JPH10240915A - Cartoon producing method using computer and cartoon produced by the method and watched by monitor screen - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow anybody to simply produce a cartoon capable of making various expression by using a computer and to watch the produced cartoon on a monitor screen. SOLUTION: A computer system to input-operate in parallel with watching the picture of a monitor is used. Then the page surface of the whole one page is projected on a monitor picture. The page surface is frame-divided into small sections, the optional one frame of the generated frame is selected to overlap on the page surface to magnify to an optional scale, a picture, a graphic and characters can be drawn/written in the magnified frame, data on the picture is stored by each, and at a on the plural stored pictures of those a selected and properly called to display in the frame or another frame. In addition, new picture and character data can be written on data on the called picture and then respective frame in which a picture, a graphic and characters are written are combined within one page surface to output the whole of the page face to a monitor screen and a printer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a manga using a computer and a manga viewed on a monitor screen produced by the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, Japanese manga has been widely read and familiar to people around the world. Nowadays, more and more people want to write manga as a means of expressing their thoughts, beliefs, feelings, feelings, etc., rather than simply reading the completed manga. This is because it has been recognized that comics take unique and abundant expression forms different from existing expression methods such as movies, literature, and paintings, and subtle emotional expressions have become possible.

[0003] Manga books of all genres have been published, from the vulgar mere nonsense gag comics to books requiring sophisticated expressions of literature, economy, philosophy, mathematics, religion, history, science, medicine, and politics. However, this trend of sophistication and diversification is currently increasing. Recently, companies have been promoting ads, banners, catalogs, product descriptions, product manuals, company information,
The use of comics is expanding, as the number of cases where comics are used for business explanations such as new product information is increasing.

[0004] In Japan, various and peculiar forms of expression have been produced in comics because of the postwar moral, ideological, ideological and psychologically unrestricted atmosphere and considerable freedom of expression. And, in the two-dimensional space of paper, transcends the expression forms and the reality of the five senses such as free-spirited sound, color, shape, taste, touch, etc. without being subjected to social and cultural restrictions such as thought, religion, morality etc. We have established a spatial and temporal expression method. According to cerebral physiology, the word Japanese is a special word that uses the left and right brain, which is closely related to figure recognition and language recognition, and it is thought that manga is exactly an expression style that is perfect for Japanese ing. The current diversified and regular comic expression method itself can be said to be a great invention whose inventor has not been identified.

[0005] In the production of comics, a manga creator usually draws a picture, which is edited by a publisher to produce a book. More specifically, the manga writer writes frame layouts based on a scenario envisaged on paper, and draws a picture in each scene using a writing instrument. And if you don't have time to make it, you may be asked to draw simple parts such as painting or coloring on your behalf. The expression of words in the manga is drawn from the person who utters the words in the picture (a part of the speaker and the mouth of the speaker with a sharp line pointing at the other part and a circle around the other part). In many cases, the conversation, thought content, and the like of the person who speaks are expressed in characters (print, etc.). When emphasizing, a large character may be written out of the frame layout.

[0006] In Japan, many mimetic words and onomatopoeic words are produced and developed. This is often overwritten and blended into the picture. In addition, many metaphors that can not be described as letters or pictures as well as mimetic words and onomatopoeic words have been created, and subtle psychological depiction methods have been developed independently.

Heretofore, there have been many attempts to convert a created manga into a cinematic method, that is, animate. Japanese animation is popular with many people overseas. In order to make a cartoon animated, there is a drawback that many original pictures must be produced with a lot of time and effort to make the screen look like a continuous movement, but the work itself requires much creativity. is not.

However, producing a manga that is the basis of animation requires creativity and creativity, and expresses the talent of the person as it is, and it is easy to attract readers without the talent. Can not. Also, even if you are fascinated by the abundant expression methods and want to write a manga, you can hardly produce it because ordinary people have poor definition and expression skills and it takes time and effort to express. It is a reality.

[0009] Under such circumstances, even if an attempt is made to produce comics using a computer, the storage capacity of the computer's memory is too large to handle a large amount of picture and figure data. Too little, and the computation speed of the CPU was extremely slow, so how to write a lot of manga screens as data, and to try to process pictures, figures and video screens using various software It was very difficult and virtually impossible.

However, nowadays, various kinds of application support software such as OS, graphics, database, multimedia, etc. have been enriched, and a variety of application software using them has been developed.
Development of the application is easy. The surface image processing technology has also evolved, and the data compression technology for characters and figures, which can process a large amount of data even with a small memory, has greatly advanced. And various,
Application software for surface image processing technology, such as word processors, spreadsheets, software for work management, design software (CAD), and graphics production software, is almost complete and is nearing completion. In addition, applications such as computer games have greatly expanded, and systems on which anyone can easily use computers without specialized knowledge have been developed. Inexpensive computers have become remarkably popular.

