Manga Studio, Photoshop and Premiere Pro
This is the section where I will be addressing which programs I will be using throughout the project to advance my work. Firstly, I will be using Manga Studio to create my manga comic. For all my other artwork I will be using traditional techniques and Photoshop. To finish my whole project, I will be creating a show reel of my work, created in Premiere Pro.
Manga Studio
For creating my Manga comic
http://manga.smithmicro.com/
To create my Manga, I decided to use Manga Studio software, as it is incredibly useful and ideal for creating comics. The software specializes in creating comics, starting off with creating panels where you can adjust them to your own requirements. The program features layers like Photoshop, to allow for sketching your characters and scenes roughly before finishing with a fine line. The backgrounds also give you an opportunity to have ready drawn environments as backgrounds, or solid colours. The variety of brushes also allows the artist to create a comic look to their work, or a realistic look with brushes ranging from dots to fine pens. Another advantage of using this software to create a comic, is that you can create pages, and have each page open while you work. This can then be turned into one file, (a book) and distributed or printed. This means it is easily possible to create a book, rather than have lots of pages separately. The extras in this software also come together to help you gain a finished page. Speech bubbles, sound effects and speed lines all help to create a finished, polished page, ready for printing. Overall, this software is perfect for creating my manga, and using a variety of techniques I can finish a book to have printed.
Photoshop
For creating Digital Images
For creating my digital paintings, I decided to use Photoshop due to its extensive features and brushes. I have always used Photoshop to create my digital paintings, as it is very customizable to your needs. With an enormous amount of brushes online, you can find any brush to suit your painting, from watercolour brushes to text brushes. They are then easily imported into the software to use. Another advantage of this software when painting is the ability to create a palette of swatches of the colours you are using in your painting. This way, your colours are easily accessible. Like Manga Studio, Photoshop also allows the user to crate layers in their images. This is useful in creating depth in paintings, as well as creating unique effects. Finally, Photoshop features a range of effects to add lighting and textures into an image. This is useful for creating mood and textured effects on a painting. Photoshops features are extensive and all are used to aid the user in creating a successful image. I will be using many of the features in this software to my advantage, to create beautiful digital paintings of my own.
Premiere Pro
For creating my Show Reel
I chose to use Premiere Pro video editing software to create my show reel, as I feel it is one of the best editing software on the market. It easily allows the importation of video files, and with infinite amounts of layers available on the timeline (right) , the user can easily create smooth following video, with overlaying text or images. Because of the many layers, you can also easily transition music throughout the video, and even have voice playing over music. It is also easy to add effects onto your video file, creating contrast or tinting it a colour. The transitions are also easily added onto the timeline, having smooth flowing transitions into the next video clip. Overall, Premiere Pro is a professional and easy to use software that will provide me with the tools to create a beautiful show reel containing all my work and information.
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