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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 a Quick Mask using selection tools


Using selection tools and layer masks, we can quickly hide or show parts of our drawing.

Getting ready

You will need a file open with at least one layer with content (a sketch, an ink drawing, a photo, and so on) inside of it.

How to do it…

The following steps will lead us through making a mask using a selection tool:

  1. First, make a selection using one of the selection tools. In the following screenshot, the details on the robot's torso have been selected using the Lasso tool:

  2. Go to Layer | Layer Mask | Mask Selection(D) to mask the inside of the selection. In this screenshot, the selected details on the robot have now been hidden with this option:

  3. Go to Layer | Layer Mask | Mask Outside Selection(V) to hide everything outside of the selection. In the following screenshot, only the torso details remain, as they were inside of the selection:

  4. Make any necessary edits to the mask, as detailed in the Editing the Layer Mask recipe.

How it works...

Using the selection...