Are there any secrets to getting good looking output on a web page using comic fonts?
You guys have a really awesome looking site.” Thanks! I create most of our graphics in black & white in Illustrator, and then import them into Photoshop by hitting Option-Copy in Illustrator, and (without closing the Illustrator document), opening a new Photoshop File (72 dpi, RGB mode), and Pasting. I then use the Unsharp Mask filter (which works great on just about everything) at low settings (like 50/.5/0) to add sharpness. After coloring, I convert them to Indexed color mode using the Netscape safe color palette (I color within that palette to begin with, but usually have to go back in and touch up parts to get rid of unsightly dithering) and save them as GIF with BoxTop Software’s excellent PhotoGIF plug in. Douglas writes: “On your Comicraft.com page, you have bursts and word balloons that have a gradated enlarged halftone dropshadow. How was that created? Do you use a special software program for that or did you create that effect in Photoshop?” Nope, just a bit of fun with the
