ComicKnit

How-To Guides

Short, picture-by-picture guides to everything you can do on ComicKnit — from your very first comic to series, explainers and animated videos.

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How to create your first comic

You write the idea, ComicKnit does the drawing. In about ten minutes you go from a few sentences to a finished, illustrated comic with a cover — and you get to check the script and the characters before any pages are drawn.

7 steps · About 10–15 minutes →

Your idea becomes a script, then character and location references, then finished comic pages.1Idea2Script3References4PagesPAGE 1PAGE 2

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  1. The My Elements library showing a character, location, prop and text element.My ElementsAllCharactersLocationsPropsTextCHARACTERCaptain Mira@Captain MiraLOCATIONOld Harbor@Old HarborPROPStorm Hat@Storm HatTEXTSeason Arc@Season ArcGuide 2

    How to create reusable characters and other elements

    Save characters, locations, props and lore in your ComicKnit Elements library, then @mention them in any story so they look the same in every comic.

    6 steps · About 5 minutes per element

  2. A series with a Bible, a pinned cast and an arc plan, feeding ordered episodes.My SeriesBibleWorld · tone · styleCastPinned charactersArcPlanned episodesEpisode 1Episode 2Episode 3+Guide 3

    How to create a comic series

    Turn one comic into an ongoing series: create a series, set a Series Bible, pin a recurring cast, plan story arcs and publish episodes readers can subscribe to.

    7 steps · About 20 minutes for setup and a first episode

  3. A comic page becomes video scene clips, which are joined into one MP4.Comic pageScene clipsMP41 comic page → 1 video scene → one finished videoGuide 4

    How to create an animation video from your comic

    Animate a finished ComicKnit comic into an MP4 video: choose a video model and format, check the credit estimate, review each scene, trim on the timeline and export.

    5 steps · About 20–40 minutes, mostly waiting for clips

  4. The Sharing section with a published comic, its public link and tags, next to the public comic page.SharingUnpublishPUBLICcomicknit.com/c/the-lost-catCopyTagscatstokyokids+ add tagThe Lost Cat128💬 24Guide 5

    How to make your comic public by publishing it

    Make your ComicKnit comic public in one click: publish it, share the link, add tags, and get discovered on Explore, your profile and tag pages.

    5 steps · About 2 minutes

  5. A page before and after regeneration with a refinement request.?BeforeFound it!After“Mira holds the lantern.”Guide 6

    How to regenerate a page to get an accurate result

    Fix a comic page that came out wrong: open the regenerate panel, describe the change in plain English, choose the reference images, and redraw just that page.

    5 steps · About 2–5 minutes per page

  6. The credit balance badge, the plus button to buy credits, and the wallet with recent transactions.COMICKNITExploreCreate$25+WalletCurrent Balance$25Page generation−5Reference image−5Credit purchase+125Running low?Press + to buymore credits.Guide 7

    How to buy credits when you run out

    Check your ComicKnit credit balance, buy more credit bundles with secure Stripe checkout, download invoices, and pick up an unfinished comic where it stopped.

    5 steps · About 1–2 minutes

  7. Documentary voice with narration captions compared with Guided voice with an on-page host.DocumentaryGuidedYour immune system learns from aharmless copy of the spike.spikeLet’s meet the spike!Unseen narrator in caption boxesOne on-page host in speech bubblesGuide 8

    How to create explainer comics

    Make non-fiction explainer comics on ComicKnit: choose documentary or guided voice, describe your topic, review the key facts, and export for class or social media.

    6 steps · About 10–15 minutes

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