QUICK FLATS AND COLORING IN CLIP STUDIO PAINT AND MANGA STUDIO - HOW TO USE SELECTION AND FILL TOOL

[@maplewing_]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. Like this is literally the stuff no one ever talks about during tutorials like this and it was soooo helpful. Great video!

[@BabanIllustration]

thanks!

[@shadowpanda3748]

Steps and Tricks: 0:52 How to select your drawing 3:10 How to stop bleeding over your lines with area scaling 5:45 How to select/deselect extra gaps 6:50 How to select from multiple layers 8:51: How to close gaps in the selection 10:09: More about gaps in your lineart 12:33: How to do a base 13:34: How to use the fill tool 14:38: How to use area scaling for the fill tool 15:24: How to use transparency lock to stop bleeding colors with the fill tool 18:40: How to close gaps with the fill tool, 2 different methods 21:10 How to put a border around your art and how to adjust it 24:15: How to do a gradient and how to turn off the selection border

[@weebking5298]

n i c e

[@MilkCrate801]

FUCKING thank you

[@darius_coit7763]

Thank you so much. She takes so long to get to the point

[@girlfromsims]

💯 EFFORTS ..thank youu

[@socialexecution]

honestly bless you why did no one tell me that you didn't have to color everything by hand. i just thought the fill tool was broken in every program lol

[@mysryuza]

I'm still puzzled to why so many Speedpaints I see now just don't even use the fill tool. Nobody talks about it for some reason.

[@honorificabilitudinitatibu3375]

Miss Draco Because it’s much better to color it by yourself because the color will not go through the lineart.

[@gez_4515]

@@honorificabilitudinitatibu3375 there's a "fill gaps" option in clip studio paint

[@cheeseman4898]

@@honorificabilitudinitatibu3375 trust me, for basic colouring it really isnt

[@dibel3669]

@@honorificabilitudinitatibu3375 not really. the only reason you should color it yourself is if you want to or if you are fixing some spots after filling.

[@MarcFHuizinga]

Regarding Antialiasing: The fuzzy white line as you described it is initially caused by ''antialiasing'' and it is best to avoid using it altogether when using the method you described. You really don't want your flats to be aliased. Antialiasing helps smooth out edges, making it so it never fills up properly (white pixels between flat colors). Many tools have this option in Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop. Shrinking the selection is one way to work and ''make it fit'', but it's more a bandaid than a solution as the problem still persists, albeit underneath your lineart. This is something you can easily avoid. If you set your fill tool with antialiasing off and you work on a lineart (that isn't drawn using antialiasing) then you can fill everything in much easier. Another way is doing it the comic book industry way (or rather, it's the variation I chose to adopt): 1. Fill the entire canvas in any random given color. 2. Select the entire canvas with cmd/Ctrl+A. 3. Start deselecting parts of the character, starting with the biggest forms. 4. After deselecting any given part, you switch the hue slightly of what you now have selected. 5. Rinse repeat untill you solidified every single part in a different color as needed. 6. Now change the flats to any color desired and done. Best part about this? It takes no time whatsoever and assures that in the printing process there are no gaps anywhere if you were supposed to hide the lineart. The colors are now truly continuous, helping also with potential printing errors. Just felt like sharing this! @marcfhuizinga

[@sgregory0753]

So does it mean that any individual part you deselect is done on a newly created layer and started with selecting with the entire canvas to start with? I'm really interested in speed up my process, so it would be great if you could elaborate more :)

[@silverish9081]

@@sgregory0753 Same, following to get an answer!

[@hollyfearn6422]

I like how clear you are with explaining, I find a lot of tutorials whizz past and often aren't clear with which tools they selected and how when they're going fast. This was very helpful, thank you! :)

[@BabanIllustration]

thank you! yeah i figured itd be a more interesting way to it it, like follow the usual thought process then go back and fix the issues that result from it.

[@TheKevphil]

These are all very good tips with in-depth explanations. Thanks! I'd like to chime in with one of my own using Vector Layers. If your line art is on a Vector Layer, you can set that layer to be a Reference Layer. When you then use the Fill tool to color, do so on a color Raster layer set to use a Reference layer. (It will automatically use your Vector layer where line art is. You can only have one Reference layer at a time.) In the Fill tool Properties, set the color to fill up to Vector Path, no anti-aliasing. This will make the color edge run right along the center of the lined areas and create an instant Color "Flat" for comics.

[@cookicrimes]

Kevin Phillips thank u very much !!

