step, you cannot regenerate the character portrait!)

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Step 7: Shot Page

① Check whether the drawing area has reached the specified number of subtitles!

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② Check whether the characters that appear in the subtitles have corresponding character portraits!

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③ Click "Edit" in the upper right corner of the subtitle on the canvas page to enter the prompt word editing page!

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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!

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⑤ After the review is completed, click "Generate" to generate the screen image. If you are not satisfied with the original image, you can click "Generate" to regenerate it, or enter the prompt word editing page to adjust the drawing prompt words!

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⑥ Four pictures will be generated at one time, just pick the one you want!

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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!)

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Step 8: Image Editing

The ReadKidz platform supports basic image editing functions, and can directly design the layout of picture books!

① Click on the picture, click the green dot on the green border of the picture and press and hold to operate the position and size of the picture. Right-click the picture and perform corresponding operations according to the corresponding options!

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② If you think the layout of the picture is not creative enough, you can use the cropping tool in the editor! The cropping tool contains different masks. You can select different shapes of cropping masks to adjust the shape of the illustration according to your needs to make your picture book more creative!

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b. The cropping area can be rotated, and adjusting the rotation angle can change the cropping shape! (Please note: When the cropping is completed, please remember to click "confirm", otherwise the cropping will be invalid!)

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c. After cropping, adjust the position of the cropped image to make the scene more harmonious!

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③ 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!

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④ If you need to add a new canvas, you can click "+ Add pages" below the canvas. The new canvas will only be added under the specified canvas, so be sure to pay attention! (Please note: Whether it is a new canvas or the initial canvas, it cannot be deleted, it can only be hidden!)

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⑤ On the newly added blank page, you can select the "Generate" icon to enter the AI ​​drawing page to write prompt words and generate pictures! You can also click "Upload" to upload pictures yourself. Of course, you can also click the picture upload icon in the right toolbar to upload pictures!

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⑥ 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!

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⑦ 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 subtitles and select "Copy Style" to unify the font effects of all subtitles except the cover and end captions!

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⑧ ReadKidz supports a diverse material library including stickers of various styles, bubble frames, etc. 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!

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⑨ After the picture layout design of the picture book is completed, we can dub each subtitle. Just click the dubbing icon on the right toolbar to enter!

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⑩ Click on "change all voice actors" in the upper right corner to enter the "voice library" to audition and select the dubbing roles!

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⑪ You can uncheck the subtitles and click change voice actor to directly enter the dubbing role list, confirm the dubbing role, and then unify all subtitles to use this role!

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⑫ You can also check the subtitles, enter the dubbing list, and dub the subtitles separately!

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⑬ 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!

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⑭ After the dubbing is completed, you can click on the background music library on the right and select appropriate background music according to the content of the picture book story. You can listen to it by pressing the play button and click "+" to add background music!

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⑮ 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!

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⑯ Finally, save the picture and click Preview to preview the overall effect of the picture book, and make adjustments based on any unsatisfactory aspects!

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⑰ The prepared picture books can be downloaded. Click the three dots in the upper right corner and select the download format you need to download!

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⑱ If you need to convert the picture book into a video, you just need to click "Generate video" in the upper right corner. After creating the picture book according to the following two requirements, you can generate the video!

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