Qumarion is a mannequin developed in Japan that you can use to pose 3D models. Don’t know what a Qumarion is you say? Don’t worry, I didn’t either until Fahim Niaz, senior product manager for Smith Micro Software, showed me one. If 3D is not your strong point, you can attach a Qumarion to your computer and pose Manga Studio 5’s 3D models with it.

Add some lettering and you’ve got yourself a comic book. Then you’ll have the option assemble entire comics from pre-defined characters that you drag and drop onto painted backgrounds, posing and rotating them into position. Perhaps in the future, more characters will become available. Manga Studio Pro also contains a couple of textured Manga-style characters–a boy and a girl–that you can use in your story. I also liked Manga Studio 5’s redesigned user interface, which seems like it should be more intuitive for new users to take up.įully rigged 3D human forms you can pose. Naturally, lettering capabilities are included in the program. The app includes advanced painting tools with customizable brushes steady stroke stabilization vector tools with a variety of spline types to choose from and Photoshop style layers with things like masking and opacity. What first impressed me was that the software contained a complete creative environment for developing comic books. Recently, Smith Micro representatives gave me a demo of Manga Studio 5.

Once again, don’t get thrown by the name used, the app is flexible and won’t hold you to the style of Anime. It’s a good choice for anyone who wishes to do 2D character animation. Smith Micro also publishes a remarkably versatile 2D animation software application called Anime Studio Pro, a program I think has a lot of creative potential, thanks to its spline based animation capabilities and skeletal bones system.

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