[@jasonlover416]

do you know where the option (set to use a reference layer) is? i dont see it

[@silverish9081]

@@jasonlover416 On the layer panel, a little icon next to 'set as clipping layer', 'lock transparency' and similar things

[@robertdrew875]

You explained this in a way that helped me get it set right, thanks mate! The tips in this and other videos were helpful but sometimes hard to see what they were doing. This specifically was what I was hunting for.

[@ripzaurus]

You helped me so much, much more than any other tutorial artist. Thanks, great video.

[@lazyjak923]

I was doing my coloring the exact way you described at the beginning and holy crap does this make things easier!! Thank you so much!

[@BabanIllustration]

ahha me too omg, so many hours spent manually doing it like a colouring book lmao, glad this helped!!

[@CptArmarlio]

For one year have I been doing exactly what you showed that the start of the video, manually colouring in everything! Thank you so much! + 1 Subscriber

[@mikei6605]

Just a tip, instead of messing with the area scaling you can also make it so your lines are "anti-alias" so the lineart pixels are crisp and wont leave white spaces in between the coloring

[@donnyr8526]

how to do it?

[@AnonymousBystander86]

I wish I'd seen this tutorial several days ago- so many tutorials skip very quickly past these concepts, which have huge pitfalls for beginners- you however, understand exactly what a beginner needs to see and explain + demo everything in perfect levels of detail. Thanks Baban, I'm very clear on these concepts now.

[@BabanIllustration]

Thank you I'm glad it helped! I ran into so many issues starting out, I sort of had to cobble together an idea of what was going wrong from other tutorials I watched on different things.

[@saintnikz]

You are so thorough and helpful. I struggle to find tutorials that break things down in a way I can understand and you do that so well! Thank you

[@troubleclef94]

Thank you for the info! This is fantastic. I've been slowly filling in color by hand and then erasing and it takes... well, frankly it takes a buttload of time.

[@someoneelse8294]

Ahhh finally a tutorial for these tools that makes sense to me!! I also didn't know there even WAS a correct line weight tool!!! That's so cool!!! Definitely gonna use all of this

[@auryquinonez7482]

All this is exactly what I've been trying to figure out that no one else explains in tutorials. Thank you!!!

[@Emma-zm1qn]

50 tutorials later I finally find one that actually covers everything, including what can go wrong and how to fix it!! Thank you!!!!!

[@ArtisticallySpoken]

God thank you so much. Recently go Clip Paint Studio and was looking up ways to color quicker. I saw a video that was suggested by google that was like "use bucket" and I was like "nah, I've had enough bad experiences with bucket to know there's more to it than that"

[@BrianLindahl]

I LOVE YOU!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Great video! Plus, the accent makes you sound even more artistically credible! I love it!

[@Forsakayn]

Thank you for this video, I just started drawing yesterday and on Clip Studio Paint and it absolutely helps!

[@rosepose9072]

Thank you, I had no idea you could use the fill tool this way. This video has become my go to, for when I'm confused on what to do.

[@BrendanMcGinley]

I am fairly new to CSP and you are changing my entire future!

[@karelyvega5197]

You just saved my life! Thank you so much!

[@juulranch]

This was EXACTLY what I was looking for!!! Thank you so much!

[@AnnieDarko]

This is really helpful, thank you! You deserve more views! ♥

[@goliathtigerfishes]

This is has been very helpful and these dragons are the cutest I have ever seen!

[@raphfelix6305]

first-time watcher, and now a subscriber. I love how you explain things. I have CSP EX, and I swear that it is a beast of an art program. love it. thank you for having a channel that teaches us noobies how to use it.

[@sabercutt]

thank god this video exists, im a starter with clip studio paint and this is very helpful since my thin lineart might have gaps in it.

[@BabanIllustration]

thanks! yeah i had issues with it until i figured out the selection tool, it's very helpful

[@clydesdale1775]

I was literally just spending an hour coloring simple flats on clip studio... these techniques make the process so simple!

[@melixx]

Came here to figure out how to use the tool. Ended up buying stickers for my kids water bottles for Christmas. They're too cute!

[@yummyapplestroodle]

Thank you for help! These dragons are soooo cute!

[@broadwayzjm5257]

You are a GODSEND. So many examples, detailed, yet straight to the point. I'm new to csp and this is soso helpful (esp bec there are limited csp tutorials in comparison to the pther art programs). Pls consider making more 🥺

[@AlphaProto]

The tranparency lock is really going to come in handy.

[@hls_suits4218]

Jeez, I knew enough to get by but this video has really opened my eyes to the program! Like making the fill tool work properly lol Thanks Baban!

