Manga Studio Ex 5 cookbook : over 90 hands-on recipes to help you create digital comics, from page setup to exporting the final product /: over 90 hands-on recipes to help you create digital comics, from page setup to exporting the final product. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Over 90 hands-on recipes to help you create digital comics, from page setup to exporting the final product
• Further Information: Note: Elizabeth Staley ; foreword by W. Byron Wilkins.
• Authors: Staley, Elizabeth
• Other Names: Wilkins, W. Byron writer of foreword.
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Creating and Manipulating Pages and Page Templates; Introduction; Setting up and saving a standard-sized comic page file; Adding the story's title to the page; Adding the author's name to the page; Adding page numbers and folio information to the page; Creating a multi-page file; Setting up cover pages; Creating two-page spreads; Applying a framing template; Creating a custom framing template; Creating and using cover templates; Accessing the Page Manager Rearranging story pagesDeleting story pages; Editing the story information; Editing the basic work settings; Using the Story Editor to enter text; Searching and replacing entered text; Chapter 2: Customizing Brushes; Introduction; Creating a gritty inking brush; Breaking out with a broken glass brush; Creating a cracked detail brush; Making a foliage brush; Creating a cross-hatching brush; Making a fabric trim brush; Making a ruffle brush; Making a brick brush; Blowing up an explosion brush; Creating a feathering texture brush; Chapter 3: Getting a Handle on Vectors; Introduction Creating a vector layerMaking marks on a vector layer; Adjusting vector lines; Adding control points to the vector line; Deleting control points from the vector line; Scaling and rotating the vector line; Chapter 4: Using the Layer Modes; Introduction; Using the Darken mode; Using the Multiply mode; Using the Color burn mode; Using the Linear burn mode; Using the Subtract mode; Using the Lighten mode; Using the Screen mode; Using the Color dodge mode; Using the Add mode; Using the Overlay mode; Using the Soft light mode; Using the Hard light mode; Using the Difference mode Chapter 5: Making Selections and Layer MasksIntroduction; Adding a Layer Mask; Editing the Layer Mask; Making a Quick Mask using selection tools; Using the Selection pen; Using the Clear selection tool; Using the Shrink selection tool; Chapter 6: Using New Rulers and Line Tools; Introduction; Using Symmetry ruler; Making action lines with the Scattered stream line tool; Making action lines with the Dark stream line tool; Adding moods with the Gloom stream line tool; Making rain drops with the Rain stream line tool; Making focus lines with the Scattered saturated line tool Making focus lines with the Dark saturated line toolMaking focus lines with the Dense saturated line tool; Using the Brightness tool; Creating dark flashes with the Burst tool; Chapter 7: Adding and Creating Tones and Materials; Introduction; Adding a screentone to a large area; Using a selection tool to apply a quick tone; Creating and saving custom materials; Drawing a custom fabric pattern; Using Mesh Transformation to apply more realistic fabric patterns; Chapter 8: Playing with Color Palettes; Introduction; Importing a palette from Photoshop; Saving a color set as a material
• Publisher Details: Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume), illustrations
• Subjects: 741.50285; COMPUTERS -- Digital Media -- General; Webcomics -- Computer programs; ART / Techniques / Drawing; COMPUTERS -- Desktop Applications -- General; Electronic books; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781785889530; 1785889532
• Related ISBNs: 9781785881077; 1785881078
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from cover page (Safari, viewed October 20, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.