How Professional Animators Use Clip Studio Paint

[@CreateNowSleepLater]

I loved CSP before they introduced the most anti-consumer license model I've ever seen. Buy the perpetual version but only get feature updates if you want to pay an additional sub. Then, annually, you have to upgrade to the next perpetual version which only aggregates the feature updated from the last version. Last, if you buy a perptual version and get the update pass, you dont keep the updates. If you stop the sub, it strips the features and reverts you back to the last perpetual version you purchased. Unreal.

[@Merserissugoi]

i dont see any issue as long as i dont have to pay a monthly fee. i paid for the 2.0 update and havent spent anytrhing since. I didnt really need it anyways.

[@CreateNowSleepLater]

@@MerserissugoiI mean to each his own but they might as well have called 2.0 2022 because its an annual model. Now can you keep 2.0 and be happy forever? Sure but when 3.0 releases in March or so, you either need to upgrade again or get the pass. Its isn't that they just had a single update which would have been fine. Its all in the fine print.

[@syamsudiantosutarsa4769]

Things that piss me off the most is that even if you paid for the perpetual license, you still need to be online every time you wanna use the software.

[@AtomekKotalke]

Meanwhile there are amazing programs out there like RoughAnimator or ToonSquid. (One time payment, ToonSquid is a game changer in my opinion) AND Procreate Dreams will work even on older iPads and will cost 20$. Yes. You pay once and use it without further questions because developers aren’t greedy so far and to be honest they seem to be great people. There are also free alternatives like Blender or Krita for example if Apple is not for someone. I know people like CSP for brushes and many other features but at the end it’s not necessity to create something professionally in CSP or Adobe. There are brushes for blender on gumroad and brushes for krita out there too. Many tutorials and resources from kind and very talented people. Don’t let greedy corporations dictate your creativity. You should own your tool and fell comfortable enough to use it. There are better products out there and people worth supporting.

[@ManicPixie-bb7wc]

I 100% support their current business model. That was how software licenses were issued in the past before the internet became mainstream. You bought the software license outright and if you wanted the newer version, you either had to buy it outright or purchase an upgrade. How are they supposed to make money when they sell a software license and continue to offer free updates for life? They need to pay staff to work on those updates and you can only sell so many perpetual licenses before the revenue drops. Doesn’t help that they are a small company competing against behemoths like Adobe and ToonBoom.

[@marcovillegas5461]

I really appreciate these types of video, and also the fact that you go straight to the point without making long videos. Thank you so much.

[@Sasukesanimation]

Yes this video helped me out a bunch when i was trying to figure out how to use my new laptop to animate, huge thanks 🙏🙏

[@vijzon]

PERFECT The hotkeys thing was something I have been trying to find answers for for MONTHS and nothing was as straight forward and simple to get used to as yours!! The renaming layers according to layer order too is something I wish i knew much sooner, as reassigning the right frame at the right cel would be more of a game of luck than anything 😅Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I appreciated this sooo much you don't even know 🙇🙇

[@AOA.UNIVERSE]

We're u able to apply for the free template csp hotkey guide?

[@vijzon]

@@AOA.UNIVERSE I think so? It's been a few months sorry my memory is bad, but the hotkey guide is exactly the same as the image at 0:21 in the video too!

[@rowan404]

I’ve been animating in CSP for a while now and I had no idea you could make a cel into a folder! This is game-changing! I used to just use a different animation folder for each pass and it was really disorganized! And you can rename the frames in layer order too?! That was another thing that made it so disorganized for me! I’d manually rename each one so I wouldn’t have to click through each frame until I found the one I want!

[@moderndayjames]

it was a great revelation for me as well, I'm glad it could help!

[@madjidchouarbi3921]

@@moderndayjamescould you make a video explaining how you can animate on paper, then colouring it on Clip Studio Paint ? For those who dislike the digital animation process, it would be so helpful. Thanks so much for your help and dedication.

