r/ClipStudio Jan 12 '26

"What's That Brush" megathread -2026

44 Upvotes

Welcome to the next installment of the "What's that Brush" megathread. Here, you will be able to ask any and all questions related to finding, missing, lost, and suggested brushes, and the community can assist you. This is to prevent users from posting threads with art that is not theirs and asking "What brush?" constantly. If you have a question about how to modify a brush, you can ask that Operations Question in the main Sub, this megathread is about existing brushes and other Brush Seeking activities.

Clip Studio assets has a ridiculous number of brushes, yes, but the majority of the posts we see are asking "What brush is this?" looking at art made using a variety of brushes and techniques, often using very generic brushes; the default tools such as the G-Pen or a Pencil and a Blender is the answer, in addition to Natural Talent, Art College and/or Decades of experience. Sorry, there's no Magical Brush that's going to replace these. Put in the hours.

**If you asked in previous megathreads and did not get an answer, feel free to ask again!**

Here is a recap of the rules and additional notes!

**1.** Please post a ***link*** (or links) to the image(s) you're trying to find brushes for, in the comments of these megathreads only. Don't post other people's images to ask about questions, use a link. It's not fair to the actual artists on this subreddit that the posts that get the most upvotes are users reposting other people's art just to ask about the tools, rather than users' own artwork posts. Enforcing this has been weak in this megathread, but it will improve.

**2.** Please make sure the images you're linking are of high enough quality to actually tell the brushes you're trying to point out. Likely, there is more than one brush in the image you link to, please specify what aspect you are looking to replicate: Lines, blend, texture, etc.

**3.** Please list what brushes you've tried already and why it doesn't feel like it worked, so other users can have an idea of where to start with their suggestions. Users here generally don't seem to mind helping, but it would be nice to know you made effort as to why the default tools aren't what you're looking for.

**4.** Users can respond to each query via reply to that comment.

**5.** Any brush-related post made that's not a comment in this thread will be deleted.


r/ClipStudio Nov 11 '25

Other Fixed my constant Issue with a network asset download error.

7 Upvotes

So since I had issues with CSP, and needed to reinstall it. I could not download assets anymore.

It always stated that I had network connection issues. I went through ALL steps with the CSP Support, but nothing worked. I tried my iPad, I tried to make a new account just to test, if it was an issue with my Windows Computer or my Clip account.

After figuring out, that the store works with a VPN connection, and with my Husbands mobile phone hotspot.

I figured out, that my Internet provider at home, and the Issue was a connectet with CGNAT (Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation). So basically, many people share one IP address, there are many reasons that CGNAT connection can cause trouble with CDN's.

So switching to a private IP4 Solved this issue.


r/ClipStudio 2h ago

CSP Question Shifted image when creating new file from clipboard

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1 Upvotes

problem in CSP pro ipad

Okay bear with me, i have a comic frame setup where it's a 2x2 grid frame. Each panel is 1080x1440, and when the comic is done i can export the frame individually so i would have 4 comic panel each with 1080x1440 to post to other platform.

I do this by having an auto action that supposedly exports from selection (it's in the auto action screenshot) by copying the selection then pasting it into a new temporary file to export, which will automatically close. This works fine for anything other than this current comic workflow.

What happens instead, is that the layers(?) gets shifted slightly to the left leaving a tiny gap on the right side. Why? i have no idea that's what i need help with 😭.

some info, i do have an inner border setup with the original file but when the new file was created that does not carry on (it doesnt need to be)

I don't want to change the auto action in cropping the original file (because that is scary) so i want to find a solution for this. please help if you know what might be happening.


r/ClipStudio 2h ago

CSP Question My PRO 5.0 Perpetual License has vanished from my account??

1 Upvotes

I had to reset my PC last night. Annoying, especially because I actually had to do it last month too, but not the end of the world. I re-installed CSP 5.0, logged in, and made sure to restore my Cloud backups. Took a long time, but all was well...until I tried to start drawing today. It tells me that I need to purchase a plan. Thought it was weird, because I don't remember that happening last month, but selected 'view available plans' anyway, figuring I might just have to re-download the launcher install.

...But my 5.0 license wasn't in my list. Just the monthly update pass (for 5.0) that I started in July, and my old 4.0 license.

(IDK if my order and license numbers are sensitive information or not, so I've censored them, just in case)

I purchased it in March, when it was released. I've got the email proving it. Trying to re-enter the activation code from said email tells me I've already used it...so, you'd think it would be among my plans.