In addition, a large number of comic magazines are currently being issued, and a large number of magazines that have been read are discarded one after another. Under such circumstances, being able to view cartoons on a display device is considered to be useful for preventing waste of paper resources, but cartoons are currently being viewed on a monitor screen. Has not been produced. On the other hand, on the communication side, the exchange of images and character data via a computer via a communication line such as a personal computer communication or the Internet has rapidly become popular in recent years.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has been made by a method which allows anyone to easily produce a manga using a computer, and a method for producing the manga. A multimedia type electronic comic that can be viewed on a monitor screen is provided.

[0013] Then, through a computer, the expression of a manga using various media information such as newspapers, magazines, photographs, radios, televisions, videos, cameras, CDs, DVDs, recording tapes, and communications. In addition to the pseudo-three-dimensional expression method limited to the two dimensions of the current paper space, it incorporates not only moving images and audio, but also enables the development of maze stories and jumps to a complex system of thinking In addition to improving the expression method, the handwritten part that requires time and effort is replaced by a digital image and stored in memory.
Provide a means to make it easy for anyone to make comics by using and reworking the comics as many times as possible, so that anyone can enjoy the completed comics on the monitor screen. is there.

[0014]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a computer having a CPU and a memory;
An input device having a command input device and a data input device;
An output device including a display device is used, and a computer system is used in which the input means performs input operations to a CPU and a memory via an OS and application software while watching a monitor screen output to the display device.

In the application software, while inputting a command by the command input means, on the monitor screen, on the two-page spread or one page, (a) the entire page is directly used as one unit block; Set an arbitrary frame plane by dividing the page plane into a plurality of planes and dividing them into unit blocks, or by overlaying a plurality of section screens on the page plane and setting each of these section screens as a unit section. Screen control software for setting a blowing surface of an arbitrary shape at an arbitrary position on and in (b) a top of a page surface;
(C) Graphics support tool, database support software, device support tool, device support tool, screen control, data transfer, graphics Using a manga production tool that incorporates software such as a processor and a word processor, setting the top surface and the blowing surface and writing manga pictures and characters in them This is a method for producing comics using a computer.

Further, in the above configuration, a frame line and / or a space between frames having an arbitrary width and an arbitrary shape can be set on all or a part of the periphery of the top surface and the blowing surface.

Further, in the above configuration, the frame lines and the shapes between the frames can be freely used by selecting from a plurality of shapes that have been manufactured and registered in advance.

Further, in the above configuration, the set top surface and the balloon surface are used as a manga production unit, and drawing, editing, printing, transfer, registration, deletion, and termination of a picture are performed within each top surface. The character writing, the character shape conversion, the character conversion, the editing, the printing, the transfer, the registration, the deletion, and the end can be performed within the blowing surface of the character.

Further, in the above arrangement, the movement of the picture and character data can be performed between the other frame surface and the other blowing surface.

Further, in the above configuration, the line group, the surface group, and the character group which form the manufactured group are converted into independent data and stored, so that the data can be called and written on the screen during the manufacturing at any time. Things.

Further, in the above configuration, specific line groups, plane groups, and character groups extending over a plurality of page surfaces in one story file of the manga are converted into systematic data.
The system data is converted at once for the data on the page of the entire file so that rewriting can be executed.

In the above arrangement, the picture data is
This is three-dimensional solid data in which the three-dimensional solid data stored and stored in the memory is called, an arbitrary viewing angle is selected, and the picture can be written in the frame of the frame.

Further, in the above arrangement, the data input device has an image input device so that the input image can be written on a page or a frame.

Further, in the above configuration, the data input device has a moving picture video input device with sound, the output device has a sound output device, and the inputted moving picture video with sound is digitized to convert the moving picture video with sound. The data is written on the page, top and blowout surfaces and stored in the memory, and is stored in the memory of one section of the monitor screen, one section of the page, one section of the top, one section of the top, and one section of the picture. The output command point for audio and moving image data is designated as the output command point for audio and video data in the blowing surface, one section in the blowing surface, or the character, and the cursor or the mouse cursor is moved to the designated section and struck. Or click to output a sound from the audio output device together with the moving image on the monitor screen, and select any momentary image from the data of the moving image with sound as the still image data on the page or Write on the top It is obtained by allowing memory stored in the memory.

Further, in the above-mentioned structure, there is provided a voice input device and a voice output device, and the data of the input voice is displayed on a page,
Write it on the top surface and the blowing surface and store it in the memory,
Output of audio data on one section of the monitor screen, one section on the page, one section on the top, one section on the top, one section in the picture, one on the blowing plane, one on the blowing plane, or on the character When the cursor or the mouse cursor is moved to the designated section and is hit or clicked as an instruction point, sound is output from the sound output device.

