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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)

Making and editing speech balloons

Since Clip Studio Paint is made primarily for creating comics, there are tools included for creating speech balloons easily in the program. With just a few clicks, we can make speech balloons and tails that can be edited like vector objects.

Follow these steps to create a speech balloon and a tail:

  1. Add some text to your canvas using the directions that we given previously.
  2. The Balloon tools are in the same category of tools as the Text tool. They are shown in the following screenshot:
  1. Select the desired balloon tool. For this set of instructions, we will be using the Ellipse balloon tool.
  2. With the text layer selected, click with the Ellipse balloon tool and drag it to make a balloon surrounding the text. Don't worry about making it perfect we will adjust the position in the next step.
  1. With the Operation - Object tool, click...