Customer Reviews

Manga Studio 3.0 Debut for Windows [OLD VERSION]

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I purchased the mangadebut because i wanted to dabble in tones and inking (which I usually never do, usually I just scan in the sketch and then darken it with a photo editing.) I came to find out that using lines and erasing the sketch makes for a much more clean finished product. Of course, you could acomplish this with MS Paint if you really wanted to.
One of the main (and only, in my opinion) advantages to this program is the amazingly vast variations of tones available to make your art more interesting. that alone makes it worth the 50 dollars you put into it.

One downside is that this program, because of it's many tones, uses and requires quite a bit of space. When I uploaded it on my laptop,it slowed down significantly. So much so that now I load it when I want to finish a nice drawing and the delete it from the computer again! XD

overall it deserves about 3-4 stars. ^.^

wow, this really made a difference in my ability to create professional-looking comics. i have a graphics tablet and the drawing feel is really good. i think my favorite feature is the tool for making Panels. Plus the tool for doing special effects lines, which is pretty sweet.

i just draw comics for fun, and for this price it is totally worth it. Manga Studio is perfect for publishing a webcomic or adding effects to existing drawings.

I would definitely recommend this software if you like to draw comics or manga.

I really like this product. If you draw any sort of comics it's great. You can jump right in and draw, create panels, and worry about all teh advanced stuff later. My 10 year old pastes drawings that he scans into it,creates panels and then touches up and adds to those drawings with the tools included. A great deal of creative fun, for less than the price of a PS3 or X-Box game.

I purchased this item for my classroom. It comes with no printed instruction manual. Besides this incredible inconvenience is the fact that once the program is open, it can not be closed without turning off the computer. I have loaded it on my new classroom computer and had this problem so removed it an loaded it on a new tablet laptop with the same problem.

What I have seen so far, rather than making this version accessible and usable, is about how they really think you should buy their more Delux version. There is nothing I have experienced with Debut that would encourage me to purchase their more advanced copy. Also, so far I have experienced nothing with this program that makes it significantly better for drawing than photoshop.

Manga Studio has a color image on the cover and for advertising. I was surprised that it was only for drawing in black and white.

However, my kids liked this software and they use it.

i ordered the manga studio 3.0
this is some thing that you would almost have to have formal training to use, or have a lot of spare time.
other wise it was fun
the seller was awesome, every thing was as promoted.
for standard shippment, product arrvied fast.
would most certinly buy from this seller again
thanks again

Well, I bought this product back when I had a Windows XP and it worked great! It had nice brush and pen tools, tones (which I must say I've never used before) and when my Windows XP died unexpectedly, I was surprised to find out that it even work on my old Windows 2000!
However, I have recently gotten a Windows Vista for Christmas, and I was very saddened to find out that it wasn't compatible with that system. However, for any person here who is wanting to buy Manga Studio, you will have to upgrade to Manga Studio 4, which works on Windows XP and Vista.
Other than it not working on my latest computer, it is a great product!

The best drawing program I've seen. Drawing on the computer is an art in itself, and this program has fewer hurdles to overcome. Happy drawing

This is my first try and computer aided graphics. The program is easy to use. I was able to create some awesome images the first day. I am a little disappointed that NO speech balloons are included with this version. What is a manga or comic book graphic art program without speech balloons? DAH! e frontier could have included a few speech balloons with the Debut version.

This is a simple drawing program, much like Paint. Don't be mislead by the colored picture on the cover, it only does black and white. And it has no help in drawing Manga figures. And it is a stripped-down program, at that. The documentation is for the full program, so you can't do much of what you read in the manual and help files. Save your money, this program isn't worth buying.