[@salvatoreocello]

3:30 i use procreate for art..I don’t use clip studio paint 🎨 I don’t even have hot keys for ANY program I use BUT THIS VIDEO! Makes me want to animate and start using hot keys

[@SanOcelotl]

I have a bit of experience with 3D but now that I'm getting back into drawing I hope I can learn 2D animation, thanks for the all the information and inspiration

[@marymikel9193]

If you have any experience in any form of motion capture. Be it a flip book, I believe You'll transition simply. I think you're biggest hurdles will likely be software. Took me a few years to learn CSP and that's mostly cause I put off learning for a big chunk of those years (Procrastinating.) I think anyone can learn it in about a month or two. Half that If you understand some Drawing/Animating software already.😊

[@SanOcelotl]

@@marymikel9193 i think my biggest issue is going to be that i spent like 5 years focusing on 3d and my drawing skills are a bit rusty haha, the software is not overwelming at all for me

[@marymikel9193]

@@SanOcelotl Ask any 2d animator and most of them would likely say, knowing how to draw is not a requirement. If ya got good story telling skills, who cares how the art looks.

[@ciscoponch67]

Quick tip; for giving a hot key to an Auto Action: Follow these steps to create a keyboard shortcut for an auto action: In the File menu, click on CLIP STUDIO PAINT or its icon and then click on Shortcut Settings… in the drop-down menu to open the keyboard shortcut preferences. In the Category drop-down menu, select the Auto actions option.

[@YourLovingAuntie]

Thank you ! I really like clip studio paint and I recently just got into animation. I would love to see more CSP tutorials. 🙌

[@kiplingbassil]

Man thank you so much for this camera movement has always been impossible for me to figure out

[@whossam7675]

this is the best csp animation tutorial i have ever seen because i couldnt understand shit when i first tried it thats my proof

[@simplelee92]

Normalize informative art content on youtube lol. Thanks again James.

[@ciscoponch67]

ModernDayJames, you are, by far, the best art instructor out here!!! Thank you and Happy 2024!!! ❤🎉😊

[@nathanhollow0]

this video is gonna teach a new generation of animators :)

[@RubyDianArts]

Gonna try and start my animating journey off properly, thanks for the info

[@rubisco1452]

I like it how my hot keys are almost similar. I like to use auto action a lot, even for insert/delete frame which can add 1 or 3 frames, making it a one step process. An auto actio for moving to 2nd next frame and adding a cel is a must. I understand how the videos needs to be short, a part 2 🙌 for advanced camera stuff with more moving parts can be helpful. Also , do you use light table? Thank you

[@moderndayjames]

I’m going to do a storyboarding video specifically on animating different camera movements so a lot of that info will be in there.

[@maskedartist1455]

I have a problem with the auto action, it keeps staying on layer 2 instead of going to the next layer. I did the same thing as in the instructions!

[@onewingedhawk6134]

@@maskedartist1455 Did you figure out solution for this problem? I am having the same issue.

[@sunfiwakeup]

Thank you!! Have been struggling with animation in csp for a while now and this was so helpful!

[@samsil187]

I would prefer a full breakdown on how to outline and structure the folders and layers to create a full feature animation in clip studio. So far, I have not seen it happen although I know there are pros who do it. I am not fully convinced that CSP is ideal for full-length animation projects, even though it has nice brushes the folder structure feels very clunky and unintuitive for me. I think there are great things that adobe animate does for folder structure and nesting animations that CSP doesnt do. I've also never tried tv paint or toonboom. It would be great to have a course or tutorial series that actually breaks down the flow and development structure as pros in CSP do on full length projects, as opposed to something only a few minutes long. I want more! MORE! lol okay Im done sharing my opinion.

[@moderndayjames]

Grab the package I put together, there's a text document with how to create the folder auto-actions. I am currently using CSP on the Netflix Witcher sequel so it's definitely used in full productions. That being said, if you find other programs more intuitive or prefer them I'd say you should stick with those!

