Manga Studio 5
Manga Studio is a software product that allows users to scan, create, sketch, and ink digital and softcopies of their manga and comic artwork.
It is also an illustration tool. It is inexpensive and easy to use.
There are two versions of Manga Studio, Debut is for beginners and hobbyist comic artists whereas EX is for professional comic artists.
It is available for both windows personal computers and apple Macintosh computers.
What's New in Manga Studio 5
Manga Studio 5 has all the key features of Manga Studio 4 EX*, and so much more. With the previous set of powerful prefessional level tools, plus a handful of incredible enhancements, Manga Studio 5 at just 90,00 € is an amazing deal.
KILLER NEW USER INTERFACE FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE
Set up a Personal Work Flow Manga Studio 5 was written with artists' workflow at the very top of the priority list. All of the most used tools - pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, pattern brushes and selection tools are all right at your fingertips. Customize your own brush shapes, canvas textures, paint expressions and more and then save those as your personal settings.STUNNING NEW COLORING & PAINT TOOLS
Amazing New Styles Manga Studio has always had a h3 set of pens and brushes, but the bar has been raised with version 5. Choose a painting style from one of the many pre-set paint expressions like watercolor, oil painting, or animation style painting.You can also draw complicated pattern images with ease, things like lace, chains, leaves and trees.
TONS OF AWESOME SCREEN TONES
Huge Library of Options and Powerful Tone Tools Screen tones are a critical part of comic creation and Manga Studio 5 has a huge library of screen tones or patterned tones to choose from and a powerful set of tone tools.Change painting areas to toned areas simply by turning on the tone mode. Edit toned areas easily, distort toned areas along shapes of drawn subjects.
CREATE SUPER REALISTIC IMAGES WITH 3D OBJECTS
Import 3D Characters and Background ImagesManga Studio 5 allows users to use 3D characters in 3D background images and adjust camera angles, which brings a whole new level of realism and depth to the table.
It also stores various accessory data for each character, like clothing, hairstyles, facial expressions and allows you to customize this data. Manga Studio 5 gives you the power to create incredibly realistic images.
MORE CONTROL
Brand New Drawing Engine Manga Studio 5 uses our latest drawing engine, which enables users to draw and paint naturally as if they were using pencils or brushes.MORE NATURAL
Super High-Quality Pressure Sensor You can't beat the drawing or painting experience with Manga Studio 5 and a pen tablet. The high quality pressure sensor gives you amazingly natural feel and control.FASTER THAN EVER
64-Bit Architecture & Multi-Core CPU Support Manga Studio 5 is now a 64 bit application! Improvements in speed and memory will be noticed by everyone who uses 64 bit machines.Manga Studio 5 has always been powerful, but now with 64-bit OS and multi-core CPU support, it has the capability to handle high definition and multiple layer art projects even more smoothly.
| Page Templates |
Yes | ||
| 72-600 dpi Resolution | Yes | ||
| 600-1200 dpi Resolution | - | ||
| Page Numbering | - | ||
| Book-style Facing Pages | - | ||
Layers |
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| Raster Layers | Yes | ||
| Tone Layers | **1 | ||
| Selection Layers | Yes | ||
| Masking Layers | **1 | ||
| Reverse Layers | **1 | ||
| Sketch Layers | **1 | ||
| Panel Folders | Yes | ||
| Layer/Text Folders | **2 | ||
| Guide Layers, Grid Layer, Print Guide and Basic Frame Layer | Yes | ||
| Vector Layers | Yes | ||
| Word Balloon Layers | Yes | ||
| Text Layers | Yes | ||
| Sub Ruler Layers, Ruler Layers, and Panel Ruler Layers | Yes | ||
