Set up your master reference folder in Manga Studio
on June 16, 2011 at 11:00 amIn The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics, Freddie Williams wrote about keeping all your reference material organized in a master reference folder. His working method is to have all the files organized in one place and then paste the needed images into their own layer group in his master page template in Photoshop.
Here’s how I set up my master reference folder in Manga Studio and I think it one-ups Photoshop
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In Manga Studio go to the Window menu and display Materials (F6). In the materials palette click on the Show Context Menu button 
and select “Browse External Folder…” from near the bottom of the list. In the Material Folder Settings window click Add and then browse to the location of your master reference folder. Click OK to finish.
Now you see your master reference folder listed under the “External Browse” area of the palette. You can now browse through all of its sub-folders and preview images without leaving Manga Studio. When you find an image you want to use, just drag it to the page.