[@ProtagonistLover]

I really appreciate this video, I've been scratching my head for a minute now about how to use csp for animation

[@starder6676]

I have been using CSP for several years as a 2D animation ganga artist , and I have found that CSP can only complete the "ganga" stage of the animation production process. This is because CSP does not have the same convenient coloring features as Retas Paint Man, especially the "replace color line with current color" and "checking missing colors" functions of Paint Man. Therefore, after the "ganga" stage, other software needs to be used in the typical Japanese anime production pipeline. Although CSP and Retas are both developed by the same company, it seems that there is no intention to continue developing animation features in CSP from the development direction of CSLSYS in recent years. It appears that they believe CSP's animation features are only sufficient for the "ganga" stage. In addition, there are some inconvenient timeline-related operations that I won't go into detail about. However, if they were to develop CSP's animation coloring capabilities, it would be a significant breakthrough for the software's animation module.（Translated by ChatGPT.）

[@moderndayjames]

Thanks for the info! I actually am a genga artist so that makes sense that I'd be unaware of those downsides. I'll be downloading Retas Paintman

[@jb_0029]

I could be wrong, but can't you use a vector layer and replace the color of drawn lines?

[@ToonX]

omg you made this one , I was showing every one this loop :D nice

[@Maksymo]

Guys, what's the difference between CS EX and PRO? Am I going to miss out on much if I buy the Pro version?

[@eeveewings]

Thank you so much! I had no idea you can make folders for a cell and would end up with a bunch of unnecessary layers!

[@skart1]

perfect and perfect timing, just started working in animations to my work. Thanks so much

[@Gorartsy]

You talking about cell bring me back to thoughts tough times of trying to learn godot

[@kirouma]

yea finally the clip studio video

[@Voidimo]

This is a fucking god send! I have been beating my head against wall trying to learn this. Thank you

[@bailsbo]

You answered every question i had, thanks so much!

[@aluzion2616]

Bro is a legend!

[@sksk270]

This is sooo helpful, thank you so much for sharing! I've invested in CSP and am still trying to familiarize with their animation option. 🙏

[@katon4525]

Can you go more in depth on animating in clip studio, like copy and pasting frames or using the animation cels window.

[@MultiKwolf]

its smooth pc friendly and also has all the effects you need

[@magentaplatinum1430]

I'd just liek to point out that in the shortcuts sheet you gave us for free, there was a slight error, where you put "G - Add Frames to timeline" but in the video, you put " - 'G' insert frame" 1:28

[@ryanfogle1712]

I am pretty new to animation i started on Krita in i wanna say August or something that was my introduction software and have moved to CSP and the thing that is givving me the biggest difficulty is understanding the layers and cels on Krita it is very easy to just add a cel on the timline on whatever layer but in CSP it is a side bar with tons of folders and its hard for me to understand what it all means or how to get it to work in a similar way. I may be over thinking it but if I want to add a new frame with multiple layers it was difficult I went back to Krita because i was stuggling on how to get it to work how i wanted and i just wanted to draw not fight the software but i am trying to learn it now and come back to CSP because i see it is a better software.

[@DoXuanQ]

Thank you James! :)

[@froggyworld]

incredibly helpful thank you so much!

[@MDigitalProductions]

Been waiting for this!

[@CleysonCafe]

amazing content, my friend! never thought about remaping the T key since i'm surely not using text that much! great tip!

[@twistedshapeshifter]

Needed this video like 3 days ago xD Thanks!

[@ClayD1no]

I really love having a video on this. But I have only one question. What if you are on the tablet version? How would you go about animating in that?

[@comiking]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom 🎉

[@theultimatemagikarp]

Awesome video! Could you do a video simplifying duplicating a frame and editing it without affecting the original frame if that makes sense😂 there must be a smoother way than I've seen others do? 🤔 subbed!

[@mauriciomorali5392]

Hey I've been following you on instagram for a while, your running Snake animation is awesome! thanks for sharing your animation knowledge and keep up the amazing work!

[@furkanylmaz2291]

Great work! Where did you do that 3D camera movement in the animatic you showed at 4:24 . Is it like a pre-rendered footage of a 3D program or is it possible to do such thing in Clip Studio? As a storyboard artist i'd like to experiment some 3D camera movement and i'd like to know which way would be the most practical. Some people suggest grease pencil in blender but as far as i can see clip studio looking good for that as well.

[@moderndayjames]

yeah you can pre-render a 3D camera movement in blender and then import it into Clip as a video file. The video will show up as a layer in your timeline!

[@JasonRamasami]

Great - succinct and helpful. Thankyou.

[@gamesdog9067]

As a wannabe animator I’m interested to know why you choose this over something like TV paint.

