Now that you have a folder ready for the new material you will be creating, you will want to open a new project in Clip Studio Paint.
How to Create Custom Brushes
PaintShop Pro comes with a wide selection of brush tools that you can use to add some unique and creative elements to your photos. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to save your preferred brush settings like shape, density, thickness, size, rotation and more. You’ll also learn how to make a custom brush using a selected shape or image.
Want to learn more about the brush tools? Check out our tutorial on Using Brushes in PaintShop Pro.
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Saving or deleting document brushes
Click Manage brushes in the Properties panel. Use the Manage brushes option to save the new brushes for future usage or delete unused brushes from the document.
In the Manage Document Brushes screen, select a single brush or select multiple brushes.
Click Save to save the brushes or Delete to delete the brushes from the Brush library. You can view the saved brushes within My Brushes family in the Brush Library.
In the Brush Library, the Brush family name is same as the document name within which it is created. Brushes from two different documents with the same file name are saved within the same family in the Brush Library.
Using Brushes from the Brush library
In the Brush Library panel, select one or more brushes or click on a brush family.
Click on the Use in document button at the bottom left-hand corner of the panel to add the selected brushes to the document. The brush is displayed in the Stroke drop-down list in the Properties panel.
You can also double-click on a brush to add it to the document.
To delete unwanted brushes from My Brushes family, click the Delete button at the bottom of the panel.
Pressure and Tilt in Paint Brush
Animate provides Pressure and Tilt support for strokes drawn using the Paint brush tool. You can draw art and pattern strokes with variable width, dependent on the applied pressure or tilt on the stylus. For further refinement, use the Width tool to adjust the width points.
Pressure and tilt icons in the tool bar are displayed only if you have connected a Wacom pressure-sensitive tablet to your computer.
Save your material
To save your brush, click Edit → Register Material → Image…
Once you click on Image… a settings window will appear with some options we will need to change.
- Change the name of your brush Material to something recognizable.
- Underneath the preview window for your brush, select the option that says Use for Brush Tip Shape
- Select the folder you created at the beginning in Materials as the location to save your brush shape to.
Create your brush
Now that you have your material saved, it is time to assign it to a brush. For this, you will need to create a copy of an existing brush. To do so, right-click on a brush. It does not matter what brush you select for this since you will be replacing it. For my convenience, I used the Astropad Studio magic gesture to right-click. Next, click Duplicate Sub Tool on the menu that appears.
Next, a small settings window will appear for your duplicated brush tool. Be sure to name your duplicated brush something recognizable as this is what we will be applying that material we created to. Once your brush is named, you can click OK.
Once your custom brush tool is created:
- Select it and click on the Tool Property tab.
- Click on the wrench icon at the bottom of the Tool Property tab. This will open a new window.
- Click on Brush tip then on Material. This will open a material selection window.
- For ease of access, click on the Created material tab and select your brush material from the list.
- Click OK to assign this material to your brush.
Be sure to make any adjustments you’d like in the brush settings window and then click Save all settings as default.
Now you are ready to use your brush in your next project! We recommend trying out your new Clip Studio Paint brush with Astropad Studio. Not only can you customize your brush use even further through adjustable pressure curves, but you can also use touch gestures to streamline your workflow!
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