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Manga Studio Ruler Tutorials Are Now Public

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Due to the amount of visitors and the accompanying traffic the tutorials on the rulers in Manga Studio were restricted to my newsletter readers. As we are on a normal level again I just decided to make the videos and articles public.

In other words: from now on they are no longer password protected (other than you may read in your RSS-feed).

Enjoy!

Manga Studio Ruler Tutorial – Part 13

In todays 2 minute tutorial I explain the radial curve ruler in Manga Studio EX. You will see that this results can’t be achieved with any other tool.

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Practice Example Of The Parallel Line Ruler In Manga Studio

In this short video I want to give you an example how I use the parallel line ruler in Manga Studio in practice. In this example I use it during the inking process of one of the characters of my graphic novel.

I explain every ruler and much more in my tutorials here on this blog.

Have fun with your drawings.

Manga Studio Ruler Tutorial – Part 12

It’s time to use the radial line ruler in Manga Studio EX. It’s a very helpful tool and explained in 2 minutes.

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How To Avoid Problems When Working With Layer Folders In Manga Studio Or Any Other Software

If you are not yet familiar with the use of layer folders in Manga Studio you can watch the instruction about how to organize them by clicking here.

In this short video I want to give you a little tip how you can avoid problems by using them. If you have many layer folders you are likely to overlook this sooner or later.

It’s very obvious but this is exactly the reason why we overlook this kind of things too often.

Have fun with your drawing!

Manga Studio Ruler Tutorial – Part 11

In todays 9 minute video I show you all the functions you have in Manga Studio EX to change the settings of your perspective ruler. I hope you have fun!

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Using Thumbnails For Your Comic Creation

In the case that you just started out creating your first comic or even your first graphic novel, it is worth thinking about the use of thumbnails. You can see the thumbnails as very rough sketches that come even before the first actual first sketch as I explain in this video:

I consider the use of thumbnails in the creation process of my graphic novel Wallstreet Hijack (not yet started at the time of  writing this) as a very important thing to do.

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Manga Studio Ruler Tutorial – Part 10

The perspective ruler in Manga Studio is a brilliant tool. This is a really time saver if you want to create objects in different perspectives. If you wasn’t impressed by the rulers until now you will be in 7 minutes.

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