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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)

Playing with brush settings

Now that we have an idea of what these brush settings do, let's play around with some brushes and the different settings to really see what they do when they're in action. One of the best things about digital art is that almost nothing is permanent. If you make a mark with a pen, you can almost always undo it (or erase it). With Clip Studio Paint, if you make a change to a tool that you don't like, you can always revert the tool to its initial settings. That being said, let's learn how to make a copy of an existing brush tool and then make changes to the brush tool and make marks with the copy to see what some of the brush options do when used.

Follow these steps to create a copy of a brush tool and change the settings:

  1. Select the tool to be copied. For these instructions, we are going to use the G-pen sub tool.
  2. At the bottom of...