On the Mac, the files are inside your Documents
folder as shown in the following screenshot:
As we can tell, this is where all the cool stuff is located. If we ever need to reinstall Manga Studio, this folder should be backed up as it contains all the settings for preferences, keyboard shortcuts, customized tools, and much more. Fortunately, we won't have to directly install files into these folders; Manga Studio will do that for us.
To make it easier to look thing up and refer to the manuals, we can create a folder, name it Manga Studio 5 manuals
, and put the Installation Guide
, Startup Guide
, the Users' Manual
files, and the text file that contains our registration number in there. This way all the important documents are in a good and safe place. I have a pair of pocket notebooks that contain app names and their serial numbers. The notebook is stored in a storage locker with other important archival materials. It's better to have a number of duplicates and not need them, than to need them and not have a copy.
Note
Like other graphic art programs, the Interface for Manga Studio 5 is huge and complex. To make things a bit more manageable, we'll just use screenshots of the sections of our workspace. We'll make sure that the area is identified and made clear. This way we'll focus in on the area of the program that we're concerned with. You can go to https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/7668OT_ColorImages.pdf and download a ZIP file that has the color versions of all the screenshots in this book.