► Brush settings are accessible through this little wrench here at the bottom right corner of the tool property panel. You can set it so that every time you hover over the panel, the eyedropper is automatically on (handy!) You can open an entire folder there and scroll through using the arrows. ► The Sub View panel is also really useful that it works as a box to place reference images in. I like to keep the Information tab somewhere on the side so I can see if I’ll start lagging any time soon because of big files (lol). ► I recommend checking out everything under the Window menu, you might find a really handy panel that isn’t normally open, or you can even disable the Command Bar if you want. I also put the icons of all the correction layers I use the most, and the Layer > Combine selected layers icon since my Ctrl+E is already taken up by Merge with layer below.Īdditional general notes on navigating and setting up CSP: For mine, I keep the View > Rotate > Flip Horizontal icon on there so I can tell if my canvas is mirrored (because sometimes I forget the canvas is flipped and only realise when I’ve saved and looked at the pic). Basically you can put a bunch of shortcuts there of anything in the main menu. The command bar is the strip at the top with all the icons, just above the canvas tab. There are more so please look at the list carefully if you find yourself needing something regarding those key holds. operation’ on the dropdown, and check the 'Straight line’ box to make straight lines that connect clicks when you hold Shift. ► Do the same except under 'Ctrl’, select ’ Change tool temporarily’ to 'Move layer’. To change to move layer while holding Ctrl: (You don’t have to go all the way down the list of settings, unless you want to refine it to a more specific function) ► Under the 'Alt’ dropdown, select 'Change tool temporarily’, then click the Settings button. ► Select 'Settings for each process of tool’, and under 'Sub Tool’ select which specific tool you want. To change a brush to eyedropper while holding Alt: Some of CSP’s default values of these shortcut keys are different, and I recommend getting a feel for the tools you use and changing these settings as you go. With Photoshop and SAI, you may be used to normally having the colour picker / eyedropper when you hold Alt, and moving the layer’s contents when you hold Ctrl.
Basically, for each tool, you can set what happens when you hold Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Spacebar or use the mouse wheel. This is a pretty important part to stop by because it affects how you use your tools. Unlike PS, CSP has a third colour option available, which is 'transparent’, so you can 'paint’ using transparency, which functions pretty much like the eraser without needing to change tools. … Or any of the different combinations they have, depending on what you want. View > Rotate > Flip Horizontal (mirroring)ĭrawing color > Switch main color and sub colorĭrawing color > Switch to transparent color Layer > Combine copies of displayed layer (Merges all visible layers into a separate layer, aka PS’s monster shortcut of Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E) Layer > Merge with layer below / Combine selected layer (these two are different, and unlike in PS where Ctrl+E works for both, it is separate for CSP) Settings I recommend checking, mostly because these are what I personally care about:Įdit > Convert brightness to opacity (converts degrees of white to degrees of transparency, useful for things like lineart)
I hope this helps people who feel somewhat lost when they open the program for the first time >sub colour switching), specific tools (even custom brushes) and auto actions.
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* There’s a note at the end of this post with a download link to my layout and hotkey settings, plus instructions on how to enable it.
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In my case, I wanted something more similar to SAI to make the software transition smoother (old habits die hard I guess). On the bright side, CSP is incredibly flexible with its settings and there are many ways to adapt it to suit what you’re accustomed to. I can see why and I have to admit the default layout looks a little overwhelming in the beginning. Unfortunately I feel like the UI deters some people from using it (including my friends…). It has the smoothness and blending of SAI, a really good brush system and some of Photoshop’s capabilities without the heaviness of the software. I’ve been using Clip Studio Paint (aka Manga Studio 5) for the last 2 years and I really cannot recommend it enough.
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