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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)

Exporting pages as a batch (EX only)

No need to export your entire graphic novel one page at a time, so long as you have Clip Studio Paint EX. Because we can create story files in the EX version of the software, we can also export all or part of those story files all at once. They can even all be resized and compressed at the same time too, saving you lots of time and effort in finishing up a project.

Follow these steps to export an entire chapter's worth of pages at once:

  1. In the File Menu, go to Export (multiple pages) and then click on Batch export. This menu is shown in the following screenshot:
  1. The Batch export window will appear, as shown in the following screenshot:

  1. Using the Refer... button, choose a folder to save the exported images in. The chosen folder path will show in the Export folder box.
  2. Use the drop-down menu to choose the file format for the...