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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)

Making and saving workspaces

One of the best features of Clip Studio Paint is the ability to create and save different workspaces for different tasks. A workspace is a collection of palettes and their position on the interface. Clip Studio Paint comes with a few workspace options already in the program, but we can also create our own workspaces.

Saving a workspace

Follow these steps to create and save a workspace:

  1. Use the directions in Chapter 2, Installing Clip Studio Paint Pro and Interface Basics, to move, collapse, and close palettes to set up a workspace. In the following screenshot, the palettes have all been moved to the left-hand side of the interface to make it easier to select items for a left-handed user:

    Figure 3.1 – A screenshot of a workspace

  2. To save the current workspace, click on Window in the File menu, then go down to Workspace and click on Register Workspace. The following box will appear:

    Figure 3.2 – A screenshot of the Register Workspace...