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Manga Studio EX 5 Cookbook

You're reading from   Manga Studio EX 5 Cookbook Over 90 hands-on recipes to help you create digital comics from page setup to exporting the final product

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785881077
Length 300 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Liz Staley Liz Staley
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Creating and Manipulating Pages and Page Templates FREE CHAPTER 2. Customizing Brushes 3. Getting a Handle on Vectors 4. Using the Layer Modes 5. Making Selections and Layer Masks 6. Using New Rulers and Line Tools 7. Adding and Creating Tones and Materials 8. Playing with Color Palettes 9. Creating Special Effects 10. Using 3D Objects 11. Exporting the Finished Product Index

Editing the Layer Mask


Now that we have a Layer Mask, it's time to learn how to hide and restore content with it!

Getting ready

Again, 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. Follow the instructions given in the Adding a Layer Mask recipe to make a mask before following this recipe.

How to do it…

Here is how to edit the content on the layer with the layer mask:

  1. To hide the content on the layer, select an Eraser(E) tool. Erase the section of the layer to be hidden. The area will show up in the layer thumbnail as black space. The following screenshot illustrates this; note the black area where artwork has been erased. This black area is the masked area.

  2. To make hidden content visible again, select any pen or brush tool. Draw again over the area with the Pen(P) or Brush(B) tool to bring back the hidden content. Here is a screenshot that shows a white area inside the previous black area, where the content has now been...

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