I've got a total NOOB question...

I came across this and I was wondering if there was something similar for CO*. Barring an actual utility, is there a was to do this manually?

I'd like to create my own comics in a better way than just using screenshots I manage to get while adventuring. I know this has probably come up somewhere already, but I thought I'd jump in and ask instead of using the search, my ADD kicking in and then I get distracted and start reading about something else.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Unfortunately, not as such - although an offline character adjuster would be sweet.

One way to create comics using screenshots a bit more under your control is through the use of demofiles. There are some excellent guides on how to create your own demos (this is how you see some of us doing videos where we have folks doing stuff you normally can't do in the game itself). If memory serves, this is how CoX comic god ChaseArcanum does his.

Hope this helps,
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Thanks, DR.

'nother question: Can I use demos to place more than one of my own alt characters into the same scene? I saw from the ParagonWiki entry that I can substitute different in-game characters like Statesman and Ghost Widow into my demo, but I didn't see how I might substitute one of my alts. Any ideas?

With a City of Heroes Model Viewer, I guess I could pose my characters in separate sessions then Photoshop them together. I dunno... do you think by discussing it, someone might go about making something like this? I think it'd be such a cool tool
to use!

No need for photoshop, you can place your characters in just like you would an NPC. The only real difference is that your character uses a lot more lines.

Relentless is right. My usual trick for doing that is to get a bunch of my friends on, run around, get the footage I need, then map in whatever I need OVER them. Voila!

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Oh yeah. Being able to put several of your alts together at the same time is relatively easy if you are using Balshor's Demo Editor. The Costume Import/Export wizard is perfect for that.

Take a look at this video. All of the characters are my alts. The scene with the blue sky background has nine of them together.