You're reading from Learn Clip Studio Paint - Third Edition

Product type Book

Published in Sep 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564978

Pages 556 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

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Motion Graphics

Authors (2):

Inko Ai Takita

Liz Staley

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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

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Lassos and other selection tools

One of the most useful features of creating art in a digital space is the ability to move, scale, rotate, flip, and otherwise transform all or parts of the drawing to obtain exactly the right look. In this section, we will use selection tools to clean up and correct a sketch with several errors on it. You can follow along with a sketch of your own, or use the following sketch as a reference. These tools can be used with any sketches on your canvas.

The following is the sketch that we will be looking at for this section:

Figure 6.12 – Screenshot of a sketch with the Clip Studio Paint interface

There are several issues with this drawing, and we will use the selection and transformation tools to correct them. The character's left hand is a little too big, the bunch of hair on top of the head needs to be a different shape, and the headdress ribbon needs to be shaped better. Let's use the selection area and other...