Re-lettering every language
Every translation needs its own lettering pass. You resize balloons, fix line breaks and check the page again. Change the artwork and you may have to do it all over.
KOMA / ONE STUDIO FOR THE WHOLE COMIC / IN DEVELOPMENT
MAKE COMICS.
not files.
Draw, ink, color and letter in one studio. Take the same book through translation, print and digital delivery without making it all over again.
Run!ENGLISH
逃げろ！JAPANESE
도망쳐!KOREAN
Same panel. Same art. Three editions in one book.
FORMAT STUDY / CONCEPT — NOT APP UI
THE CREATOR BRIEF / 2026SCROLL TO EXPLORE
DRAW/INK/COLOR/LETTER/TRANSLATE/REVIEW/PRINT/DELIVER
00EARLY DEVELOPMENT SCREENSHOT
THE STUDIO.
taking shape.
INSIDE KOMAFORGE / NOVEMBER 2026
Here's KomaForge in development: a page on the canvas, with the drawing tools, balloons, layers and export options around it.
BUILD CAPTURE / WORK IN PROGRESS2048 × 1323 PX
VIEW ORIGINAL 01THE PART NOBODY POSTS ABOUT
THE ART'S DONE.
the book isn't.
You finished the page. You shouldn't have to rebuild it just to ship it.
Rebuilding files for every platform
Every platform and buyer asks for different widths, slice heights, layers and file names. It's the same episode, but you're preparing it again for each destination.
Re-fitting pages for print
Moving from magazine pages to a volume or trade paperback means recalculating spine width, bleed, cover wraps and gutters. Usually by hand.
02LETTERING
WORDS CHANGE.
balloons keep up.
Keep typing. The balloon grows with the dialogue, the lines settle into shape, and the tail stays attached to the speaker. Change your Shout style once; every shout in the book updates.
Join balloons or split them apart. Layer strokes and fills on captions and sound effects. Curve or warp the lettering and keep it editable.
BALLOON STYLES /
DialogueWhisperShoutThoughtRadioRobotBurstDouble outline
LIVE LETTERING / BALLOON 03✳
BEFORE
Wait!
AFTER YOU KEEP TYPING
Wait! You left the door to the old lighthouse open
THE WORDS CHANGE.THE BALLOON FOLLOWS.
03LOCALIZATION
ONE BOOK.
every language.
One set of artwork; separate text, balloons, fonts and sound effects for each language. Fix the art once and every edition gets the change. Edit a line in English and KomaForge flags the translations that need another look.
Write vertical Japanese with ruby. Handle Korean and Chinese line breaks properly. Give every character their own voice in every language, and choose whether to keep, overlay or redraw each sound effect.
PAGE 12, BALLOON 3 3 EDITIONS
EnglishApproved
JapaneseLettered
KoreanNeeds update
The English line changed after this was lettered.
04PRODUCTION
EVERYTHING AFTER
the last ink stroke.
01 / 08PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Print without the math
Choose a trim size and binding. KomaForge calculates the spine width as your page count changes, sizes the cover wrap and sets black lettering to overprint. Run a preflight check before sending the files to press.
PRE-FLIGHT / TRADE 6×904 CHECKS
Bleed and safe areaPASS
Page count fits the bindingPASS
Cover resolutionPASS
Balloon crosses the gutter on page 12REVIEW
02 / 08PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Resize the whole book
Turn a magazine chapter into a pocket volume, trade paperback, scrolling webtoon or panel-by-panel phone edition. Panels reflow and balloons resize, but your manual adjustments stay where you put them.
PRINT
→
WEBTOON
→
PHONE
03 / 08PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Deliver to every platform at once
Choose a delivery preset for each platform or buyer: width, slice height, layer structure and file names. Export checked, correctly sliced episodes from your full-resolution master. If a strip is too tall for PSD, split it or use PSB.
04 / 08PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Works with the files you have
Open CLIP and PSD projects, and export PSDs with editable type, live layer styles and smart objects. When a collaborator sends a file back, compare their changes and accept or reject them. A watched folder lets teammates keep working in their usual apps.
