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Using the Affinity Graphics Suite

by Ryan JL on 2020/02/16 at 14:26
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For quite a while now, I’ve been using the Affinity graphics suite in place of Adobe’s offerings. They don’t replace every function I use regularly, especially at my job, but they’ve proven to be good enough for my personal work. As these applications have been updated, and with the recent release of Affinity Publisher, they do seem to be quickly becoming complete replacements for some of Adobe’s offerings.

Below are some of my thoughts, from the perspective of someone who currently works in printing.

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Huion H610 Pro Review

by Ryan JL on 2016/12/29 at 19:35
Posted In: Art, Reviews

Lately, I’ve been encountering some issues with Wacom’s drivers under MacOS Sierra & Windows 10, so I decided it was time to seek out possible alternatives. What I ended up with is the Huion H610 Pro.

Jellyfish Drawn Using the H610
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Upgrading to Manga Studio 5

by Ryan JL on 2013/02/23 at 17:57
Posted In: Reviews

I’ve been using Manga Studio EX4 for my comic pages.  Pages and layouts are more manageable in Manga Studio than they tend to be in Paint Tool Sai or Photoshop; however, the coloring tools could be a lot better.  Most users I’ve spoken to tend to use Manga Studio to create their line art, and then export the page for coloring in another program.

Manga Studio 5 was released recently (at the end of last year), and it attempts to fix issues with coloring by adding in more standard coloring tools, as well as more detailed brush settings.  Most of the features from EX4 are still here, though moved about in the switch to a new UI.  The only two major features that appear to be missing are story files, and the ability to draw pages at greater than 600 DPI.

It’s easy to get confused, even if you’ve used previous versions of Manga Studio, since panel rulers are now hidden under the Figure drawing tool, and perspective rulers have been moved under the Layers menu.

The new UI for Manga Studio 5.

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