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Clip Studio 1.6.2 and SALE!
9 years ago
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Hey everyone!
I just wanted to let you know that Clip Studio is currently on sale and that the developers are rolling out a new version, 1.6.2, in December, which will come with a barrage of new features. Most notably:
• They're rolling out Clip Studio Assets, a service whereby CSP owners can search and download thousands of free materials and assets for Clip Studio like tones, textures, 3D models, etc.
• Pen pressure controlled brush opacity, a feature that many users, especially people transitioning from SAI, have demanded
• RETINA SUPPORT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FINALLYYYYYYY
As always, there are two versions of the software, Pro and EX. The Pro version is what most hobby and semi-pro users will want to pick up, because it is very full-featured; the EX version has some powerful additional features like story management for comics creation, "3DLT" rendering (which is where the software will render your 3D models into the scene following rules you set and using brushes, tones, etc), and doesn't limit how many animation frames you can export (did I mention that Clip Studio is a powerful animation tool? BECAUSE IT IS). Most users will never need these features; it is perfectly possible to create a comic in Clip Studio without buying EX, but personally I find the story management tools invaluable, so it's really up to you.
I'll briefly go over some of the key features that have made Clip Studio Paint such an invaluable tool for me:
• RULERS — CSP has a wide variety of rulers that you can use to assist you in your drawing. You can lay down a line ruler and your pen will snap to it when you get close, allowing you to draw a straight line without losing the expressiveness of your brush stroke. Or you can draw a curve: want to draw that perfect tail swoosh? Make yourself a curve ruler and then SWOOSH, you've got a perfect line, complete with expressive stroke. How about circles? How about CONCENTRIC CIRCLES? How about parallel lines, focus lines, focus curves, rotational and angular symmetry, or 1-, 2-, and 3-point perspective rulers that even snap the selection tools to the perspective grid? The rulers in CSP are one of its biggest draws for me because I have seen exactly zero software that has similar utilities.
• TRANSPARENT PAINT — CSP gives you three paint colors on your palette: a foreground color, a background color, and transparent. You might not realize how big a deal this is, but painting with "negative color" is a paradigm shift. Every tool that can lay down color can erase as well. Use the bucket fill to erase color? Check. Erase with a watercolor brush? Check. It's an impressive feature.
• FILL LEFTOVER — So you draw a character and you grab your bucket tool and start filling the character with flat colors. Naturally, inks can get pretty delicate, and so maybe you end up with some little missed spots, some minuscule bits of white speckling the sharpest corners of your linework where the bucket tool simply couldn't reach. The Fill Leftover tool lets you sweep a brush over your artwork and quickly and easily fill up those little spots without accidentally filling outside the color region. It's really hard to explain how it works, you just have to see it in action. It's a HUGE timesaver.
• PERFORMANCE — It's important to note that all of my art is created at 600dpi, resulting in canvas sizes of around 6000x8000 pixels. The high-resolution artwork you see in my gallery is all scaled to 25% of the original resolution—Even Dreams, which I uploaded at extremely high res to show the detail in my work, was scaled to 50%! Despite this huge canvas size, Clip Studio is usually snappy and crisp, even with fairly complex brushes; I have to really crank the brush size and complexity to get it to a point where it starts being unusable.
I could go on and on, but hopefully this gives you a little idea of how powerful this software is.
Right now, Clip Studio Paint Pro is on sale for $25, and EX is running $79. The sale lasts for three days, so if you've been thinking about picking up this extraordinary software, now's the time to do it! And please share this journal with your artisty friends! THERE IS A FREE 30-DAY TRIAL so you can try the software before you buy it!
Get Clip Studio Paint Pro here for $25
Get Clip Studio Paint EX here for $79
If you have any questions about the software or it's capabilities, please feel free to ask and I'll help you out to the best of my abilities. I've been using Manga Studio and Clip Studio for many years and I'm very familiar with it. Happy Christmas and I'll see you all around! <3
I just wanted to let you know that Clip Studio is currently on sale and that the developers are rolling out a new version, 1.6.2, in December, which will come with a barrage of new features. Most notably:
• They're rolling out Clip Studio Assets, a service whereby CSP owners can search and download thousands of free materials and assets for Clip Studio like tones, textures, 3D models, etc.
