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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 custom text tools

For some projects, you may need to use the same set of text settings many times. Making a comic is just one example of when you may want to make a text tool that saves your font, font size, justification, and other settings so that you don't have to set them over and over again!

Creating a custom text tool is easy. Follow these steps to make a saved text tool:

  1. Select the Text sub tool.
  2. At the bottom right of the Sub Tool palette, click on the icon for Create copy of currently selected sub tool.
  3. The Duplicate sub tool window will appear. It is shown in the following screenshot:

    Figure 7.7 – Screenshot of the Duplicate sub tool

  4. Enter a name for your new text tool in the Name text entry box.
  5. Select a tool icon, if desired.
  6. Click on the checkbox for Background color of icon and select a color to display around the icon when this sub tool is selected.
  7. Click on OK to create the new sub tool.
  8. Using the text settings...