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Comic book artists have long depended on Smith Micro’s Manga software to draw, lay out, illustrate, and publish Japanese-style manga comics and similar artwork. Manga Studio 5, a new upgrade, promises an even greater degree of creativity and functionality.
Users can scan existing artwork or they can draw from scratch using a mouse or (preferably) a pen and tablet. Manga Studio 5’s screen tones enable users to add styles and effects to their projects and create backgrounds with the pattern brush. Artists can customize projects with the program’s large collection of special effects.
Manga Studio 5 is a 64-bit application with multi-core CPU support, which means it can handle high-definition and multi-layered art projects more smoothly than previous versions. Its interface overhaul and new graphics engine lets artists draw and paint more naturally, the company says.
A new, customizeable interface lets artists set up a personal workflow that best fits their projects. Users can set their own brush shapes, canvas textures, and paint expressions, and save them as personal settings.
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