Smith Micro Software’s Clip Studio Paint Ex (the app once known as Manga Studio) includes frame-by-frame animation features and more that enables digital artists to create classical animations from their designs using a sequence of drawings that flow automatically to create the illusion of movement. However, it’s days are numbered, so you might want to grab a copy soon if it’s of interest to you.Ĭomic and manga artists love Clip Studio Paint because it offers natural drawing movement along with advanced tools to fine tune and accelerate the creative process.As the number of digital artists around the world continues to grow alongside increasing use of drawing tablets and iPads for all forms of digital illustration work, creative tools optimized to support and capture an artist’s “touch” are tremendously important. Cel animation Also known as frame-by-frame or traditional animation, this technique makes an object or character appear to move on its own.The cel animation features in Clip Studio Paint 1.5.4 are easy to use. Animation timeline This feature provides granular control over timing and display adjustments to create fluid movement of the animations.The artist can draw individual cels (frames), which act as transparent sheets that can be layered, and create the illusion of movement when the series of cels is played as a continuous sequence.

Animation in clip studio paint