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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Second Edition

By : Liz Staley
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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Second Edition

By: Liz Staley

Overview of this book

Clip Studio Paint, the successor to Manga Studio, is used by over four million illustrators and comic creators around the world. This book will guide you through every step of learning this software, from system requirements and installation, all the way through to exporting your work for print or the web. Learn how to create new documents, customize tools to fit your working style, use ruler tools to create anything from straight lines to intricate backgrounds, add 3D elements, create comic panels using the specialized panel tools, utilize screentones and materials, add text and word balloons to your comics, create sound effects, easily flat and color your comics using reference layers, and bring your drawings to life using the animation features. By the end of this book, you will be able to navigate the Clip Studio Interface and program preferences, customize the various tools, and be able to create your own black-and-white and color illustrations and comics from start to finish.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)

Creating frames

In order to create frame border panels, you will need an open page. I recommend using one of the templates under the comic category to test out the panel creation tools, but use any size canvas that you feel comfortable with! I recommend the comic templates because they already have the Inner border size set, so it's easy to see where you should keep the panels to avoid them getting cut off.

Before we get into actually creating some panels, let's take a look at the sub tools used to make them and some of the options for those sub tools. The Frame Border sub tools can be found under the Figure category of tools in the Toolbar. These sub tools are shown in the following screenshot:

In this section, we are going to concentrate on the Rectangle frame, Polyline frame, and Frame border pen tools. We will discuss the other two sub tools in the Dividing and...