Methods and apparatus for comic creation

摘要

In embodiments of comic creation, a digital sketching system may provide various tools for creating and modifying comics consisting of one or more panels, and for creating, adding, and modifying text in the panels. This system, which may be referred to as a comic creation application, may be implemented according to a domain-specific digital sketchbook paradigm that is directed specifically to the needs of a comic artist. The comic creation application may be tailored for comics planning, may be designed with the structure of comic pages in mind, and may provide high-level editing tools and operations for this structure. The system may make a digital device (e.g., a touch- or multitouch-enabled device) an intelligent participant in the creative process, rather than a passive sketchbook, to facilitate story building in ways that pencil and paper cannot.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
generating, by one or more computing devices in response to input, a digital sketch comprising one or more panels, one or more sketches each at least in part included in a respective one of the one or more panels, and one or more textual elements each included in a respective one of the panels, said generating the digital sketch comprising:
generating the one or more panels according to panel input specifying a border for each of the one or more panels on a page;generating the one or more sketches according to drawing input specifying one or more strokes on the page, at least a portion of the one or more strokes being drawn in at least one of the one or more panels;erasing a portion of the border for at least one of the panels according to an erase input;determining for each of the one or more panels, based on a windowing algorithm, which of the one or more strokes or portions of the one or more strokes are to be displayed in the digital sketch and which of the one or more strokes or portions of the one or more strokes are hidden in the digital sketch, the windowing algorithm recognizing the erased portion of the border and said determining that the one or more strokes or portions of the strokes that pass through the erased portion of the border are to be displayed and the one or more strokes or portions of the strokes that do not pass through the erased portion of the border are to be hidden from display, and for a panel, the windowing algorithm performing:determining at least one of the strokes crosses the border of the panel;splitting each stroke that crosses the border of the panel to generate at least two separate strokes from the respective stroke;marking each stroke that lies inside the border of the panel to be displayed;determining at least one remaining unmarked stroke that intersects a marked stroke; andmarking each remaining unmarked stroke that intersects a marked stroke as to be displayed and additional remaining unmarked strokes are hidden from display.