Как настроить кисти в clip studio paint
Обновлено: 06.07.2024
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!). 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. Many of you probably know my name from those books, in fact!
On December 10, 2020 Clip Studio Paint released their 1.10.5 version. In this update are several exciting new features that I’ll be covering over the next few weeks. But this week I’m excited to discuss how to use your Photoshop brushes in Clip Studio Paint! There are also some brand new brush options that we’ll be covering in the final part of this article.
In this article we will cover the following topics:
Exporting brushes from Photoshop
Importing .ABR files to Clip Studio Paint
New CSP Brush Options
Let’s get started!
Exporting Brushes from Photoshop
If you’re a long-time user of Photoshop you likely have a collection of your favorite brushes, either made by you or downloaded from the internet. You can now save these brushes from Photoshop and put them into Clip Studio for your use.
Note that from what I’ve tested so far, this process is not perfect. You will likely still have to tweak the imported brushes a bit after transferring them from PS to CSP. But this process will transfer the brush tip material and basic brush information from one program to the other, making it much faster than having to recreate and resave brush materials!
Exporting your brushes from Photoshop is not a difficult process. For this example, I will be saving the “Wet Media Brushes” presets from Adobe Photoshop CS4. Note that when you save brushes from Photoshop, you will save all the presets that are currently loaded in your brush window. That means that if you save a set of brushes that has 50 tools in it, when you transfer that ABR file to CSP you will be loading 50 brushes. If you want to only save and import a few brushes at a time, you will have to change your loaded brushes to just those tools.
From the brush menu in Photoshop, click on “Save Brushes…” as shown above to save the current brush presets to a file. Select the location to save the brushes and type in a file name. Once you’ve completed this step you will have an .abr file that contains your PS brushes, and that is what we’ll use to move these tools to Clip Studio in the next section.
Importing .ABR files to Clip Studio Paint
Importing tools into CSP is just about one of the easiest things you can do! There are two ways to do it, so I’ll share both of those here. The first way is the “long way” - which is really just a few clicks, and the second is my preferred way of importing tools that aren’t coming from the CSP Assets menu!
First you’ll need to decide what overall category of tool that you want to put your PS tools in. For this article, since I’m using brushes that are supposed to imitate wet media, I’m going to choose the “Brush” category. Then in the Subtool window, click on the three horizontal lines in the top left corner to bring up the menu, as shown below, and then click on “Import sub tool…”
Navigate to where you saved your brushes and select the ABR file you want to import. You can see in the following screenshot that I’m selecting the “Wet Media Brushes” abr file I created earlier.
Click on Open and CSP will go to work. If importing multiple tools at once, CSP will create a new subtool group to put the brushes in, as shown below.
Click on the file of tools to import and, while continuing to hold down the mouse button, drag the file into the Sub Tool window. When you’re in the correct spot the cursor will turn into a “+” symbol. Release the mouse button and CSP will import the tools. In the following screenshot you can see the Sumi-e category made in my Decoration tool.
Again, this process is not perfect. You may need to adjust the settings in the Sub Tool Detail menu to get the precise look you’re going for (like changing the opacity and such for a watercolor effect).
Now that we know how easy it is to import Photoshop brushes to CSP, let’s discuss the new brush options in this update.
New CSP Brush Options
There are a few new brush options in this update, so let’s explore them now!
Color Jitter
One of the new brush options in this Clip Studio update is called “Color Jitter” and they produce some truly unique effects! To get to these options, select the sub tool that you want to change the look of and then click on the icon that looks like a little wrench in the bottom right of the Tool Property menu. This icon is indicated by the arrow in the following image.
In the Sub Tool Detail window you will find all the options for personalizing brushes in Clip Studio Paint. The new options for this update are under “Color Jitter” on the left side of the window. Click on it and you will see the options in the image below.
These new options are called “Change brush tip color” and “Randomize per stroke”. You can turn the settings for either one or both by clicking on the checkbox to the left of the option name to activate it. Then use the sliders or the number entry for each option to change the settings.
Each of these new options can control hue, saturation, or luminosity. The image below shows each of the “Change brush tip color” options for a brush turned up to the highest setting to illustrate what the setting does.
As you can see, the Hue setting introduces more colors into the brush tip. The intensity of these colors depend on the base color that you set, too! If you choose a very bright and saturated color for your “brush color” then the tip colors will be very saturated. If you choose a desaturated color as your active color, the random colors will be desaturated. Keep an eye on the brush stroke preview at the top of the Sub tool detail options window to see how the colors change as you choose different active colors.
The saturation option produces a stroke that has differing levers of saturation. In the example stroke above, all the dots in the brush stroke are blue, but some are desaturated to the point of being gray or white, while some are the full saturation of the blue color chosen as my brush color.
Luminosity controls how dark the color gets. Though I’ve used the same blue as my brush color in all the above examples, this stroke has dots that vary from blue to black instead of blue to white!
