Photo app for phone that allows me to look at my web comic as a web comic?

caprinaholic 2021-03-30 11:17:39 UTC #1

This is my very first web comic. Not sure I'll do another, but it's been an interesting project. I have a newfound respect for comic creators! All the hard parts of novel writing (minus the paragraphs of description) and movie making (minus the benefits of movement)...and I'm trying to avoid using the manga expression shortcuts, so 100% dialogue/body language/facial expression... And since I'm doing a historical drama from 2000 BC, there's lots of research (and gaping holes in the research...writing for 2000 BC is almost like writing fantasy, minus the magic) and figuring out what to do with three different languages. If I can finish smoothing out the script, it's gonna be amazing...

I have one episode roughed out (my opening scenes are pretty much done, so I am messing around with the very first one), just to practice with panel and dialogue placement.
It's nowhere near what I want to publish...but I want to look at it on my phone to see how it shows up on the screen and how readable my font size is (I have a tiny Motorola...if I can read it on this thing, it's just fine!). Does anyone know of a free photo App that will let me zoom in enough to simulate a webcomic feel?

jensrichard77 2021-03-30 11:22:22 UTC #2

Right here at Tapas.
You just upload it as a draft and then you can see it on your phone with your login at the mobile web.

Edit: You take the photo with your mobile.
You login at your Tapas dashboard and upload the photo from your mobile. Then you can see it exactly as it will be when you publish

caprinaholic 2021-03-30 12:08:01 UTC #3

Would I need to run it through Croppy like a ready-to-publish episode?

jensrichard77 2021-03-30 12:57:59 UTC #4

Sorry. Do not know what that is?

caprinaholic 2021-03-30 13:32:44 UTC #5

It's one long image. I know Webtoons said they need them chopped into smaller pieces. Wasn't sure if Tapas was the same (take pity on the newbie...lol)

Iris-Grimoire 2021-03-30 13:35:04 UTC #6

Tapas has a height limit, but it's pretty lenient, so you can still preview just fine without posting the episode. Unfortunately, there's no dashboard on the app, so you'll have to take the Mobile Preview's word for it on how small it is next to the desktop page vs. your eyes already adjusted to a small screen.