SmithMicro Manga Studio EX 4.0

Model

Brand

SmithMicro

Model

MSEC40BX2

Spec

Name

Manga Studio EX 4.0

Type

Type

Graphics & Publishing

Spec

Operating Systems Supported

Windows & Mac OS

System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

Macintosh
Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher, OS X 10.5.3 or higher;
Intel Processors and PowerPC G5, G4 processor 867MHz or faster;
1 GB RAM;
2.6 GB hard disk space;
WXGA (1280 x 800), SXGA (1280 x 1024) 24-bit color display;
Pen Tablet (recommended) Wacom FAVO, Bamboo, Intuos, Cintiq, PL series etc.;
TWAIN 32 flatbed scanner (optional);
DVD-ROM Drive.

Windows
Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or higher), Windows XP Home Edition, Professional, Tablet PC Edition, Vista
500 MHz Intel Pentium or equivalent processor minimum (1 GHz or above recommended)
256 MB RAM minimum (512 MB or above recommended)
1.1 GB minimum free hard disk space (1.7 GB or above recommended). Installation of application requires 80 MB. Installation of data requires 500 MB. Working space requires 500MB or above
16 bit color (65,536 colors) display or above 1024x768 resolution
Pen Tablet (optional): WACOM Graphire/Intuos/Intuos2/Cintiq/PL series recommended
Printer (optional): 600 or 1200 dpi laser printer recommended
Scanner (optional): TWAIN 32 compatibl

Packaging

Retail

Features

Features

Professional Color Set.
Choose from literally millions of colors and create your own color sets. Includes dodge, burn and color blend tools.

Vector Toolkit.
Speed up production using the built-in vector tools such as "Show Center Line" which makes spotting trouble vector areas in need of smoothing, a breeze.

Professional Filter Set.
Manga Studio EX now offers a suite of advanced creative filters. Quickly distort images, adjust hue and saturation, or add rain and sparkle effects to your artwork.

Story Editor.
Enter and edit the text for your entire story and distribute across pages using the Story Editor in Manga Studio EX.

Advanced Text Input.
Manga Studio EX 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.

Mesh Transformation.
Use the new Mesh Transform tool to modify screen tones to better showcase clothing textures by giving them a wrapping appearance.

Special Rulers.
Choose from a variety of rulers, including symmetry rulers, radial line rulers and concentric circle rulers that speed up production.

Additional 3D Objects.
Manga Studio EX comes with over 550 built-in 3D Objects. Quickly, position, rotate and adjust them on your page. Convert them to line and tone data and use them as backgrounds and props for your drawings.

More export formats.
In addition to the existing bmp, jpeg, png, psd and tga formats, Manga Studio 4.0 now offers the ability to export your artwork as tiff, eps (monochrome only), pdf and PICT* format. *Mac only

Additional Word Balloons.
Add word balloons with ease by dragging and dropping any of over one hundred preset, editable word balloons. Freely adjust the font, size, style and spacing of the text and add a curved or straight tail.

Extra Pattern Brushes.
Choose from 80+ customizable pattern brushes.