Reference layers are an incredible concept, that I’ve never experience before in any other program.

Reference layers – extremely helpful tool when coloring.

Great for cleaning up linework, inking with “white,” and “erasing” away paint strokes that you laid on too heavy.

Manga Studio 5 easily lets you switch to transparency as a color on the fly, making any brush instantly into an eraser.

Paint with Transparency – my favorite feature.

Manga Studio 5 is currently only $35 on : Purchase it Here.

But even at that price, it still ends up being $120/year.

I’m currently using the Adobe Creative Cloud, Photographer’s bundle, which is only $10 a month (hard to complain about that).

It’s hard to compile a benefits list without mentioning the fact that it’s butt-loads cheaper than Adobe Photoshop.

What’s Totally Freaking Awesome About M anga Studio 5 Features that you won’t find in Adobe Photoshop

Here’s a sample of some of the artwork I created in Manga Studio 5:

It blends the intuitive painting and blending engines of Corel Painter with Adobe Photoshop’s intuitive interface and power. I find it far more enjoyable to use than Photoshop at painting, drawing, and especially inking. Manga Studio 5 sets out to out-shine Adobe Photoshop as a digital painting and drawing software, and in my opinion, it does that beautifully. I usually use Adobe Photoshop for any work involving text, and for certain filters. That being said, I use Manga Studio for 90% of all the artwork I create. Can it replace it? Maybe someday – but for now I think Adobe Photoshop is irreplaceable. There are a TON of things that Manga Studio does better than Adobe Photoshop. Watch the Full Video Review: In Sum mary: Manga Studio 5 Compared to Adobe Photoshop: If you’re considering purchasing new art software, you’ll definitely want to check this out. There are so many cool new tools and features in MS5, that it was really hard to fit them all in. I set out to make a quick YouTube review of it, and “quick” quickly turned into over 15 minutes of me rambling. I’ve been using Manga Studio 5 for over a year now, and I love it.

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