Two-page spreads

A two-page spread (also called a double-page spread or splash) is a single dramatic scene drawn as one wide image that spans two facing pages of the book — not two separate panels that happen to sit next to each other. ComicInk generates it as one wide "master" image, then automatically slices it into the left and right page halves so each page still stores its own image.

Creating a spread

1. In the issue editor's flipbook viewer, navigate to an even-numbered content page (page 2, 4, 6, and so on). Spreads always start on an even page so the pair lands on two pages that face each other when the book is open.
2. If the following page exists and isn't already part of another spread, the left tools rail shows Make 2-page spread. Click it.
3. ComicInk links the current page with the next one into a pair and immediately submits one wide generation job for the whole scene. When it finishes, both pages carry their half of the wide image.

You don't select two pages manually — you're always on the left page of the pair when you make the spread, and ComicInk finds the following page automatically. The rail action is hidden if you're on an odd page, on a page that's already linked into a spread, or on the issue's last page (no following page to pair with).

Splitting a spread

Open either half of a spread and click Split back into two pages in the tools rail. This unlinks the pair — the two pages go back to being ordinary, independent pages. The images already generated aren't deleted; splitting just stops treating them as a linked spread.

Regenerating a spread

Regenerate from the left page of the pair. Regenerating resubmits the whole wide scene and rewrites both halves together, so the two pages never drift out of sync content-wise. The right half doesn't have its own independent regenerate path — it always follows the left.

When editing shifts a spread out of alignment

Inserting, deleting, or reordering pages elsewhere in the issue can shift a linked pair off its even/odd parity (for example, if a new page gets inserted before it). When that happens, a banner appears above the flipbook: "Spread on pages N–M is misaligned" with a Fix button. Clicking Fix inserts a blank spacer page immediately before the pair to nudge it back onto a valid even start. Until you fix it, the two pages are still treated as ordinary pages rather than a spread.

The Advanced Script Editor

In the Advanced Script Editor, a linked spread pair is merged into a single card headed "Page N and N+1" instead of showing as two separate page cards — matching how the pair reads as one scene.

Writing a good spread

Because the image is one continuous composition split down the middle, keep the most important detail — faces, key action, important text — away from the exact center of the scene. The center falls in the book's spine gutter once the page is split, so anything critical placed right on that line risks landing awkwardly across the fold.

Creating a spread with Sidekick

You can also ask Sidekick to write a two-page spread instead of using the rail action — describe the scene and ask for a "two-page spread" or "double-page splash." Sidekick handles the page-parity bookkeeping (inserting a spacer page if needed) and writes the scene into the left page as a single splash panel; the wide image itself is still produced when you (or Sidekick) generate that page.

Cost

Generating a spread is a single page-class generation — one wide image producing both halves — not two separate page charges. See how credits work for the current per-page cost.

Related

• Advanced Script Editor — how spread pairs display as one merged card.
• Sidekick — ask it to build a spread directly in the script.
• Regenerating images when something looks wrong — regenerating a spread's left page regenerates both halves.

Updated on: 31/07/2026