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Learn Clip Studio Paint

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835886588
Length 440 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Inko Ai Takita Inko Ai Takita
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Liz Staley Liz Staley
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

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

Using a layer mask

In order to make a layer mask, you will need a canvas open with one layer and some sort of content on it. This could be a sketch, an ink drawing, a photo, or anything else you desire, so long as there is some sort of content to mask out so that we can see how the layer mask works.

Follow these steps to create a layer mask and hide and restore content:

  1. Select the layer to add the mask to by clicking on it in the Layer palette.
  2. Click on the create layer mask icon in the Layer palette. This icon is shown by the arrow in Figure 12.1.

Figure 12.1: Layer palette

A new thumbnail will appear to the right of the layer thumbnail in the Layer palette. This is the layer mask. When the layer mask is selected, a secondary outline will appear around the layer mask thumbnail. Figure 12.2 shows a piece of art and a corresponding layer of the skirt color with a selected layer mask:

Figure 12.2: Image and the Layer palette with a layer...

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