Google Slides: Creating Comic Books

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Chris Casal...

Google Slides:

Creating Comic Books

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So, how do we

create a comic

book with Slides?

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Start with

Google

Drawing..

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I like Shapes

the best.

Easiest to

manipulate

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I was made in

Google

Drawing!

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Blank

canvas...

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Biggest trick… Layer

shapes and make

borders same color as fill

to cover overlaps...

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2 overlapping

circles… Keep

in mind, there

is no “erase”

tool...

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2 overlapping

circles… Keep

in mind, there

is no “erase”

tool...

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A 3rd circle, resized and

shaped to cover the

overlap… The Zoom tool is

your friend!

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Change the Line color

of the 3rd shape the

match the Fill

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And there

you have it!

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Once you’re done, click

and drag to highlight all the

pieces, then Arrange-

>Group to make a single

object

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Save all speech and

thought bubbles for

Slides, keep the

character as clean as

possible in Drawing

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Let’s do a

live demo!

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After you’ve Grouped your

character, Copy it, then

Paste into a new Google

Slides file...

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But how do we

make Slides a

comic?

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Think

outside

the box!

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This is a

BIG circle

on the

slide...

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Only what is in the

box gets seen…

Color outside the

lines to “hack” the

deck

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Semi

circle

success!

Use the Arrange-> Order menu to layer

objects as you see fit. Put objects/boxes

in front and behind one another

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Changing the color of the semicircle

creates a “hill.” Adding a large box, and

sending it to the back created a blue sky

above my hill. And then animated

clouds...

My hill!My sky!My

clouds!

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You can also animated the clouds by

having them start off the slide...

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You can also animated the clouds by

having them start off the slide...

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This is the narration box...

Add a “post” to

the narration box

so it looks like a

sign!

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Think of this box as narration or voice

over...

These are for

dialogue...

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Cultural Tour Comics - 3C

http://blogs.scarsdaleschools.org/heathcotetech/

2016/07/07/cultural-tour-comics-3c/

For examples,

check out the link

on the sign, or

scan the QR

code!

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Thanks for attending this ST@C course

Chris Casal

ccasal@scarsdaleschools.org

@mr_casal & @HeathcoteTech

Thanks for

coming! Hope

this gave you

some cool

ideas...

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Thanks for attending this ST@C course

Chris Casal

ccasal@scarsdaleschools.org

@mr_casal & @HeathcoteTech

Go forth and

have fun with

Slides!

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Thank you,

Heathcote!

Contact

Chris Casal

ccasal@scarsdaleschools.org

@mr_casal

@HeathcoteTech

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