Clip Studio Paint EX is the ultimate tool for comic, manga, and digital illustration, offering advanced features for both professionals and beginners. Whether you’re enhancing traditional pen-and-paper sketches or working entirely digitally, Clip Studio Paint EX provides powerful tools to streamline every aspect of the comic creation process.
What’s New in Clip Studio Paint EX:
- Cel Animation Support (Frame-by-Frame Animation):
- Create traditional, frame-by-frame animations, also known as cel animation. This allows you to draw individual frames (or “cels”) that create the illusion of movement when played in sequence. It’s ideal for animating characters or objects.
- Animation Timeline:
- The timeline gives you detailed control over the timing and sequencing of frames, ensuring smooth, fluid animation. You can adjust the length and display properties of each frame to perfect the motion.
- Light Table Function:
- The light table feature allows you to make your pages semi-transparent, making it easier to layer multiple images and create in-betweens (the transitional frames) for animations, or clean up your line art for consistency across frames.
- Onion Skin Display:
- Onion skinning lets you view multiple frames simultaneously, helping you compare and adjust frames in an animation. This technique shows the previous and next cels, assisting in smooth transitions and maintaining consistent motion.
- Multiple Export Options:
- You can export your drawings and animations in various formats, including sequential images, GIFs, and video formats, for easy sharing or integration into other projects.
Core Features of Clip Studio Paint EX:
Clip Studio Paint offers advanced vector-based tools for creating precise and clean line art, making it easier to refine and edit your illustrations.
Coloring Tools:
Clip Studio Paint provides an extensive set of coloring tools. You can select from preset colors, create custom color sets, or blend colors naturally as if you were mixing them by hand, offering a realistic coloring experience.
Pens, Pencils, Brushes & Tools:
Use a wide variety of drawing tools to create your illustrations. Clip Studio Paint supports pens, pencils, brushes, and selection tools with natural pen pressure sensing. Whether you’re using a mouse or a pen tablet, the software mimics the sensation of drawing on paper, providing an intuitive drawing experience.
