One feature I really like that no other app has is the ability to paint with edge detection. So instead of using layers or selecting boundaries, it can automatically detect your line work and won't let the paint go beyond it. It feels like coloring within the lines naturally and is very enjoyable.
Fun fact, the original name for Clip Studio Paint was NOT Manga Studio. Clip Studio Paint is the original name. "Manga Studio" was a rebranding of a string of unrelated but kind-of-related programs made by the Japanese company Celsys. E Frontier and then SmithMicro rebranded them as part of their North American localization deal. Clip Studio Paint 1.0 was the first version of this brand new program in 2013. But SmithMicro rebranded it as "Manga Studio 5", because it was similar to the other programs they previously rebranded. The deal has since expired and Celsys now does localization under their own name. That means it's just "Clip Studio Paint" for everyone, whether you use freedom units or not.
well Clip Studio came from the merge of Comic Studio (A.K.A Manga Studio 1/2/3/4) and Illust Studio (only Japan) and recently they added parts of RETAS (Animation)
Vector Layers are life changers!! I didn't use them for a while, but when I finally understood how to use them it made a huge diference in my art. It made it so much easier to edit my line art without completely redrawing it
Your videos are always so interesting! You actually helped me to get back into digital art! I had been watching a ton of videos on what to buy to start and had spent several hours across several days trying to decide and it was finally your video on the Surface Laptop Studio follow up that gave me exactly what I was looking for! I purchased it and have been practicing as I've been a physical medium user my whole life and drawing digitally is a bit of a learning curve but I also purchased your class and it has helped me as well! I just wanted to say thank you so much for creating such accessible and wonderful content! It is inspiring and helps give people like me the inspiration to try things they've been wanting to for years but didn't know where to start. 💜
Let me clarify something about the software. Clip Studio was originally called "Comic Studio", and was created in the early 1990s by a company called "Celsys" in japan, the creators of Retas pro, which still used in anime studios. A use company called Smith Micro licensed Comic Studio and re-branded it as "Manga Studio" and their last version under that name was Manga Studio 4 or 5. In Japan Celsys killed Retas Pro and merged Retas with Comic Studio and re-branded it as Clip Studio Art. the rest is self explanatory
So i started watching you yesterday when i got my tab s6 lite, and i tried ALOT of apps, i have clip studio for pc (gifted by a friend) and so i was looking for something i didnt have to re buy as i didnt realize the monthly subscription was as cheap as it was, and nothing compared to clip studio, i ended up signing up for it again today using my own email discovered i could get a free 3 month trial and i jumped right in knew how to use it knew my way around it and it just felt so familiar and comfortable to use!
Excited for this series! Man i really gotta dig into learning csp more. All those features! This was definitely helpful learning some of them, thank you
Also one thing I love about CSP is that its not a heavy software. It works smooth even with my laptop unplugged to the charger. Photoshop tends to lag and crash a lot especially if you are using it on a laptop without connecting the charger.
I tried out the colorize tool but accidently picked the wrong layer on my portrait drawing... and I believe I will now have nightmares about mounstrous figure it turned my drawing into 😅
Started with OpenCanvas way back in the 2000's then moved on to Sai pain about 10 years ago. Just started using CSP now. It's really a great art program!
#11: It comes with a fully-featured vectorial speech bubble tool. And you can even create favorite lists of fonts so that only the installed fonts you actually need show up (I'd really like that in Photoshop to be honest), no more spending half an hour looking for that special font.
I have this program and I've yet to really dig into it. That stuff about the frames and divisions blew my mindddddd. I'm sooo excited for my next project (if any, haha)!!
Love your videos! (I bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 plus last month partly based on them!) :) Right away, downloaded the six month free trial of Clip Studio Paint. Been having a blast ever since! Surprised at how good it is even for "classical" artwork that I do, and is very "painterly". Thanks for all the work you do and the info you provide!
Hello, I'm still between buying the galaxy or ipad... and Im stuck between procreate and paintsudio... I read your content and would like to know if you have also researched ipad and procreate before buying your galaxy.
I have been using Clip Studio for almost a year now and I didn't know most of that stuff! Thanks for this video! I'm going to be using that reference layer thing ALL THE TIME.
