Now, let's proceed by inputting some dialogue, using a keyboard.
To do that, I choose the [Text] tool from the [Tool] palette.
Clicking on the part where the text is supposed to go, will display a text box.
Text can now be entered simply with the keyboard.
The direction and size of letters can be changed in the [Tool Property] palette.
The entered text is stored on a "Text layer".
By selecting the text on the text layer with the [Object] tool...
...you can make the text box larger or smaller.
Adjust the direction and size of characters and change the font...
...all from the [Tool Property] palette.
To add a letter or character, select the [Text] tool...
...and click on the text box to add text.
Special characters can be entered by using the [Text list] in the [Tool Property] palette.
Once done with entering characters, I create a speech balloon with the "Balloon" tool.
For this example, I will be using the [Balloon Pen], to create a balloon with the pen tool.
Since I want to draw rounded curves for the speech balloon...
...I un-check the "Make corners pointed" check box in the [Tool Properties].
Under "Correction" in the [Sub Tool Details] palette, I set the value for "Stabilization" to 30.
When using the [Balloon] tool, the speech balloon automatically fills in white.
If there are parts of the speech balloon that I don't like, I can just draw on top of it to correct it.
To add the balloon tail, I'm also using the [Balloon pen] tool.
It's also possible to select parts and modify them by using the [Object] tool...
...and then make fine adjustments to the shape of the balloon.
Speech balloons can also be created using materials.
Open the [Material] palette and click the "Balloon" tag.
From the displayed balloons, I'm going to select "Jaggie_Curve_Small_02" ...
...and drag & drop it onto the canvas.
To change the size and adjust the angle of the balloon I use the [Object] tool.
By reducing the opacity of the balloon layer...
...I can check if the speech balloon matches with the original layout and make corrections if needed.
For simple round speech balloons, it is easier to create a beautiful shape by using the [Ellipse balloon]...
...and [Balloon tail] sub-tools from the [Balloon] tool set.
Let's draw another speech balloon with the [Balloon pen].
Because the thickness of the balloon lines is irregular, I need to correct that.
I select the balloon with the [Object] tool and increase the thickness of the lines...
...by adjusting the brush size in the [Tool Properties].
For the small speech balloons I'm going to hand-draw the characters inside.
To do that I create a new layer above the balloon layer.
Then, I choose the [Calligraphy] tool from the pen tools selection...
...and draw the character by hand on that layer.
And this is how I added the dialogue according to my base layout sketch.