Software Review: Manga Studio 4 EX from Smith Micro - Page 2

Part of: The Enlightened Image

• Vector Toolkit – will speed up your production by using built-in vector tools such as the "Show Center Line" which will help with spotting vector trouble areas that are in need of smoothing. With the vector snapping tools, you can achieve exactly the lines you want.

• Professional Filter Set – now offers a suite of advanced creative filters that will let you quickly distort images, adjust hue and saturation, or add rain and sparkle to your art work.

• Story Editor – will let you enter and edit the text for your entire story and distribute it across pages.

• Advanced text input – gives you the ability to add text directly on the page. You also have the ability to add special characters and now supports the use of Katakana and Hiragana.

• Mesh Transformation – will let you modify screen tones to better showcase clothing textures by giving them a wrapping appearance.

• Special Rulers – that include symmetry rulers, radial line rulers, and concentric circle rulers that help speed up production.

What features have been updated in Manga Studio 4 EX?

• More export formats – adds to the existing formats of BMP, JPEG, PNG, PSD, and TGA, the additional formats of TIFF, and PDF.

• Additional Word Balloons – now bring the number of balloons to almost 100 preset editable word balloons. They can be adjusted by font, size, style, spacing of text, as well as having a curved or straight tail.

• Additional 3D Objects – now comes with over 550 built-in 3D objects that you can position, rotate, and adjust on your page. You can convert them to line and tone data, and use them as backgrounds and props for your drawings.

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