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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)

Clip Studio Paint Brushes: an Introduction

In the analog world, drawings are made on paper or canvas with pencils, ink, paint, brushes, and many other tools. In the digital world, we also have a myriad of tools—many that imitate real-world art supplies and techniques. In Clip Studio Paint, the bulk of these mark making tools fall under the heading of brushes, which includes sub-categories like pencils, pens, markers, pastels, oil paints, and more. We're going to get familiar with our toolbox of brushes so that when we get to drawing, we will be familiar with the default tools and how we can change these tools to suit our individual style of working.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • The categories of Clip Studio Paint brushes and how to navigate them
  • Introduction to the Clip Studio Paint brush engine
  • Tool properties and settings
  • Copying, saving...