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ClipStudio Paint Tutorial: Exporting Character Variation as named files
You there.
Yes.
You.
Are you an artist who drew a bunch of character variations in ClipStudio Paint and now has to toggle the visibility of all the different layers.
Are you an programmer having to set up a PNGTuber character from a .clip file and are desperately trying to get all the components out in an automatic fashion but the "Batch Process" is a bit lacking.
Are you an indie game developer who masterfully crafted a ton of different faces for your characters of your next visual novel game and now has to spend hours exporting and renaming every. single. slight. variations.
*world goes monochrome*
"There has to be a better way"
And there is. It's called
Exporting Animation cells
But you may ask: "How do I use this »Exporting Animation cells«"
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Table of contents:
What you need
Setting up the project (<- biggest part)
How to convert an already existing project
Export
Light Table
What you need
The biggest constraint for the export is that you require »ClipStudio Paint EX«. You won't have the handy automatic file naming and layer separating. If you only have »ClipStudio Paint Pro« and don't know how to use the Animation Feature as a way to create Variations this guide is still for you. Export can still be done, but need a lot more manual work.
For namesake I will refer to the subwindows as "<Name> palette" (like in the subwindow "Navigator palette" in the picture below)
menu bar (in picture below as green box) as "Main Menu" and the sandwich menu of a subwindow (in picture below as red box) as "<palette> Context Menu" (in this example it would be "Navigator Context Menu".
For the method to work we need the animation tools, even though we are not using the tools for animation.
We need the following windows ("palettes"):
Timeline (for Setting up)
Animation cels (for the Light Table)
Layer (probably already open on your workspace)
The "Timeline palette" needs a lot of space, but is not required while painting. And once you get the hang of things you will only require the "Timeline palette" at the beginning of a project to set things up and can hide the palette until you finish the rest.
I would recommend you to add the following items to the "Command Bar" (in the picture above as blue box). You can add items by right clicking on the "Command Bar" > "Command Bar Setting"
It would be also handy if you check what keyboard shortcut is set for "Main Menu" > "Animation" > "Move Frame" > "Go to next frame"
Setting up the Project
Let's create a simple example: Here we have our faceless character. Look at ye mighty and despair of my beautiful mouse drawing (I currently have no access to my graphic tablet)
Keep in mind that all the character stuff is set up in the folder "TestCharacter". Pretty basic stuff; nothing unusual. No color (there won't be any) and no face.
Now would be a good time to open the "Timeline palette" if it isn't open yet. ("Window" > "Timeline")
Note there are the boxed buttons in case you don't want to click through submenus.
blue: "New Timeline"
red: "New Animation folder"
green: "New Animation cel"
I want to make a folder with different emotions for the faces. But not any ordinary folder will do. We need an "Animation Folder".
"Main Menu" or "Timeline context menu" > "Animation" > "New animation layer" > "Animation folder"
Next we set up a new timeline:
"Main Menu" or "Timeline context menu" >"Animation" > "Timeline" > "New timeline"
This is the setting I use, but:
The name of the timeline will not be used for exporting animation cels (EX), but is used for exporting as "Image Sequence" (PRO, EX)
The framerate is irrelevant, because we are not animating
The only setting we need to pay attention to is "Playback time"
"Playback time" has as units "frames". You should set up more when you think is necessary. It has no bearing how many files you get or which "animation cells" are excluded, but how well you can keep working.
In "Clipstudio Paint Pro" the limit is 24 while "Clipstudio Paint Ex" is »limitless«. 24 is however enough in my opinion, because I see it more as a how many different variations I can quickly flip through.
The Timeline looks now like this:
You will notice, that every layer and folder has a defined frame with the exception of our animation folder "Faces", which in the initial setup is empty.
Left you can see the same list of layers that are in the "Layer palette". The animation folder "Faces" is currently selected.
We are currently on frame 1 as indicated by the red column.
I will now make a new animation cel (the green boxed button)
"Main Menu" or "Timeline context menu" > "New animation cel"
It now has created a new layer in the selected animation folder "Faces" with the name "1" and put it on the timeline.
This layer has no special properties and can be handled like any other standard raster layer, including renaming the layer.
The command "new animation cel" is no different than
create new raster layer
go to next unassigned frame (blue box)
assign this layer to this frame (red box)
If you prefer having layer folders instead of just one raster layer, you may want to do these 3 steps manually where you create a layer folder instead of a raster layer. On the timeline a layer folder will not be treated differently than a raster layer.
Anyway now we can start drawing.
Very neutral. Yep, I am happy. You know what let's make a happy face. "New animation cel" here we go.
