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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Second Edition

By : Liz Staley
Book Image

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)

The Color Pickers

There are lots of ways to choose colors in Clip Studio Paint, but the three that are most used are the Color Wheel, the Color Slider, and the Color Set palettes. Each palette gives us a different way to make just about any color we can imagine to use in our digital illustrations and comics. Let's take a look at each of these palettes and how to use them to pick colors.

The Color Wheel

The Color Wheel is probably the most used method for choosing colors in the digital realm. The Color Wheel Palette has two modes, HLS mode and HSV mode:

  • HLS mode: Stands for Hue, Luminosity, Saturation. Hue is the name of the color, Luminosity is the brightness of the color, and Saturation is how much of the pure color...