From script to comic page it’s never been easier with the new Script Editor in Comic Life. Simply add your photos and some words and very quickly you’ll have a finished story.Ĭomic Life is also great for doing school projects, how to guides, flyers for your business or group, storyboarding, lesson plans, book reports, Internet memes and that’s just to name a few!Ĭreating an original work is easy with the script editor. Fonts, templates, panels, balloons, captions and lettering art. ![]() ![]() It’s the app with everything you need to make a stunning photo comic. What about creating an original story featuring you and your friends? That’s easy with Comic Life. Want to recount your holiday adventures or tell a life-story in an engaging style? Comic Life is the answer. Whether it is photos of friends or hand drawn comic characters, Comic Life is the ultimate app for turning your images into a comic. Packed with fonts, templates, panels, balloons, captions, and lettering art, Comic Life is a fun, powerful and easy-to-use app with endless possibilities. It’s so much fun!Presenting Comic Life 3, the app with everything you need to make a stunning comic from your own images. Good job Apple and Plasq!Would I recommend it? ABSOLUTELY, for a beginner or novice, adults or young, you can’t go wrong with this program. Seriously, I could go on and on about this program, but you just have to experience for yourself to truly appreciate it’s greatness. There are TONS of different filters, formats and layouts which make this program so versatile. I saved my “comic” as jpeg images, then made a simple movie using Windows Movie Maker and it was up and running in a matter of minutes. The program saves the files in multiple formats which is quite useful, such as gif, jpeg and others that you can send to emails or save to your computer. I literally was making a “comic” within minutes. This is also compatible with Windows 7, which is what I have and I had absolutely NO problems at all installing the program onto my computer. Add a word balloon to your photos with Comic Life and voila`: comic genius! Tons of uses, not only comics: Annotated family photos, Holiday photo albums, Children’s story books, How-to Guides, Posters, Greeting cards, and Scrapbooking.Customer Video Review Length:: 0:28 MinsMy first attempt at using Comic Life Deluxe for Windows. Your Live In A Comic! Expand what you can do with your digital photos! With a comprehensive set of features, Comic Life gives you numerous ways to explore your creativity – liven up holiday snaps, tell a story, even create birthday cards and invites. I took off one star because it is a little slow, particularly if you use large images (ie right out of your camera) without resizing them for a smaller size. ![]() All in all, I’m very happy with this and will have fun using it. There are a fair amount of options and choices, although not an overwhelming number. The user interface is very easy to learn and use. I suppose you could do everything here from scratch in photoshop or MS Publisher, but it’s so simple with the provided templates. ![]() Customer Video Review Length:: 0:28 MinsMy first attempt at using Comic Life Deluxe for Windows.
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![]() The APX grip is fantastic and fits my hand just right. Its sights are great, and the rear is blacked out with a white front sight that’s thin and crisp for taking shots at small targets. The trigger is very lightweight and crisp with a short and positive reset. It features an awesome striker-fired mechanism with that partially cocked Glock-style action. Even when you get into those higher round counts, the APX will keep on chugging. ![]() The APX is a firearm made for duty, and as such, it won’t let you down. Beretta has been kicking around since the 1500s, so I’m sure they know a thing or two about firearms. Like all Beretta products, you get a stellar firearm, and best of all, you aren’t paying a whole ton of money for it. The APX is Beretta’s entry into the striker-fired world of polymer-frame pistols with a robust design that’s easy to shoot, plenty accurate, and well made. Beretta recently announced the APX A1, so the APX series is likely being clearanced out. I didn’t even expect to see Beretta on this list, but here we are. You can swap the sights easily enough as well.Īll in all, I’m not the type of person who insists that name brands are the be all end all to firearms, but a reputable brand making an affordable firearm is a nice touch. You have a rail on the frame, but that’s about it. Like the Taurus, you don’t get much in the way of accessories. It doesn’t have ambidextrous features or anything that stands out in the gun’s design, but it’s a solid base that allows for easy manipulations. The trigger is fairly solid, and the grip angle encourages a good high grip on the gun. If you do your part, the Ruger Security 9 will do its part. Like most Ruger firearms, it’s built like a tank and keeps going boom when you need it to. The Security 9 delivers a concealed carry or defensive worthy firearm that’s perfectly reliable. Ruger didn’t go with a striker-fired system, and the internal hammer is an interesting choice. Ruger’s little semi-auto is well made and delivers Ruger quality at a surprisingly low price. What helps keeps the Security 9 an affordable firearm is the fact it includes three magazines - that adds a ton of value to the affordable little firecracker. The Security 9 builds on the legacy of the Security 6 but is now a standard, polymer frame, 9mm pistol. As for the Security 9, well it’s affordable for Ruger’s firearms. Ruger produces a ton of weapons with varying price points. We have a full review of the G3C here or you can check out the video review below. Want something more concealable? Check out the Taurus G3C…same digs, just smaller. You can toss something on the rail, but the G3 doesn’t have huge aftermarket just yet. Second, the gun delivers a little bit of slide bite, and my thumbs eternally pin down the slide lock.