Editing Inker (section)

=== Digital inking ===
One can [[Traditional animation#Digital ink and paint|ink digitally]] using computers, a practice that has started to become more common as inkers learn to use powerful drawing and editing tools such as [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe]] [[Adobe Illustrator|Illustrator]] and [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]], [[Inkscape]], [[Corel Painter]], and [[Clip Studio Paint|Manga Studio]]. A [[graphics tablet]] is the most common tool used to accurately ink digitally, and use of [[vector graphics|vector-based]] programs precludes [[Dots per inch#DPI or PPI in digital image files|pixelization]] due to changes in resolution. However the process is more time-consuming.

{{As of | 2015}} some companies put scanned pencils on an [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP site]]. The inker downloads them, prints them in blue, inks the pages, scans them in and loads the finished pages back on the FTP site for the company to download. While this procedure saves a company time and shipping costs, it requires artists to spend money on computer equipment.