Prepare manga artwork for light animation

Clean manuscripts, separate panels, extend compositions, prepare production lines, and color from a reference—all in one connected workflow.

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Manga manuscript prepared for panel detection
Finished color animation frame created from the extracted artwork

From manga pages to animation-ready artwork

  1. Clean the manuscript

    • Detect and remove speech bubbles automatically.
    • Rebuild the artwork hidden behind each bubble.
    • Process many pages in one batch.
    Manga page before automatic speech-bubble removal
    Before
    Manga page after automatic speech-bubble removal
    After

  2. Separate every panel

    • Detect and crop every panel individually.
    • Set each canvas’s aspect ratio and background.
    • Export each panel as an editable PSD.

    Input · Panel detection

    Manga page with five automatically detected panelspanel_01panel_02panel_03panel_04panel_05

    Output · Individual panels (PSD)

    Extracted portrait panel of the dark-haired character
    panel_01.psd
    Extracted landscape panel of the light-haired character
    panel_02.psd
    Extracted portrait panel of the dark-haired character reaching forward
    panel_04.psd
    Extracted portrait panel of the light-haired character in close-up
    panel_05.psd
    Extracted wide panel of both characters facing each other
    panel_03.psd

  3. Complete the composition

    • Fill blank margins to extend the shot.
    • Guide pose and framing with a rough sketch.
    • Expand the canvas as far as needed.
    Extracted manga panel before outpainting
    1 · Source panel
    Manga panel placed on an expanded blank canvas
    2 · Expand canvas
    Loose full-body sketch guiding the expanded composition
    3 · Rough sketch
    Character extended into a complete full-body line drawing
    4 · Finished line art

  4. Outpaint in color

    • Start with a color frame and blank margins.
    • Guide placement and pose with a rough sketch.
    • Fill every margin to complete the full-color shot.
    Color animation frame before outpainting
    1 · Source frame
    Color frame placed on a larger canvas with blank margins
    2 · Expand canvas
    Rough character sketch guiding the color outpaint
    3 · Rough sketch
    Completed full-color character shot after outpainting
    4 · Finished color

  5. Prepare production lines

    • Convert finished art to aliased production lines.
    • Preserve clean edges for digital coloring.
    • Integrate results into existing anime production pipelines.
    Full-body character drawing converted to clean aliased production lines
    Aliased production lines

  6. Color from a reference

    • Generate full color from line art.
    • Guide style and mood with a single reference.
    • Train custom character models and refine colors with rough sketches.
    Character line art prepared for automatic colorization
    Line art
    Full-body character color reference
    Reference
    Character colorized to match the supplied reference
    Color result

Build the workflow your studio needs

Use the full sequence or only the steps your team needs. We adapt WonderCanvas to your pipeline and help move your artwork into production.

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