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Clip Studio Paint is a series of software for illustration and manga creation and editing made by Celsys. It was released on Sep 10, 2013 with English and Chinese versions. Clip Studio Paint is distributed by its own website in a digital format only. A packaged version of Clip Studio Paint is distributed with its partner, Smithmicro. Clip Studio Paint has two versions, Pro and EX. Pro is mainly focusing on functions to draw manga. EX is an advanced version of Pro, combined with management features such as page management suitable for editing a book.

History
In 2001, ComicStudio Ver.1.0 was released. It enabled to make all procedures to create managa in a digital environment. It had been upgraded up to Ver. 4.0 until 2007 while December 2005, ComicStudio started to be distributed in North America as Manga Studio by its partners. In May 31, 2012, a successor model of ComicStudio was released and its name was Clip Studio Paint Pro in Japan only. In December 20, 2012, its high-end version, Clip Studio Paint EX was released in Japan only as well. In September 10, 2013, Clip Studio Paint Pro and EX were released outside Jaapan in Eglish and Chinese versions.

Language availabilities
Clip Studio Paint is available in 3 languages. These are followings: Japanese, English, Chinese Traditional.

Pen/brush tool
Clip Studio Paint reproduces a natural, real touch like drawing on a piece of paper with a pencil or pen.

Brush expressions
Various brushes realize any sort of expressions such as watercolor, oil painting, pencil and pastel.

Performance
Clip Studio Paint supports the most recent 64 bits OS of Mac/Windows and multicore CPUs and can comfortably handle huge files with many layers and high resolution.

Drawing
Users can conduct all the processes of manga drawing on PC, ranging from storyboard, draft, frame cut, inking, tone, background/effect to lettering.

Compatibilities with other software
Clip Studio Paint supports input and output of image files in a generic format including Photoshop format.

Coloring
Completed with an easy-to-use painting tool to paint efficient and beautiful. There are palettes for finding a color that fits your image, in addition to the color set palette, color circle and color slider.

Rulers
Clip Studio Paint is equipped with various rulers, enabling to draw by leveraging a brush touch.

3D drawing dolls
If users add a pose to a 3D drawing doll, they can use it as a design for authoring.

Managing multiple pages
EX allows users to manage a title consisting of several pages.

Support for Tablet PC
Clip Studio paint supports pen pressure and touch operations by finger on Tablet PCs.