My dad got me a xpen innovator 16 for Christmas and got me the Ex version of the program, and it’s amazing! My absolute favorite things about it are the vector eraser (MY LORD AND SAVIOR.) the free 3D models, and how it has an animation feature.
I really love Clip Studio Paint: I've the EX version both on my PCs and my iPad Pro, I actually use only it, because in it I can find everything I need. ❤️
I’ve only been using CSP since June 2021 but it’s quickly become my favourite drawing software 😂 I even caved and bought a separate license for CSP on my iPad
If you're filling in linework for example you don't need to set a reference layer. If you set the fill tool to refer to other layers it just refers to every visible layer
I’m transferring over from drawing on an Ipad gen6 and procreate to a refurbished wacom cintiq and csp and the learning curve is hugeee, but I think it’ll be worth it.
Thanks for making this video! I like that the way you explain stuff seems to be beginner friendly! While I do want to try Krita, I had been thinking about getting CSP EX.
Thanks for the video! I'm trying to switch from doing illustration in Photoshop to actually using Clip Studio. It intimidates me at the moment, but there are sooo many wonderful features that I would love to learn and use. I hope I'll get a hang of it. Thank you for explaining a few of those, it's very helpful!
I have been using iPad 6th Gen. At times I get some freelance job that required 300dpi and size larger than A4. I use Procreate most of the time, and the larger the size the less layers I am able to have on Procreate. Sometimes I can't even create the large size that the client required in Procreate. I recently had the same problem with the sizes again for Procreate. And I tried using CSP on my iPad, it worked pretty good so far. At least for line art stage. Not sure how it will be when I need to do coloring. And I'm slowing getting used to using CSP. But this is huge for me, as I don't need to upgrade my iPad (yet). I wanted to use iPad / pencil as my main drawing device for work seems to be achievable with CSP ! It's cool that it has the swipe panel that has the shift, option, command, space. I don't even need a bluetooth keyboard. And I can even use the photoshop brushes here! WOW :D
Man! CSP is awesome. I was *so* on board when it was announced, there wasn't even a board. -I bought a Japanese version, (which wasn't easy back when Google web page translate wasn't a thing), and had to run an insane fan-made English hack to make the menus readable. Good times! It's so nice to see how the program has grown and become very stable. It never crashes now! Pretty amazing. CSP rocks, -though it's still missing a couple of pretty basic selection features for some reason. Meanwhile, I'm still hoping that Paint Tool SAI 2 (with touch) comes into being; its brush engine is actually superior to the one in CSP...! (I know, eh?) But SAI is written and published by a single guy who is no longer piss & vinegar in his 20's, so I feel like it may never happen. Though.., he still updates the beta package every few months with little changes... I'm only waiting for one big update... It just needs a finger touch interface and it'll be a major contender for best drawing package. -If he wants it to be. It's small and efficient as hell; the whole package is only a couple of megabytes big, and it's as full-featured as any big name brand. If he ports it to Android and charges a couple bucks.., he'd be a very wealthy man. I'm keeping my hopes alive.
The way you demonstrated, the fill bucket will actually reference ALL other layers, not just the reference layer. If you want to reference just the reference layer, you have to go into the tool properties and under "refer multiple layers," select "reference layer"
You like that reference-paint bucket tool? WELL GOOD NEWS: You can do the same thing with the wand tool, so you can wand tool the same way you were paint bucket-ing but without randomly filling everything on a lower-ref-sensitivity setting. Yes, even click-n-drag.
I like the program too. Although getting it on tablet means a new license and monthly payments, where as desktop is just a one time payment. Having one means you still need the other, licenses don't transfer over.
One thing to mention is that Clip on PC or Mac is a one-time purchase, whereas the mobile versions charge a subscription fee. You can still draw in the mobile versions for free, but you'll be unable to save anything.
The vector capabilities are the thing that keeps hitting me to buy a license, because every other app I use for work (Krita, blender and opentoonz, with the last one having vector based drawing almost good, but stills meh) has what I want
Inkscape is the best free vector program. And since 1.0 the UI has drastically improved (the development version, 1.1 is even better). It looks like a professional piece of software now. I suspect that it wouldn't go into an animators workflow very well though.