Ah, don't you want to just smile along.
Well anyway, as you will notice after I renamed the layers, those name are now listed on the timeline. Those names will later be used for the filenames as well, so keep that in mind.
Aaaaaand now we are all set up. Let our creative flow begin.
Oh, wait I haven't told you the handy part about the timeline yet:
As you can see on the drawing board he has his happy face and only his happy face, but the visibility of the neutral face isn't even disabled.
On the timeline we are currently on frame 2 where "happy" is assigned.
You may ask: »But if I want the neutral face again, do I have to open the timeline, find where neutral is assigned in this compressed font and then go to the frame. There has to be a better way!«
And there is: In the "Layer palette" you just select "neutral" and Clip Studio Paint will just jump to its assigned frame without a fuss
How to convert an already existing project
Well let me guide you through the very difficult process. Let's assume we already have this non-animation setup:
First we make a new Animation folder and a new Timeline like previously.
We can now pull the layer folder into the animation folder and ungroup the layer folder:
In this example only one variation was set as visible, but for the animation folder we need all of them visible. While they are still selected lets make them visible again.
You may ask: »But none of these layers are assigned on the timeline. Do I have to assign every single variation one by one manually. There has to b…« YES. AND THER IS:
We need to select "assign by cel name". The start cel and end cel are already setup correct by ClipStudio Pain. You can probably just press "OK".
ClipStudio will however only define a frame range for only the variations.
If you want to add more variations you can EITHER make a new frame and assign it one frame after the range to create a new range OR you can extend the range by pulling on the little box in the green circle.
And that was it. Let's finish this.
Export
This is where the both worlds EX an PRO split. I will start with exporting as "Image Sequence" (PRO, EX) first:
Export as Image Sequence
The Image sequence will export the timeline as is presented. Basically if you navigate to the first frame, the image you see would be the first image that is exported; the next frame is the next image and so on. This export will not use layer names for file names.
This is how I set up the timeline for this export:
If you remember the command "assign multiple cels" there was an option for repeating the assign (in this case "repeat to end" was selected.
We will have fun with accessories on this one. I got earrings and sunglasses. So I set it up in a way where each variation will be with earrings; with sunglasses; with neither and with both.
You will notice that the layers "earrings" and "sunglasses" have a shortened frame range. This can be achieved by pulling on the little boxes in the green circles. The narrow box between those two can be used to reposition the frame range. Each accessory will be only displayed within the frame ranges but not outside.
The blue rectangles on top of the timeline are limiters. There is nothing interesting after frame 16, so I set the limiter to this frame.
The Name was automatically set to the name of the timeline. Due to the limiters the "Frame export" is set from 1 to 16.
The result is as following:
As a note the only layer that wasn't included is the Layer "Draft" that was marked as a draft layer (green box)
If you want just the components on their own then you need to set up the timeline accordingly. I was so free and already converted the "Accessories" layer folder into an animation folder.
Well now you got a bunch of files. Have fun renaming all of that.
Anyway that was it with that. Let's move on.
Exporting Animation cels
For this export we can ignore the timeline completely as nothing from the timeline has any bearing on Animation cels export. What is really import is how the layers are set up.
If we want only the components of the character we can set it up by giving each component its own animation folder:
The result will look like this:
The second way is to get the whole character model with variation. For this to work however I recommend to have only one animation folder. Having more than two will not result in overlapping combinations.
Let's set up the layers like as follows. I want just earrings, no sunglasses, so I hid them away. I also renamed the animation folder to "emotion_"
For the Export I enabled "Export layers not in animation folders". This will make sure that everything about the character is included.
Since I manually selected the accessories I gave the file name the appropriate "File prefix" as "Neo+acc_earrings+". If I want to cover all the combinations I still need to manually toggle the visibility and change the "File prefix" and merge the folders.
It also included the Layer "Watermark" outside of the character folder. The Layer "Draft" was not included and the Layer "Paper" was also left out.
This is not a definite guide for how to this tool must be used. Try to experiment with the folders, names and settings. There are a lot of settings I haven't used and you can probably find some ways to improve these methods or create other methods that work for you.
I certainly hop you have fun experimenting with all of this.
But before you go. There. IS. ONE. MORE. THING.
You may ask: »Can I please go?« For which the answer is NO! Because that is not what you ask. You are wondering: »How can I use another variations as a reference for a new one. It always disappears when I click away. I could use the Onion mask, but then I have to always move the frames around. There has to b…« THERE IS. IT'S CALLED A
Light Table
and this isn't even what it's called. BECAUSE IT'S CALLED AN
"Animation Cel Palette"
Are You Flabbergasted Right Now. Because Neo will be.
