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Manga Studio 5 Beginner's Guide

By : Michael Rhodes
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Manga Studio 5 Beginner's Guide

By: Michael Rhodes

Overview of this book

<p>Using Manga Studio 5 to create comics is an enriching experience. Instead of using graphite and ink, we can get creative with digital marking tools. Once you've got to grips with the basic use of these tools, creating comics digitally is just as expressive and fun as creating them on paper.</p> <p>Manga Studio 5 Beginner's Guide is for beginner and experienced comic artists who are new to Manga Studio. The book delves into the methods of creating a comic, from an idea, character, script, and rough layouts, all the way to the finished art. No matter what character you are creating—superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy, real world, or Manga—Manga Studio 5 Beginner's Guide will be your go-to book for creating comics.</p>
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Manga Studio 5 Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – modifying the new Sketching Large pencil


Now, it's time to adjust the settings to get the look of this new pencil the way we want it to be, as shown in the following screenshot:

The previous screenshot shows the Tool Settings palette. This is where we change the tool's attributes, revert to what was saved as the initial settings, or save the current settings as the initial settings for the current tool.

This is a floating palette, so it can be kept open while we draw on the canvas. Right now, let's make changes so this pencil is a real Sketching Large pencil! Perform the following steps to modify the new Sketching Large pencil:

  1. Click on the Brush Size category.

  2. Set the brush size to large. In our example, it is set to 8.

  3. As the previous screenshot shows, click on the icon for the Effect source settings (Pen pressure) fly-out menu.

  4. Check the checkbox for Effect source settings (Pen pressure).

  5. We want a curve like the one shown in the screenshot. To get a control point near the...