An extensive, fun, and practical guide to streamlining your comic-making workflow using Manga Studio 5
Key Features
Make Manga Studio 5 your own personalized software by creating your own workspace, tools, page layouts, and materials
Explore using 3D models, actions, ruler tools, and creating projects to save you time
Full of examples, illustrations, and tips with a lighthearted and fun style to make comic creation fun and easy
Book Description
Time is something that almost every artist doesn't have enough of. If you're an illustrator or comic creator you know just how much time and effort it can take to produce one great page. But the features in Manga Studio 5 can make this process a lot more streamlined and give you more time to create!
"Mastering Manga Studio 5" will teach you how to create more comics and illustrations in less time than you ever thought possible. By using the features of Manga Studio 5 like the Story Editor, Custom brushes, actions, materials, and 3D models, you'll learn how to make Manga Studio work for your style and workflow. Go from being a novice Manga Studio user to an expert using the tricks, techniques, and projects in this guide.
Learn how to make and share custom tools, set up left- and right-handed workspaces, make custom materials, alter 3D models, and create custom actions. By putting together a custom story project and making your own tools, automating redundant processes, and converting an inked art into a traditional comic art, you'll learn all about the advanced features of Manga Studio 5.
"Mastering Manga Studio 5" will teach you what you need to know to produce more work in less time.
What you will learn
Set up and save custom page templates to use in your comics
Learn how to use the story editor features efficiently
Create custom workspaces for drawing, coloring, and more
Make custom sets of colors and use them to speed up your coloring process
Search, use, navigate, edit, and make materials
Learn how to insert, pose, and edit 3D models
Automate actions for redundant processes
Integrate everything learned to create a finished, colored comic page
Who this book is for
This book is for those who already have some Manga Studio and graphics program experience. It is not a beginner's guide, but if you are a novice Manga Studio 5 user it will help you to master the time-saving features of the software.
Table of Contents
Getting Familiar with the Story Editor
The Right Tools for the Right Job
Palettes of a different color
Setting up your own space
Living in a Material World
Always have the right (3D) model
Ready! Set! Action!
Putting it all together! Let's draw and ink a page!