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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

Moving, collapsing, and closing palettes

One of my favorite things about Clip Studio Paint is how customizable it is. We can customize not only our tools but also the interface of the program to make it look however we want it to look. This means that we can set up the program palettes and toolbars to give us the most efficient workflow, making our process as streamlined as possible. The process of moving, closing, and rearranging palettes is very easy, so let’s get right to it.

Moving a palette

Let’s start off by moving a palette to a new location in the Clip Studio Paint interface. I’ll be working with the Tool property palette in this example, but this can be done with any palette you choose. Follow these steps to move a palette:

  1. Locate the palette to be moved.
  2. Put the mouse cursor over the name on the tab of the palette. The tab will be highlighted in blue when the mouse cursor is in the correct position.
  3. Hold down the left mouse...
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