Manga Studio 5 EX, the leading comic and Manga creation software worldwide, delivers powerful cutting edge features for manga and comic artists alike. Save time and increase your productivity with the customizable interface and tools. Invigorate your drawings using color and built-in special effects. Import 3D objects and render them as backgrounds for your artwork. Import and export to many common file formats and publish and export professional quality manga for print or web. Manga Studio 5 EX offers thousands of screen tones, professional drawing and coloring tools, and in depth layout and rendering capabilities, making it an essential tool for graphic illustrators and professional Comic and Manga artists.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX is the digital download version of Manga Studio 5 EX.
What's New in Manga Studio 5 EXCREATE YOUR WHOLE STORY
Multiple-Page Story Layout
Manga Studio 5 EX now enables artists to create multi-page stories and projects. Manga Studio 5 EX's Story layout option is ideal for manga and comic artists to streamline their creative process and easily access their story files in one convenient area. The Story option will allow you to specify the number of pages you want to work on, add and delete pages, change the order of pages, create a 2 page spread from a single file, organize your story through the story management window and finally save your story in a convenient project file.

REUSE YOUR ARTWORK - BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
Import Your Manga Studio 4 Files
Manga Studio 5 EX allows you to import all of your Manga Studio 4 EX and 4 Debut files including your .CPG page files and your .CST story (project) files.

MORE PRECISION AND CONTROL
Advanced Text Settings
Manga Studio 5 EX's text tools have been updated to include adjustments to letter and word spacing, mixing of fonts, anti-aliasing, italics and underline options, line spacing and many other requested features.

SPEED UP YOUR WORKFLOW
Amazing New Effects and Tools
Amazing updates to Manga Studio make it comparable to other popular graphic applications such as Photoshop and Painter. Manga Studio 5 EX provides several advancements over Manga Studio 4 to help you create a much more professional and polished look.

DRAW NATURALLY
Pencil and Ink Options
Manga Studio offers more versatility and flexibility than any other application when creating manga and comics. Create original sketches using your mouse or draw naturally with a Pen Tablet. Use scans of your existing paper artwork or import images or photos for use in your manga and comic creations.

FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE NEW USER INTERFACE
Set up a Personal Work Flow
Manga Studio 5 EX was written with artists' workflow at the very top of the priority list. All of the most used tools - pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, pattern brushes and selection tools are all right at your fingertips. Customize your own brush shapes, canvas textures, paint expressions and more and then save those as your personal settings.

POWERFUL COLORING TOOLS
Color your Artwork
Manga Studio is your all in one manga and comic creation solution. Save time and money by no longer having to use other applications to professionally color your artwork.

MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY
Vector Toolkit
Speed up production using the built-in vector tools. Ability to view the centerline of vectors makes spotting trouble areas in need of smoothing a breeze

SIMULATE REAL WORLD BRUSHES
Paint Brushes Created Just the Way You Like
New dedicated air brush allows you to have multiple air brush effects. Use the tone brush to create a wider array of visual effects. Easily create and share your own brush pattern as well.

MORE POWER AND CONTROL
3D Options
New support for 3D objects and figures allows for reference and background materials. Manipulate 3D objects directly on the screen or use preset poses. Drag and Drop other 3D objects on the canvas.

FASTER THAN EVER
64-Bit Architecture & Multi-Core CPU Support
Manga Studio 5 EX is now a 64 bit application! Improvements in speed and memory will be noticed by everyone who uses 64 bit machines.


System Requirements
Manga Studio 5 EX
Windows:
Windows®: XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 8.1
2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent
Does not work with 64 bit version of XP or Vista
Does not work with Windows RT

Macintosh:
Macintosh®: OS X 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 or 10.9
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo minimum
Common:
Compatible with 32 bit and 64 bit OS
2 GB RAM recommended
2 GB free hard disk space recommended
Graphic card with VRAM of 256MB or more and OpenGL 1.5 recommended
XGA (1024×768) or higher, WXGA (1280×768) or higher, 16-Bit color display or higher
Pen Tablet – Wacom FAVO, Bamboo, Intuos or Cintiq
Internet connection required for license authentication
DVD-ROM Drive