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Manga Studio EX 5 Cookbook

By : Liz Staley
Book Image

Manga Studio EX 5 Cookbook

By: Liz Staley

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Manga Studio Ex 5 Cookbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Making focus lines with the Dark saturated line tool


With this tool, we can make darker, more powerful focus lines in an instant. Instead of a circle, this tool has us placing a curve to show where to focus the lines.

Getting ready

Again, you will need an open file to work in. The size and resolution don't matter.

How to do it…

The following steps will teach you how to use the Dark saturated line tool:

  1. Select the Figure(U) tool from the toolbox. Then go to Saturated line| Dark saturated line.

  2. Click with the mouse button to start the curved line.

  3. Continue moving the mouse and clicking to draw the curve. The following is the curve we'll be using for this example. Note that the lines will be stopping before the character's face, where we want the focus to be.

  4. Double-click with the mouse on the final point to end the curve and generate the lines.

How it works…

We can change the settings of the existing lines by selecting them with the Object tool, then going back to the Scattered saturated line tool,...