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Document Features   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Page Templates   Yes   Yes   Yes
72-600 dpi Resolution   Yes   Yes   Yes
600-1200 dpi Resolution   Yes   Yes   -
Page Numbering   Yes   Yes   -
Book-style Facing Pages   -   Yes   -
             
Layers   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Raster Layers   Yes   Yes   Yes
Tone Layers   Yes   Yes   **1
Selection Layers   2*   Yes   Yes
Masking Layers   Yes   Yes   **1
Reverse Layers   Yes   Yes   **1
Sketch Layers   Yes   Yes   **1
Panel Folders   Yes   Yes   Yes
Layer/Text Folders   Yes   Yes   **2
Guide Layers, Grid Layer, Print Guide and Basic Frame Layer   Yes   Yes   Yes
Vector Layers   -   Yes   Yes
Word Balloon Layers   Yes   Yes   Yes
Text Layers   Yes   Yes   Yes
Sub Ruler Layers, Ruler Layers, and Panel Ruler Layers   Yes   Yes   Yes
3D Layers   -   Yes   Yes
Color Correction Layers   -   -   Yes
             
Support   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Beginners Assistant   Yes   Yes   Yes
Selection Launcher   Yes   Yes   Yes
Dynamic Help   Yes   Yes   **3
             
Palettes   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Tool Palette   Yes   Yes   Yes
Tool Options Palette   Yes   Yes   Yes
Layers Palette   Yes   Yes   Yes
History Palette   Yes   Yes   Yes
Properties Palette   Yes   Yes   Yes
Navigator Palette   Yes   Yes   Yes
Custom Tools Palette   -   Yes   -
Actions Palette   -   Yes   Yes
Tones and Materals Palette   5*   Yes   Yes
Color Palette   6*   Yes   Yes
             
Drawing   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Save Tool Settings   Yes   Yes   Yes
Pen Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Pencil Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Magic Marker Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Eraser Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Line/Curve/Polygon/Rectangle/Ellipse Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Pattern Brush Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Gradation Tool   -   Yes   Yes
             
Other Tools   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Panel Selector, Panel Ruler Cutter, Panel Maker Tool   Yes   Yes   Yes
Layer Selection, Move Layer, Joint Line Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Eyedropper Tool   -   Yes   Yes
3D Frame, 3D Selection Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Brush Pen Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Close Fill Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Path Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Text Tool   Yes   Yes   Yes
Distortion, Stamp, Color Blend, Dodging, Burning Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Hand, Rotate, Zoom Tool   Yes   Yes   Yes
Drawing Color (Black, White, Transparency)   Yes   Yes   Yes
Drawing Color (Tone)   -   Yes   Yes
             
Editing   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Magnify/Shrink, Rotate, Stretch/Skew   Yes   Yes   Yes
Rectangle, Ellipse, Polyline, Lasso Selection Tools   2*   Yes   Yes
Magic Wand Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Fill Tool   2*   Yes   Yes
Close Path for MagicWand, Fill Tools   -   Yes   Yes
Smoother Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Dust Cleaner Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Speed Line   -   Yes   Yes
Action Feature   -   Yes   Yes
Quick Mask and Quick Select   -   Yes   Yes
Fill Selection   2*   Yes   Yes
Fill Selection with Drawing Color   -   Yes   Yes
Outline Selection   -   Yes   Yes
Blur Selection Edge   -   Yes   Yes
Mesh Transformation   -   Yes   Yes
Shrink Selection   -   Yes   Yes
Color Selection   Yes   Yes   Yes
Layer Properties, Layer Settings   Yes   Yes   Yes
Layer Conversion, Layer Rasterization   Yes   Yes   Yes
Layer Conversion by SHD Conversion   -   Yes   -
             
Vector Features   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Width Correction Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Line Level Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Line Smoother Tool   -   Yes   Yes
Raster to Vector Conversion   -   Yes   -
Fill on Center Line   -   Yes   Yes
Vector Snap, Delete Overlapping Lines   -   Yes   Yes
Vector Selecting   -   Yes   Yes
Anti-Aliasing Display, Center Line Display   -   Yes   Yes
             
Tone Features   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Custom Background Tones   Yes   Yes   Yes
Save Pattern as Tone   Yes   Yes   Yes
Tone Distortion (Distort Tone Dot, Border Distortion, Blur Distortion)   -   Yes   -
             
Display   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Scalable Display 0.8-800% Rotate, Flip Horizontal/Vertical   Yes   Yes   Yes
Adjust Layer Display Color   Yes   Yes   Yes
CMYK Color Display   -   -   Yes
             
Rulers   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Straight and Curved Rulers   Yes   Yes   Yes
Panel Rulers   Yes   Yes   Yes
Parallel/Radial Rulers   -   Yes   Yes
Perspective Rulers   -   Yes   Yes
Ruler Handle Display   Yes   Yes   Yes
Concentric Circle Ruler   -   Yes   Yes
Symmetrical Ruler (Line, 2-axis, 2 Point, 3 Point, 4 Point, 5 Point, 6 Points, 8 Points, 12 Point Symmetry)   -   Yes   -
             