Further, in the above configuration, data of an arbitrary page surface and / or frame frame created and stored is monitored.
Invoke the screen and set the screen as the lower document, overlay the upper document so that the pictures, images and characters drawn on the lower document can be seen through, and write on the upper document while seeing through the pictures, images and characters of the lower document. In this way, the lower document on which pictures and characters are written can be erased at any time while the upper document remains.

In the above configuration, the input device and the output device have a modem, and can exchange programs and data by performing output and / or input from another computer system via a communication line. It is like that.

Further, in the above-described configuration, the top face and the balloon face are set in the page face, the picture and character of the manga are written and produced, and the page number and the frame number are assigned and stored in the memory to complete the manga. , The page number and frame number are set so that they can be changed from the first number or an arbitrary number in the normal or reverse order, and the page turning and scrolling can be used for the continuous stream.
Is a manga viewed on a monitor screen produced by the method of producing a manga using the above-mentioned computer in which the user can operate the key or mouse to return to the original screen or terminate the operation. .

Further, in the above arrangement, the cursor or the mouse cursor is moved to any designated branch selection section on the page of the number including the certain branch selectable section on the monitor screen, the top surface or the blowing surface. When the key is hit or clicked, the branch moves from the screen of the number to another number of the series, the development of a different story starts, and the page is continuously turned by scrolling the page and scrolling as it is. This is a manga viewed on a monitor screen produced by the method of producing a manga using the above-mentioned computer, which can be developed, and can be returned to the original screen by arbitrarily operating a key or a mouse.

In the above arrangement, when the cursor or the mouse cursor is moved to an arbitrary designated section on the page of the monitor screen and hit or clicked, a moving picture image or sound with sound is output. This is a manga viewed on a monitor screen produced by the method of producing a manga using the above-mentioned computer, in which the user can return to the original screen or end by operating the key or mouse.

In the above arrangement, the speed of page turning or frame feed of the monitor screen can be set at a constant speed or for each page, and the set speed can be set so that it can be fast-forwarded and delayed at an arbitrary speed. , A manga viewed on a monitor screen produced by a method for producing a manga using the above-mentioned computer capable of automatically performing the page turning or frame advance.

[0032]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described first with reference to a hard computer system used in the present invention. The present invention comprises a computer having a CPU and a memory, an input device having a command input device and a data input device, and an output device including a display device. A personal computer and various input devices and output devices can be used in combination.

The computer has a high speed arithmetic processing capability C
A PU and a large capacity memory may be provided. Low-speed calculation CP
In the case of U, the processing speed becomes slow and a lot of time is required. Also, a memory having a small capacity may not be able to process an image having a large data amount. A computer operating system for inputting data to a CPU and a memory through operating software (OS) and application software by the input means while watching a monitor screen output to the display device is used. .

An input device to be used requires a command input device and a data input device. Examples of the command input device include a keyboard, a mouse, a controller and the like. In the present invention, a manga is produced while watching a monitor screen output to a display device, and an execution instruction to program software is issued by the instruction input device.

As the data input device, a character (the term "character" is used in the present invention to include various characters such as printed characters, various characters, and deformed characters and graphic characters). There is a keyboard as an input device. As an input device for data of a picture (the term "picture" is used in the sense of including a figure and an image in the present invention, and particularly when only a figure and an image are used, an image is used). -Scanners, digital cameras, televisions, videos, etc. Audio data input devices include a microphone, a video, various audio devices, and the like. In addition, these input devices can be used for online input to other computer systems via the modem or the Internet or personal computer communication.

Among the output devices, there are a display device, a printer, and the like as output devices for pictures and characters. As a sound output device, there is a speaker. Using these output devices, on-line output from other computer systems is also possible through the Internet or personal computer communication via a modem.

Next, application software for manga production required for the present invention, that is, "manga production tool" will be described. According to the present invention, a mechanical and electronic hardware system comprising a computer, an input device and an output device is used as a tool for producing comics, and is used for operating the machine. Computer program software is also used as an indispensable kind of tool for producing cartoons. The production of the manga of the present invention cannot be performed without the intervention of various computer program software.

That is, in the present invention, the graphics support tool is used.
(Composition of cartoons, enlargement / reduction of frames, movement of frames, cut and paste, control of speech balloons, etc.), database support software (expression list, background list, use frequency management, etc.) , Device support tools (digitization, VTR screen control, etc.), screen control (mouse selection, movement, etc.),
Comprehensive computer by combination of data transfer (access to other programs and data between modems, etc.)
Touch application software, that is, a "manga production tool" is completed.

In the development of a manga, a scene that is generally united in a single page or two continuous facing pages is usually completely expressed. Although the entire page may be represented by a single frame, in many cases, the page screen is divided into small sections (frame division), and the frames are arranged from top to bottom, right to left. Expresses a temporal transition.