Īs far as accessories, there aren’t a whole lot. The sights aren’t terrible and are seemingly interchangeable with Glock sights. It’s a little gritty, it’s not very fancy, but it gets the job done. The main downside to the G3 is the okay trigger. When I first got a G3 for review, I took it to task to see if it was worth the bang. The G3 is by far the best gun Taurus has ever produced. It works well enough, but it’s lights years away from matching the 9-speed version that handles the larger-engine Malibu. It’s clear that the transmission was calibrated to maximize fuel economy. I expect that when spring conditions take over on the roads, it will be possible to lower that to 7.0L/100 km.Īcceleration in this Malibu is kind of anemic, and the engine sound does nothing to raise any heart rates. With even minimal attention to your driving habits, you can get to the end of your tank at around 8.0L/100 km. On the plus side, and it’s a significant plus for many consumers, this mid-size sedan consumes fuel at the pace of a compact. Admittedly, that isn’t part of this base-engine version’s mandate anyways for more energetic driving dynamics you need to opt for the 2.0L turbo-equipped Malibu, or simply go elsewhere. The new sedan-coupe look of the Malibu does not, unfortunately, translate into a more engaging driving experience. Not so for the cloth band on the dashboard, a finishing element that evokes the older-generation Cruze more than anything. The abundance of hard plastic surfaces won’t win the car any medals, but at least these are easy to clean. On the other hand, interior space is generous, especially in back, which is a good change from the slightly cramped older Malibu back seats. The LT version keeps the cloth upholstery and doesn’t come with heated seats in this case, except as an option. The A/C commands are accessible and easy to use, as are those on the touchscreen. The environment is pretty sober, with the possible exception of the infotainment system, which basically looks like a tablet that’s been inserted into the instrument panel. Things get a bit more problematic when it comes to the cabin. I have to say this system was very discrete when restarting the engine - a positive quality that can’t be ascribed to the majority of vehicles now equipped with this function. The mechanics are also somewhat more economical on gas, thanks to engine stop-start technology. But there’s no denying that if you value nervous, responsive acceleration, you’ll want to look elsewhere. Wedded to a 6-speed automatic transmission (no manual gearbox is offered), this small engine does its job moving along the chassis, which by the way shed a few pounds (136 kg to be precise) as part of the 2016 retool. There’s clearly an attempt at rejuvenation at play for this model that has tended to skew older in its buying demographic.Īside from the visual add-ons that come with this $1,445 package, however, the Malibu Redline offers no performance-enhancing elements in relation to the base model.Īnd how is the performance, you ask? The car is powered by a 1.5L 4-cylinder turbo engine that generates a just-adequate 163-hp, and maximum torque of 184 lb-ft. The Malibu LT we drove was dressed in the optional Redline package, which sportifies the car by adding a black front grille and badging, black alloy wheels traversed by two red bands and M-A-L-I-B-U lettering painted in black and red. I particularly like the windows that stretch back to the rear pillar, while the edge lines that cut along the sides provide the chassis with some three-dimensional relief. Just compare the current look of the Malibu to those of other sedans in the segment and you’ll appreciate the progress it has made. That change introduced contours more beguiling than before, when this Chevy too often got lost in the urban jungle due to its anonymous styling. Alas, that gain was lost in 2017 as the Malibu experienced a fresh drop in North American sales.Īnd yet, the Malibu is not a bad car, far from it my test drive covered a few days in the dead of winter and it came out of it with good grades…Īs mentioned, the last redesign of the Chevrolet Malibu dates to the 2016 model-year. ![]() The car saw its sales increase in both the U.S. This has not been great news for Chevrolet, which is still trying, in vain, to haul its sedans up to the level of perennial leaders the Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry.įor the Malibu, the 2016 model-year did show encouraging signs with the launch of the model’s new generation. ![]() The mid-size sedan segment remains a bright spot for the industry in North America, but even there the most recent sales figures are pointing to the same inevitable truth: the sedan as a species is in decline. Auto manufacturers have expended tons of energy in recent years trying to breathe new life into the category of traditional sedans, but have run up against the unassailable dominance of utility models and their derived formats. |