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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)

Downloading from the App

The Clip Studio App Assets are user-created brushes, materials, 3D objects, sound effects, and more that can be downloaded for use in your own works. To access the materials available for download, click on the Assets link in the left-hand menu of the Clip Studio App. The following screenshot shows the Assets library as of the time of this writing:

Each asset has a thumbnail showing us what the asset looks like. Beneath the thumbnail image, we have information about the asset. The first line tells us what type of asset it is (Brush, Material catalog, 3D, and so on). The next line tells us the name of the material. The third line tells us the username of the person who created and uploaded the asset to the online library. The next line tells us how many times that asset has been downloaded, and the final line tells us the cost of the asset.

Many of the...