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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Second Edition

By : Liz Staley
Book Image

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)

Erasers, Selections, and the Subview Palette

Whether you draw with pencils and ink digitally or draw digitally from start to finish, there is a certain amount of refinement needed in most art processes. We will use a variety of tools in this chapter to refine our images, from erasers to get rid of mistakes to selection tools that allow us to scale and rotate sections of our image. We will also learn about a great feature of Clip Studio Paint that allows us to store and use reference images easily.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Erasers and using transparent color as an eraser
  • Lassos and other selection tools
  • Loading Reference images to the Subview Palette
  • Using Layer Color to prepare a sketch for inks

Let's get started with refining our pencil work!