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Manga Studio EX 5 Cookbook

You're reading from  Manga Studio EX 5 Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2015
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781785881077
Pages 300 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Liz  Staley Liz Staley
Profile icon Liz Staley

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Manga Studio Ex 5 Cookbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Creating and Manipulating Pages and Page Templates 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 focus lines with the Dense saturated line tool


What if we need lots and lots of thin focus lines? The Dense saturated line tool is the go-to tool for that job!

Getting ready

You will need an open file to work in. The size and resolution don't matter.

How to do it…

The following steps will teach us how to use the Scattered saturated line tool:

  1. Select the Figure(U) tool from the toolbox. Then go to Saturated line | Dense saturated line.

  2. Click on the spot where you want all the lines to radiate from and hold down the mouse button.

  3. While still holding down the mouse button, drag out to form an ellipse around the area to focus on. In the following screenshot, the lines will be focused on the character's face. Because this tool makes such dense lines, I try to go a long way around the area that I want the focus to be on so that it doesn't get obscured by the lines.

  4. Release the mouse button to generate the lines.

How it works…

This tool also generates our focus lines based on a circle, just like...

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