Sales also for Smith Micro Software, developer of Poser, which puts its Manga Studio EX 4 in rebate until July 10th. The price in offer is $ 79.99, with a discount greater than 70% on the full price, which is $ 299.99.
What is Manga Studio EX 4?
Manga Studio EX 4 offers powerful tools for drawing and is the professional solution for creating manga and comics.
The main features are:
- the ability to customize the palette so you can adapt the interface to your workflow and increase productivity;
- the ability to draw naturally with a pen tablet;
- the possibility to enhance the drawings using color and the included special effects;
- the ability to import 3D objects to render them as backgrounds of your drawing;
- export to a wide variety of formats such as bmp, jpeg, png, psd, tga, eps (monochrome only), tiff, pdf and pict (Mac only);
- the possibility to work with precision using unlimited levels;
- the ability to select from a series of advanced filters to quickly apply distortions and special effects on your drawing.
System Requirements
Windows:
- Windows 7, XP Home Edition (Service Pack 2), Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2) , Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate;
- [XP] Intel Pentium Processor or AMD Processor 500MHz or higher (1.0GHz and more is preferred);
- [Vista] Intel Pentium Processor or AMD Processor 800MHz or higher (2.0GHz and more is preferred);
- [XP] 256MB RAM minimum (512 MB or more recommended);
- [Vista] 512MB RAM minimum (1.0 GB RAM or more recommended);
- 1.1 GB or more disk space (1.7 GB or more recommended);
- XGA (1,024 x 768), SXGA (1,280 x 1,024) 16-bit color display;
- Pen Tablet (recommended): Wacom Bamboo, Graphire, Intuos, Cintiq, PL series etc.;
- Printer (optional): 600 dpi or 1,200 dpi laser printer recommended;
- Scanner (optional): TWAIN 32 compatible;
- CD-ROM Drive.
Mac:
- OS X 10.4.11 or higher, or OS X 10.5.3 or higher;
- Intel Processors and PowerPC G5, G4 processor 867 MHz or faster;
- 1 GB RAM;
- 1.1 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);
- CD-ROM Drive.
Info
You can find the offer details at this link.
Eric says
Do you think this is necessary to create manga, though? Couldn’t you use photoshop or some other 3d modeling software? Either way, it’s cool 😛
3DDSA Admin says
Thanks for your comment Eric.
I think that Manga Studio is a good application with many features that replicate real world comic tools, like, to mention someone, pencils, screen tones and special effects.
Of course, if you have software like Photoshop, DAZ Studio or Poser, you may not need this program.