| 3D Layers | Yes | ||
| Color Correction Layers | Yes |
Support |
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| Beginners Assistant | Yes | ||
| Selection Launcher | Yes | ||
| Dynamic Help | **3 | ||
Palettes |
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| Tool Palette | Yes | ||
| Tool Options Palette | Yes | ||
| Layers Palette | Yes | ||
| History Palette | Yes | ||
| Properties Palette | Yes | ||
| Navigator Palette | Yes | ||
| Custom Tools Palette | Yes | ||
| Actions Palette | Yes | ||
| Tones and Materals Palette | Yes | ||
| Color Palette | Yes |
Drawing |
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| Save Tool Settings | Yes | ||
| Pen Tool | Yes | ||
| Pencil Tool | Yes | ||
| Magic Marker Tool | Yes | ||
| Eraser Tool | Yes | ||
| Line/Curve/Polygon/Rectangle/Ellipse Tool | Yes | ||
| Pattern Brush Tool | Yes | ||
| Gradation Tool | Yes | ||
Other Tools |
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| Panel Selector, Panel Ruler Cutter, Panel Maker Tool | Yes | ||
| Layer Selection, Move Layer, Joint Line Tool | Yes | ||
| Eyedropper Tool | Yes | ||
| 3D Frame, 3D Selection Tool | Yes | ||
| Brush Pen Tool | Yes | ||
| Close Fill Tool | Yes | ||
| Path Tool | Yes | ||
| Text Tool | Yes | ||
| Distortion, Stamp, Color Blend, Dodging, Burning Tool | Yes | ||
| Hand, Rotate, Zoom Tool | Yes | ||
| Drawing Color (Black, White, Transparency) | Yes | ||
| Drawing Color (Tone) | Yes |
Editing |
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| Magnify/Shrink, Rotate, Stretch/Skew | Yes | ||
| Rectangle, Ellipse, Polyline, Lasso Selection Tools | Yes | ||
| Magic Wand Tool | Yes | ||
| Fill Tool | Yes | ||
| Close Path for MagicWand, Fill Tools | Yes | ||
| Smoother Tool | Yes | ||
| Dust Cleaner Tool | Yes | ||
| Speed Line | Yes | ||
| Action Feature | Yes | ||
| Quick Mask and Quick Select | Yes | ||
| Fill Selection | Yes | ||
| Fill Selection with Drawing Color | Yes | ||
| Outline Selection | Yes | ||
| Blur Selection Edge | Yes | ||
| Mesh Transformation | Yes | ||
| Shrink Selection | Yes | ||
| Color Selection | Yes | ||
| Layer Properties, Layer Settings | Yes | ||
| Layer Conversion, Layer Rasterization | Yes | ||
| Layer Conversion by SHD Conversion | - |
Vector Features |
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| Width Correction Tool | Yes | ||
| Line Level Tool | Yes | ||
| Line Smoother Tool | Yes | ||
| Raster to Vector Conversion | - | ||
| Fill on Center Line | Yes | ||
| Vector Snap, Delete Overlapping Lines | Yes | ||
| Vector Selecting | Yes | ||
| Anti-Aliasing Display, Center Line Display | Yes | ||
Tone Features |
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| Custom Background Tones | Yes | ||
| Save Pattern as Tone | Yes | ||
| Tone Distortion (Distort Tone Dot, Border Distortion, Blur Distortion) | - | ||
Display |
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| Scalable Display 0.8-800% Rotate, Flip Horizontal/Vertical | Yes | ||
| Adjust Layer Display Color | Yes | ||
| CMYK Color Display | Yes |
Rulers |
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| Straight and Curved Rulers | Yes | ||
| Panel Rulers | Yes | ||
| Parallel/Radial Rulers | Yes | ||
| Perspective Rulers | Yes | ||
| Ruler Handle Display | Yes | ||
| Concentric Circle Ruler | Yes | ||
| Symmetrical Ruler (Line, 2-axis, 2 Point, 3 Point, 4 Point, 5 Point, 6 Points, 8 Points, 12 Point Symmetry) | - | ||
Background |
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| 3DLT Rendering | - | ||
| 2DLT Rendering | - |
Filters |
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| Speed Lines, Focus Lines, Vanishing Points | - | ||
| Binary, Mosaic, Invert, Posterize | Yes | ||
| Adjust Levels, Tone Curve, Brightness, Contrast, Dust Cleaner | Yes | ||
| Blur, Blur More, Gaussian Blur, Sharpen, Sharpen More | Yes | ||
