DIBUHO A COMIC STRIP CREATOR EMPLOYING CUBIC BEZIER PATHS AND THE STANDARD VECTOR GRAPHICS FORMAT

Abstract

The Dibuho Comic Strip Creator is an application written in C++ employing cubic bezier curves and the standard vector graphics format. The simple program interface makes it possible for users to create comic strips with ease, without having to learn sophisticated drawing techniques. The application has an extensible library which can be extended by securing plugins from the developer.

The library contains vector images of characters, backgrounds and props which the user can insert in the panels of the comic strip. In addition, the application allows the user to insert speech balloons for character dialogues.

Moreover, the application has a facility for character creation, allowing them to create unique characters by combining body elements available in its library. Being entirely based on vector graphics, Dibuho allows flexible editing of the comic strip including posing of characters, changing of facial expressions, and general affine transformations such as rotation, translation, and scaling.