[David C. Matthews]

A new drawing of Tetsuko, drawn to christen a new application on my system, Manga Studio 3 EX.

Details at my update blog.

[Debido-San]

Hmmm…Hey! I heard about that program while I was watching something on digital cable on demand! I was wondering what use it'd be to us average joes…

Awesome pic though! But you're right, it kinda doesn't suit what you do at the moment…

[JimmyDimples]

I will concur, it does make me feel like I'm reading paperback manga I can fit in my shirt pocket, with speech balloons that are taller than they are wide.

Helps with the "authentic manga" look, IMNSHO opinion.  I likes. 

[flashHEART.EXE]

Great pic, etc etc but the question I am left with is how is it any different from photoshop or other digitial imaging programs?  Does it have filters for giving characters big saucer eyes and removing noses?  Or does it just have a large library of half-tones?

[P4WN’d]

Now that is what I would call, anime! I wen't to the site to see if there were any free downloads, but I don't see one for the moment. I just want it on my computer, instead of Photoshop CS2. Those things cost [glow=green,2,300]$700![/glow] I'm not kidding! Until then, I'll use my Photoshop 5.5

[David C. Matthews]

Now that is what I would call, anime! I wen't to the site to see if there were any free downloads, but I don't see one for the moment. I just want it on my computer, instead of Photoshop CS2. Those things cost [glow=green,2,300]$700![/glow] I'm not kidding! Until then, I'll use my Photoshop 5.5

Here's a link to the downloadable demo version (for Windows only, even though the actual software is available for both Mac and Windows). Click on "Continue>>>" at the bottom of the page.

I have no idea what features you get in it, whether it's the $50 "Debut" edition or the $300 "EX" (pro) version, if/how it's crippled, anything like that. (I hate it when software companies won't give you that info about a demo.)

I'll keep using my copy and share my experiences with the software as I get the chance to.

[David C. Matthews]

Great pic, etc etc but the question I am left with is how is it any different from photoshop or other digitial imaging programs?

It seems to deal more with vector art, though not in the same way as Illustraor does. (I can draw and sketch in it the same way I do in Photoshop or Painter.) And as I noted on either my blog or the comments at the gallery, MS seemed to be geared heavily toward print production, not Web graphics.

Does it have filters for giving characters big saucer eyes and removing noses?

Or does it just have a large library of half-tones?

It does have a large variety of tones, but there's a lot more to it than that.

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