speech balloons or thought bubbles

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Paul

I want to add speech balloons to photos in an attempt to make them amusing.
I have searched for software to do this but not turned up any results.
Anyone know of a good software? (I have seen the photofiltre ones but they
are very limited - unless there are tools that can manipulate the balloons
to proper positions, etc.).
Paul
 
Paul said:
I want to add speech balloons to photos in an attempt to make them amusing.
I have searched for software to do this but not turned up any results.
Anyone know of a good software? (I have seen the photofiltre ones but they
are very limited - unless there are tools that can manipulate the balloons
to proper positions, etc.).
Paul
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I use PhotoPlus from <www.freeserifsoftware.com> to do just that. Take
some time to do the tutorial on layers and you'll be good to go.

Yes, It's registerware.... they send you advertisement e-mails. Once
you get one, click on the "opt-out" link at the bottom and they stop
forever.
 
I would think the gimp would do this, I experimented with it once a long
time ago, and thought it was very competent, but then rather buggy, so I
stuck with PSP7 (payware).

You will need to create layers over your original, and put the bubbles and
text on the new layers, then the whole can be saved as a jpeg, etc.

So you do need to understand how to deal with layers; there are lots of
tutorials about, and the technique is the same whatever graphics prog you
use.

I think gimp is your best (only)? freeware bet
 
Paul said:
I want to add speech balloons to photos in an attempt to make them amusing.
I have searched for software to do this but not turned up any results.
Anyone know of a good software? (I have seen the photofiltre ones but they
are very limited - unless there are tools that can manipulate the balloons
to proper positions, etc.).
Paul
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thanks for the replies
Paul
 
Eric said:
I use PhotoPlus from <www.freeserifsoftware.com> to do just that. Take
some time to do the tutorial on layers and you'll be good to go.

Yes, It's registerware.... they send you advertisement e-mails. Once
you get one, click on the "opt-out" link at the bottom and they stop
forever.
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I asked them several times to stop sending me emails via the method you
describe. It did no good.

Better advice would be to use a disposable email account for
registration purposes, and to provide them with false information on the
registration form.

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Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls like Andy Mabbett or Doc, for instance. No
adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware,
PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware,
viruses or warez for me, please.
 
Paul said:
I want to add speech balloons to photos in an attempt to make them amusing.
I have searched for software to do this but not turned up any results.
Anyone know of a good software? (I have seen the photofiltre ones but they
are very limited - unless there are tools that can manipulate the balloons
to proper positions, etc.).
Paul
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OpenOffice Draw will do quote and thought bubbles easily
Portable version
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice


Dave
 
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