There is a preference for the frame division depending on the creator, and a method of exactly and equally dividing (mainly in four-frame comics), a method of not dividing (single-frame comics), a method of diagonally dividing (common in comics), and a method of dividing a part (Illustration comics) and methods of irregularly dividing (common in story comics and dramas).

The frame dividing lines are also freely expressed, such as three-dimensional shadow lines, sharp thin lines, rounded corners, and wavy corners. Therefore,
The basics of manga production are to set each frame as one frame on the monitor screen so that various expression forms can be used in the page picture of the whole page as described above. Become.

In a comic, one scene is usually expressed for each frame. For the expression of cartoons, a method is often used in which frames are independent and adjacent frames are connected to each other, and pictures and characters are overwritten over a plurality of frames. Such a method expresses that psychological and spatial associations are related. Making a frame like this is extremely important. For this purpose, screen control software for creating a frame on the page is required.

Also, the space of characters occupies a lot in comics. The expression of words in comics usually encloses a "speech balloon" and expresses conversations, thoughts, and the like in characters. When emphasizing, characters may be written out of the frame. In some cases, a commentary or the like is inserted outside the frame or between the frames. Also in Japan, mimetic words,
Many onomatopoeic words have been created. In addition, many metaphors that can not be said to be letters or pictures have been created, which is a subtle psychological description method. Mimetic words, onomatopoeic words, and metaphors are sometimes expressed in "balloons", but many are overwritten and merged into the picture.

"Blowout" is a basic form of comic expression.
For this reason, screen control software that overwrites the blowing surface of a section of an arbitrary size with an arbitrary shape on the frame surface and in the frame is required. Then, a blowing surface (space) is called during the production, so that character data can be written in the blowing surface at any time. The balloon is a single character data exclusive frame, and characters and symbols can be entered using a word processor in the balloon frame which is the character data exclusive frame.

Further, the image data requires a large storage capacity of the computer. Although character data can be written as pictures, writing character data separately from a word processor requires less storage capacity on the computer and makes writing text extremely easy. . For example, it is possible to create a program for performing character data conversion of hiragana into katakana using the created character data in the balloon frame.

Also, if the character data conversion function is used, comics will be read in various languages during the internationalization of comics, in which case only characters represented in the comics will be read. Translating into another language and making it replaceable can eliminate a physical cut-and-place replacement operation in a balloon frame performed for example in an imported comic. In particular, at present, when an automatic translator is provided, if the language is converted by the automatic translator only for the character portion, publication in other countries becomes extremely easy. Further, a material in which the visual image of a manga and a foreign language character as a language expression are integrally expressed is a very excellent material as a teaching material for learning a foreign language, and can contribute to improving the language.

In general, the space of characters occupies a large area in conventional comics. However, in the case of a manga viewed on a monitor screen, characters can be converted into voice and output while operating the monitor screen, or the manga can be finished without writing the characters. In this way, it is not necessary to devote space in the picture and insert an unnecessary balloon.

Therefore, in order to produce the manga as described above, the application software used in the present invention is arranged such that a command is input by the command input means on the monitor screen and a double-page spread or a single page is displayed. (A) Whether the entire page surface is used as a single unit section as it is, or the page surface is divided into a plurality of planes and each divided unit is used as a unit section.
Screen control software for setting an arbitrary frame surface by stacking a plurality of domain screens on the page surface and setting each of the domain screens as a unit block; and (b) above and within the frame surface of the page surface;
Screen control software for setting a balloon surface of an arbitrary shape at an arbitrary position; and (c) graphics support tools and data bases for writing comic pictures and characters on the frame surface and the balloon surface set on the page surface. Support software, device support tools, screen control, data
A manga production tool incorporating software such as data transfer, a graphics processor, and a word processor is used.

Then, a frame surface and a balloon surface are set, and a manga picture and characters are written therein. Then, the completed number of pages of these display screens are printed out on paper one page at a time, and they are bound in page order to complete one comic book. If these individual monitor screens can be printed out at any time during or after the production, it is easy to inspect and correct the pictures and characters again.

The software of the program necessary for the data processing operation of the picture, character, and voice is constructed by using various program languages. In particular, a multi-window style, that is, a method of superimposing and displaying another screen in a screen and processing each displayed image can be effectively used.

Further, it is possible to set a frame line and / or a space between frames with an arbitrary width and an arbitrary shape on all or a part of the periphery of the top surface and the blowing surface. A frame border or a balloon border is simply expressed as a small break in a scene or a scene related to each other, and may be intentionally left without a border. Also, a frame line may be inserted in a part of the frame frame, but not in the entire frame, to give an effect of clarifying that the scene is another different scene in the same space. In addition, by increasing the margin between frames, it is possible to express a temporal and spatial difference between scenes.