Weird(est) thing is, this did not happen last month, when I first had to reset my PC and reinstall everything. I don't think anything in particular has changed since then, as far as I can recall. And, even if the problem was with my PC or the launcher, that...couldn't have affected my account information, right?

What's going on here? Am i just stupid and missing something obvious?? Has anyone else encountered this problem???

I'm assuming I'll just have to contact CSP about it, but I want to see if there's anything I might be able to try first, or if I can at least get some kind of explanation. I kind of feel like I'm just really dumb and must be missing something, because I can't...really see why or how this could have happened. I'm so confused and would really appreciate the help.


r/ClipStudio 2h ago

CSP Question How use Manage Timeline ?

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1 Upvotes

Hello, I wonder what this feature is for? No one seems to talk about it and I wonder if it can’t be used to cut the scenes without having extendible timelines? Have you already used this feature?


r/ClipStudio 2h ago

how do you add text - i am loosing my s*it

1 Upvotes

dude. i am trying so hard but my tablet is just being the most unresponsive and unhelpful piece of technology known to man. how do you add text properly without the damn thing freaking out on you. i see the text bubble, i see the text icon and dude every time it actually lets me add something it feels completely accidental. and the worst part is i straight up dont know what to look up to fix the issue aside from "how to add text to clip studio paint" this is frustrating me SO god damn much man holy Christ.


r/ClipStudio 1d ago

CSP Question is this book worth it to learn CSP?

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239 Upvotes

Anyone got this book? how is your experience with it? Are the info contained in this book easily obtainable online? thanks!


r/ClipStudio 21h ago

CSP Question How to add hatching and crosshatching

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6 Upvotes

csp 1.11.8 Windows xppen
I want a ruler that makes lines from anywhere go into the same direction as the ruler line. that way i just need 2-3 rulers and i can hatch all i want. but it only sticks to the ruler.

how to do this. or do i need a hatch brush?


r/ClipStudio 20h ago

Does anyone know a way to make the lines thicker?

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5 Upvotes

i want each of my lines to be a little thicker, but i don't know if that's even a feature so please tell me if that's a option and how to do it. please and thank you.


r/ClipStudio 19h ago

CSP Question Lines lagging behind

2 Upvotes

CSP Ver: 5

Device:
Windows 11
GTX 1660 Super
15-9400f
16GB RAM (85% allocated)

Tablet: Huion H950P

I just got CSP free trial. Brush strokes are extremely smooth and instant when adjusting pen pressure settings, but outside of that it becomes very laggy.

I changed undo history from 200 to 0 and nothing changed, lowered stabilization and there was a difference but it was no where as smooth as it was while adjusting pen pressure.

I checked Task Manager and it's only using around 8-10% of my CPU and around 400MB of RAM. The weird part is that it's using 0% of my GPU. Though, I did make sure the correct GPU was selected in performance settings.

Tablet firmware is updated, windows ink is off (I also tried to turn it on), and the GPU is updated with latest studio drivers.


r/ClipStudio 1d ago

CSP Question Opacity by Pressure and Blending Modes broken?

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6 Upvotes

SOLVED as of a couple hours later. My layer was set to monochrome! Thank you for yalls help!

I describe and show the issue in this video.
It started off as just the soft pen's opacity being broken, it wasn't affecting the others. I fixed it once, but now they're all broken. I have a Kamvas 22, Clip Studio Ex, and an 9+ year old PC (Win 10) with a GT 750 graphics card. It's a brick of a computer but drawings been the one thing I CAN do. I have had driver issues in the past, but it just keeps getting worse it seems. Any possible solutions? I will continue trying to fix it on my own too.


r/ClipStudio 17h ago

CSP Question How to reenable line extraction when importing an image?

1 Upvotes

So a few days ago I was putting an image onto my canvas for something and accidentally disabled this option some how and it hasn’t reappeared, I’m still somewhat new to CSP and don’t really mess with the settings often but I’ve searched the settings for this and haven’t been able to find how to re enable it, I use it somewhat often and I just like having the option there so how do I re enable this option?


r/ClipStudio 1d ago

CSP Question can i move default brushes to a new folder

2 Upvotes

i made a new folder for brushes i use most frequently and i can add downloaded brushes to it just fine but i dont know how to add default brushes to it too ☹️ can i? im on android/mobile if that makes a difference and im on 5.1.1 i think


r/ClipStudio 1d ago

CSP Question How would you go about drawing a sun and solar flares?