The Randomize Per Stroke settings have a very different effect, because they change every time you put down a new stroke of your drawing tool. The following image shows these options at their highest settings.
These options are in the same vein as the Change Brush Tip Color, but CSP picks a random amount with each stroke of the tool instead of changing the brush tip as the stroke is made. Each of the color blocks above was made by putting down multiple overlapping strokes of this brush.
By clicking on the icon to the right of each option’s slider, you can also pair each setting to certain parameters such as pen pressure, tilt, velocity, and random.
Brush Tip Shape Flip Horizontal and Flip Vertical
Another new option for brushes can be found under the Brush Tip option in Sub Tool Detail. These options are to Flip the brush tip shape horizontal or vertical in different ways, which is useful for a lot of Decoration tools and spray brushes to get more variety. The dropdown for each of these options can be changed individually for both Horizontal and Vertical. The example below shows some of the options for the Flip Horizontal using a lace brush.
If you’re looking for a lot of variety in your brush tip shapes, these are great options!
Texture Brightness/Contrast and Texture Mode
The final new options we’re going to look at are under the “Texture” heading on the left side of the Sub tool detail window. If you’ve never played with these options, they’re a great way to add, well, texture to your strokes! Unless you’re using a tool that already has a texture applied to it, you’ll need to load a texture first before you can play with the new settings. If there is no texture already set, the box next to the first option in Texture will say “None”, click on that word to select a texture from the installed Materials to apply it to the tool.
Once you’ve selected a texture from the Material library and head back to the Sub Tool Detail screen, you will see that all the texture options are now lit up. The options that have been added to this feature are Brightness, Contrast, and Texture mode, which are now new ways that the texture can interact with your stroke color and brush tip shape. In the image below I’ve used the same tool and color for each stroke, but have changed the texture setting.
Note how different each stroke looks just from changing one option! Remember that you can test the changes you’re making while you’re changing them by having a new canvas open and doing “test swatches” as you change the settings. I love doing this so I can see what an option does to the look of my brush! Being able to change so many parameters to get exactly the look you want from your tools is amazing and really lets you customize your drawings to match your style.
Conclusion
New brush options and the ability to import Photoshop brushes are just the tip of the iceberg for the new updates to Clip Studio Paint with version 1.10.5, but they are definitely the updates that I’ve been most excited about. These open up even more options for creating and customizing your tools and creating a look that is uniquely yours for your art!
Note: If your device has been updated from Ver. 1.10.9 or earlier, your sub tool groups may be different.
[1] Digital painting workflow
Here, we will introduce the basic steps of digital painting. While it is possible to paint in a manner similar to traditional mediums, digital painting offers unique features that can broaden your horizons.
The basic digital painting workflow combines several tools, as shown below.
● Basic painting workflow
(1) Paint the base color with the [Brush] tool. There isn’t any need to be accurate at this point. Try to lay down the rough shapes of the piece.
(2) To blend colors smoothly, use the [Blend] tool or a color mixing brush, and lightly brush over the edges.
Skip this procedure if you want to keep the brush textures.
(3) Clean up and adjust the shape outlines with the [Eraser] tool. If the background is already painted, use the background color for this step. Repeat steps (1) to (3) until you are satisfied with the results.
(4) Use the [Brush] tools or [Pen] tools with a small brush size to draw the details and highlights.
[2] What is a coloring brush?
(1) Color mixing/overlapping brushes
Clip Studio Paint offers brushes that can mix or overlap colors.
・Color mixing brushes
・Color overlapping brushes
Many of the sub tools in the [Watercolor] and [India ink] groups of the [Brush] tool, the [Airbrush] tool, and the [Pen] tool are of this type. If you paint blue over yellow, the colors will overlap without blending. If you paint with a brush with a high opacity, only the color painted on top will be visible.
Note: How to distinguish a color mixing brush from a color overlapping brush
Brushes that mix colors have the [Color Mixing] setting checked. If you look at the [Sub Tool Detail] palette > [Ink] category and notice that this function is checked, that brush is a mixing brush.
When the [Color Mixing] option is active, you can use the [Amount of Paint], [Density of Paint] and [Color stretch] options to fine-tune how colors will mix. Check the “Customizing the brush!” section for further details on these settings.
(2) Color blending brushes
If you want to blend colors or smooth the border between colors, use the subtools [Painterly blender] (Soothing watercolor), [Wet Bleed Blender], or [Textured Blender] under the [Blend] tool.
On devices running version 1.10.9 or earlier, the above sub tools are stored in the [Watercolor] group and [Real watercolor] group of the [Brush] tool.
These sub-tools cannot be used to color or draw on their own.
(3) Eraser brushes
If you want to erase or modify your drawing, use the [Eraser] tool sub tool or the [Brush] tool > [Watercolor] > [Watery brush]. You can also use it to lighten the color or adjust the shape.
Note: Master transparent color!