I usually hate subscriptions but for only $20/year, that is a good buy. I used the 6 month free trial and think I will pay the $20 because I really like the software.
Hey Brad! Did You Try out the “Realistic Paint App”? Can you do a review about that one please? Many thanks and always love to watch your videos 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you very much for this video man, I’ve never really considered getting clip studio paint but I really wanted to get away from krita because I just don’t like it much. Finally I can escape Krita!
Finally I can make pro level artwork with huge files and up to 60 layers on my tab S4 with almost 0 problems...this app is the best if you're on android
Great video, very informative... just got clip studio and this helped out a lot as feeling my way around the program. I'll definitely be checking out all your other videos about clip, thanks
you don't need to use the vector eraser to get it to erase those cross sections of the line. just need to have "vector eraser" checked. it works for all eraser types on vector layers.
Been using it since Manga Studio 4 and CSP still my favorite tool~
Nitip sendal, siapa tau ada orang indo lagi
Same here 😊
Love Clip 😍
Mantap kak
Sama
One feature I really like that no other app has is the ability to paint with edge detection. So instead of using layers or selecting boundaries, it can automatically detect your line work and won't let the paint go beyond it. It feels like coloring within the lines naturally and is very enjoyable.
How do you use this?
@@Lilyium do a search for "anti-overflow" in clip studio. That is the name of the feature.
Just knew it today. Thanks for sharing!
The vector eraser is a timesaver. I'm surprised other art apps haven't copied this feature.
Fun fact, the original name for Clip Studio Paint was NOT Manga Studio. Clip Studio Paint is the original name.
"Manga Studio" was a rebranding of a string of unrelated but kind-of-related programs made by the Japanese company Celsys. E Frontier and then SmithMicro rebranded them as part of their North American localization deal.
Clip Studio Paint 1.0 was the first version of this brand new program in 2013.
But SmithMicro rebranded it as "Manga Studio 5", because it was similar to the other programs they previously rebranded.
The deal has since expired and Celsys now does localization under their own name. That means it's just "Clip Studio Paint" for everyone, whether you use freedom units or not.
Oh wow, I had no idea.
well Clip Studio came from the merge of Comic Studio (A.K.A Manga Studio 1/2/3/4) and Illust Studio (only Japan) and recently they added parts of RETAS (Animation)
It was illustudio I believe not manga studio
"Freedom units"... LOL
Hey Brad, how did you manage to do that with you pen at 1:35
Vector Layers are life changers!! I didn't use them for a while, but when I finally understood how to use them it made a huge diference in my art. It made it so much easier to edit my line art without completely redrawing it
Looking forward to the sequel "10 Things I Hate About Photoshop".
1. No single purchase options anymore
2. It runs awful on potato computers unlike Clip Studio and Affinity Photo
3. Adobe
4. Etc
5. it loves crashing like no one’s business
@@Smile4ever14 I like that one but that my friend is funny
@@Smile4ever14 hahahha
"10.000 things I hate about GIMP
Your videos are always so interesting! You actually helped me to get back into digital art! I had been watching a ton of videos on what to buy to start and had spent several hours across several days trying to decide and it was finally your video on the Surface Laptop Studio follow up that gave me exactly what I was looking for! I purchased it and have been practicing as I've been a physical medium user my whole life and drawing digitally is a bit of a learning curve but I also purchased your class and it has helped me as well! I just wanted to say thank you so much for creating such accessible and wonderful content! It is inspiring and helps give people like me the inspiration to try things they've been wanting to for years but didn't know where to start. 💜
Literally got Clip Studio Paint yesterday, perfect timing!
Let me clarify something about the software. Clip Studio was originally called "Comic Studio", and was created in the early 1990s by a company called "Celsys" in japan, the creators of Retas pro, which still used in anime studios. A use company called Smith Micro licensed Comic Studio and re-branded it as "Manga Studio" and their last version under that name was Manga Studio 4 or 5. In Japan Celsys killed Retas Pro and merged Retas with Comic Studio and re-branded it as Clip Studio Art. the rest is self explanatory
Why I love Clip Studio Paint: It’s the goat
Just wanted to say that I like this new series, love this channel, and recommend it to everyone.