[@BabanIllustration]

Glad it helped!! and yeah it's really useful, i used to have so much trouble with crispy edged peeking out from lineart it would drive me nutS

[@amoraa5114]

I would like to propose to you! 😭Everyone explained this so complicated I couldn’t get it! I just muddled through and colored manually but I had to find a faster way because I can’t work for more than an hour at a time. My back starts burning so I have to make the most of my time. Thank you so much, sincerely a disabled person

[@nvrudiger]

Thank you for a great tutoria, this will give me a much faster work flow!! Not to mention the pleasure of seeing these super cute minidragons

[@Momo-zx8kc]

Thank you so much, plus I love the character designs!

[@tamatotodile]

give this person a medal

[@amyluong]

THANK YOU the crispy white edges were driving me nuts

[@TrainerAQ]

This is such a good tutorial! It's almost like it is rehearsed many times! Very well done and presented! This video is going in my Clip Studio Paint tutorials playlist!

[@jrsoggaming8690]

This is bloody fantastic, thank you so much for this tutorial, it is a life saver. Also your voice is very relaxing, which made the video plesent to watch. very well done, cheers!

[@psychoazzadar6487]

Thank you, this helps a lot. I've been coloring manually.

[@rosepose9072]

Thank you so much for this video!! It was hard to find a color tutorial that explains why and how to use the different tools. I was struggling a lot to figure out stuff!! I love your art and thank you for this tutorial!

[@KataraVtuber]

OMG tq so much. been bugged by those white color peeking through my lineart!

[@neuvio5859]

I needed this so bad, thank you. Most tutorials gloss right over selection tools

[@BabanIllustration]

glad it helps!! yeah i used to have such a bad time with not knowing how they worked lol

[@GyroShrike]

YOOOO BABAN I didn't know you did tutorials! This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much, it really helped.

[@BabanIllustration]

I doooo and im glad it helped!!!

[@AtlaniBonita]

I literally love your accent. Thanks for this tutorial !

[@NeraVirat]

This was such a good tutorial!! It breaks everything down so simply, it's such a useful tool for beginners AND experienced artists. I love how you explained everything it was so easy and pleasant to follow

[@astrella_illu]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I searched for something really slow like this to understand well how to color my drawings !! I'm a beginner in digital art and that's what got me stuck to finish my drawings. I'm gonna test all of these tips !! You've earned a subscriber

[@Karumizai]

I don't know why I'm watching this, as I use a different program where I already use most of these techniques *but* I'm glad I watched it!! I don't know if it's because of your jolly voice or the cute art but I ended up watching the whole thing :D I'm definitely subscribing!

[@BabanIllustration]

awww thanks!

[@RenCreates05]

same and dont forget notifications

[@ChristianEsquivel84]

Dragons are my only delight that brought love throughout the fandom~ ❤️❤️❤️👌

[@ArnoldVides]

Thank you for your time!

[@DoomedMadhouse]

Wow that's actually pretty damn cool. I'm working on a webcomic series that has like eight arcs planned but the first one won't have color. Once I do color though I'm definitely gonna use this strategy. Excited to share the story with people.

[@antigog318]

Information I definitely needed. Been the guy manually trying to paint everything and it's irritating. Tyvm for this video. 😀

[@EnvyNightPH]

Holy Crap i didn't not know that Wand is so useful because everytime im started to draw i been wasting and i need to careful to color instead of using wand Tysm!

[@InevitableWelchs]

Wow thanks so much, I was struggling so much, starting over and over for this one drawing i'm making! This helped so much!!

[@happymicrobe8123]

Thaaaank you! This answered so many questions and saved so much time for me! :D

[@nelaepowt]

Thank youu! Am a photoshop user for a year, so naturally, after I got my graphic tablet I drew on the program but it's a pain to fill color in PS. I'm going to make a webtoon style comic anyways, so Clip Studio Paint seemed perfect in terms of what I needed from a tool. Again, thankies! Tutorial is clear and concise. One step further in being a more efficient artist.

[@yeahsowhatevernoice4443]

This video changed my life and my back.

[@tes8771]

Very clear tutorial! I'm glad I see this just before I start painting digitally :)

[@doublemanok6569]

Thanks for the tutorial, this was so easy to understand! Thank you.

[@noahr.7144]

hi! this works really well for doing art solo but keep in mind if you ever work as a flats artist you will have to fill in the areas that are left white under the line. on certain occasions when printing art will shift and it can affect it.

[@BabanIllustration]

Didn't know this, thanks for sharing!

[@Bubafite]

Thanks, its so much helpful for beginners like me

[@melskunk]

Thanks so much, I've been going crazy trying to learn how to colour in this and did every mistake you've mentioned

[@TamTam-rq4nc]

Thank you for this video!!! I just started making digital art and you answered so many of my questions!!

