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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Second Edition

By : Liz Staley
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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)

Auto Action shortcuts

If you have auto actions that you use all the time, you can assign them to shortcut keys or even add them to the command bar at the top of the Clip Studio Paint interface.

In the next two sections, we are going to take the Layer Set Up action we created previously and create two shortcuts for it – one keyboard shortcut and one command bar shortcut! This is an easy process and will cut down on the amount of time you spend going through palettes, trying to find the commands that you use most often. Let's look at both of these processes to create easy access to our auto actions.

Creating a keyboard shortcut

Follow these steps to create a keyboard shortcut for an auto action:

  1. In the File menu...