Making and editing speech balloons

Since Clip Studio Paint is made primarily for creating comics, there are tools included for creating speech balloons easily in the program. With just a few clicks, we can make speech balloons and tails that can be edited like vector objects.

Follow these steps to create a speech balloon and a tail:

1. Add some text to your canvas using the directions that we gave in the first section of this chapter.
2. The Balloon tools are in the same category of tools as the Text tool. They are shown in the following screenshot:

   Figure 7.8 – Screenshot of the Balloon sub tool

3. Select the desired balloon tool. For this set of instructions, we will be using the Ellipse balloon tool.
4. With the text layer selected, click with the Ellipse balloon tool and drag it to make a balloon surrounding the text. Don't worry about making it perfect—we will adjust the position in the next step.
5. With the Operation | Object tool, click on the...