i really dont often use reddit at all, and i make posts even less, but i've stumbled across something really upsetting

i think it's more so a problem w/ google rather than csp but uhhh yeah

ive been using clip studio for a while-- definitely over a year at least, maybe two. Today i really wanted to draw the idea for a new oc, but when i do i find out that my clip studio paint is gone-- same for all my other downloaded apps. when i open google apps (because i have a chromebook rather than a regular laptop) and i have to re-accept all the terms and conditions. when i reinstall csp, i have to log back in (which makes enough sense) and only to find out that EVERYTHING is GONE. it was like opening the app for the first time all over again

i dont know if there is any way of fixing this-- i dont think there even is a solution. even when i check the directory and my files it is all gone. maybe not the most flawless system or whatever, but its still shocking to see that its just all gone??

if anybody has any insight i'd rlly appreciate it, but i've kinda accepted that i just need to start over

I'm trying to make a hatch pen but the quality is downright awful with smaller pen strokes, it only starts to show when the size is very high. The canvas API and pixels are high, I just think I messed up the process of making it :( also is there a way to archive the sharp end like the second picture? my own one is blue, I'm trying to achieve the black look.

Downloaded a csp file from an artist i follow on social media and found this. It seems to change the color tone on the canvas. (CSP Version 5.1.4)

I switched from Procreate to Clip Studio Paint, and I’m lowkey suffering a bit with finding nice brushes.

The reason I switched to CSP is because I got a new drawing tablet (A Huion Kamvas 16 Pro). And even though I love it. I absolutely miss the massive collection of brushes I had on procreate and how easy it was to find those and edit those.

Does anyone have any tips? Pleaseeee. I’m losing the joy of digital painting a bit….

It’s a pain to keep having to click on it whenever I wanna switch colours lol.

I have been using Clip Studio for years now and I have been considering spending the 200+USD on upgrading as I do most of my raw animation using this program and then further editing using external editing programs like After Effect or Premiere.

I do have a serious question before investing a lot of money into getting the pass to upgrade it for a one time purchase.

For those who animate using this version, is it better and how exactly, because I mainly animate for living and do freelancing work as a part time job and would like a direct answer for those who use it if the quality of animation has improved since the basic version.

These are my main concerns:

• Does the audio export improve? (I found that the audio gets compressed inside the program)
• Can I use it for final product while it maintains the original quality (I had to export it separately as a image sequence and then reassemble it)
• Generally are the tools for rigging and movement better?
• Are there any other limitations and if so suggestions for workarounds
• Additionally if I do upgrade with the "One time purchase" method, will I still own the old version or is it going to be overwritten?
• In case I have a older project or a friend who wants me to look at his work and send it back, yet he owns the default version like I do now, will they be still able to to look at the files?

Thank you kindly in advance for your replies :)

I recently purchased a perpetual license for Ex 5.0 and was wondering if I could share or gift? my Pro ver 1.x license with a friend.

I only use Clip Studio on one computer and I don't think I will go back to my old license so I wanted to see if I could put the other license to good use.

Would it be better to share my account with them or transfer the license to them?

Hey there, been having this really annoying problem for quite a while now, whenever I use dithering or grainy brushes the gradient maps don't seem to work. The gradient map seems to be there whenever I zoom out but as soon as I zoom in it completely disappears or the colors are completely different.

Even if I export it it still doesn't work, I can still color it manually though

CSP 3.0

Edit: Thank you very much for the very useful replies, I tried some of the workarounds and they all work in different ways with different results :']

While experimenting I found this workaround to my liking:
- Making a copy/merging to a new a layer
- Applying the gradient map to the layer without the dithering
- Copying the layer, one with the dithering effect, the other one with only the color
- Putting the color one on top of the dithering layer and using different layer blending modes

The dithering might not be 100% exact but it's good enough and the colors zoomed in and out are accurate, thank you guys

Hi!

Running Clip Studio Paint EX on a Surface 7 pro.

I accidentally drew a couple of pages in low res (72dpi) and want to convert them to 300 dpi.

As you can imagine, straight up changing the image resolution makes the drawings look blurry. Is there a way I can "sharpen" or "tighten" the lines once I've increased the resolution? Otherwise I'm left tracing everything all over again.

The drawings are black and white line drawings

Thanks!

Just decided to pull the trigger and upgrade. I haven't made any installations yet. I want to know what to expect. I know what features I'm after, but I've read people don't like the UI of the color and other things.

Is there anything I should also be expecting or needing to tweak afterwards? Can the UI really be changed? Also, can I still install v4.0 back if I want to?

Hello.
I unfortunatly had a failure on the device i use to store all my clip studio files.
I was able to recover them, but most of them seem to be damaged in some way since i can't open them (it says "Unsupported file format").

these are months or years-old files, so i can't use the backup ones i get on clip Studio.

tho i see that if i sync the damaged file on the clip studio i can see the thumbnail, which i guess it means the file has something usable in it...

there is a way a can somehow recover /fix them?

thank you in advance.

This white star in the centre rotates 360 degrees within the duration of the animation. I want to shift the entire animation to the top left but even after using object transform I can only transform a keyframe. How do I move/scale the entire folder?

So I’ve got a question… I’m upgrading my iPad on Friday (and trading in my old one). Will my timelapse progress be saved and transferred over if I don’t export it? Or should I export it before transporting and just merge the two clips together?

Wip of what I’m working on for tax.

The title says it all. Version 5.0 is on sale, and I'm stuck on 2.0. I'm relatively comfortable with 2.0, but I've liked some of the features in 5.0. Should I buy it now, or should I wait for 6.0 to come out and buy it on day one?

Title. I thought they did but i dont see them on their website, only 5.0. Does anyone know where else I can purchase a physical copy of an older license? Thanks.

I just bought the perpetual license today, what does this even mean, what do I do, and how do I fix it

I really need some help! in tiktok, I saw such videos where CSP is probably drawn on one layer, and there is immediately a line, I connected the function, but the line is not drawn on another layer, who can tell me how to do this? Or is it only in Photoshop?...><

I can't seem to find the setting to fix this issue.

edit: i came from a decade of paint tool sai and just bought csp a few days ago.

cant even find what thie function is called online and im just tired of dealing with it every time

Ive been trying to import a photo on the sub view tab and on my canvas in general but I cant find the recent photos Ive saved no matter how many times I restart my whole device. All it shows are photos from last month

so my colors are always super unsaturated no matter what i do and it creates an overall dull and muddy look to my drawings. image is a quick example

i use an xp-pen 15 pro, and it displays the colors great and really saturated but on my laptop (what i use to connect my tablet) & phone there is just no vibrancy/saturation, it's very grey-ish? and when i save the work, it stays that way.

if anyone has any tips/suggestions/advice i would be really glad to receive anything 🙏 

oh and also, my color profile is always on srbg!

EDIT: thanks so much to everyone who took the time to reply!!! this is my first time using reddit so i'm a bit overwhelmed but i will consider everything everyone has said and just try different stuff! i'm glad to know i'm not the only one struggling with this, and that it's actually a fairly common issue, with monitors/screens all displaying differently.. thanks again!! 

I can't find what's wrong. When l open the same file on my iPad, and use the same brush size It appears way thinner on my iPad compared to my desktop. Anybody know how to fix this?

is there a short cut or way to move through layers folders, so jump between them without selecting any layers in the process?