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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

Making marks on a vector layer

Now that we have a layer to put our vectors on, it's time to draw on it! Just about any drawing tool can be used on a vector layer, but of course, each produces different results.

Getting ready

Again, you will need a file open to complete the following recipe. Any file will do. Also, you will need the Layer palette visible. If it is not already visible, go to Window | Layer to open it. Follow the instructions from the Creating a vector layer recipe to add a vector layer to the file, and make sure that it is the active (selected) layer.

How to do it…

The following steps will walk us through drawing on a vector layer with an inking pen tool:

  1. Select your favorite inking pen. The examples in this recipe use the G-pen.
  2. Be sure that the vector layer is selected in the Layer palette. A vector layer will have the vector layer icon above the layer name. This icon is circled in the following screenshot:
    How to do it…
  3. Draw a line with the chosen pen tool.
  4. To verify that the line...
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