Other dedicated comic book features include fully editable text and speech balloons. Something those of you wishing to publish printed works in black and white will really appreciate.

It's particularly adept at applying halftones to your image. Not only can you create your art for every page of your book but the software will handle the page layout, right down to headers and footers, and it has special tools to make creating dynamic panel layouts far beyond simply putting every image into a square or rectangular box.Įverything is geared towards publishing your comics either as an online or physical printed publication. What sets this apart from other art/illustration software is that I would describe it as a 'word processor' for graphic novelists/comic book writers.

See the illustration I did on the right as a case in point. Don't stress that it says 'Manga' on the cover, this software can be used to create almost any style of illustration, comic or graphic novel. If you're coming into animation from a cartooning background, like me, then Manga Studio EX 4 may be right up your alley. However it is a drawing, illustration and comic creation program that may be of use to the artists among you that want to draw with a professional, digital art package but don't need the photo processing power and cost of something like Photoshop. Manga Studio EX4 is not an animation program.

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