How to use digital assets for webcomics Part 2 (Editing with ABLER)
How to cut your work time by 90% with 3D backgrounds🌁
Comic backgrounds are so hard to draw, but now you can use 3D backgrounds.
ACON has high-quality 3D backgrounds for all genres, including romance fantasy, daily life, action, and sports comics.
Over 10,000 high-quality backgrounds — only found at ACON.
Over 90% of Korean webcomic artists use ACON’s 3D backgrounds to dramatically reduce their work time.
Many artists say they can’t imagine their work without ACON anymore.🥹
However, using professional 3D programs like SketchUp is expensive and difficult to work with for comics, because it was originally designed for other industries like architecture.
But if I want to just ‘find the right scene and change the tone’ of 3D backgrounds, do I really need to buy such complicated programs?
ABLER, a free software to edit 3D backgrounds!
ABLER is a free software specialized for comics that makes it easy for people who have never worked with 3D to retouch comic backgrounds.
It supports both Blender and FBX extensions as well as SketchUp’s .SKP extension, so there’s no need to learn multiple tools.
✨ABLER’s unique editing features are even more amazing.✨
1️⃣Real-time light adjustment
Artists, we need the same background at different times of day, right?
From daytime🌞 to evening🌌, adjust the sunlight in real-time to instantly change the mood.
2️⃣Spread light with ‘Bloom’✨
Voila! Introducing ABLER’s best feature, the Bloom function!
This feature allows you to spread the light you adjusted above into a softer, wider area to create a beautiful background. You can even adjust the color and range of the light, so the possibilities are endless.
3️⃣ Add as many light sources as you want!
In a recent update, ABLER, the master of light, has launched the ability to add your own lights!
Add light not only on the sun, but also the beautiful lights in your room!💡
4️⃣ (and of course) Color correction!🌈
The color correction features of Clip Studio and Photoshop is also spotted on ABLER.
You can adjust exposure, saturation, hue, and more in ABLER without having to go to another program.
See daylight, dusk, and evening on the same background :
5️⃣ Freely move, place, and copy props!
Bought multiple assets and want to move the props around? ABLER makes it possible!
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Not only can you copy multiple props on one background, but you can also move and place them freely to create different looks for the same background.
6️⃣Lines, shadows, and textures can be extracted separately!
ABLER is a great tool for retouching, but for those who want to go the extra mile, ABLER has the ability to extract lines, shadows, textures, and the entire background separately with just one click.
Simply add a different color or gradient to the lines or shadows and you’re done!
7️⃣ Want to change textures? Of course 🙆🙆🙆
With just a few clicks, you can adjust the texture’s diffusion, transparency, emission, reflection value at will.
I made the fountain transparent to create a softer background.
Another example : I changed the background of the ballroom to a reflective material to make it sparkle!
8️⃣ What your camera can do, ABLER can do! Out-focusing in a snap.
Adjusting the angle of view, focal length, and other camera functions are just one click away in ABLER!
Everyone was especially impressed with the ability to use an eye dropper to move the focus to where you want 🙌.
Focus where you want, and adjust the depth!
Want to use ABLER?💭
So do you want to try ABLER? Start by downloading it! It’s not hard.
1️⃣Download link is here!👇👇👇👇
Download ABLER from the site above!
Oh wait!
ABLER requires an ACON ID to log in.
If you’re not an ACON user, you can sign up on the site below.
2️⃣Create an ACON username👇👇👇
3️⃣Open ABLER, log in, and you’re ready to go!
To learn more about ABLER,👩💻
- ABLER on Twitter : https://twitter.com/ABLER_official
- ABLER on Youtube : https://youtu.be/sFWeKtdCwOM
- ABLER User Guide : Link