Further, the frame lines and the shapes between the frames are manufactured and registered in advance, so that the user can freely select and use the plurality of registered shapes. The frame line and the shape between the frames often use a straight line, but in an impressive scene or a scene that the author wants to see specially, a frame line such as a wavy shape, a sawtooth shape, or a lightning type may be used. .

Further, drawing, editing, printing, transferring, registering, deleting, and ending a picture in each frame surface are performed using the set frame surface and blowing surface as a production unit. Writing, glyph conversion, character conversion, editing, printing, forwarding,
Enables registration, deletion, and termination.

As a function of the conventional graphic processor, for example, a drawing function displays a menu on a screen, selects a part, calls a part, inputs a numerical value, fills, a free curve, a locus, a continuous straight line, and a parallel line. Quadrilateral, square, polygon,
You can select circles, ellipses, rectangles, straight lines, colors, etc. The editing functions include space deletion, space insertion, space designation, trace, decomposition, synthesis, enlargement / reduction, rotation, deformation, deletion, movement, copy, and the like. There are selection, cancellation, box hanging, and box enclosing whether to keep or not to save the designated figure and original drawing.

The printing function includes functions such as partial enlargement, printer, layout, and the like. The change function includes transparency, up / down, all, alignment, painting, repainting, point type, line type, and the like. Transfer functions include file saving, reading, and transferring. The registration function includes registration and deletion. The characters to be written include deletion, movement, copy, input, frame size change, frame creation, position change, character shape change, and character change. Finally, the end includes a save end and a discard end.

Expressions such as coloring, hatching, shading, and shading are frequently used in comics. In such a case, graphic processing can be easily performed using the functions described above. For example, a color and a pattern in an arbitrary space of picture data can be changed to a preset color and a pattern and repainted.

Also, during the production of cartoon pictures and characters, an arbitrary frame frame and a balloon frame are selected and their frame surfaces are cut out, and the cut-out frame surfaces can be enlarged, reduced and deformed. Create pictures and characters in the frame and the balloon, write the data, and return each frame to its original scale and return it to its original position on the page, or replace the frame with another position. To create a page. If the frame is enlarged in this manner, it is possible to check the details in detail and write accurately.

The page and frame planes created and stored are called up on the monitor screen at any time, and the picture and character data can be corrected and overwritten on the screen. The character data can be overwritten on the data of the picture once completed. The characters are usually written after the picture is completed. The way of writing is to write directly on the picture, and to provide a balloon or enclosure,
There is a method of opening a blowing surface and displaying it inside. There are also ways to combine these methods appropriately for the situation.

Further, the movement of copying of picture and character data and the like can be performed even between another frame surface and another blowing surface. The picture and character data of the top face at any time during the production
Data can be cut and pasted in the same top plane or between different top planes. A general editing method of graphic production software can be used, and if functions such as cutting and pasting of data of part or all of the picture in the frame are provided, it is easy to modify a part of the screen. Become.

Also, a group of lines, planes and characters forming one group is extracted from the picture and character data, and these are converted into independent data for each group, and the group is extracted. A reference number is assigned and saved in a memory, and the screen can be called up and written at any time during the production. Once a picture is written, it can be used many times as a background in similar scene settings. It is extremely efficient to be able to display in an instant as compared to writing such a picture from the beginning taking hours and effort. In addition, one picture, for example, the hero appears many times, and the shape and orientation of the face are often several patterns in time. Further, if an emotional expression is added, an approximate person is filled with the accumulated graphic data. If this figure data is overwritten on the called background screen, one frame can be easily completed.

Further, a specific line group, plane group, and character group extending over a plurality of pages in a single story file of the manga are systematically converted into systematic data, and the page faces of the entire story file are converted. System data for all data at once
Data conversion so that rewriting can be performed. Then, the lines of the image data can be changed individually or collectively within one section to a line type of an arbitrary thickness or the same brush type.

The picture data is three-dimensional solid data. The three-dimensional solid data stored in the memory is called, an arbitrary viewing angle is selected, and the picture is written in the frame of the frame. It can be so. For example, the three-dimensional data of one person can be used to select the front, rear, left, right, diagonal directions, etc., and express facial expressions, limbs and other body movements. Then, the three-dimensional solid data is replaced with two-dimensional plane data on paper and written. One frame can be completed by writing the two-dimensional plane data created from the three-dimensional solid data into the background picture called in the frame.