[@kwk111]

I'm using this on my Ipad Pro, and let me tell ya, dealing with those tiny icons on a 13 inch touch screen is infuriating 😂 gotta save up for a nice 24" Cintiq...

[@moderndayjames]

oh yeah I didn't even consider ipad. Unfortunately the tablet interfaces don't hold up well for professional work _(in my experience at least)_

[@sohappyilltry]

@@moderndayjamesm1 and m2 ipad pro is a scam, they only work well in apple exclusive apps like procreate

[@owlytedailer-sg5cq]

Damn, we finally did it, we broke him We made him do a software video...

[@moderndayjames]

Y'all asked about 10 thousand times. But I actually found a genuinely good reason to talk about it, because the timeline management in Clip is really good but super confusing.

[@owlytedailer-sg5cq]

@@moderndayjames You're awesome man, thanks

[@nathangarcia3402]

Hey James I know I've been asking a lot of questions but just really quick I noticed your cells only go for one frame and my cells look like a sheet of paper that extends for multiple frames do you have any idea how I could make my timeline look like yours

[@KillerTacos54]

Fantastic video!

[@Nkanyiso_K]

Awesome resources 😊 much appreciated

[@verotile_]

Really helpful video but I was interested in this particular animation. Is it from a bigger project (personal maybe) or was it just an exercise?

[@moderndayjames]

The animation is from a fan animation of Metal Gear that I'm working on! At the moment I'm working on the witcher anime so this is on the backburner. Hopefully I'll get some time to see it through!

[@briandblanchard]

Have they fixed ability to scrub for lipsync yet? it's the only thing holding it back imo.

[@TeachmeGin]

Is it possible for you to make a video on the basics of how to create 3d models for clip studio paint,I can’t find a single video or any other help 🙏

[@nznegrfx8464]

I was engaged with mgs which is an anime we need

[@gokuturkey]

Thank you! What if you want to copy a selected area for example a head to the next drawing or a different layer?

[@JaejoongPrincess]

I bought CPS EX three years ago and still haven't use it for animation because I can't do classical animation with it.

[@Ringa_fr]

Clip studio paint ex ! ❤

[@JurassicB]

I can tell that the short it’s going to be delicious😋

[@picpopstudios5288]

What's the difference between setting it up vs. Making a new document through the animation tab?

[@ReCarrot00]

Personally prefer using procreate and later, procreate dreams when that launches this month. CSP's interface looks far too cluttered to me. And tiny (got vision problems)

[@moderndayjames]

It can definitely be cluttered! I'm an advocate for using whatever program is intuitive to you

[@GabriellaTatsuya]

Please explain more about keyframing in CSP, i'm a beginner animator that i've always used flash for animating and i'm kinda new and confused with this type of workflow (about timelines, layers and cel)

[@littlecurrybread]

james, are you still doing live streams? I want to join again for the membership but unable to see if the streams are still a thing

[@CHEYMIX]

THANK YOU

[@bobstone8446]

Please can you do video on how to animate visual effects such as lightening, a spinning wheel, water?

[@moderndayjames]

That's actually in the works! I have a lot of footage from my work on the new Witcher anime so there will be tutorials on water and fire

[@elxakiltse8773]

Clip Studio Paint is like if Toonboom Harmony had a peg leg with a kickstand, or was a three year old with broken arms and no hands.

[@maxterminatehole2086]

i use animation template instead of making new folder and layer over and over. auto action is the best. i used as auto arrange 50 timing at lightbox and change layer like paint to outline layer . CPS is a almost perfect software because of illustration ui.Its not 100% animation software

[@endless-less8247]

i love u james

[@Meikarr]

Very helpful video! And beautiful animation!

[@asheastral]

Oh damn, I'm here early. Nice video!

[@definitelynotnick2454]

I feel stupid, I created the camera but it fills the whole canvas. There seems to be not way to resize the camera on a pixel level, only on a ratio level unless im missing something. I just want my camera to be 1920x1080.

[@BallisticWolfey]

i have an issue with clip studio animation where when I play back the animation, it skips a few frames. It's really annoying because I can't see the whole animation.

[@HappyBabushka]

What a based individual

[@nathangarcia3402]

Hey James I want to get story boarding fundementals with the feedback but I have work during the week is that a problem is there still going to be classes during the weekend so that I can ask questions if I have any during the course ?

