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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)

Understanding the basics of the Text tool

In this section, we're going to get a basic look at how to use the text tools and the basic settings before building on the knowledge in the sections that follow. Let's add some text to a drawing using the following steps:

  1. Open a blank canvas or a drawing to add some text to.
  2. Choose the Text category of the tools from the toolbar.
  3. Make sure that the Text subcategory is chosen in the Sub Tool palette.
  4. Select the Text tool.
  5. In the Tool property palette, select the desired font from the drop-down menu. This menu will populate with fonts that have been installed on your computer system.
  6. Select the size of the font by using the slider or the up and down arrows.
  7. The alignment of the text (left, center, or right) can be set in the justify section of the Tool property palette.
  8. Set Text Direction to either horizontal or vertical.
  9. Set Text Color using the options shown. Text Color can either be the currently...