Background   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
3DLT Rendering   -   Yes   -
2DLT Rendering   -   Yes   -
             
Filters   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Speed Lines, Focus Lines, Vanishing Points   3*   Yes   -
Binary, Mosaic, Invert, Posterize   -   Yes   Yes
Adjust Levels, Tone Curve, Brightness, Contrast, Dust Cleaner   -   Yes   Yes
Blur, Blur More, Gaussian Blur, Sharpen, Sharpen More   -   Yes   Yes
Polar Coordinates, Zigzag, Wave, Spiral   -   Yes   -
Line Width Correction, Line Smoother   -   Yes   Yes
Computones   -   Yes   -
Cloud, Wave Pattern   -   Yes   -
Lightning   -   Yes   -
Hue Saturation Filter   -   Yes   Yes
Radial Blur, Motion Blur   -   Yes   -
Patterns, Rain, Random Grid Patterns, Soft Focus, Sparkle   -   Yes   -
2D Rotate, Pinch, Speed Rotation, Distorted Speed Line, Distorted Focus Lines, Spherical, Fisheye Lens   -   Yes   -
             
Text Entry   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Basic Lettering   Yes   Yes   Yes
Outline Text   Yes   Yes   -
Style Settings   -   8*   Yes
Ruby   -   Yes   Yes
Inline Input   Yes   Yes   Yes
Input Field   Yes   Yes   Yes
UNICODE Support   Yes   Yes   Yes
Story Editor   -   Yes   -
             
Word Balloons   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Word Balloon Function   Yes   Yes   Yes
Add Custom Tails to Word Balloons   Yes   Yes   Yes
Save User's Word Balloon as a Material to the Materials Folder   -   Yes   Yes
Save Pattern as Material   -   Yes   Yes
             
Settings   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Modify Shortcuts   -   Yes   Yes
             
Window Features   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Edit Window (Page List, Page Information, Page Editing Area)   Yes   Yes   -
Full Screen Mode   -   Yes   Yes
Tool Option Palette, Tab Display, List Display, Stroke Preview Display Options   Yes   Yes   Yes
Anti-Aliasing Drawing   -   Yes   Yes
             
Import   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Images via TWAIN Scanner   Yes   Yes   -
Consecutive Scanning   -   Yes   -
JPEG, BMP   Yes   Yes   Yes
PNG, TGA, PSD (Import Layers Separately, Supports Layer Set)   7*,♦   Yes   Yes
TIFF   ♦   Yes   Yes
PICT   ♦   ♦   -
Text Files (txt)   -   Yes   -
Shade File   -   Yes   -
3D-LWO, OBJ, DXF, LWS, STC   -   Yes   Yes
ComicStudio Version 2.0   Yes   Yes   -
ComicStudio Version 3.0   Yes   Yes   -
ComicStudio Version 4.0   Yes   Yes   **4
             
Export   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
JPEG, BMP, PSD   Yes   Yes   Yes
PNG, TGA   ♦   Yes   Yes
EPS (Monochrome), PDF   -   Yes   -
TIFF   ♦   Yes   Yes
PICT   ♦   ♦   -
Text Files (txt)   -   Yes   -
ComicStudio Version 2.0   Yes   Yes   -
ComicStudio Version 3.0   Yes   Yes   -
ComicStudio Version 4.0   Yes   Yes   -
"Save as..."   Yes   Yes   Yes
"Save Story as..."   Yes   Yes   -
Print   2*   Yes   Yes
             
Miscellaneous   Manga Studio 4 Debut   Manga Studio 4 EX   Manga Studio 5
             
Save Pattern to Brush Material   -   Yes   Yes
Save Pattern Brush Settings and Material   Yes   Yes   Yes
Export and Import Action Sets   -   Yes   Yes
Copy to Other Applications   Yes   Yes   Yes
Materials   1*, 2, 4   Yes   Yes
Material Installation   Yes   Yes   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
             

Manga Studio 4 Debut and EX

  • 1* Cannot save Materials in Debut.
  • 2* Cannot use some of the Options in Debut.
  • 3* Cannot save Settings in Debut.
  • 4* Debut has a smaller amount of included Materials.
  • 5* Can not refer to external Folders/Files in Debut.
  • 6* Cannot reset the color in Debut.
  • 7* Imports psd as a single image file in Debut 4.0 Mac.
  • ♦ Mac only.

Manga Studio 5

  • **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.

Paid Upgrade

Any owner of a previous version of Manga Studio Debut or EX with a valid full registration number, can qualify for the upgrade price for Manga Studio 5. You will be prompted for your registration/serial number during the check out process.




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