(Probably not your problem, check-mate, but I've seen the confusion arise in other contexts, so I'm adding it for the benefit of other readers.) Note for readers: Separate tabs in FireAlpaca are actually multiple separate files, not separate layers within the same file. File menu > Rasterize, which creates a new file (in a new tab) with all the layers merged. png format file which will automatically merge all the layers, then re-open the. Merges the selected layer with the layer *beneath* it.Ģ. Repeat the merge down process multiple times (Layer menu > Merge Down or, repeatedly press the Layer Merge button at the bottom of the the layers panel - looks somewhat like an arrow pointing down to a couple of sheets of paper). I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Let me know what you think.1. You can do a good curvy tail using the Select Pen/Select Eraser method, but I think using the Edge Pen is much easier and gives you better looking lines. Then switch to a different brush, like the Pen brush, and erase the lines in the inside of the bubble by colouring in the same fill colour as the balloon:Īnd there you have the two side-by-side! You can see more freedom from the one on the left and less messiness. You can adjust the correction higher to reduce any jitters in your linework: Then select the Edge Pen brush and draw a curvy line starting from the middle of the balloon and out to it’s intended target. Let’s start with getting an un-tailed speech ballon set up: The main colour selected sets the colour for the border/edge, and the secondary colour sets the colour for the middle part Here’s what I finally came up with: Use the Edge Pen brush! This brush comes standard with FireAlpaca. It either tapers off too soon, or not soon enough. Notice how I can never get the right consistency near the end? I also can’t make it look smooth no matter how much correction I add to it. Initially, I was using the Select Pen along with the Select Eraser to shape a curvy tail: It also gets tedious having straight tails all around, it’s nice to throw a curveball every now and then. I usually use those through out my comics to give a sense of flow-iness. My issues came when getting a curvy tailed speech balloon. A nice, straight-laced boi:īut I never had any issues with this boi. Switch the colour to the desired border colour, in this case I chose black, and go to Select > Draw Selection Border…Ĭhoose On Boundary and select the desired thicccness, in this case I chose 2 pixels:Īnd voila! Notice how that tail has no rounded edges near the end and there’s a consistent border all around. Make sure that the Reference is set to layer. Get the Bucket tool and fill the selection with the balloon’s desired background colour, in this case I chose white. Then, switch to Polygon shape to create the straight tail by making a triangle shape: Preferably around the text you’re trying to balloon: Using the Select tool, create an Ellipse selection on your canvas. Enjoy!įirst, let’s get the easy one out of the way: the straight tailed speech balloons. However, I think I found a way to make it look gooder, which I will be outlining below. While I love this burning long-necked mammal, I still had trouble getting speech balloons to look…good. I’ve been working with Paint.NET for a long, long time, but I realized how much it lacked in terms of brushes and other capabilities. Speech Balloon Tutorial in FireAlpaca (feel free to press “j” to skip, it’s a long one)
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