While the tools and options are all accessible on the screen, I find it frustrating and time consuming as I seem to have to perform more steps in Clip Studio Paint to do the same task as I would in Sketchbook Pro. Thanks to working with Sketchbook Pro, I have a better understanding of what the various tools do. It makes working digitally as natural as working with traditional media.Īs I’m familiar with the Affinity suite of programs from Serif, working out what the different menus and tools, which are similar to Photoshop, wasn’t as confusing as it would’ve been in the past. Keyboard shortcuts are available, but I prefer to use my pen directly on the screen as I work.

Everything is done easily and simply through the quite minimalist, yet powerful, tool bars and menus. I love the intuitive and rather beautiful interface of the software, the menus on screen and the colour and brush ‘pucks’. I’ve long been a fan of Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, and that isn’t going to change. What is different is the user interface more than anything else. I think it’s impossible to tell the difference between the colouring I’ve achieved with both programs. So, these are my first impressions of Clip Studio Paint and a comparison with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro. I spent yesterday afternoon, and a bit of this morning, colouring part of the template above in Clip Studio Paint. The bottom part of the template above was coloured in Clip Studio, the top part in Autodesk Sketchbook Pro.

Yesterday, I thought I’d give Clip Studio Paint a go.

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