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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)

Vectors in Clip Studio Paint

Vector images are made from points, lines, and curves that are based on mathematical expressions. Because these images are made from mathematical expressions instead of pixels, it means that they can be scaled up or down infinitely without losing quality or becoming pixelated.

Vectors are most often used for logos, but they can be useful for creating comics or illustrations as well. The lines can be adjusted without being redrawn, so if you have trouble making confident lines for inking, then working with vectors may be a solution for you.

Some graphics software will only work with either vector or raster information. Manga Studio can do both, even within the same image file. We can have one layer of the image filled with vector information while all the others are filled with raster information if that's the way we want to do our work!

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