• Pen pressure controlled brush opacity, a feature that many users, especially people transitioning from SAI, have demanded
• RETINA SUPPORT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FINALLYYYYYYY
As always, there are two versions of the software, Pro and EX. The Pro version is what most hobby and semi-pro users will want to pick up, because it is very full-featured; the EX version has some powerful additional features like story management for comics creation, "3DLT" rendering (which is where the software will render your 3D models into the scene following rules you set and using brushes, tones, etc), and doesn't limit how many animation frames you can export (did I mention that Clip Studio is a powerful animation tool? BECAUSE IT IS). Most users will never need these features; it is perfectly possible to create a comic in Clip Studio without buying EX, but personally I find the story management tools invaluable, so it's really up to you.
I'll briefly go over some of the key features that have made Clip Studio Paint such an invaluable tool for me:
• RULERS — CSP has a wide variety of rulers that you can use to assist you in your drawing. You can lay down a line ruler and your pen will snap to it when you get close, allowing you to draw a straight line without losing the expressiveness of your brush stroke. Or you can draw a curve: want to draw that perfect tail swoosh? Make yourself a curve ruler and then SWOOSH, you've got a perfect line, complete with expressive stroke. How about circles? How about CONCENTRIC CIRCLES? How about parallel lines, focus lines, focus curves, rotational and angular symmetry, or 1-, 2-, and 3-point perspective rulers that even snap the selection tools to the perspective grid? The rulers in CSP are one of its biggest draws for me because I have seen exactly zero software that has similar utilities.
• TRANSPARENT PAINT — CSP gives you three paint colors on your palette: a foreground color, a background color, and transparent. You might not realize how big a deal this is, but painting with "negative color" is a paradigm shift. Every tool that can lay down color can erase as well. Use the bucket fill to erase color? Check. Erase with a watercolor brush? Check. It's an impressive feature.
• FILL LEFTOVER — So you draw a character and you grab your bucket tool and start filling the character with flat colors. Naturally, inks can get pretty delicate, and so maybe you end up with some little missed spots, some minuscule bits of white speckling the sharpest corners of your linework where the bucket tool simply couldn't reach. The Fill Leftover tool lets you sweep a brush over your artwork and quickly and easily fill up those little spots without accidentally filling outside the color region. It's really hard to explain how it works, you just have to see it in action. It's a HUGE timesaver.
• PERFORMANCE — It's important to note that all of my art is created at 600dpi, resulting in canvas sizes of around 6000x8000 pixels. The high-resolution artwork you see in my gallery is all scaled to 25% of the original resolution—Even Dreams, which I uploaded at extremely high res to show the detail in my work, was scaled to 50%! Despite this huge canvas size, Clip Studio is usually snappy and crisp, even with fairly complex brushes; I have to really crank the brush size and complexity to get it to a point where it starts being unusable.
I could go on and on, but hopefully this gives you a little idea of how powerful this software is.
Right now, Clip Studio Paint Pro is on sale for $25, and EX is running $79. The sale lasts for three days, so if you've been thinking about picking up this extraordinary software, now's the time to do it! And please share this journal with your artisty friends! THERE IS A FREE 30-DAY TRIAL so you can try the software before you buy it!
Get Clip Studio Paint Pro here for $25
Get Clip Studio Paint EX here for $79
If you have any questions about the software or it's capabilities, please feel free to ask and I'll help you out to the best of my abilities. I've been using Manga Studio and Clip Studio for many years and I'm very familiar with it. Happy Christmas and I'll see you all around! <3
Hurlelune12
~hurlelune12
That's some very good news, I might consider to purchase/upgrade it aswell !!
RobinWright
~robinwright
OP
👍🏻
Snowcanine
~snowcanine
Thanks for the heads up! I'll look into getting it!
RobinWright
~robinwright
OP
GO QUICK
Zaeseled
~zaeseled
Always a good idea to mention if a software is on sale, they usually have a really good discount.
RobinWright
~robinwright
OP
Yeah, the EX version is a ridiculous 60% off~
