Ochi Gate

is MangaStudio actually that much more skewed for the genre than photoshop? or shoud i say, is it really worth buying over photoshop? what are some nice features, if you know? i have thought about buying it but would like to know more first.

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aceman67

Photoshop is a fully featured professional photo editing suite and is 10 times more powerful then Mangastudio.

Mangastudio is a money grab from eFrontier to take advantage of the Manga/Anime boom in amature graphic editing here in North America.

Professionals who do make comics wouldn't use such a peice of software, but if you want too, go a head and spend the 250 dollars, its your money.

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know1

You should probably be comparing Mangastudio to Illustrator instead of Photoshop. Photoshop is great for post production, but you would create in Illustrator using a scanned rough sketch or direct via pen and tablet. It is possible to do this in Photoshop, but needlessly tedious.

I agree with Aceman that you can not compare Mangastudio to any Adobe content creation software, however, Mangastudio does have a few advantages to the novice who might otherwise have issues with using non-guided programs such as Illustrator or Photoshop. There are several presets and manga specific options which would reduce the learning curve and/or repetitive nature of manga.

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Ochi Gate

i always used Illustrator to make it first, but ppl riddiculed me for it....

btw, what you said about mangastudio was pretty much waht i thought- a dummed down program.

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aceman67

fred gallagher of Megatokyo puts all his comics together using Illustrator, so next time someone tells you different, tell him that Fred's Making a living supporting his wife and soon to be born child off a comic that he makes in Illustrator.

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Ochi Gate

i see, now i dont feel so bad.
i would always-
scan original lineart
trace with pen tool
make shure everything looks ok
export to photoshop
color/finish

theres probably an easier/quicker way to doing this, but..... i had to teach myself.

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know1

Why don't you just keep your creation in Illustrator until it is just about complete, and only use Photoshop for the post production (effects, image processing, touch up, manipulation). Also, don't feel that you HAVE to use Photoshop. Not every image requires post production. It is very possible to over produce art. You need to judge the fine line between polishing and needless effects for each piece of art independently of the last.

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GallComp

I agree with Know1, All my vector work is made in illustrator amd I use photoshop to do minor color corrrections (due the conversion of CMYK to RGB color modes), and to re-size the image.

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aceman67

You know you can edit photo's in CKMY in photoshop.

Also, you can also do all your work in RGB in illustrator as well.

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Ochi Gate

but what i like about PS is especially the dodge and burn tools, as well as the freehand paintbrush. everything in illustrator is vector, so you cant just draw one thing unless you use the crappy pencil tool...

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GallComp

Most of my regular (not anime related) illustrator work is for printing, so I cannot use RGB for that, and its easier for me to use that color mode in all my work (anime and nonanime).

Using CMYK in photoshop disables some of the filters I use regularly, so the conversion is needed.

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