I always add a “custom” tag so that I can easily find any materials I’ve created later. To add search tags, click on the “+” button in the lower right corner of the Search Tag box. I have selected the “Decoration” sub-folder to store my design for this article. In the Location To Save Material window, scroll down and select the Image Material category. Unless your design is a pattern that needs to repeat, you don’t have to turn the Tiling option on.
Under Paste Operation, check the box next to “Scale up/down” and make sure the drop-down menu is set to “Adjust after pasting”. Because the background of my art was transparent, the box around my design is the same color as the rest of the Material Property window (in this case, gray, because I use the Dark theme on CSP to make it easier on my eyes.) If you have a background color, it will show in the box around your design. The Material Image box shows a preview of what you are converting into a new material. Be descriptive so that you know what this material is later on! In the Material Name box, enter a name for your Material. (I have accidentally saved over my layered file with files that I’ve “temporarily” flattened to use in another project too many times!) Then I select the layer with the flattened image to make sure it’s active before going to Edit - Register Material - Image, as shown in the screenshot below. I like to use the Layer - Merge Visible To New Layer option because it makes copies of each layer and combines the copies into one flat layer without compromising my original layers. If your design is composed of multiple layers, you will need to combine the layers down to a single layer before proceeding. This will make it easier to adjust the design later and also to color and shade the areas around the design. If you are going to be using the design as, say, a design for a character’s shirt, you will want the background around the art to be transparent. To start, you will need to open the image that you want to add to the Materials Library in Clip Studio Paint. But what if you want to add your own illustrations and designs to the Materials library? Thankfully, this is a very easy process!
In this article we will cover the following topics:Īdding Custom Materials to Clip Studio PaintĬreating convincing clothes with MaterialsĬlip Studio Paint comes with a library of Materials already in the program, and you can download additional materials made by other CSP users in the Clip Studio Assets.
In this article, I will show you how you can use Materials in your comics and illustrations to help save you time and make you more productive. Materials can be time savers, can add special effects, and can make your illustration life easier. If you’ve read any of my CSP books, then you probably know that I LOVE materials. Many of you probably know my name from those books, in fact! I was a beta-tester on the Manga Studio 5 program and for Clip Studio Paint, and I have written three books and several video courses about the program. Want some new software? See the deals we've found below.Hello! My name is Liz Staley and I’m a long-time user of Clip Studio Paint (I started using the program back when it was known as Manga Studio 4!). This article originally appeared in ImagineFX, the world's best-selling magazine for digital artists.
A trip full of learning, discovering, creating and of course, mistakes as well. My social media platforms are a journal of my artistic journey. And unless I upload the drawing online it’s likely that I'll come back to it and waste more time. These steps are: adding a little more Color or Glow Dodge (like the bokeh lights you can see in the picture adding a Color Balance Layer and adding a signature. What helps me to walk away from the drawing (when I'm unable to grasp that I don't need to create a masterpiece every time I draw) is my list of things I can do to help close the chapter. Am I finished? Should I add more? Does it look good? Can it look better? Often I'll blast through the entire illustration process, then sit in front of the canvas adding and deleting layers for hours, only to end up exactly where I started.