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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

By : Inko Ai Takita, Liz Staley
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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)

Chapter 17: Auto Actions and Your Workflow

Auto actions are an amazing feature of digital art. They can simplify your workflow and save you time and effort when creating your drawings. What are auto actions? Auto actions are sets of recorded steps that can be played back, automating a task or tasks and completing them with the press of a button.

What sorts of tasks can be made into an auto action? Just about anything that you can dream up!

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Exploring the Auto Action palette
  • Using Auto Actions
  • Creating a custom Auto Action
  • Downloading Auto Action assets
  • Auto Action shortcuts

We are going to look at what auto actions are and how to use them to apply them to your workflow. We will learn how to create a new auto action set, download auto action assets, and then finally, create auto action shortcuts in two different ways.

By the end of the chapter, you will be able to save a lot of time by creating...