The data input device has an image input device so that the input image can be written on a page or a frame. When an image scanner is provided as the image input device, pictures, pictures, characters, and the like drawn on paper are read as they are, output to a monitor screen, displayed on the entire page screen or in each frame, and the page surface or Make it possible to write in the frame as picture data. The pictures, pictures, characters, etc. can be used as they are as backgrounds for cartoons, sketches, etc. further,
Characters that cannot be expressed by a word processor read by an image scanner, that is, special characters such as emphasized characters and deformed characters, can be displayed over the cartoon background, sketch and the like. If a picture drawn on paper is displayed on a monitor screen by an image scanner and the displayed picture is overwritten on the above-mentioned sketch, if the picture is saved on paper, the picture can be repeated many times. Can be used.

In the case where a digital camera is provided as the image input device, arbitrary image data from the projected image data is written on the page or frame in the step of producing cartoon pictures and characters. It can be so. Since a digital camera is a direct data of digital information as a picture data input device, it is easy to process and process the image.

Then, any page and frame data that has been created and stored is called up on the monitor screen, and the screen is used as a lower document, and pictures, images and characters drawn on the lower document can be seen through. The upper document is superimposed on the lower document, and the picture, image and characters of the lower document can be written on the upper document while seeing through. . For example, by writing a picture taken by a camera as a draft and tracing the picture on the upper document and drawing the picture, even a person with poor drawing skills can draw a picture in a well-balanced and realistic manner.

The data input device has a moving image input device with sound such as a television, a video camera, a DVD, and a video television, and the output device has an audio output device such as a speaker. Then, the input moving picture image with sound is digitized and written as data of the moving picture image with sound on the page surface, the top surface, and the blowing surface, and stored in the memory. , Within the plane,
One section in the frame plane, one section in the picture, one section in the blowing plane, one section in the blowing plane, or on the character is used as an output command point for audio and video data. −
When the sol or mouse cursor is moved and hit or clicked, sound is output from the audio output device together with the moving image on the monitor screen, and any momentary data is selected from the data of the moving image with sound. The image is written on the page or frame as still image data so that it can be stored and stored in the memory.

When the digitized still image of the momentary scene is displayed on the monitor screen, it can be used as it is as a background portion in the frame or used as a sketch. Furthermore, with respect to television, cameras, CCD cameras, DVDs, and video moving images thereof, the moving images are converted into digital data, displayed on a monitor screen and stored in memory, or processed into still images,
Hard disk (HD), floppy disk (F
D), it is also possible to record and reproduce image, character and audio data on storage media such as optical disks, magneto-optical disks and CD-ROMs. In addition, various types of image processing software for reproducing and processing these images are provided, so that they can be used effectively. Further, it is possible to input a voice with a microphone such as a sound such as music, conversation, animal, and sound of a sound in association with a picture, a figure, and an image, and to output the picture or character in a frame by designating the picture or character.

Further, it has a voice input device and a voice output device, and writes the input voice data on the page surface, the frame surface, and the blowing surface, and stores and stores the data in the memory. , One section in the top plane, one section in the picture, one section in the picture, one in the blowing plane, one section in the blowing plane, or on the character as the output command point of the audio data, and designate them. When the cursor or the mouse cursor is moved to the section and hit or clicked, sound is output from the sound output device. For the voice input device, a microphone, various audios, an electronic musical instrument, a tape recorder, a recording medium, and a CD player can be used.

Further, when the production is moved to the next frame during the production of the picture and character of the manga, the data written in the frame immediately before is moved to the frame being produced. . Since the frame screen is often continuous, the next frame can be efficiently manufactured by automatically recalling the data written in the immediately preceding frame in the frame by moving the frame. In addition, if the data can be rearranged in a priority order according to the frequency of use of the data that has been produced and stored in the memory, it is possible to quickly and efficiently use the draft picture and character data to be used before processing. Can be called well.

The input device and the output device have a modem, the application software has data transfer software, and output and output of programs and data from another computer system via a communication line. And / or perform input and output of programs and data.
Separate computer systems are connected via communication lines, each of which can produce a manga while watching the monitor screen, and output the manga produced on the monitor screen of another computer system. . Also,
Cartoons using the above computer are sent via a modem.
If it is possible to output and input picture, character, or picture, character, and voice data from another computer system using a communication line, it is possible to look at the monitor screen while in another location based on the data. Can be manufactured. Then, without transporting books, comics can be transmitted to foreign countries by communication, and foreign comics can be received.

Also, using the above-described method for producing a manga using a computer, a top surface and a blowing surface are set in a page surface, and a manga picture and characters are written and produced therein, and a page number and a frame number are produced. , And the completed manga is stored and stored in the memory,
It is set so that the page number and frame number can be changed from the first number or the arbitrary number in the normal or reverse order so that the story can be continuously developed by turning the page and scrolling. The user can operate the key or mouse to return to the original screen or to exit.

