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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 advanced text settings

In some cases, you may need to adjust parts of the font that you are using. Whether that is the spacing between individual characters or the spacing between lines of text, Clip Studio Paint gives you the options to fine-tune your fonts to perfection. Let's look at these settings now. To access the settings, open the Sub Tool Detail palette from the Tool property palette in the user interface.

Font settings

The left-hand side of the Sub Tool Detail palette contains categories of options. In this section, we will take a look at the first category, the Font category. This category contains options for the font and size of characters, word and character spacing, and the style of the font.

The following screenshot shows this category of font options:

Figure 7.2 – Screenshot of Font options in the Text tool's Sub Tool Detail palette

The following list describes each of the preceding options:

  • Font...