studio paint developer s celsys initial release 2001 ; 15 years ago 2001 stable release 1.5.4 operating system mac os x microsoft windows type graphics editor license proprietary website manga.smithmicro.com mangastudio5 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message clip studio paint also marketed as manga studio in north america and comicstudio in japan is a family of software applications for mac os x and microsoft windows used for the digital creation of comics and manga developed by celsys a japanese graphics software company . the current version is sold as clip studio paint pro retail priced at us 79.99 and clip studio paint ex which adds support for multi page documents and other features us 299.99 . 1 earlier versions were packaged as debut and ex varieties . contents 1 features 2 history 3 notable users 4 references 5 external links features edit although it has features in common with general purpose graphics software such as adobe photoshop clip studio paint s tool set is focused and optimized for use in creating comics and manga . it has tools for creating panel layouts perspective rulers sketching inking applying tones and textures coloring and creating word balloons and captions . it supports creation of bitmap and vector art and importing 3d models . it supports input by a mouse or a graphics tablet . history edit the program was released in japan as comicstudio in 2001 . 2 it was sold as manga studio in the western market by e frontier america until 2007 ; since then it has been distributed by smith micro software . 3 4 early versions were designed for creating black and white art with only spot color a typical format for japanese manga but version 4 released in 2007 2 introduced support for creating full color art . in 2013 the program was overhauled . sold in different markets at clip studio paint or manga studio 5 the new application featured new coloring tools different text handling and a new file system which replaced the multiple files used to store each page with a single monolithic file containing all of the data for each page . the initial release was unable to import multi page documents created by manga studio 4 which was still offered for sale but with the introduction of the ex version this upgrade path was enabled and version 4 was discontinued . in 2016 the name manga studio was deprecated with the program sold in all markets as clip studio paint . the version released under this unified branding designated 1.5.4 introduced a modified file format which is incompatible with earlier releases . notable users edit notable users of clip studio paint include comics artist fiona staples who uses the program to create her work for the series saga 5 for which she has won a number of awards . 6 7 8 dave gibbons the artist who co created watchmen uses it for current digital work and has done promotional demonstrations of the software . 9 mike krahulik uses it for the popular web comic penny arcade and related works . 10 references edit http manga.smithmicro.com mangastudio5 a b celsys company history . smith micro software press release . learn about the history of manga studio . smith micro graphics . retrieved 2012 08 19 . staples fiona w staples fiona a . fiona s process saga 8 24 25 december 2012 image comics hennon blake 20 july 2013 . comic con building stories saga top eisners winners list . los angeles times . retrieved 20 july 2013 . 2013 hugo awards . hugo awards . 2013 04 30 . seifert mark . saga wins big at 2013 harvey awards plus complete list of winners . dave gibbons to host manga studio webinar . 16 march 2010 . krahulik mike . surface 3 update . external links edit official website japanese celsy s official website english smith micro software s official page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clip studio paint & oldid 735643254 categories os x graphics softwarewindows graphics related software2001 softwaregraphic designraster graphics editorsproprietary cross platform softwaregraphics softwarehidden categories articles lacking reliable references from november 2009all articles lacking reliable referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaarticles with japanese language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 22 august 2016 at 03 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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