In the cartoon viewed on the monitor screen, a cursor or a mouse cursor is placed on an arbitrary designated branch selection section of a frame frame or a balloon frame on a page of a number including a branch selectable section of the monitor screen. When the sol is moved and hit or clicked, it branches off from the screen of that number to another number in the series and the development of a different story starts, and the page is scrolled and scrolled continuously as it is. -To allow the key to be expanded, and to return to the original screen or to end by arbitrarily operating the key or the mouse.

In addition, serial and / or parallel serial numbers are assigned to unfinished and / or completed page surfaces and frame frames and stored in a memory, and they are stored in a serial and / or parallel number order, respectively. The numbers are arranged in the order of the branch numbers which can be arbitrarily selected from the numbers, and can be output to a monitor screen or a printer.

As a proper method, in the case where the page surface and the top surface are sequentially arranged in the order of the number according to the scenario, the page surface and the top surface can be turned and turned forward in the order of the page and the top surface. However, in the present invention, a plurality of parallel reference numbers are assigned to the page surface and the top surface, so that the page surface and the top frame can be sent in the order of the reference number, and a certain page surface and the top surface are transmitted from the page surface and the top surface. Next multiple selectable page and top faces, ie separate stories
As a window for developing a new story, a new story development is started, and the page and top faces are turned and the story can be advanced.

For example, the same scene can be developed with different interpretations while psychologically depiction of a story progressing simultaneously and in parallel from each side. In this way, a method of rearranging and moving to a plurality of branch orders becomes possible. Also, by remembering the past related to the frame, calling the related data to change the story, explaining the psychology of the person, and inserting the viewer's choices, New expression techniques, such as staggered depiction, alternative interpretation depiction, and multi-view depiction, which cannot be expressed by manga on paper, are possible.

In the manga viewed on the monitor screen, when the cursor or mouse cursor is moved to an arbitrary designated section on the page of the monitor screen and hit or clicked, a moving picture image or sound with sound is generated. It is output so that the user can return to the original screen or end the operation by arbitrarily operating the key or the mouse.

In the comics viewed on the monitor screen, the speed of page turning or frame feed of the monitor screen is set to a constant speed or for each page, and the set speed can be fast-forwarded and delayed to an arbitrary speed. Setting, and the page turning or frame turning can be automatically performed.

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As described above, the present invention provides a computer which can easily produce the basics of expression methods unique to comics by controlling frame division and frame frame and setting and controlling the balloon frame. Anyone can easily create cartoons using them, and it is possible to enjoy watching the created cartoons on a monitor screen. And, through a computer, a photograph, a digital camera,
Using various media such as TV, video, CD, recording tape, data communication, etc., the expression method of comics is dramatically improved, and complicated drawing of various specialized fields is time-consuming and requires drawing skills. Anyone can easily produce a manga by replacing the handwritten part that requires artistic sense, such as image quality and three-dimensional expression, with an image read into a computer.

Further, since picture and character data can be managed, once a picture has been completed in a frame, the drawn picture is memorized, and when it is desired to use the picture, the picture is called up and used repeatedly as a sketch. can do. Furthermore, by capturing a projection recording image or the like in the frame of a frame, it is possible to utilize a live image in a picture. These will overcome one of the major barriers in manga production for those who are poor at drawing and expressing and are not good at drawing.

[0096] The manga produced can be viewed not only in a plane and in a series, but also in a moving image, in a three-dimensional manner, while listening to the sound while listening to the sound on the monitor screen. -Can be developed and enjoyed. Since many data can be exchanged by using the communication means, many people can easily produce comics using the method for producing comics according to the present invention, and homemade personalized comics. It will also be possible for many people from all over the world to see it from the Internet. It can also be supplied on demand on an electronic publishing system.

