Creating our file

First of all we'll need to obviously create our file. We're going to use the standard newspaper style comic strip template that we created back in Chapter 1, Getting Familiar with the Story Features. Just in case you don't remember, or didn't save the dimensions, here they are again:

Under the Multiple pages option, be sure to select 4 for your Number of pages. We don't need to do a two-page spread so that box can be left unchecked. Since I'm an English speaker, I'll be putting the binding on the left and the Start page on the right. The Reference button allows you to navigate to a folder to store your file. Be sure to also enter a name in the Management folder textbox before clicking on OK. Manga Studio needs to know where you'd like the page files to be saved, after all!

Double-click on Page 1 to open the canvas.

Using materials to lay out frames

On the first strip we're going to manually lay out our frames, and then we're going to save the layout as a Material and apply...