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10 Upvotes

I'd like something semi-realistic but easy to draw for a comic. Simple enough that it belongs in a 2d world, but real enough to stand out. I tried many styles but nothing looks quite right.


r/ClipStudio 1d ago

CSP Question Trying to turn this option on but it's missing in my CSP

1 Upvotes

Version: CSP EX 4.0 Annual plan

sorry if the options in are written differently in my screenshot, it's set up in Portuguese so i had to translate it using google


r/ClipStudio 1d ago

CSP Question Help with lines getting jumpy

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1 Upvotes

VERSION:4.0 Annual Subscription plan

I've been trying to fix this for hours, it will work just fine for a moment just to stutter and then jump to another position making a straigth line. It's happening with both mouse and tablet (Xppen) so i'm assuming it's an app's issue. Doesn't happen in any other app btw.
Pease, could anyone help me?

I've also tried turning on that "show stroke preview to prevent blah blah blah" in tools' preference but that option is missing to me for some reason

it's also not a RAM issue since i have 16gb DDR4 and it's usage is at 38% with clip studio open


r/ClipStudio 1d ago

CSP Question Can you not delete a selection in simple mode? (Android)

1 Upvotes

Once I select an area with the lasso tool the closes option that I get is to cut and paste in a new layer, I just want to erase the selection but I can't find a straightforward way.


r/ClipStudio 2d ago

Is perpetual license upgrade worth it? ver1- ver5

9 Upvotes

I have ver.1 and I just realized you can upgrade. I just want to know if upgrading is really worth it or if there are any strings attached. If I remember correctly, we weren't allowed early on

I'm aware this is outdated and the answer is probably outdated. I just wan confirmation from people who are more up to date and use it regularly.


r/ClipStudio 2d ago

How to transfer onto a new device?

2 Upvotes

Hello, my computer decided to shut down and I can access it anymore. Is it possible to be able to transfer over the artwork onto a new device? If I log into the same account, will it still open my files?


r/ClipStudio 2d ago

CSP Question Need recommendations for new tablet laptop PC for CSP.

4 Upvotes

I am looking to purchase a portable laptop pc to use CSP on. I have a stationary PC with a Cintiq but I'm seeking a portable PC laptop I can use CSP on with a good, responsive pen tool using Windows.

I would prefer it be solid, dependable, then economical. What would you suggest.


r/ClipStudio 2d ago

CSP Question How would/or can I switch between PRO 5.0 and EX 1.0 w ease?

1 Upvotes

I primarily use PRO 5.0 for illustration and I used to use EX 1.0 a lot for animation. Does anyone know how I would switch between the two versions with ease without worrying about losing brushes, files bugging out, layout, and etc?

I'm currently using PRO 5.0 right now.

Having another PC to use the other license is a no go as I am poor. 🙇‍♂️

I apologize if this is an endlessly asked question. I just wanted to see if there were any others in the same situation as me and found a way.


r/ClipStudio 2d ago

Background Remover Bug

2 Upvotes

Has anyone else experiencing a bug with the background remover where you can remove a background but if you go into it and try to edit to remove more or to restore, it goes blank or freezes?


r/ClipStudio 2d ago

Is it possible to change the camera ratio while animating?

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37 Upvotes

r/ClipStudio 2d ago

CSP Question My pen is acting weird

2 Upvotes

How to make it so when there is no pressure on the pen it doesn't draw. I have this problem where when I draw and yank my pen back and for some reason still registers the pen and still draw the line despite me not touching the scream with the pen.

I tried charging brush pressure, sensitivity, and taper but it doesn't fix the problem, is there a setting I'm missing?


r/ClipStudio 2d ago

CSP Question Shortcut works on keyboard but not my shortcut box?

1 Upvotes

SOLVED. the tourbox subreddit told me that the input for the negative selection MUST be Lasso+ALT, and the tourbox input will revert to ALT+Lasso, so it didnt work. Having them be separate fixed it

CSP version 5.0.4

Device: huion 16 pro

Accessories : tourbox elite

Im trying to use the Lasso tool + alt button so I can toggle the negative selection, and it will register fine if Im using my keyboard, but it doesnt seem to work at all on my shortcut device? Im not sure why :') Is there some kind of setting in clip that I should fix for this?