In Clip Studio Paint, any drawing tool can be used as an eraser by setting the drawing color to transparent.
You can select the transparent color from the bottom of the [Tool] palette or select the checkerboard pattern tile on a color palette.
Try the preset brushes out, and find one that you like!
[3] Using the right brush for the job
Although Clip Studio Paint comes with various preset brushes, a lot more are available on “Assets,” the CSP material sharing service.
Clip Studio Assets
You can access Clip Studio Assets from the menu on the left of the screen after launching Clip Studio.
On tablets: Tap the Clip Studio icon on the top of the screen and select the Clip Studio Assets button to open the website page in the browser.
On smartphones: Tap [Menu] > [Tutorials / Materials / Files / Support] to show [Clip Studio], and then tap [Clip Studio ASSETS]. The browser will start and load CLIP STUDIO ASSETS.
Brushes can be created from scratch, but we recommend beginners to use premade brushes on Assets.
How to use downloaded materials
Brushes downloaded from Assets are automatically added to the [Material] > [Download] palette.
To use them, first register those brush materials in the [Sub Tool] palette.
For tablet users: To register a brush material, select [Import sub tool material] from the top left menu of the [Sub Tool] palette.
For smartphone users: to register a brush material, select [Import sub tool material] from [Select sub tool] in the Edit Bar.
Note: How to use an asset will vary depending on the type of material. Learn how to import and use downloaded materials in the following articles:
▼ How to download materials
▼ How to use downloaded materials
[4] Customizing brushes
Once you got used to brushes, let’s try customize them and make them easier to use.
Configure the brush settings from the [Tool Property] palette or the [Sub Tool Detail] palette.
The [Tool Property] palette displays the main customizable properties of the selected sub-tool.
The [Sub Tool Detail] palette displays all the customizable properties of the sub-tool.
* If you cannot find these palettes, you can access them from the [Window] menu.
Note: On the smartphone version, you can tap the button on the lower right of the [Tool Property] palette to display [Sub Tool Details].
To display an option in the [Tool Property] palette, select the eye icon next to this option in the [Sub Tool Detail] palette!
Depending on the brush, changing some options might not make a big difference, and some brushes may not have some specific options.
Remember, you can test the tool while configuring the settings!
Adjusting the paint opacity.
If you need to adjust the opacity of the paint, change the values of [Ink] > [Opacity] in the [Sub Tool Detail] dialog, which you can open by clicking the wrench icon on the bottom right of the [Tool Property] palette. The paint becomes thicker when the opacity level is high and thinner when it is low.
Supported default sub-tools: All drawing sub-tools.
If you reduce the opacity level, you can mix the selected color with the color below it.
For brushes without [Color Mixing] on, you can change the settings to control opacity with pen pressure or stroke speed by clicking the [Opacity Dynamics] icon to the right of [Opacity].
If the [Color Mixing] option is active: Adjust the opacity level by editing the [Density of Paint] > [Density of Paint Dynamics] settings.
Note: If you have [Color mixing] > [Smear] set, please make use of the [Opacity Dynamics] settings.
Darkening painted colors
If your colors seem a little dull after being mixed, increase the value of [Amount of Paint].
Supported default sub-tools:
Drawing sub-tools with the [Color Mixing] option such as the [Watercolor] group, the [Thick Paint] group > [Gouache], and the [Dry Gouache].
If you do not want to mix the base colors, create a layer above and paint on it. Learn how to use layers in “ Basic Layer Techniques for Digital Drawing”.
Creating dry strokes
If you want to make dry looking or waterless strokes, lower the [Brush Density] (flow rate) value.
Supported default sub tools:
The [Watercolor] group > [Flat watercolor brush], the [Realistic Watercolor] group > [Flat Watercolor Brush], and the [Thick Paint] group > [Gouache], [Dry Gouache], etc. are drawing sub tools with Brush tip images.
Making thinner lines
If you want to narrow the starting and ending point for the brush, adjust the [Brush Size] > [Dynamics].
Reduce the [Minimum Value] of the [Pen pressure] to 0 and change the shape of the [Settings of pen pressure] curve as shown below.
Supported default sub-tools: Sub-tools that change their [Brush Size] according to the pen pressure.
Everyone uses pens with different pressure. We suggest users to keep adjusting until you find the right pen pressure settings for you.
Changing the brush tip
You can change the brush tip image from the [Sub tool Detail] palette > [Brush Tip] category.
Click on the [Tip Shape] > [Material] and click on the bottom right icon to display the list of adjustable settings.
Supported default sub-tools: All drawing sub-tools.
You can register materials as a brush tip image from the [Material] palette > [Image Material] > [Brush] or your own image materials. For more details, refer to the following articles.
▼ Importing a hand-drawn material and applying it to a tool
Creating a flat brush
To use a flat brush, reduce the value of the [Brush Tip] > [Thickness] to 50 or less, and set the [Dynamics] of [Direction] to [Pen direction].
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