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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By : Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley
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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By: Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley

Overview of this book

Clip Studio Paint is a versatile digital painting program for creating manga and illustrations, helping artists expand their digital portfolio. This software is packed with tools that make panel laying, speech adding, toning, and editing much easier. This easy-to-follow guide is clearly divided into chapters covering drawing tools, interface customization, and using various visual effects so you can focus on specific techniques in detail one at a time. Learn Clip Studio Paint is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to Clip Studio Paint that will have you up to speed in no time. You'll start by experiencing what it's like to create manga digitally and find new ways to shape your drawing. Next, using practical tips and rich visual references, the book shows you how to apply techniques to your creations, giving you the opportunity to expand your range of visual expression. As you advance, you'll explore how to create special effect brushes using an in-depth example, along with discovering how to color, blend, and edit your art digitally. Finally, you'll find out how to print, use the Clip Studio Paint Assets, and learn how to create unique and inspiring art that stands out from the rest. By the end of this Clip Studio Paint book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of its tools and be able to start telling your own manga story using your improved digital drawing skills.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we started by getting to know what Clip Studio Assets is, and how to register to log in to start using it. We moved on to learn ways to search for your desired materials, then download them, and finally register a brush material. Then we had a quick look at how to bring life to our illustrations with animation using two different methods, and different ways to export them for different uses. Now you can download and use new assets, and create and export animations for GIFs, stickers, and YouTube movies!

In the next chapter, we are going to learn how to export, print, and upload your manga. You can get a better idea of what a finished manga will look like, and also a deeper understanding of how to set up pages as seen in Chapter 3, Pages and Panels to Shape Manga, if you read it again. We will discuss the many ways we can export our work for display on the web and in print. With physical manga books or webtoons, you will see the many possibilities for how...