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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By : Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley
Book Image

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)

Chapter 19: Exporting, Printing, and Uploading Your Manga

Now that we have our comics or illustrations sketched, inked, and colored, it's time to get them out of Clip Studio Paint and to the print shop or onto our social media or website. This chapter will teach you about the exporting option in the software, including how to resize pages and adjust the resolution during exporting.

We will start this chapter by learning how to make your manga file ready for home-made printing by adjusting the print settings and move on to render a file in a printer shops-friendly format, learning the uniqueness of each file format. We will look closely at how to adjust image quality, file size, and how to resize the final image. Finally, we will learn how to export manga files for web uploads with an additional two useful EX version-only functions.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Printing at home
  • Exporting for print
  • Adjusting image quality and file...