Creating a custom-sized page and saving a preset
Aside from the Japanese or European comic sizes, Clip Studio Paint doesn't come with the sizes that are common to American comic books. We are going to create a standard American comic book size page for creating new files and save it as a preset for use later.Follow these steps to complete this activity:
- Go to File | New or press Ctrl + N to open the New dialog box.
- In the Use of work section, click on the Show all comic settings icon.
- Change the Unit drop-down menu to the right of the Preset dropdown to in (inches).
- In the Width entry box, enter
7.00. - In the Height entry box, enter
10.50. - Set Resolution to 300 dpi (or more, depending on your computer hardware).
- Set Basic expression color. I usually leave this as Color, but if the majority of your work is in black and white or grayscale, you may wish to choose a different mode. Individual layers can be adjusted later in the file, so even if we choose...