This is my go to program. So much better than photoshop for illustration
I Agree
You need to be able to take out the full use of the software. Photoshop is better if know how to use it
@@IronHacker-im4lb for illustration imo i feel like once clip studio adds the liquify tool, photoshop's beat
@@IronHacker-im4lb if only those full use function of photosho0 are not exclusive patents of adobe.
@@ParkerAstoria they're adding liquify this December!! 🍥
Was recently thinking about trying Clip Studio! Great timing
Same. I really want to get Clip Studio once I got enough money
I have it and it's really great!! :D I have the Pro version rn but I'm gonna upgrade it to ex when I can to make longer animations :3
Same! I have it now and it’s so great!
So i started watching you yesterday when i got my tab s6 lite, and i tried ALOT of apps, i have clip studio for pc (gifted by a friend) and so i was looking for something i didnt have to re buy as i didnt realize the monthly subscription was as cheap as it was, and nothing compared to clip studio, i ended up signing up for it again today using my own email discovered i could get a free 3 month trial and i jumped right in knew how to use it knew my way around it and it just felt so familiar and comfortable to use!
Excited for this series! Man i really gotta dig into learning csp more. All those features! This was definitely helpful learning some of them, thank you
great video. can you do a similar video about autodesk skechbook too?
Do Affinity Designer next! I recently bought the software and I would love to know what's your top favourite of the app
Also one thing I love about CSP is that its not a heavy software. It works smooth even with my laptop unplugged to the charger. Photoshop tends to lag and crash a lot especially if you are using it on a laptop without connecting the charger.
I tried out the colorize tool but accidently picked the wrong layer on my portrait drawing... and I believe I will now have nightmares about mounstrous figure it turned my drawing into 😅
Amazing coverage!!! I have the app, but wasn't aware of some of these features. Thanks Brad!!
I'm sold. Thank you! I have never heard of the program before
Great video! Loved your overview on Clip Studio Paint. Thank you!!
Started with OpenCanvas way back in the 2000's then moved on to Sai pain about 10 years ago. Just started using CSP now. It's really a great art program!
My go-to. Although I may pick up photoshop and see what that's like when my Huion 4k arrives... some day.
#11: It comes with a fully-featured vectorial speech bubble tool. And you can even create favorite lists of fonts so that only the installed fonts you actually need show up (I'd really like that in Photoshop to be honest), no more spending half an hour looking for that special font.
Your video quality has upgraded so much since 2020 and you feel more mature
Also, vector layers. Such a cool feature.
I have this program and I've yet to really dig into it. That stuff about the frames and divisions blew my mindddddd. I'm sooo excited for my next project (if any, haha)!!
Love your videos! (I bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 plus last month partly based on them!) :) Right away, downloaded the six month free trial of Clip Studio Paint. Been having a blast ever since! Surprised at how good it is even for "classical" artwork that I do, and is very "painterly". Thanks for all the work you do and the info you provide!
Hello, I'm still between buying the galaxy or ipad... and Im stuck between procreate and paintsudio... I read your content and would like to know if you have also researched ipad and procreate before buying your galaxy.
I like how you're using the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ to showcase the app. I'm really enjoying mine and hoping to utilize it with Clip Studio Paint.
Thank you so much Brad, I've been struggling along with medibang for the past year, this really helps
I have been using Clip Studio for almost a year now and I didn't know most of that stuff! Thanks for this video! I'm going to be using that reference layer thing ALL THE TIME.
It also has great touch screen support for surface pros
My dad got me a xpen innovator 16 for Christmas and got me the Ex version of the program, and it’s amazing!
My absolute favorite things about it are the vector eraser (MY LORD AND SAVIOR.) the free 3D models, and how it has an animation feature.
I really love Clip Studio Paint: I've the EX version both on my PCs and my iPad Pro, I actually use only it, because in it I can find everything I need. ❤️
Isn't the iPad subscription fee each month kind of annoying?
@@mchlup I pay for the annual subscription: annoying only once a year.
@@antonioguacci7165 How much is the annual fee? Monthly is 10 dollars I believe. Is there a discount?