| Polar Coordinates, Zigzag, Wave, Spiral | - | ||
| Line Width Correction, Line Smoother | Yes | ||
| Computones | - | ||
| Cloud, Wave Pattern | - | ||
| Lightning | - | ||
| Hue Saturation Filter | Yes | ||
| Radial Blur, Motion Blur | - | ||
| Patterns, Rain, Random Grid Patterns, Soft Focus, Sparkle | - | ||
| 2D Rotate, Pinch, Speed Rotation, Distorted Speed Line, Distorted Focus Lines, Spherical, Fisheye Lens | - | ||
Text Entry |
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| Basic Lettering | Yes | ||
| Outline Text | Yes | ||
| Style Settings | Yes | ||
| Ruby | Yes | ||
| Inline Input | Yes | ||
| Input Field | Yes | ||
| UNICODE Support | Yes | ||
| Story Editor | - |
Word Balloons |
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| Word Balloon Function | Yes | ||
| Add Custom Tails to Word Balloons | Yes | ||
| Save User's Word Balloon as a Material to the Materials Folder | Yes | ||
| Save Pattern as Material | Yes | ||
Settings |
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| Modify Shortcuts | Yes | ||
Window Features |
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| Edit Window (Page List, Page Information, Page Editing Area) | - | ||
| Full Screen Mode | Yes | ||
| Tool Option Palette, Tab Display, List Display, Stroke Preview Display Options | Yes | ||
| Anti-Aliasing Drawing | Yes |
Import |
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| Images via TWAIN Scanner | - | ||
| Consecutive Scanning | - | ||
| JPEG, BMP | Yes | ||
| PNG, TGA, PSD (Import Layers Separately, Supports Layer Set) | Yes | ||
| TIFF | Yes | ||
| PICT | - | ||
| Text Files (txt) | - | ||
| Shade File | - | ||
| 3D-LWO, OBJ, DXF, LWS, STC | Yes | ||
| ComicStudio Version 2.0 | - | ||
| ComicStudio Version 3.0 | - | ||
| ComicStudio Version 4.0 | **4 | ||
Export |
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| JPEG, BMP, PSD | Yes | ||
| PNG, TGA | Yes | ||
| EPS (Monochrome), PDF | Yes | ||
| TIFF | Yes | ||
| PICT | - | ||
| Text Files (txt) | - | ||
| ComicStudio Version 2.0 | - | ||
| ComicStudio Version 3.0 | - | ||
| ComicStudio Version 4.0 | - | ||
| "Save as..." "Save Story as..." | Yes | ||
| Yes |
Miscellaneous |
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| Save Pattern to Brush Material | Yes | ||
| Save Pattern Brush Settings and Material | Yes | ||
| Export and Import Action Sets | Yes | ||
| Copy to Other Applications | Yes | ||
| Materials | Yes | ||
| Material Installation | Yes | ||
| Poseable 3D Models | Yes | ||
| Change 3D Models Expression, Hairstyle, Clothing and Accessories | Yes | ||
| QUMARION Manipulation of 3D Models | Yes | ||
| 64 bit Architecture | Yes | ||
| Multi-Core CPU Support | Yes | ||
| Tab-Mate Controller Support | Yes | ||
| New Drawing Engine | Yes |
- **1 Moved to Feature Layer
- **2 Integrated in the Feature Layer Folder
- **3 Implemented in the Help parameter
- **4 Will only open Manga Studio 4 and Comic Studio 4 page files
- **4 This version 5 release of Manga Studio represents a complete re-architecture and therefore does not currently offer backward compatible file support. You will not be able to open or edit files created in previous versions of Manga Studio. Backward compatibility is expected in a future release.
Windows:
- Windows®: XP, Vista, 7 or 8
- 2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent
- Does not work with 64 bit version of XP or Vista
- Does not work with Windows RT
Macintosh:
- Macintosh®: OS X 10.6, 10.7 or 10.8
- Intel® Core™ 2 Duo minimum
Common:
- Compatible with 32 bit and 64 bit OS
- 2 GB RAM recommended
- 2 GB free hard disk space recommended
- Graphic card with VRAM of 256MB or more and OpenGL 1.5 recommended
- XGA (1024×768) or higher, WXGA (1280×768) or higher, 16-Bit color display or higher
- Pen Tablet - FAVO, Bamboo, Intuos or Cintiq
- Internet connection required for license authentication
- DVD-ROM Drive
