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

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Using grids and guides

Many new users of Clip Studio Paint don't know that the software comes with a customizable grid that can be shown or hidden, or that you can create guides in the program as well. Grids and guidelines are handy for many tasks, of course, and provide a visual measurement that is easy to count and divide. Also, the grids and guidelines in Clip Studio Paint can be snapped to, making it very easy to get elements lined up precisely as they need to be.

In this section, we will learn how to show and hide the grid and how to make guidelines.

Showing and hiding the grid

Before we learn how to show and hide the grid, let's take a look at the preferences that control its appearance. We covered them a little bit in Chapter 2, Installing Clip Studio Paint Pro and Interface Basics, but let's give them another look now.

To access the preferences, go to File in the main menu on a PC, or click Main menu on Mac, then click on Preferences. In the left...