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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)

Exploring the Auto Action palette

Let's start by looking at the Auto Action palette and what it contains.

Do you have a specific process when you create digital drawings, such as always adding a clipping mask for a clothing color layer of your character or always duplicating a line drawing layer then adding a blur effect to it? Wouldn't it be a brilliant time saver if you can let Clip Studio Paint do the set of actions automatically? Your dreams have come true. In this section, you will learn the first step of how to use auto actions, by finding the Auto Action palette and then opening it.

The Auto Action palette can be found by clicking on the Window heading in the File menu and then clicking on Auto Action. If this menu item is already checked, then the palette is already in the interface somewhere. By default, it is a tab in the Layer palette.

The following screenshot shows the Auto Action palette:

Figure 17.1 – Screenshot of the Auto...