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Re: Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

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Post by eggbrain »

Here's my problem.

It works, fairly well. But I spent about 15 minutes doing one panel, trying to figure out the minor nuances. I kept thinking to myself "I could do a whole comic in about 5 minutes in photoshop" as I adjusted the person's location, arm, speech, etc (and that was just modifying the characters that were already in the scene). In the end it was just not worth it in my mind.

Also, imagine creating something like Randalls "Click and Drag" comic (xkcd.com/1110/) -- how would you create all these custom objects in the editor without changing it into something similar to an HTML5 web-photoshop, at which point you might as well do that?

Re: Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

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Post by [deleted] »

corin_ wrote: post #13
eranation wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Feature request: if a link has NSFW and is being downvoted, please gray everything except the NSFW part (and translate it to those pure souls who don't even know what is NSFW) Or, disable the link automatically for highly downvoted comments Or at least make the link use the same color (Or a bit easier, if it has NSFW, just remove it automatically) Edit: yes, I agree, ignore the last one

> (Or a bit easier, if it has NSFW, just remove it automatically) Why? NSFW doesn't always mean it's not interesting content. It's perfectly possible for there to be interesting technical discussion which happens to be regarding adult content (be it pictures, or large swear words, etc.)

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Re: Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

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Post by dr_win »

eggbrain wrote: post #21

Here's my problem. It works, fairly well. But I spent about 15 minutes doing one panel, trying to figure out the minor nuances. I kept thinking to myself "I could do a whole comic in about 5 minutes in photoshop" as I adjusted the person's location, arm, speech, etc (and that was just modifying the characters that were already in the scene). In the end it was just not worth it in my mind. Also, imagine creating somet…

Yes, this a prototype and definitely not for everyone. It has many downsides. I agree Photoshop gives you full pixel control.

I think it has some upsides too. You may treat comix source as html code and apply tools we have for coding today, eg. diffs, version control, collaboration via github. People may also collaborate on library of items, actors and their poses, so you don't have to re-create them or copy&pase all the time. Also localisation will be a snap. And it will possibly allow animations in the future.

Actually I built this for a bigger project. I want to explain Bitcoin technically in the form of XKCD comix. This won't be one-off comix strip. This will be something like wiki/book which will evolve and I hope it will attract other contributors (not necessarily graphic designers).

Re: Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

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Post by raylu »

eggbrain wrote: post #21

Here's my problem. It works, fairly well. But I spent about 15 minutes doing one panel, trying to figure out the minor nuances. I kept thinking to myself "I could do a whole comic in about 5 minutes in photoshop" as I adjusted the person's location, arm, speech, etc (and that was just modifying the characters that were already in the scene). In the end it was just not worth it in my mind. Also, imagine creating somet…

I suspect you are not part of his target audience.

Re: Show HN: a web-based xkcd-style comix editor

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Post by mercuryrising »

darkstar999 wrote: post #8

Aw, snap! Crashes chrome 24.0.1312.57 on Ubuntu 12.10. I tried opening the console to get additional info, but it doesn't show anything.

This is one of the coolest things about HN. There's a link there, and it crashes your browser. Instead of getting angry, you try to help the person whose creation crashed your browser.
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