@@mchlup of course: in euros, it's 63.99 (current exchange: around 77 USD).
@@antonioguacci7165 Thanks for the info.
Do a krita one, I use krita for my art work.
Yes I agree
@@neilthomas4742 Yeah
I’ve been using CSP for months and I didn’t know, like, ANY of this. Thank you!!
I’ve only been using CSP since June 2021 but it’s quickly become my favourite drawing software 😂 I even caved and bought a separate license for CSP on my iPad
Been a Clip Studio Paint user for 5 years and I'm never changing my art software again.
If you're filling in linework for example you don't need to set a reference layer. If you set the fill tool to refer to other layers it just refers to every visible layer
Can you PLEASE go into the perspective tools of Clip Studio? It's so confusing to me!
Do 10 things you love about Ms Paint
Okay now that is a challenge 😂
Maybe 8 thing? I bet I can find 8 things
@@thebradcolbow The close program button being #1 ;)
congrats on half a million.
Number 1 reason why I love Clip studio. It’s not photoshop
Please do a 10 things I love about Krita video!
I have been using CSP since 3 years. Never going back to another programs, its amazing.
I’m transferring over from drawing on an Ipad gen6 and procreate to a refurbished wacom cintiq and csp and the learning curve is hugeee, but I think it’ll be worth it.
Awesome video as always!
Definitely want to see more "Top 10s" of your favorite art programs! ^^
ive been using clip paint for YEARS. i recently bought myself the two device subscription so i can seamlessly work between my ipad and pc !!
Thanks for making this video! I like that the way you explain stuff seems to be beginner friendly! While I do want to try Krita, I had been thinking about getting CSP EX.
Love this! I got to learn so many features I didn’t even know about would love to see more content like this! :)
I learned new things and I've been using this as my only software for several years now.
Thanks for the video! I'm trying to switch from doing illustration in Photoshop to actually using Clip Studio. It intimidates me at the moment, but there are sooo many wonderful features that I would love to learn and use. I hope I'll get a hang of it. Thank you for explaining a few of those, it's very helpful!
At the start of the video I was saying to myself that he must reference jazza. Then you mentioned it. Lol. Love it
I have been using iPad 6th Gen. At times I get some freelance job that required 300dpi and size larger than A4. I use Procreate most of the time, and the larger the size the less layers I am able to have on Procreate. Sometimes I can't even create the large size that the client required in Procreate.
I recently had the same problem with the sizes again for Procreate. And I tried using CSP on my iPad, it worked pretty good so far. At least for line art stage. Not sure how it will be when I need to do coloring. And I'm slowing getting used to using CSP. But this is huge for me, as I don't need to upgrade my iPad (yet). I wanted to use iPad / pencil as my main drawing device for work seems to be achievable with CSP ! It's cool that it has the swipe panel that has the shift, option, command, space. I don't even need a bluetooth keyboard. And I can even use the photoshop brushes here! WOW :D
great video!! I also use clip studio for my illustrations lately, I find this program great for my work flow.
Man! CSP is awesome.
I was *so* on board when it was announced, there wasn't even a board. -I bought a Japanese version, (which wasn't easy back when Google web page translate wasn't a thing), and had to run an insane fan-made English hack to make the menus readable. Good times!
It's so nice to see how the program has grown and become very stable. It never crashes now! Pretty amazing. CSP rocks, -though it's still missing a couple of pretty basic selection features for some reason.
Meanwhile, I'm still hoping that Paint Tool SAI 2 (with touch) comes into being; its brush engine is actually superior to the one in CSP...! (I know, eh?) But SAI is written and published by a single guy who is no longer piss & vinegar in his 20's, so I feel like it may never happen. Though.., he still updates the beta package every few months with little changes... I'm only waiting for one big update...
It just needs a finger touch interface and it'll be a major contender for best drawing package. -If he wants it to be. It's small and efficient as hell; the whole package is only a couple of megabytes big, and it's as full-featured as any big name brand. If he ports it to Android and charges a couple bucks.., he'd be a very wealthy man. I'm keeping my hopes alive.
Krita also has a colorize tool!
Krita does that as well.
My favorite feature of CSP is liquify.
