Photo Booth

Photo Booth is a small software application for taking photos with an iSight camera by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X. You will find the PhotoBooth icon to launch the program in you dock at the bottom of your laptop's screen.

Opening Photo Booth 

1. Click on the Photo Booth icon in your dock.
   
2. The Photo Booth program will open.
   

1. If you are using an iSight or external digital video camera, make sure it's turned on.
2. To select an effect to apply when you take the picture, click one of the Effects buttons.
3. Click the effect you want to use. If you want a photo with no effect, click the center effect.
4. When you're ready to take a picture, click the Shutter button below the image.
   
5. Photo Booth counts down for 3 seconds, then flashes the screen and takes the picture.
6. To view the photo and select how you want to use it, click the thumbnail of the photo at the bottom of the window.
   

1. To delete a photo, click the thumbnail to select it, and then choose Edit > Delete. You can also click the Delete (x) button in the thumbnail.
   
2. To delete all the photos you've taken in Photo Booth, choose Edit > Delete All Photos. If you choose this item, you cannot recover your photos.

Sending Photos to iPhoto

1. In Photo Booth, click the thumbnail of the photo you want to add to your iPhoto library.
2. Click the iPhoto button.
   
3. Photo opens and saves the photo you selected in your iPhoto library.

Comic Life - Includes powerful Page and Panel layouts, (including styles for a real comic-strip look), streamlined image selection, cropping and placement, authentic speech balloons (enhanced by a built-in professional quality comic lettering font), captions and special effects text.

Placing An Application Icon On Your Dock

1. Click on the Finder Icon in your dock.
   
2. The Finder window will open.
   
3. Highlight "Applications" in the left hand window.  Then, Highlight "Comic Life" in the right hand window.
4. Drag the "Comic Life" icon to the dock and drop it.
5. The "Comic Life" icon is now available on your dock.

Opening Comic Life

1. Click twice on the Comic Life icon on your dock.
   
2. Comic Life will open in a new window.

Working With Pages

1. Watch the Atomic Learning Movie: Using a page template.
2. Choose a Page Template from the left hand of the screen.  If you use the drop-down field, you will be able to see that there is a large number of templates from which to choose.
3. Drag the template  you've chosen to the white area in the center and drop it.
4. Once you've selected the template, the Album section will expand.
5. Drag your photos from the Album window to the various template sections.
6. Once dropped, you can move the photo within that template section for proper placement.
7. To remove a photo from a template section, double-click it so that you see green handles on the picture, then click the delete button on your keyboard.

Adding Text Bubbles To Pages

1. Watch the Atomic Learning Movie:  Adding A Speech Bubble.
2. Choose a text bubble from the bottom pane.
3. Drag the text bubble to the cartoon panel and drop it.
4. Hit "Delete" on your keyboard to erase the text in the bubble or begin typing your text for the bubble.
5. Click outside the text bubble or hit "return."
6. Repeat these steps for your entire template pages.
7. To move the Text Bubble "tail," click on the text bubble once and drag the blue dot at the end of the tail to a new location.
8. To move the text bubble, click on it until you see the green handles around it.  Then, drag the text bubble to a new location.

Adding Lettering To Pages

1. Watch the Atomic Learning Movie:  Adding Some Lettering.
2. Click on the "Lettering icon from the bottom pane near the speech bubbles.
3. Click and drag the icon to the panel where you would like the lettering.
4. Drop the icon.  A box wil open with the word "lettering"  highlighted in it.
5. Hit "Delete" on your keyboard to erase the text in the box or begin typing your text for the bubble.
6. Click outside the text bubble or hit "return."

1. Watch the Atomic Learning Movie:  Resizing Your Lettering.
2. Resize the lettering as needed by dragging the green handles of the lettering.
3. Manipulate and stretch lettering as needed by dragging the blue handles on the lettering.
   

Saving Your Page(s)

1. Watch the Atomic Learning Movie:  Saving Your Comic Page.
2. Click on "File">"Save As."
3. Choose the location where you want to save the file.
4. In the "Save As" box, type the title of the page(s).
5. Click "Save."
   

Printing Your Page(s) To Printer Or PDF

1. Watch the Atomic Learning Movie:  Printing Your Comic to Printer or PDF.
2. Click on "File."
3. Click "Print."  A new window will open.
4. For printing a copy, be sure the proper printer is selected, the click "Print."
5. For a .pdf copy, click on "PDF," then "Save as PDF."  Name your page(s), choose the location for saving, then click "Save."

Exporting Your Page(s) As A JPG, GIF, TIFF, Or PNG

1. Click on "File>Export."
2. Choose "Export To Image(s)..."
3. Under "Format," choose JPG, GIF, TIFF, or PNG. (Note: For printing, we recommend you choose "TIFF"and change the resolution to 150.
   
4. In the "Save As" box, type the title of the page(s).
5. Choose the location where you want to save the file.
6. Click "Export."
   

Resources
Key Numbers:  Atomic Learning provides great video support for the applications that are available to YISD employees.  To view one of the videos, follow these steps:

1. Log into Atomic Learning at www.atomiclearning.com.
   
2. In the search box, type the Key Number of the video you would like to view.
3. Click "Go."
4. The video will open in a new window and begin to play!
   

Use the following key numbers in Atomic Learning for great video support for the Comic Life. 

Miscellaneous 

• #1984 - Adding items to the dock

• #27214 - Using a page template
• #27220 - Changing the size of a balloon
• #27225 - Adding a caption
• #27219 - Adding a speech balloon
• #28801 - Saving your comic page
• #20696 - Printing your comic to printer or PDF
• #27226 - Adding some lettering
• #27227 - Resizing your lettering