Electric Zine Maker (a work in progress, be gentle, hug it often)

Devlog

• Update 12 (THE BIG ONE! New UI, New Templates...)
  August 27, 2021 by alienmelon

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  This update is thanks to The STUDIO at CMU - OSSTA and the Clinic for Open-Source Arts, University of Denver who's support for the Electric Zine Maker made it possible. Today the new update to the Ele... Continue reading

  
• Version 11 Hotfix: T-Cut Template is Fixed...
  March 05, 2021 by alienmelon

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  This is a small hotfix that fixes issues with the "Fancy T-Cut Template" that prevented Pages 1 and 2 from being edited. I don't know why it broke but it works now. Please download the " _11_hotfix.zi... Continue reading
• * Windows troubleshooting: "My files don't save" & other issues... *
  February 27, 2021 by alienmelon

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  * Zines don't save, EZM just creates an empty folder and work is lost: Some Windows users have reported that the program doesn't save the Zine workfiles (to the "Zine" folder that is created on the de... Continue reading
• Fancy New Templates! (Quarter Size Zines and Fancy Zines)
  February 22, 2021 by alienmelon

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  #zine, #electric zine maker, #template

  I've been very busy working on getting a bunch of new templates into the Electric Zine Maker. Instead of keeping everyone waiting for much longer I decided to release these incrementally (rather than... Continue reading

  
• Opening Electric Zine Maker on macOS guide (I downloaded the Electric Zine Maker but it won’t open on my Mac. It keeps getting blocked…)
  November 20, 2020 by alienmelon

  I just published this walkthrough for how to open the Electric Zine Maker if you are on macOS, and if the application keeps getting blocked by gatekeeper: http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/openi... Continue reading
• The Electric Zine Maker won at IndieCade! 🎉
  October 26, 2020 by alienmelon

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  Electric Zine Maker won the Innovation in Interaction Design award at IndieCade ("Honoring the craftsmanship and innovation behind unique interaction, hardware, and system design"). How far this has c... Continue reading

  
• Electric Zine Maker: X is here! (Yes, we skipped version 9 and jumped straight to 10... so we can have X in the name)
  October 05, 2020 by alienmelon

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  To celebrate the Electric Zine Maker's IndieCade nomination I updated EZM with a new adorable template. Electric Zine Maker X introduces the 16 page micro-mini zine! The 16 Page Micro-Mini is a compli... Continue reading

  
• Two new templates: Mini-Booklets are here!
  August 13, 2020 by alienmelon

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  This update of the Electric Zine Maker brings two new templates and some bug fixes. The brand new templates are "8 Page Z-Fold" and the "Mini-Booklet"! I'm really happy to FINALLY say that EZM support... Continue reading

  
• BREAKING NEWS: NEW TEMPLATE! The Square Accordion Fold
  August 01, 2020 by alienmelon

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  It's finally here! Just in time for Friday! The Electric Zine Maker now has two templates to choose from. You can start with the classic 8-page fold OR... *Musical escalation* *Drums* *Orchestra* *For... Continue reading

  
• Windows 10 Hotfix (saving works again! yay!)
  June 28, 2020 by alienmelon

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  The latest Windows update broke saving zines for some users... This seems like a critical issue for an art tool, so I just published this update that fixes saving. Download the windows "hotfix". It wo... Continue reading
• the Electric Zine Maker open sourced (on github!)
  June 07, 2020 by alienmelon

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  #github, #sourcecode, #opensource, #tool, #freeware

  I finally published the very early versions of the Electric Zine Maker on Github ... by very early versions I mean that this is a code prototype and the project is not done yet. It will grow and evolv... Continue reading
• "Minor" May Update: Four New Tools, an ARG, and some fixes...
  May 19, 2020 by alienmelon

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  With this update I officially take the Electric Zine Maker out of "early beta" and change it to... *drumroll* "a work in progress!" Yay for weird esoteric versioning systems! ...But seriously tho. It'... Continue reading

  
• October Update: The Breakfast Tools!
  October 30, 2019 by alienmelon

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  There are four things that make a great breakfast; bacon, eggs, toast, and a book. This update to the Electric Zine Maker brings you all that and more... Now you can paint with food! (This is a major... Continue reading

  
• September 20 hotfix (the ability to "Scream Into the Void" has been added)
  September 21, 2019 by alienmelon

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  This small hotfix brings you a necessary... nay... VITAL feature for zine making: Screaming into The Void has been added as an easily accessible tool in the tool panel! Here are the deets... Screaming... Continue reading

  
• September update: New drawing tools!
  September 04, 2019 by alienmelon

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  My life is in kind of a difficult place right now. Since I'm not certain about the stability of my future (if you follow me on Twitter you'll know why) I'm putting this release of the Zine Maker out t... Continue reading

  
• August 7th hotfix (the one use of bad language has been removed, sorry!)
  August 07, 2019 by alienmelon

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  This is a hotfix because a friend just brought this to my attention... The potato says the word "fuck" one time. Since this is a program also aimed at children, I'm putting this fix out really quickly... Continue reading
• Electric Zine Maker website is up! (play with fish, talk to crabs, click on potatoes)
  August 01, 2019 by alienmelon

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  #tool, #tools, #resources

  Small update... For the last week or so I've been working on putting together a fun and interesting website for the Electric Zine Maker. It just went out! Here it is: http://unicornycopia.com/ezm/ It'... Continue reading

  
• Electric Zine Maker fuzzy update with ASCII, Power Goo-like tools, Displacement, Color Management, and more...
  July 16, 2019 by alienmelon

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  #tool, #tools, #zine

  Here it is! Yay! I'm going to sleep as soon as I hit publish :) The new update to the Electric Zine Maker brings you a bunch of new tools. These are interesting because you can add dimension to your a... Continue reading

  
• Zine Maker Update #1 (Authenticity Tool, Print enhancements, and Windowing Modes...)
  May 20, 2019 by alienmelon

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  The first update to the Electric Zine Maker is now live! This update fixes a bunch of bugs, such as the paintbucket tool reverting to grayscale being fixed, paging through fonts isn't weird anymore, u... Continue reading