March 2012
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February 2012
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The other day I asked for technical questions regarding Photoshop or Manga Studio that I could answer. Here are a few! REMINDER: I’m no expert, there’s almost always more than one way to do things in these programs, I’m not claiming my way is the best, don’t complain, etc.
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“what are masks for/are they useful in drawing and painting in photoshop?”
Masks are very useful! A mask is basically a grayscale alpha channel which determines the transparency of the layer it is attached to. For example, take this handsome drawing of popular cartoon character Beartato:
I was asked on Twitter about making panels in Manga Studio. Here is the method I use. Hopefully it will be helpful to someone!
1. Click the “Rulers” tab in the Layers palette and click “Panel Ruler Layer.”
2. This will create a Panel Ruler Layer. You can then slice this up into your…