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Learn Clip Studio Paint

You're reading from   Learn Clip Studio Paint A beginner's guide to creating compelling comics and manga art

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564978
Length 556 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Liz Staley Liz Staley
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Inko Ai Takita Inko Ai Takita
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

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 FREE CHAPTER 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

Auto action shortcuts

If you have auto actions that you use all the time, you can assign them to shortcut keys or even add them to the Command Bar at the top of the Clip Studio Paint interface.

In the next two sections, we are going to take the Layer Set Up action we created previously and create two shortcuts for it – one keyboard shortcut and one Command Bar shortcut! This is an easy process and will cut down the amount of time you spend going through palettes, trying to find the commands that you use most often. Let's look at both of these processes to create easy access to our auto actions.

Creating a keyboard shortcut

Follow these steps to create a keyboard shortcut for an auto action:

  1. In the File menu, click on CLIP STUDIO PAINT or its icon and then click on Shortcut Settings… in the drop-down menu to open the keyboard shortcut preferences.
  2. In the Category drop-down menu, select the Auto actions option.
  3. Click on the arrow to the left...
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