Manga Effect Plug-in v1.2 for Photoshop
The Manga Effect Plug-in 1.2, compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Paint Shop Pro, was developed by the Japanese company TNK Software. The plug-in is designed to increase the productivity of manga artists by reducing the amount of manual work that goes into creating every scene in a graphic novel or comic book.
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Installation
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The Manga Effect Plug-in is designed for installation within the Adobe Photoshop plug-ins folder. To locate the folder, follow this path: Program Files > Adobe Photoshop > Plug-ins. For best results, create a folder to hold the manga plug-in files, and place this folder inside the Photoshop Plug-ins folder.
Application
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Apply manga effects to a drawing by using the selection tool to isolate the area of the image you wish to alter. All manga effects options are located in the Filters drop-down menu.
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Radical Lines Option
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The Radial Lines option eliminates the laborious work of manually focusing every characters' eyes on a specific target. With this tool, users can easily and quickly manipulate sight lines by selecting each character's eyes and assigning them to the desired target.
Speed Lines Effect
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The Manga Effect Plug-in is built to dramatically emphasize and highlight movement during action scenes. The Speed Lines effect gives the impression that a character or object is moving quickly.
Flash Tool
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The Flash tool instantly creates a thought bubble to reflect a character's mental state or internal dialogue.
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References
Resources
- Photo Credit manga hero #2 image by Ralf Kraft from Fotolia.com