• Everything professional and aspiring comic artists need
• Powerful illustration features based on real world comic drawing tools
• Add dimension and depth with tons of screen tones and effects
• Huge time-saving advantages over hand-drawing
• Start quickly with your own sketches, photos or illustrations
• Keep the feel of pen and paper with full tablet pressure sensitivity
#1 Comic Software Worldwide
Whether you want to simply enhance and perfect your pen-and-paper illustrations or you want to experience a completely digital creative process, Manga Studio 5 is the ultimate software tool for comic and manga creation.
Manga Studio 5 Product Tour
"I love the responsiveness of the program - it's easily the BEST drawing tool I've ever used! The interface is clean and streamlined - a
welcome change from MS4. The inking engine is FABULOUS. I literally yelled "WOW!!!" when I started using it. (I have never done that before with *any* software I've used.) You have a winner here!"
~ Krishna M. Sadasivam
sivamstudios.com
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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 $79.99 is an amazing deal.
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KILLER NEW USER INTERFACE
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.
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"I really like having easier/more convenient access to things like the color wheel (for when I'm pencilling), and the navigator (easier access to the zoom, move and rotate, among other things). The more I used the program, the more intuitive things felt. Having things like tools and functions so easy to get to is very nice, and it has helped me stay in the proper work flow."
~ Doug Hills
pnhcomics.com
STUNNING NEW COLORING
Manga Studio has always had a strong 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. |
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 | TONS OF AWESOME SCREEN TONES
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 Images
Manga 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.
"These new coloring tools are amazing, I think they're going to change a LOT of minds about Manga Studio!"
~ Liz Staley
adrastuscomic.com
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MORE CONTROL
Manga Studio 5 uses our latest drawing engine, which enables users to draw and paint naturally as if they were using pencils or brushes.
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"I highly recommend an upgrade to Version 5 from EX 4"
Read Eric's complete review of Manga Studio 5 here.
~ Eric Merced
ericmerced.com
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.
Manga Studio 5 Is Perfect for Comic Illustration
Adobe Photoshop has become the standard drawing and illustration tool, used in many industries, but it will not only cost you more, it's primarily a photo editing tool. Photoshop just doesn't have the tools and features that are ideal for comic illustration, Manga Studio 5 does.
10 Advantages Manga Studio 5 has over Photoshop:
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System Requirements
Manga Studio 5
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
Feature Comparison Chart
| 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 | - | |||
| 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.
THE FUTURE OF THE MANGA STUDIO FAMILY
With the long-awaited new release of version 5, the Manga Studio product family is changing a bit. Many of the powerful features that we're previously only available in the EX version are now available at an incredible price in Manga Studio 5, while even more professional level features will be coming in Manga Studio EX 5 which we expect to release in the Summer of 2013.
Manga Studio Debut 4
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Manga Studio 5
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Manga Studio EX 5
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Manuals
Below we've provided the English Manuals as they stand right now, the screen shots on the User Manual and Tool Manual are still of the Japanese version of the application. We are working diligently to replace these screen shots, so please check back often for the updated manuals.
Manga Studio 5 Manuals
Install Manual - Download Here
20 page Manga Studio 5 Install Manual
(E_MangaStudio_IG_Ver500_121217.pdf, 5.2 MB)
Start Up Manual - Download Here
104 page Manga Studio 5 Start Up Manual
(MangaStudio_v50_121105.pdf, 28.3 MB)
User Manual - Download Here
687 page Manga Studio 5 Manual
(MangaStudio_v50_121105.pdf, 238 MB)
Tool Manual - Download Here
128 page Manga Tool Setting Manual
(MangaStudio_v50_tool_Guide_121113.pdf, 34.6 MB)
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