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Learn Clip Studio Paint

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564978
Length 556 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Liz Staley Liz Staley
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Inko Ai Takita Inko Ai Takita
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

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

Editing vectors

In this section, we are going to look at different ways to edit vector lines. First of all, we will get to know editing tools, then we will try out some tools on the vector lines that we created in the previous section. Finally, we will learn how to change line widths.

One of the advantages of using vector graphics is that lines can be tweaked and edited endlessly until they are perfect, unlike working with raster layers, where a line must be erased and redrawn until it's just right. Vector lines can be manipulated and reshaped using their control points.

Clip Studio Paint has tools that allow for the easy cleanup and editing of vector lines. These tools can be found in the Correct line group of tools, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 10.3 – Screenshot of the Correct line sub-tool options

Let's take a closer look at some of these Correct line tools, what they do, and how we can use them.

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