[@drawingsoul2]

You are awesome!! thank you so much, greetings from Colombia

[@lovelylunetta9417]

You're a gem!! This was incredible!!

[@Dagonblade_Kal-El]

Thank you. You are a goddess. I just started to draw digital and so I don't know those really useful tips. I'm really thankful for this video. 👍🐉🐲

[@marcgilles4520]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This video just saved me a crazy amount of time.

[@kyuubear8158]

MOST detailed and thorough explanation of this darn thing! Its so helpful that you also went over the mistakes that can happen and how to appropriately solve them... and you also went over how to fill with other styles (I have a very loose, open lineart style, so the fill tools have been so daunting for me). I'm going to try some exercises with this and start my relationship with clipping >//

[@BabanIllustration]

ty I'm glad it helped! I've had varied feedback for the approach of going over the mistakes rather than just explaining what i do I'm glad some people like it though!

[@anringo7682]

Omg this is so SO helpful THANK YOU!!!!

[@claudia-rk3lc]

this has totally solved lots of doubts that I had, thanks ^u^

[@calliss510]

I do a similar thing without using selection/wand tool. I make new layer under the lineart, fill the whole background (with the "refer to other layers option" on the fill tool) do a selection on that background by crtl clicking the that layer and then inverse that selection. new layer and shift click with the fill tool and voila You've got a clean silhouette. To color it i do the clip to layer below option on the folder that i made above the silhouette layer. Anyhoo thanks so much for this lovely video 😊.

[@BabanIllustration]

That's a really good way of doing it too, ty for sharing! :D

[@fernandasicsu6587]

Thank you very much! It was very helpful! :D

[@qj832]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH Really nice explanations and alternatives

[@possiblecat]

Thanks for this--you just made my life a lot easier.

[@Pair0fDux]

Omg this is so freaking helpful, just started digital and this is a life saver.

[@erikaklatt1055]

These tips helped me a lot!! Thank u 💖💖💖

[@knightroartz3846]

Ive been trying to figure out how to hide ur selection. I know on photoshop its control+h but not for clip studio now i can fix that. And now the fill stuff makes sense. Ive seen something like that where they fill a gap in color then just fill the side they want and i was always confused as how they did that now i know. I already knew the invert trick but not the fill one as i couldn't under stand it. Thank u so much

[@BabanIllustration]

got o view>selection border, you should be able to make a shortcut for it somewhere.

[@RoshniCS]

So helpful! Thank you so much!!

[@fionaquesada6010]

THIS IS SO HELPFUL THANK U IT OPENED MY EYES TO HOW GREAT THE PROGRAM REALLY ISSS WAAAHH Thank uuuu

[@malloryf8869]

Oh my god thank you so MUCH!! Ive had this program for over two years and I've never figured out how to do this 😅😅

[@justjacob178]

Thanksssss, I’ve been trying so long to figure this out and I just never knew how

[@belonggame]

Thank you this one is really useful since most of the Clip Studio videos are in japanese.

[@neliandle]

Your video is so cool, I really like it!! :) :) Thanks!!

[@simpleborger]

This helped me more than i thought it would thank you so much!

[@monicascott9687]

Great tips! Thanks

[@GinoZump]

13:24 or you can click the fill bucket on the top panel, then it fills everything for You ;)

[@hannahcoyne]

This was VERY helpful! Thanks so much!

[@xlrouge]

This was great Thanks!

[@monke9469]

thank you so much for this video!!!

[@last3mber724]

I have been blessed, thank you time saving god you have not failed me

[@RenCreates05]

Very helpful i will definitely use this BTW LOVE

[@BabanIllustration]

glad it helped man, and welcome!

[@worshiping-and-praying1103]

the video was sort helping i've just stared digital drawing but the tutorial was a bit confusing and some of the things you said weren't working for me so decided to give up on the drawing

[@fox971000]

what an amazing video!

[@Tokkitan]

This helped me so much! Thank you ㅠㅠ

[@torih5613]

I'm figuring this out only after drawing digitally for 10 years LOL. I just moved onto CSP from SAI in December. Thanks for this video! I do have a question- is the one flat later that fills the entire drawing necessary? I just tried this technique, but when I select "refer multiple", I can use the fill bucket on a blank layer and it will pick up the correct parts of the lineart. Why have the one silhouette?

[@RaphaMeal]

Thank you for this vid!

[@shadowstumble]

Thank you this was really helpful😀👍

[@kind6900]

Once you fill in your drawing with another color (white here), I don't understand how you put flat color in the fill in part on differents layers ?

[@EmmersAnimates]

Thank you so much I was having a hard time so thanks so much for this vid!!