05 / 08PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Your editor, in the same file
Pin comments to individual balloons, add redlines that won't print, compare versions side by side and track text edits in every edition. Each person works on their own layers, with sign-off required before anything goes to print.
06 / 08PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Your series bible, built in
Keep names, places and made-up terms in a glossary, with approved spellings for each language. Add character voice notes and honorific rules. Proofing checks the script against them so mistakes get caught before release.
07 / 08PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Proof it's yours
Keep a page-by-page record of edits and where they came from. You can show which parts are your own work and how the page changed.
08 / 08PRODUCTION SYSTEM
Built for big books
Designed for volumes of 1,000 pages and webtoon strips 300,000 pixels tall. Open one page at a time and save only the parts you've changed.
04AOPEN FILES. OPEN WORKFLOWS.
YOUR FILES.
both ways.
Already working in CLIP STUDIO PAINT or Photoshop? Bring your .clip and .psd files into KomaForge, then export back to those formats when you need to hand work off. You keep the files and the workflow you know.
IMPORT EXPORT
FILE TRANSFER / BOTH DIRECTIONS04A — 01
CLIP STUDIO PAINT.clip
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP.psd
IMPORTEXPORT
KomaForge
BRING WHAT YOU'VE MADE.KEEP WHAT YOU MAKE.
05AUTOMATION AND COMMAND LINE
YOUR WHOLE BOOK,
on command.
Everything you do in the interface can run from the command line too. Script your exports, run batches overnight, or add it to your studio pipeline—even offline. Keep drawing while the repetitive stuff gets done.
# Bring in an existing project
$ comic import chapter-07.cmc --book ./my-series# See exactly what a batch of fixes will change, without changing anything
$ comic run ./my-series --commands fixes.jsonl --dry-run# Render any page, any size
$ comic render ./my-series --page 12 --scale 0.25 --out p12.png# Export the Japanese edition, print-ready
$ comic export ./my-series --edition ja --profile trade-6x9 --format pdfx4# Check every file before it goes out the door
$ comic validate ./deliveryNothing locked in the interface
The app and your scripts use the same commands. If you can do something by clicking, you can put it in a script too.
See it before you run it
Run a batch in preview mode first. See which pages and files will change, along with a render, before saving anything.
A thousand edits, one undo
A batch either finishes completely or makes no changes. Undo the whole job in one step; running it again won't duplicate the edits.
Same input, same output
Use the same inputs and get the same files back, even months later. If a job fails, the error tells you what happened and where to look.
Whole books, overnight
Queue exports for every language and platform, then validate the delivery files in the same job. Check progress or cancel it when you need to.
Save the steps you repeat
KomaForge can spot the steps you keep taking on every page and suggest a recipe. Run it again from the app or the command line.
06HOW IT COMPARES
THREE APPS.
one studio.
Most comic workflows send you between apps to draw, letter, resize and deliver. KomaForge keeps the book together, from rough pencils to finished files.
YesPartialNo
Based on Clip Studio Paint 5.1, Photoshop 2026 and Illustrator 2026 as of November 2026. All product names are trademarks of their owners.
07DRAWING
MADE FOR
THE WAY
you draw.
Draw with pressure- and tilt-sensitive pens and brushes. Erase vector lines cleanly back to the nearest intersection. Use perspective, speed-line and focus-line rulers, cut panel borders in one stroke, control screentone dots, and pose 3D figures for reference.
MADE FOR
MangaWebtoonUS comicsPrint volumesSolo creatorsFull studios
AT YOUR DESK. ON YOUR TABLET.YOUR STUDIO.
YOUR STUDIO.
work anywhere.
Coming to Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad, and Android.
Windows
Mac
Linux
iPad
Android
08JOIN THE CREATOR PILOT
BUILD THE NEXT
CHAPTER
with us.
We're building KomaForge with working comic creators and studios. Bring a chapter to the pilot. Show us what gets in your way. Help us make it better.