Guides
Step-by-step, practical guides.
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How to Start a Scanlation Group That Actually Ships
Team size, essential roles, the path to chapter one, and why groups stall.
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The Scanlation Workflow Explained: All 8 Steps
Eight steps, two parallel tracks, one merge point, and the step that stalls most.
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Roles and Permissions in a Scanlation Team
Roles versus people, three permission rules, and making workload visible.
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Tracking Chapter Deadlines in a Scanlation Group
Deadlines per step, not per chapter; measuring wait time; reminders that do not burn people out.
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How to Clean Manga Raws: A Step-by-Step Guide
Bubbles, text over art, screentone, gradients, layers, saving and handoff.
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How to Typeset Manga and Webtoons: A Practical Guide
Fonts, bubble shapes, sizing, strokes, SFX, webtoon vs page, QC handoff.
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Webtoon Stitching and Splitting: Heights, Formats, Naming
Stitch raw slices, split on blank rows, pick heights, formats and names.
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Manga Fonts and Accented Letters: Check Before You Typeset
Missing glyphs, fallback fonts, testing coverage and a shared team font set.
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Scanlation Recruitment and Tryouts That Find Good Members
Recruitment post, role tryouts, a grading rubric and a week-one onboarding plan.