Others Problem with "Comiclife 3" balloons

JL78-CoMiCs

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Is there anyone in here who uses this software to layout comics?
I have this problem: in a nutshell, when I write a lot of text, it sticks to the edges of the balloon, leaving little margin.
Here is an example:

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I tried deforming the balloon and shrinking the text, but I can't solve it.
the font I use is “Lint McCree Intl BB”

Thank you
 

aereton

Digital Hedonist Games
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I've never used said software but a quick Google search revealed that you can adjust the margin between text and balloon outlines.
According to (Page 31 of 52):

The balloon details lets you adjust the type of balloon from Speech, Thought, Whisper etc. and the margins between the text and the balloon outline if needed. You can also choose the style for the balloon (you can set different styles for each individual balloon in a group of connected balloons - letting a character switch from speech to an exclamation) or override the style attributes if necessary.
Text Margin

If the text is too close to the edges of the balloon (or not close enough) you can adjust the margins by assigning new values to the horizontal (H) and vertical (V) margins.
 
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JL78-CoMiCs

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I've never used said software but a quick Google search revealed that you can adjust the margin between text and balloon outlines.
According to (Page 31 of 52):
Thank you so much. I am not very familiar with English, so i am not able to do a quick google search like you did.
Just one thing, I did not find the “Balloon Details” section, in which to manually adjust the horizontal (H) and
vertical (V) margins. I only found one such thing, in the “inspector” section in the upper right corner, but it's not as precise.
Would you be able to tell me where exactly this section is located?

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Thank you again, very kind :)
 

aereton

Digital Hedonist Games
Game Developer
Mar 9, 2018
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Thank you so much. I am not very familiar with English, so i am not able to do a quick google search like you did.
Just one thing, I did not find the “Balloon Details” section, in which to manually adjust the horizontal (H) and
vertical (V) margins. I only found one such thing, in the “inspector” section in the upper right corner, but it's not as precise.
Would you be able to tell me where exactly this section is located?

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Thank you again, very kind :)
I'm not really sure but it seems like you don't have the inspector open. Below is an example screenshot I've found, but I don't know if the interface is up to date with yours. Ignore 2. 3. And 4. in the screenshot. You should be able to open the inspector where 1. is and then click the icon with the speech bubble (balloon).

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JL78-CoMiCs

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I'm not really sure but it seems like you don't have the inspector open. Below is an example screenshot I've found, but I don't know if the interface is up to date with yours. Ignore 2. 3. And 4. in the screenshot. You should be able to open the inspector where 1. is and then click the icon with the speech bubble (balloon).

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Thank you. The only thing that allows me to adjust the margins is what you see in the picture:
(The interface is that of the inspector)


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I can't find “H” and “V” as in the example you showed me, maybe I have a different version, I don't know....
 

aereton

Digital Hedonist Games
Game Developer
Mar 9, 2018
602
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Thank you. The only thing that allows me to adjust the margins is what you see in the picture:
(The interface is that of the inspector)


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I can't find “H” and “V” as in the example you showed me, maybe I have a different version, I don't know....
You're in the text inspector, that margin is uniformly applied to the whole text box. Try the balloon inspector, maybe you'll find them there (blue circle).

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