Panelle
Creative
comic layout editor
SHOW HN2020
192points
34comments
#291of 3,028 in 2020
Top 10%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 3 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, intuitive browser experience and a useful niche tool.
From 3 comments
Published comic artist here (more info in bio link). This is super cute as a browser play-around project and it was pretty fast to grok what you're supposed to do here. can't…
kradeelav on HNFrom a quick test, it's really a good experience, and would make a nice vector editor more than just comic panels really. One thing maybe, not requiring the extra guide lines…
speps on HNThis is awesome, love the grid that moves around with the cursor. Bug or user error, hitting delete to remove a point tries to navigate back in the browser. Maybe a…
nathancahill on HN
Objections
Save/export is not obvious and the workflow lacks intuitive guidance.
From 3 comments
Published comic artist here (more info in bio link). This is super cute as a browser play-around project and it was pretty fast to grok what you're supposed to do here. can't…
kradeelav on HNi think a short video or some example preset outputs would be nice. its not clear how to use this even from the tutorial - but i'm not the creative type. am i supposed to upload…
swyx on HNThanks for the explanation. Single clicking on a panel and then clicking open on an image wasn't working for me. This is awesome! I wanted a way to make a photo collage of our…
the_jeremy on HN
Pinch zoom and touch zoom behave incorrectly, and Safari 13 has problems.
From 3 comments
Neat! Quick feedback point: the pinch zoom works the opposite way from every other program, at least on my MacBook (macOS 10.15.7, Chrome latest, 87.0.4280).
SamBam on HNSame on Windows, Firefox, Surface Book. And the zoom centres around the top left of the viewport rather than the cursor position. Also it doesn’t catch touch-based zoom, leaving…
chrismorgan on HNDoes not seems to work with Safari 13, had no problems with Chrome on macOS. Really great, did show this to my daughter that is into comics!
FraKtus on HN
Requests
Add inch, mm and cm units instead of pixels.
From 2 comments
Published comic artist here (more info in bio link). This is super cute as a browser play-around project and it was pretty fast to grok what you're supposed to do here. can't…
kradeelav on HNAnd mm or cm would be wonderful too!
kawera on HN
Add undo.
From 1 comment
From a quick test, it's really a good experience, and would make a nice vector editor more than just comic panels really. One thing maybe, not requiring the extra guide lines…
speps on HN
Support placeholder images and export to PDF or JPG.
From 1 comment
Published comic artist here (more info in bio link). This is super cute as a browser play-around project and it was pretty fast to grok what you're supposed to do here. can't…
kradeelav on HN
Questions
How to use the tool and upload images into panels.
From 2 comments
i think a short video or some example preset outputs would be nice. its not clear how to use this even from the tutorial - but i'm not the creative type. am i supposed to upload…
swyx on HNYou can assign an image to each panel by double-clicking the panel and uploading the image. It does the masking through svg. You can then save off the SVG by going to preview…
TiredGuy on HN
How to star the repository.
From 2 comments
How does one star the repo?
moxylush on HNIt's a gitlab repo located at https://gitlab.com/andrewfulrich/panelle/ Create a gitlab account if you don't have one to star it :-)
bhattisatish on HN
Alternatives named
Manga Studio layout editor.
From 1 comment
Egon, that's really cool! It reminds me of when I used to use Manga Studio- iirc it had a layout editor with a similar approach where it would split panels based on a separator…
TiredGuy on HN
Halftone 2 and Layout iOS apps.
From 2 comments
I'm the author of an app called Halftone 2 (and previously, Halftone) for iOS: https://juicybitssoftware.com/halftone2/. It used to allow for custom page layouts that were…
mdswanson on HNNeat! I've been making an iOS comic book layout app[1]. My solution is somewhat different from yours. Cool to see that someone else is seeing the same issue. I've found no other…
egonschiele on HN