I was reading over the Bearing Straight School District’s home page and found a blurb and photo detailing a really neat book report project Damon Hargrave’s class put together using a software application called Comic Life – a tool that transforms digital photos and web cam image captures into fun and creative visual presentations! The name belies the layout options, as many are designed as comic book pages. Other options are available, so be sure to play!
Originally designed or Macs, the good folks at Plasq graciously worked up a Windows version (now in the 2nd Beta testing stage), which I downloaded and played around with for a bit. Those of you who do a lot with digital storytelling should really check this application out. For now, the Windows version is a free download, but it will most likely sell for around $30.00 once the beta testing is complete.
Note: Not sure if it is due to the beta testing phase or what, but I had trouble getting the web cam image I captured using this software to port over to a usable graphic within the layout. I also had no luck saving the file using its native extension. Luckily, the export to graphic format function worked very well, and I was able to save the file as a high quality .png file. Be sure to click on the thumbnail above for the Pièce de résistance! 
That’s all for now. See you next time. Same blog time… same blog channel! (Queue theme music…)
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