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

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800564978

Length 556 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Clip Studio Paint

Concepts

Motion Graphics

Authors (2):

Liz Staley

Inko Ai Takita

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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 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

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Digging into Clip Studio Assets

In this section, we will have a look at Assets and what it contains. Clip Studio Assets is the screen that we open before getting into Clip Studio Paint. Assets is our one-stop shop for new assets and materials, as well as updates from the creators of Clip Studio Paint.

The Clip Studio Assets screen shows a list of programs that looks like the following screenshot:

Figure 18.1 – Screenshot of Clip Studio Assets

On the left side of the window, we have a Clip Studio Assets menu. The preceding screenshot is the iPad version, but for Mac and PC versions, you will see recent Clip Studio News/Highlights from Celsys, which is the company that produces the Clip Studio series, containing new patches and upgrades, as well as contests run by Celsys and other articles produced by them, below your recent artwork thumbnails.

Let's see a close up of the Clip Studio Assets menu and a breakdown of the list:

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