I’ve often seen people, including my past self fill in colors by hand using a brush and this is such a huge waste of time, do not do it like that! There are so much better ways to go through the process of doing flat colors and the best method of all is by far the bucket tool. TIP 05 – How to create quick flat colors using the bucket tool Part 02 - Tips and Tools to make Digital Coloring Faster! Feel free to also select a custom color if you’d like, for example here I’m using black as the color for the general page folder. A good trick is to always use the same color for the same types of folder so your brain gets used to it to the point of not needing to read folder names anymore.Ģ. Simply click on a folder, go to ‘’change palette color’’ and choose the color you want. I know it’s tempting to work quickly and not rename layers, but having to toggle layers on and off to see which is what wastes alot more time than you might think.Īnother great tip to improve your overall organization is to get used to color coding your folders, which is really easy to do.ġ. This is as easy as renaming your folders and layers accordingly and making sure everything is separated into its own folder, such as your sketch, your lineart and your different coloring stages. Last, but not least, another great way to save time is to learn how to keep your project organized. This can be used on any tools or any feature within Clip Studio Paint, even auto-action, which in turn can kick start a whole series of pre determined quick actions, but I digress. Now every time I will press the letter Q, my brush will be selected. then click on ‘’Edit shortcut’’ and press Q then Enter Go to Crimsy’s homemade brushes, which we created in this previous tutorial and click on the ‘’Evil Thorns’’ brush.Ģ. Should you require the use of a specific tool or action that is not already attached to a key yet, know that you can always set your own hotkey. You should try to memorize they keys attached to the tools you use the most, such as P for the pen tool, E for the eraser, B for brushes, G for the bucket tool, Ctrl + T for transformations, etc. You can access your hotkey menu by going to ‘’File’’, then ‘’Shortcut Settings’’.Ī new window will open and by default it should show you the tool shortcuts. You don’t need hotkeys for everything of course, but they’re especially efficient to quickly access the tools you use the most or to execute very repetitive actions that require you to go to a menu over and over. Hotkeys are simply shortcuts for tools or actions you can quickly use by only pressing a key or a combination of keys on your keyboard so you don’t have to go to a menu with your mouse every time you want to do anything. This tip might be a bit obvious to some, but we have to cover it nonetheless because believe it or not, not everyone knows about hotkeys and how to set them up, which has to be one of the biggest long term time saver there is to use once you get used to them. To get the full experience, make sure to watch the video below! In order to cover everything in a way that is clear and concise, this video will be split into two parts: In the first part, we will go over a few tips and Clip Studio Paint features that will make your coloring process faster even before you get to the coloring itself and in the second part we will cover coloring tips and tools themselves, such as how to efficiently create flat colors, shading, lighting and special effects in your manga. We all know comics and manga are very ambitious and time consuming projects to take on in the first place and while art is in no way a race, every opportunity to save a bit of time becomes crucial and adds up quickly if you’re going to make dozens, if not hundreds of pages for a single project alone. In today’s class I will teach you 10 tips and tricks to improve your speed and efficiency when coloring manga pages! Hello everybody, welcome to yet another Clip Studio Paint tutorial from yours truly, the shadow lurker teacher herself, professor Crimsy!
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