TBO is an easy and fun program to draw comic and make your presentations funnier.

1. TBO is GPLv3

• mailing list:  http://wadobo.com/mailman/listinfo/tbo

• github, issues: https://github.com/danigm/TBO/issues

• github, wiki: https://github.com/danigm/TBO/wiki

• code in github: https://github.com/danigm/TBO/

• code in gnome: http://git.gnome.org/browse/tbo

• screencast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukPbSFjHeac

2. Using TBO

When you run TBO you are in "page view", and here you can:

• Create a new comic
• Open an existing .tbo file
• Save the current comic in a .tbo file
• Export the current comic as png, pdf or svg

• Create a new page
• Move between pages
• Delete current page
• Select/move/resize current page frames with select tool
• You can remove a frame selecting it and pressing "del" key
• You can clone a frame pressing ctrl+d
• Create new page frames

When you have a frame you can go to "frame view" by double clicking in the frame with "selector" tool. In frame view you can draw:

• You can add some doodle with doodle-tool, selecting what you want

  • from tool-area and drag&drop it into drawing area.

• You can add some bubbles with bubble-tool, selecting what you want

  • from tool-area and drag&drop it into drawing area.

• You can add text to doodle with text-tool
• You can select/Move/resize/rotate objects in frame with select-tool

• You can resize an object using "<" and ">" keys.

• With arrows keys you can move the selected object
• To flip the current object use "v" key and "h" key
• You can remove a frame object selecting it and pressing "del" key
• You can clone an object pressing "ctrl+d"
• To return to "page view" press "esc" key

You can control the zoom with "+" and "-" keys or with zoom tools. You can set the 1:1 zoom with "1" key or fit to window with "2" key.

3. .tbo files

A .tbo file is a simple xml with the state of a TBO comic. You can create .tbo files to save you unfinished projects or to save projects in a modifiable format.

A .tbo file looks like that:

• <tbo width="800" height="450">

  • <page>

    • <frame x="63" y="37" width="237" height="202" border="1" r="1,000000" g="1,000000" b="1,000000">

      • <svgimage x="99" y="42" width="114" height="197" angle="0,000000" flipv="0" fliph="0" path="bar/body/left-hand.svg">

        • </svgimage>

        <text x="16" y="22" width="100" height="46" angle="-0,410127" flipv="0" fliph="0" font="Sans 12" r="0,000000" g="0,000000" b="0,000000">

  Text

  • </text>

  • </frame>

  • </page>

  </tbo>