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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 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/
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
Andriod:
A Comic Viewer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.androidcomics.acv&hl=en
Perfect Viewer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rookiestudio.perfectviewer&hl=en
Komik Reader
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.komik.free
Moon+ Reader
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader
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/
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
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! :)
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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