Use the controls (explained below) to express your humor. Then uncheck 'Show selection boxes', take a screenshot, crop it down to the strip, and send it in. Simplicity. And cheaper if you don't own Photoshop... :)

Controls

The strip itself: Click in a frame to select it for editing. The selected frame will be outlined in red. Click on an object to edit that particular object. The selected object will be outlined in green. You can drag objects around in the current frame and resize them with the little blue box in the bottom-right corner. Note that you must click on the opaque part of the image you wish to manipulate.

Frame: This indicates which frame you are currently editing. You can also select a frame here.

Object: This indicates which object you are currently editing. You can also select an object here.

Show selection boxes: This determines whether the red and green selection outlines will be shown. Uncheck this before taking the screenshot of your finished work (or any time you get annoyed by the outlines).

Replicate frame: Pressing this button will replicate the selected frame to the subsequent frames. Could be a timesaver.

Speaker: Use this to select who is speaking in the current frame. Note that only Gabe or the squirrel can talk. I figured the squirrel might, but the bench was stretching it a bit...

Text: Allows you to edit the text (what is being said) for the current frame. Just type. If you delete all the text for a frame, the line connecting the text to the speaker will disappear (so you can have a silent frame).

New object: Choose an object to add to the current frame from the drop-down list, then click the button to add it.

Replace selected with: Choose an object to add to the current frame from the drop-down list. When you click this button, the object currently being edited is replaced with the new one you just chose. The new object will be in the same place and be the same size as the one it replaced. This is really useful for changing Gabe's expression (say from the talking-right head to the staring-straight-ahead head).

Delete selected: Yup. Deletes whatever object is currently selected. You cannot delete the text box (see the 'Text:' section above).

Speaker distance: Allows you to fine tune the distance from the speaker to the speaker's end of the little line that leads to the text. Try it out - you will understand.

Textbox distance: Same as speaker distance, but adjusts the other end of the line.

Layer adjustment: All four buttons act on the currently selected object. |< is bring to front, < is bring forward one layer, > is send back one layer, and >| is send to back.

Program © copyright 2000, Tim 'Zear' Hammock.