Amazon.com Product Review
Manga Studio Debut 4.0 is your all-in-one solution for stunning, ready-to-publish manga and comics. Invigorate your artwork using color, express motion using speed lines, apply dimension with screen tones and add dialog through built-in word balloons. Manga Studio helps you create professional manga and comics from start to finish!
Fun, easy to use interface. Click to enlarge. |
The Beginner's Assistant groups together commonly used tool palettes. Click to enlarge. |
Draw using a suite of familiar tools including pencils, pens, brushes and selection tools. Click to enlarge. |
Choose from thousands of screen tones to add dimension and character to your art. Click to enlarge. |
Invigorate your artwork using color. Click to enlarge. |
Customize your projects with a large collection of special effects and features. Click to enlarge. |
Complete artistic control Sketch original art with a mouse or tablet, scan in existing art, or import artwork or graphics to get started. It's easy with Manga Studio Debut!
Design with attention to detail Choose from over 2,300 professional-grade screen tones to add dimension, depth and character to your art.
Invigorate your drawings Easily color and fill your manga or comic using the integrated color set, advanced shading tools, and pattern brushes.
Bring your Characters to Life Pre-designed word balloons allow you to quickly add dialog to your creations.
Apply special effects Add focus and speed line effects in seconds to express moods or motion.
Publish your work Output professional quality manga for print or web in various file formats. Manga Studio Debut exports JPG, BMP, PSD, TGA*, PNG*, TIFF* and PICT* files.
*Mac-only publishing format. Get fast results Perform complicated tasks with a single mouse click. Double your productivity by reusing design elements in a flash!
New and Updated Features
Manga Studio Debut 4.0 provides a fun, straightforward way for you to start creating your own comics today.
New--Beginner's Assistant and dynamic help With Manga Studio's built-in Beginner's Assistant interface, commonly used tool palettes are grouped together. Dynamic help offers instant access to information about tool palettes and menu options. Getting started has never been easier.
New--Color Palette Color your artwork using the integrated color set. Choose from preset colors or create your own and add custom effects to your artwork.
New--Built-in Word balloons Add word balloons with ease by dragging and dropping any of almost one hundred preset editable word balloons. Freely adjust the font, size, style and spacing of the text and add a curved or straight tail.
New--Advanced Text Input Manga Studio Debut now allows you to enter text directly on your page using a standard text tool. You can also quickly add special characters and with support for many characters such as Katakana and Hiragana, Manga Studio Debut is better than ever!
Updated--More Screen Tones and Patterns Choose from over 2,300 screen tones, a variety of special effects and comprehensive pen and brush tools, including over 80 customizable pattern brushes. Create and customize virtually unlimited combinations of patterns to create unique effects.
Updated--Additional preset page templates Choose from over 160 built-in page templates for your page or story, or add your own customized pages and save them as templates.
Note: Register your product within 30 days of purchase and receive the Manga Studio Debut Content pack valued at $19.99 for free. This package includes over 100 background templates and over 100 Power templates. Information regarding registration and how to redeem your content pack are included with your purchase.Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(74 customer reviews) 69 of 70 people found the following review helpful
Worth the money,
December 16, 2009 FrankPatriot (Alabama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manga Studio Debut 4 (Win/Mac) (Software)
I'm just starting to use this software, but from what I've seen, it's worth the money. Conceivably, you could do an entire comic from start to finish, from pencils, to inks, to coloring, to lettering, with this program and never have to touch pen to paper. Plus, if you register it online, you get extra content for free. However, i wouldn't entertain the thought of buying or using this unless I had a pen tablet. not sure how you could use this with any efficiency without one. Debut doesn't have a vector option, as the more negative reviews state, but if you are like me and just love to draw comics for fun, then that's something you probably won't miss. I draw comics as a ministry, so i want to do a good job. I think this is definitely a useful tool. There may be a slight learning curve at first, but there's tutorials found online that can help you figure it out pretty quick. the menu interface is very very similar to Photoshop, which made it pretty easy for me. You probably won't be...Read more
185 of 206 people found the following review helpful
Consider Carefully: Do you want a toy or a powerful tool?,
September 27, 2009 Fujiarmu - See all my reviews
This review is from: Manga Studio Debut 4 (Win/Mac) (Software)
If you want a toy, then get this version, but if you'd like a really great tool for drawing manga, then get the EX version. The EX version may be much more expensive, but if you're a serious artist, then you might as well throw away your money if you're going to buy this version. To give you an example of how many features that this version is missing: it doesn't have vectoring, an eyedropper tool, or even a gradiation tool! Check the website's manual for a list of features it doesn't have.
Skip this version, buy the EX version.
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Useful, very useful,
February 15, 2010 southpawami "The Best Selling Book IS the Bible" (US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Manga Studio Debut 4 (Win/Mac) (Software)
Manga Studio Debut 4 is the closest thing to a perfect sketchbook replacement on the market. A 70 dollar bamboo pen tablet and a 50 dollar Manga Studio Debut 4 program, and you have enough(assuming you have a sufficient computer) to stop buying sketchbooks for as long as you want to.
Manga Studio Debut 4 is fast enough at pencil, pen, and paintbrush/airbrush(airbrush is hidden in the paintbrush options) tools. This makes it perfectly reasonable to replace a sketchbook. Add the storybook files of 32 pages, with the option of seeing your pages to your left while working on your picture to the right and you've got a tight sketchbook.
Does it do panels? yes. Custom panels? yes. Tones? yes. Custom Tones? yes. Layers? yes. Ruler layers, Grid Layer, Selection Layer? yes. Layer Opacity? yes. Layer color? yes. Advanced curve settings for pen/pencil tools? yes. Does the brush have materials that are fun to play with in B&W and color? yes. Speed lines...Read more
