Learn MangaLoft

New to MangaLoft? Start here.

Start here

Four short pages, in order. Make your first page, then learn how to export it with MangaLoft Plus.

• Create a documentAn empty document, ready to draw in.
• The page listPages added, in order, and one opened.
• Your first pageOne finished page: two panels, a drawing, a balloon with text.
• Export, and MangaLoft PlusA file out of the app. Needs MangaLoft Plus.

The tools, one by one

Come back to these when you need them.

• Documents and pagesDocument settings, spreads, the Scrapbook and the Trash.
• Brush and eraserBrushes, eraser, undo, zoom and pan, mirror canvas.
• Paths and shapesLines and shapes you can edit after drawing them.
• Balloons and tailsSpeech balloons, their tails, and reshaping them.
• TextLettering: vertical and horizontal text, ruby, style.
• TonesScreentones and effect tones.
• Frames and panelsSplitting a page into panels and drawing inside them.
• LayersThe layer panel and what each mark means.
• Workbench and Continue ElsewhereWork on one panel alone, or carry it to another device.
• Notes, grid and guidesNotes on a page, the grid, guides and the straight ruler.

Working together

Draw one manuscript with a collaborator, each on your own Mac or iPad.

• Working togetherHow sharing works, and what you need.
• Connect with a collaboratorOnce per person: card, approve, one more link.
• Share a manuscriptStart Collaboration and invite people.
• Draw on the same pageCheck out, check in, Update, Wrap Up.