"Main Menu" > "Window" > "Animation Cels"
This buttons are important
enable/disable Light Table (red box)
enable Light Table Tool (blue box)
show cell-specific OR general Light Table (green box)
The Light Table is set up in 3 rows from top to bottom:
The item that is currently being edited
cell-specific Light Table
general Light Table
To add layers to the light table simply drag and drop them in.
The light table has its own visibility markers separate from the "Layer palette".
I dropped the Layer "neutral" in the cell-specific Light Table. ClipStudio Paint will remembered that "flabbergasted" has "neutral" in its table.
Now I really like the eyebrows from "nervous", but I need to reposition them. Let's do that with the Light Table Tool
Well neat. Have fun.
I wish I had some better ending for this tutorial, but I am sleep deprived.
I certainly hope that you have this face after reading all of that
Because that is the face of someone flabbergasted. Or at least I hope so. Did I mention how tired I am.
📝 Tiny tutorial: How I work with Clip Studio's 3d models to make them ALWAYS fit my art style! 🩷
I do the same with patterns and decorations of this sort 🥰 I recommend rasterizing your 3d file layer once it's set up the way you like it! Easier to play around with the opacity!
Now that I think about it, the only thing I don't do it for is handwriting brushes… 🤔
📝There is nothing wrong with using 3D files as references or guides.
Personally, direct tracing doesn't sit right with me, so to make sure it's just a shape guide when I need to get the perspective right, I do the blur trick! I keep opacity around 15% to just suggest the shape.
OKAY so I am starting to believe a lot of people don't realize just HOW customizable clip studio is 😌 Besides the obvious - rearranging all tools windows and sections to your liking, adjusting color from light gray to black, these 3 areas are 100% customizable!!
(also, reminder, I am not affiliated with celsys or anything, i just really really like this software and i will not shut up about it anytime soon lol)
1. Command bar - it's on the very top of your screen, and you can toggle it's visibility too (with the 3 lines on the very left of it)! To choose what buttons you want to have there, go to [file] > [command bar settings]!
2. Selection launcher - this belt of buttons pops up when you make a selection, right below it. Super useful!!! I put a lot of color adjustments settings on it, but also sharpening, blurring, and the transformation tools! To edit, just press this button on it (selection launcher settings).
3. Quick access menu - especially useful if you use smartphone assistant! To edit buttons on it, just press the three lines in left top corner of the menu and go to [quick access settings]!
I'll just add one more thing I learned over the years - if you think to yourself "mann I wish this was an option here..." it most likely is 🥹 (and if it's not, you can always send suggestions to csp's tech team through the starting app!!
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do you use clip studio paint on windows? are you fucking tired of running out of storage space because you download a lot of materials and brushes? are your materials files stuck on your local c drive and you don't know how to move it?
making this tutorial because for some reason all other tutorials miss what you're supposed to do after changing the directory. btw, i use windows. fuck ya macos (i don't know how to help you guys)
close all clip studio programs and go to clip studio
2. go to the settings icon in the top right corner and hover over it. click on location of materials (p)
remember the address of the current location of materials.
3. create a new folder in your alternate drive/storage space. do not add anything in it. do not copy anything in it. simply write that new folder's address in here. click save changes.
now if you're like me and downloaded a ton of stuff, it's gonna take a while to load. it's transferring your document and material folders over. let it run. when it's complete, acknowledge and accept the popup.
4. CRUCIAL: after this step, delete the old "Document" and "Material" folders from the old directory (the address you memorized) (likely located in some address that has AppData (newer versions) in it or Documents (older versions)) (if you can't find this, turn hidden folders on in file explorer, AppData is a hidden folder).
when you try to exit out of this clip studio instance, it will also remind you to remove old files before closing the application. do NOT delete the CLIPStudioCommon folder. LEAVE the DB and other folders there.
before:
after:
5. after deleting the old folders, exit out of the clip studio instance. and you're done.
now you should enjoy like, a good 10 more gb of storage. at least for me. i'm enjoying that. also i use csp latest version 1 version (like 1.13 something idk) (i'll upgrade when they give me a free upgrade).
i forget if this is available for earlier versions but i did migrate csp across devices a lot, and that was a bunch of manually copying folders, which won't work for transferring between drives like this tutorial.
by the way if you're doing something like manually copying full folders over (like the old method of transferring csp between devices), you may find that your materials/organization structure is gone. you can go through clip studio and run both "Organize Materials" and "Organize Material Folders" to restore them to that tab in clip studio paint. at least when i was fucking around trying to find out how to put my materials on a different drive, i went through several iterations of backing up and copying back over 13.4 gb of data because i'd mess up One step.
