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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

Adding a Layer Mask


A Layer Mask is a feature that allows us to hide parts of a layer without erasing them for good. This allows us to fine-tune a drawing or a part of a drawing without losing what we've already done. Layer masks can be adjusted over and over, so we can hide part of a drawing and then bring it back later if we decide that we want it visible again.

Think of a Layer Mask like a Halloween mask. If we put a mask on, our face is still there but it can't be seen.

I find this feature to be very handy if I want to see different versions of a drawing, say, a character with a different hairstyle. The applications are pretty limitless, and it's much less nerve-wracking than completely erasing something that you may want to bring back in the future!

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…

Follow these steps to add a Layer Mask:

  1. Select the layer to add the mask to by clicking on...

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