Manga Studio Essential Training (2015) [repost]

Manga Studio has become a key program for illustrators and comic book artists. What better way to learn it than by following along with artist/Manga Studio guru Doug Hills, as you create a comic page together. From sketching your initial concept to exporting and sharing your finished work with the world, this course goes through every step of the illustration process, explaining what tools will work best, and how to adapt them to your particular art style. Along the way, Doug shows how to import artwork, pencil in rough sketches, ink with the pen tools, add screen tones or color, and integrate word balloons and text. By the end of this course, you should not only feel comfortable with how Manga Studio works, but also have the beginnings of a comic page that you can continue on your own.

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started
Touring the Manga Studio workspace
Understanding subtools and common tool settings

2. Creating a Comic Page
Creating a new page
Changing the page shape and resolution
Navigating around the page

3. Creating Your Rough Draft
Importing an image
Using the selection tools
Using the subview window
Creating a rough sketch and managing layers
Using the Direct Draw tool

4. Using Rulers
Using the basic ruler
Using the special ruler
Using the perspective ruler
Using the symmetric ruler

5. Refining Your Work
Adding and adjusting frames
Inking the page
Drawing and editing vectors
Working with screen tones

6. Finalizing Your Work
Picking colors
Laying color flats
Cell shading and blending modes
Painting, blending, and airbrushing
Adding and adjusting text and word balloons

7. Exporting Your Work
Saving, exporting, and printing your page

Conclusion
Next steps