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[Claims] 1. A monitor screen output to a display device, comprising: a computer having a CPU and a memory; an input device having a command input device and a data input device; and an output device including a display device. A computer system for performing input operations to a CPU and a memory via the OS and application software by the input means while watching the application software; and inputting a command to the application software by the command input means. On the two-page spread or one page on the monitor screen, either (a) the entire page is used as one unit section as it is, or the inside of the page is divided into a plurality of planes, and each divided unit is used as a unit section. A screen control software for setting an arbitrary frame plane by stacking a plurality of ward screens and setting each ward screen as a unit block; ( B) Screen control software for setting a blowing surface of an arbitrary shape at an arbitrary position on and inside the top of the page, and (c) writing cartoon pictures and characters on the top and blowing surfaces set on the page. Manga production incorporating software such as graphics support tool, database support software, device support tool, screen control, data transfer, graphic processor, word processor, etc. A method for producing a manga using a computer, comprising setting a top surface and a balloon surface using a tool and writing a manga picture and characters therein. 2. A frame line and / or a space between frames having an arbitrary width and an arbitrary shape can be set on all or a part of the periphery of the top surface and the blowing surface. A method for producing a manga using a computer. 3. The computer according to claim 2, wherein the frame line and the shape between the frames are selected from a plurality of shapes that have been produced and registered in advance and can be used freely. Manga production method using. 4. The set top surface and balloon surface are used as a comic production unit, and drawing, editing, printing,
Transfer, registration, deletion, and termination, and allow writing, character conversion, character conversion, editing, printing, transmission, registration, deletion, and termination within individual balloon surfaces. A method for producing a comic using the computer according to any one of Items 1 to 3. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the movement of the picture and character data can be performed between another top surface and another blowing surface. Manga production method using a computer. 6. A line group, a surface group, and a character group forming a manufactured group are converted into independent data and stored, and can be called and written on a screen during manufacture at any time. A method for producing a comic using the computer according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. A system in which a specific line group, plane group, and character group extending over a plurality of pages in a single story file of a manga are systematically converted to a page of the entire story file. The computer according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the system data is collectively converted at a time with respect to said data so that rewriting can be executed. -A method of producing a manga using a tag. 8. The picture data is three-dimensional solid data. The three-dimensional solid data stored and stored in the memory is called, an arbitrary viewing angle is selected, and the picture is written in the frame of the frame. A method for producing a manga using a computer according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the method is enabled. 9. A data input device having an image input device,
9. A method for producing a manga using a computer according to claim 1, wherein the input image is written on a page or a frame. 10. A data input device having a moving picture video with sound input device, an output device having a sound output device, and digitizing the inputted moving picture video with sound to obtain data of the moving picture video with sound. As written on the page surface, frame surface and balloon surface and stored and stored in the memory, one section of the monitor screen, one section of the page, one section of the frame, one section of the frame, one section of the picture,
The output command point for audio and moving image data is set in the blowing plane, one section in the blowing plane, or on the character, and the cursor or mouse cursor is moved to the designated section and the hit key. Alternatively, when clicked, the sound is output from the audio output device together with the moving image on the monitor screen, and any momentary image from the data of the moving image with sound is used as the still image data on the page or frame. 10. A method for producing a manga using a computer according to claim 1, wherein said method can be written on a surface and stored in a memory. 11. An audio input device and an audio output device,
The input voice data is written to the page, top and blowing surfaces and stored and stored in a memory.
A section on the page, a section on the top, a section on the top, a section on the picture, a section on the balloon, a section on the balloon, or on the character are output command points for audio data. 11. A sound is output from an audio output device when a cursor or a mouse cursor is moved to a designated section and hit or clicked. A method for producing a manga using the computer described in the above. 12. Data of an arbitrary page or / and frame which has been created and stored is called on a monitor screen, and the screen is used as a lower document, and pictures, images and characters drawn on the lower document are displayed. The upper document is overlapped so as to be able to be seen through, and the picture, image, and character of the lower document can be written on the upper document while seeing through, and the lower document can be erased at any time while leaving the upper document on which the picture and the character are written. A method for producing a manga using a computer according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that: 13. An input device and an output device each having a modem so that programs and data can be exchanged by performing output and / or input from another computer system via a communication line. A method for producing a comic using the computer according to any one of claims 1 to 12. 14. A comic strip completed by setting a frame plane and a balloon plane within a page plane, writing and writing a picture and character of the comic, assigning a page number and a frame number, and storing it in a memory. It is set so that it can be switched from the first number of the frame number or from an arbitrary number in the normal or reverse order, so that the story can be continuously developed by turning the page and scrolling, and the key can be arbitrarily set. 14. A method for producing a manga using a computer according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the screen can be returned to an original screen or terminated by operating a mouse. Cartoons seen on the monitor screen. 15. The cursor key or the mouse cursor is moved to an arbitrary designated branch selection section on a page of a number including a section selectable on a monitor screen, a coma plane, or a blowing surface. Or, when clicked, the branch moves from the screen of the number to another number of the series, the development of a different story starts, and the story can be continuously developed by turning the page and scrolling as it is. 5. Manga production using a computer according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the user can arbitrarily operate a key or a mouse to return to the original screen or to end the screen. A cartoon viewed on a monitor screen made by the method. 16. When a cursor or a mouse cursor is moved to an arbitrary designated section on a page of a monitor screen and hit or clicked, a moving picture image or sound with sound is output, and any key or key is output. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein when the mouse is operated, the screen returns to the original screen or is terminated.
A manga viewed on a monitor screen produced by the method for producing a manga using a computer according to any one of the above items 15 to 15. 17. A page turning speed or a frame turning speed of a monitor screen is set at a constant speed or for each page, and the set speed can be set so as to be able to fast-forward and slow-feed to an arbitrary speed. 17. A manga viewed on a monitor screen produced by the method for producing a manga using a computer according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein frame advance can be automatically performed.