[@moderndayjames]

So the classes will all be during the week, but you can leave questions for the subsequent class or ask me anything in the discord server. All recordings will be uploaded after the class session!

[@Stellartist_E]

I'm having a problem with the sketch brush provided in the gumroad package, it doesn't seem to change color. No matter what color I have on its always black, is there a way to fix this? In case this isn't a problem and is in fact a part of the brush, how can I edit it anyway?

[@BharatBoricha97]

Thank you

[@jettaprod4870]

Do you recommend to do the background when animating on csp or to do a separate animation/background and add it all together in composting,

[@moderndayjames]

When I animate, I usually have the background sketch on a separate layer. I'd do the final background image in a different file though

[@maskedartist1455]

the auto action doesn't work for me, it keeps going to layer 2 instead of going to the next

[@TheAutobotPower]

The only down turn is you're limited to a small number of cells if you're not using EX.

[@smurai61]

very helplful

[@samankucher5117]

awesome advice james :")

[@adelmo83]

What will be same to shift and trace in Clip Studio?

[@RADA123rada-z2j]

Is there a way to display the time line in Madrid?

[@tetrovius]

When I try to recreate the auto action, CSP always goes back to the exact layer I clicked on, instead of just moving to the layer above. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[@viheart]

Hey James I had a question I wanted to get your Storyboarding Fundamentals course today, the email you sent out said we’d be able to get the Figure Drawing classes free before the 11th but the website said the 1st was this a typo? Did I miss the date?

[@moderndayjames]

You can still get it free dont worry!

[@viheart]

@@moderndayjames 🙏🏽Thank you for the generous deals I can't wait to learn!

[@Snaaaaap]

Whats that snake animation? Looks great.

[@moderndayjames]

it's a little test animation for a MGS fight scene I'm working on!

[@philipposgr3662]

I more use blender and krita for animation haven't tried clip studio is it any good

[@mh167434]

Can you use apple computer for this??

[@StevenShelbyDesign]

I would love to see this tutorial without custom hotkeys I don't like the idea of custom hotkeys I feel it will cripple you once you switch computers to constantly have to reset it up

[@moderndayjames]

Going to have to disagree, Clip allows you to save presets so you can carry it over regardless of the PC setup (just did it today). Also, having a universal hotkey setup has made it so much easier for me to switch to programs like Blender and OpenToonz with relative ease

[@Sairah.Schmitz]

Can I make 2D animations with Maya too? Or Animation Clip is better?

[@anotherpotatogamer2303]

I See Vesemir I press liek!

[@Wizk306]

Hey at 3:30 you say "it's inability to render the camera" you can render the camera through Animation>Playback settings>Render 2D camera right? (am I mistaking it or is there something else wrong) Please help!

[@moderndayjames]

Oh you can render the camera, it just lags a ton. It's really slow when your file gets big

[@Wizk306]

@@moderndayjames Ah I see, thank you for explaining it! I guess I never realized it since I mostly do 1 to 2 second of animation, plus I'm a beginner so if it lags I probably think its cus of some weird setting I messed around with. Thank you now I know what to look out for! :D

[@sunny99179]

Can i do animation on PRO or only EX version ?

[@Showman-k6u]

0:50 Why more resolution, I didn't get it please someone explain 😮😮😮

[@kirouma]

How do you make the boarder transparent when play back

[@dplj4428]

Can you use CSP offline?

[@nathangarcia3402]

Hey James for the auto action I go to window and I click auto action but after that there is no folder layer

[@moderndayjames]

you have to grab the gumroad package, it shows how to set up the folder layer action

[@nathangarcia3402]

Thank you@@moderndayjames

[@agrainofsalt7238]

please do a video on procreate dreams

[@TeachmeGin]

Lol not even out yet and this should be labeled for PC I’m using clip studio, procreate & dreams on an IPad

[@reddaneali5997]

Dreams is really sh*t for now, i regret buying it, but may be they’ll do better in the future

[@RamonUpwork]

Can you help to create a prossonal 2d animation video

[@sreditoryt7314]

helo sir how to camera toolbox in krta i am shaw your old vdeo

[@firedemondrawing1062]

i couldnt find some of the hotkeys