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Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

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Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564978
Pages 556 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Inko Ai Takita Inko Ai Takita
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Inko Ai Takita is an award-winning UK-based Japanese manga artist. Her visual works were built from her studies at Kyoto Zokei University of Art and Design in Japan and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in the UK. She has delivered manga talks and workshops at Westminster Library, for the Guardian children's books online, and the V&A Museum. Through horror, folklore, and social issues stories, she continues to deliver high-quality manga. Portrait of Violence (New International) won an Independent Publisher Book Awards medal in 2018.
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Liz Staley Liz Staley
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Liz Staley is a visual artist and blogger who loves horses, animation, comics, and true crime. She began her digital art journey using Adobe Photoshop and then learned how to use Clip Studio Paint. She currently writes a weekly blog for Graphixly with art and Clip Studio Paint tips. Although she still loves the medium of comics and animation, her personal art now mostly consists of animal portraits that combine education with conservation. Liz loves horses, dogs, horror movies, anime, and learning the Japanese language.
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Image Gallery of Manga and Illustrations Created by Clip Studio Paint 2. Chapter 2: Installing Clip Studio Paint Pro and Interface Basics 3. Chapter 3: Pages and Panels to Shape Manga 4. Chapter 4: Introducing Clip Studio Paint Brushes 5. Chapter 5: Penciling: Layer and Layer Property Palettes 6. Chapter 6: Erasers, Selections, and the Sub View Palette 7. Chapter 7: Using Text and Balloon Tools 8. Chapter 8: Getting Started with Inking Tools 9. Chapter 9: Inking Special Effects 10. Chapter 10: Vector Layers and the Material Palette 11. Chapter 11: Creating Your Own Sound Effects 12. Chapter 12: Making Layer Masks and Screentones 13. Chapter 13: All About Rulers 14. Chapter 14: Using 3D Figures and Objects 15. Chapter 15: Color Palette 16. Chapter 16: Using Clip Studio Paint to Color Your Manga 17. Chapter 17: Auto Actions and Your Workflow 18. Chapter 18: Exploring the Clip Studio Assets and Animation 19. Chapter 19: Exporting, Printing, and Uploading Your Manga 20. Chapter 20: Finding Your Own Manga Look 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using grids and guides

Many new users of Clip Studio Paint don't know that the software comes with a customizable grid that can be shown or hidden, or that you can create guides in the program as well. Grids and guidelines are handy for many tasks, of course, and provide a visual measurement that is easy to count and divide. Also, the grids and guidelines in Clip Studio Paint can be snapped to, making it very easy to get elements lined up precisely as they need to be.

In this section, we will learn how to show and hide the grid and how to make guidelines.

Showing and hiding the grid

Before we learn how to show and hide the grid, let's take a look at the preferences that control its appearance. We covered them a little bit in Chapter 2, Installing Clip Studio Paint Pro and Interface Basics, but let's give them another look now.

To access the preferences, go to File in the main menu on a PC, or click Main menu on Mac, then click on Preferences. In the left...

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Profile icon Inko Ai Takita
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Inko Ai Takita is an award-winning UK-based Japanese manga artist. Her visual works were built from her studies at Kyoto Zokei University of Art and Design in Japan and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in the UK. She has delivered manga talks and workshops at Westminster Library, for the Guardian children's books online, and the V&A Museum. Through horror, folklore, and social issues stories, she continues to deliver high-quality manga. Portrait of Violence (New International) won an Independent Publisher Book Awards medal in 2018.
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Liz Staley is a visual artist and blogger who loves horses, animation, comics, and true crime. She began her digital art journey using Adobe Photoshop and then learned how to use Clip Studio Paint. She currently writes a weekly blog for Graphixly with art and Clip Studio Paint tips. Although she still loves the medium of comics and animation, her personal art now mostly consists of animal portraits that combine education with conservation. Liz loves horses, dogs, horror movies, anime, and learning the Japanese language.
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