The way you demonstrated, the fill bucket will actually reference ALL other layers, not just the reference layer. If you want to reference just the reference layer, you have to go into the tool properties and under "refer multiple layers," select "reference layer"
Wow. I just discovered CSP. Now I have to learn how to use it. Tks for sharing.
Dude! Had no idea on your second channel! It looks gold! Thanks for the heads up
You like that reference-paint bucket tool? WELL GOOD NEWS:
You can do the same thing with the wand tool, so you can wand tool the same way you were paint bucket-ing but without randomly filling everything on a lower-ref-sensitivity setting.
Yes, even click-n-drag.
Please can you make a clip art studio paint tutorial for the galaxy tab
Thx for making this
Krita review plzz
I like the program too. Although getting it on tablet means a new license and monthly payments, where as desktop is just a one time payment. Having one means you still need the other, licenses don't transfer over.
Can you please review paintstorm studio lite for ipad
One thing to mention is that Clip on PC or Mac is a one-time purchase, whereas the mobile versions charge a subscription fee.
You can still draw in the mobile versions for free, but you'll be unable to save anything.
Can you do one for Krita pls?
I have krita but I hate it I mostly like iArtbook
He did it some time ago.
@@gdhyphen797 I don't blame you it is hard for an app but as a computer program I love it
Yes let us know more software you use
we love CSP
Outstanding app and review!!!!
The vector capabilities are the thing that keeps hitting me to buy a license, because every other app I use for work (Krita, blender and opentoonz, with the last one having vector based drawing almost good, but stills meh) has what I want
Inkscape is the best free vector program. And since 1.0 the UI has drastically improved (the development version, 1.1 is even better). It looks like a professional piece of software now.
I suspect that it wouldn't go into an animators workflow very well though.
@@tams805 yep, I forgot to mention, i use inkscape for some stuff, but for freehand drawing is not good :/ Thanks for the response
Wtf? I had no idea csp was also a vector program! What a unit csp is.
Please make a tutorial series on Infinite painter (Android tab) right from beginner to pro 😁
What tablet is that that you are using.. it looks like an iPad but your pen doesn't look right
Big question: should i start with procreate or clip studio?
Procreate is a one-time fee and cheaper. Clip Studio requires a monthly fee on the iPad.
@@mchlup thanks
Honestly my favorite tools are the selection pen and close and fill tool. Or the adjust line width tool. Ya know what I love all of them.
The vector eraser is the main reason I want to try out CSP.
I usually hate subscriptions but for only $20/year, that is a good buy. I used the 6 month free trial and think I will pay the $20 because I really like the software.
Yes, Clip Studio Paint’s monthly subscription is a lot more affordable than Adobe’s Creative Cloud’s monthly subscription.
Great video!!!!
Love clip studio it was the program i used to make my webcomic Gobie Gou.
0:12 Hello Brad. My name is Chris :D
I remember getting Manga Studio 4 from Comp USA when it was open back in 2007.
Please make a tutorial on clip studio i am dying to understand the software and btw the ex version is what I am learning
love your channel! thank you so much
Hey Brad! Did You Try out the “Realistic Paint App”? Can you do a review about that one please?
Many thanks and always love to watch your videos 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Try cavalry animation software.
Very nice. May I ask if you recommend any CSP complete online course for a beginner like me? Abraços daqui do Rio de Janeiro/Brasil.
Thank you very much for this video man, I’ve never really considered getting clip studio paint but I really wanted to get away from krita because I just don’t like it much.
Finally I can escape Krita!
What is the music that he uses in his outro’s. It’s really catchy lol.
Finally I can make pro level artwork with huge files and up to 60 layers on my tab S4 with almost 0 problems...this app is the best if you're on android
Could you review WICK EDITOR?
Great video, very informative... just got clip studio and this helped out a lot as feeling my way around the program. I'll definitely be checking out all your other videos about clip, thanks
you don't need to use the vector eraser to get it to erase those cross sections of the line. just need to have "vector eraser" checked. it works for all eraser types on vector layers.
clip studio is amazing and so much more accessible than photoshop
Can u do a top 5?
Krita also has a tool to paint in auto-mode, but not as complex as this one