disclaimer: i have not tried downloading new materials yet. i swear to fucking god they better download in my other drive. i am sick and tired of running out of storage. imagine being an engineer debugging code and then files on your computer start to disappear because your C drive ran out of space. happened to me!!!
no i don't know what will happen if you try to put these materials folders on a flashdrive. i think that's an "external drive" and there's some warning for that in the middle of this process. i feel like there's nothing wrong with that so long as you always plug that drive in when you use clip studio products or CSP at least.
if you encounter problems in the middle of this, i don't know how to solve them. i saw some people encounter problems when transferring the data over after changing the address and i don't know where their issues were (this issue seems to be because they installed CSP on D). this seems to be an article summarizing transferring csp across devices (both cloud and the old manual way)
discussion below:
my theory is that the DB folders are like a "database" that holds addresses towards those files and therefore need to stay in the C drive for. some godawful reason. i think i tried installing csp on my D drive before, but it would automatically create a new folder in users/documents in my C drive (in older versions).
after weakly changing this directory and not giving a shit for a while (idk when updates come out. it must've been a year or a few), they changed this address to Users/AppData/somethign/blah blah
i spend too much time trying to manage storage on my computer it's not healthy. anyways kudos to treesize the program for telling me that this entire time clip studio paint fucking updated and changed my meticulous structure to place files in places where there's space to it's shit default structure.
oh and i don't think there's a solution here but it's kind of informative on clip studio's organization structure?
first wacom, now csp. sai1 didn't work with my huion either. maybe i'm forever doomed to be cucked by japanese art products. come to think of it, micron pens hate me too.
Some people wanted a tutorial on how to color a grayscale image with flats and a gradient map. Cross posted on rednote, that's why there's Chinese on it.
You need a basic understanding of your art program to follow along. I had to skip clipping masks, for example, but feel free to ask questions.
I made a Really Basic CSP animation set-up guide for a friend, or at least how I personally set-up my animation workspace! I wanted to share this here because some of this might be insightful to someone else out there too :-)
It mostly covers really basic functions and dabbles a little bit into how to add keyframes and camera movements, but nothing too groundbreaking. BUT I figure it could be helpful for the unfamiliar!
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frame brushes, borders, rulers and more.
read below to see what's in this pack and how to use them.
This pack includes:
13 lined designed frames
13 painted designed frames
6 lined frame borders
6 painted frame borders
10 decorative stamps
10 painted decorative stamps
16 decorative strips
16 painted decorative strips
10 Frame Rulers
Over all 100 materials for clip studio paint!
*you can change the color of all of the brushes.
This pack includes already drown frames that you can use:
and materials to design your own frames!:
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Decorative Strips:
Decorative Stamps:
Frame Borders:
Frame Rulers:
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mix and match. make something simple or go crazy with it, it's your choice!
The only limit is your imagination!
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Coloring tips:
Change the color with the color box
use gradient maps for better color palettes.
and/or level correction to make it lighter or darker
use colorize for more interesting flat coloring
you can also use these for other purposes, such as clothes, background or any other subjects
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Hello! are you still active on here? I am a baby in clip studio paint and I’m looking for help! I’m having some serious trouble with my word balloons—none of the settings seem to be working properly when I try to add text. When the word balloon is not in a panel frame, it won’t resize automatically with the text like it’s supposed to, and the text doesn’t automatically stay in the balloon either like it’s supposed to. It gets worse when the balloon is inside a panel frame—then the text refuses to acknowledge the balloon at all and somehow get stuck typing sideways even though it’s technically center aligned! Would you be able to help me? I would be eternally grateful. I just need someone to help me troubleshoot. 🙏😭.
hi there let me start off with i have no idea i'm so sorry butttt
it's under my impression that the balloons won't automatically resize, but that you have to go to operation > object and drag the the little circles around
the only other things i think it could be is with the tool settings somehow? maybe they got wonky on accident and you can just reset to default?
i would recommend going to the csp community art ask page and asking there with screenshots!
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I was ruminating on this a lot a few months ago, being so frustrated with feeling depleted with the interest to do the thing that usually gives me so much joy, comfort and connection.
The thought I held onto was that creativity is the like the Wadden Sea. The ocean is gone and it looks like what’s left is boring, plain mud flats all the way to the horizon. But this is actually precious ground full of life and an important part of our ecosystem.
So it is okay to cherish the plainness and muddiness of it. It is just part of the rhythm. The tide will be back soon again.
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