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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By : Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley
Book Image

Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By: Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley

Overview of this book

Clip Studio Paint is a versatile digital painting program for creating manga and illustrations, helping artists expand their digital portfolio. This software is packed with tools that make panel laying, speech adding, toning, and editing much easier. This easy-to-follow guide is clearly divided into chapters covering drawing tools, interface customization, and using various visual effects so you can focus on specific techniques in detail one at a time. Learn Clip Studio Paint is a comprehensive introduction for those who are new to Clip Studio Paint that will have you up to speed in no time. You'll start by experiencing what it's like to create manga digitally and find new ways to shape your drawing. Next, using practical tips and rich visual references, the book shows you how to apply techniques to your creations, giving you the opportunity to expand your range of visual expression. As you advance, you'll explore how to create special effect brushes using an in-depth example, along with discovering how to color, blend, and edit your art digitally. Finally, you'll find out how to print, use the Clip Studio Paint Assets, and learn how to create unique and inspiring art that stands out from the rest. By the end of this Clip Studio Paint book, you'll have gained a clear understanding of its tools and be able to start telling your own manga story using your improved digital drawing skills.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)

Creating Color Palettes from the Sub View Palette

In addition to all the other wonderful ways we've explored of selecting colors in this chapter, we can select colors from references that we've loaded into the Sub View palette as well. This is easy, convenient, and a real time saver for those working on comics where the same colors are used for characters or environments over and over.

Follow these steps to import an image into the Sub View palette and then select colors from it:

  1. Locate the Sub View palette. It is usually nested with the Navigator. If it cannot be located in the interface, go to the File menu and click on Window | Sub View to bring it up.
  2. In the bottom-right corner of the palette, click on the Import icon, which is circled in the following screenshot:

    Figure 15.20 – Screenshot of the Sub View palette

  3. Locate your reference image and click on it to select it, then click on the Open button to complete the import.
  4. Your image will...