Here listed are some free comic book production tools.These tools work just as well as digital programs like Photoshop and other paid programs.Try them out.

You will need to download one of these free viewers below to work with the CBR format versions.Choose your Operating System and go to the link below.

WINDOWS version:


CDisplay


the Windows Sequential Image Viewer for Windows by David Dayton.
Available here :

http://www.geocities.com/davidayton/CDisplay

MangaMeey 2.4 English


Works on all Windows platforms and tablets, and even windows CE  and other Windows based small OS.


COMICAL

Comical , the WINDOWS ,UNIX, Linux and MacOS X Sequential Image Viewer
Available here:

http://comical.sourceforge.net/

CBViewer
Available here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cbviewer

Windows Tablet editions and Windows CE

MangaMeey 2.4 English


 

 

MAC / LINUX other OS's versions:



Comical
, the UNIX, Linux and MacOS X Sequential Image Viewer (using wxWidgets)

http://comical.sourceforge.net/

cbrPager: a simple comic pager for Linux (using GTK+)
Available here: http://www.jcoppens.com/soft/cbrpager/index.en.php

QComicBook (using Qt)
Available here: http://freshmeat.net/projects/qcomicbook/

Asparagino's Comic Viewer
Available here: http://home.asparagine.net/software/comicviewer/

FFView
Available here: http://www.feedface.com/projects/ffview.html

Comic Book Viewer
Available here: http://gumby.misplacedmac.com/

Jomic

(written in Java, so should be cross-platform as well)
Availabe here: http://jomic.sourceforge.net/

IPHONE or IPOD:

IPhone or Ipod comic book reader app:

http://www.iphoneskinning.com/2007/12/iphone-comic-reader.html

http://www.penjuinlabs.com/blog/?page_id=10

http://iphonecomicbookreader.com/iphone-tips/iphone-reader-viewing-cbr-files-on-your-iphone

http://iphonecomicbookreader.com/iphone-apps/how-to-use-iphone-as-a-comic-book-reader

http://iphoneready.blogspot.com/2008/04/icomics-iphone-manga-reader.html

PSP:

PSP comic book reader:




There is also a comic book reader for the PSP called PSPComic

(http://dl.qj.net/PSPComic-v0.9.8-Beta-2-PS...14034/catid/140)

Nintendo DS:

Nintendo DS comic book reader:
Comic BookDS V3.0- Comics reader for the Nintendo DS

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=60150

Also read more information at:

http://www.geekrodeo.com/2008/05/what-is-cbr-and-cbz-file.html or

also

http://www.geekrodeo.com/2008/08/geekrodeocast-episode-013-for-8-12-2008.html

 

http://www.sketchyorigins.com/comics/archive/index.php?f-47.html

 

NOTE FOR CBR DOWNLOADS: Since CBR's are just renamed ZIP or RAR file's, after you download a cbr file

you must change the name to cbr to view with a viewer.Example: change CBRsample.zip to CBRsample.cbr

After you do this, your computer will identify the zip as a cbr file and all you have to do is

double click to read. It's that easy! :)

If you have a question e-mail me at:

cbrcomics@gmail.com  

WINDOWS and Linux based Photoshop alternatives

Gimpshop- free Photoshop alternative
GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP.

http://www.gimpshop.com/


Pixia - free Photoshop alternative

Pixia is the free English version of a popular Japanese painting and retouching software for full color graphics. It supports mask, layer and many other editing functions. You can use your own customized brush tips and even use an image file as a brush tip to create unique effects. Its user-friendly interface is suitable for beginners as well as experts. Pixia supports the most common editing techniques and presents a user friendly interface.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pixia.html


Inkscape -free Adobe Illustrator alternative

An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

http://www.inkscape.org/








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