{"id":172,"date":"2016-09-19T06:30:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T10:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learncsp.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2022-05-25T02:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T02:12:51","slug":"top-8-clip-studio-paint-keyboard-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/top-8-clip-studio-paint-keyboard-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Keyboard Shortcuts to Clip Studio Paint Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am a big<\/em> fan of keyboard shortcuts<\/strong> and think they’re essential for becoming a more fluent user of Clip Studio Paint.  They make everything quicker and easier, once you get the hang of them.
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How To Use Them<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are dozens of keys and key combinations you can use to do various things in Clip Studio Paint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t try to learn them all at once. If you’re solely using your stylus or mouse right now, try to introduce one shortcut at a time. \u00a0Once your muscle memory kicks in on that, go to the next tool you find yourself using the most. \u00a0Learn that shortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The first few go pretty quickly. \u00a0Some will be a little more troublesome, particularly the ones where the key doesn’t seem to have anything to do with describing the tool.
\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which Shortcuts To Use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a quick jumpstart in this effort, here are the eight keyboard shortcuts I find myself using the most, as someone who does pen and ink word predominantly in Clip Studio Pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Drawing:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • P<\/strong> – Pen and Pencil.  Cycles between the two as you hit the key.<\/li>
  • B<\/strong> – Brush. Cycles through Brush, Airbrush, and Decorations.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

     <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    For Coloring:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    • G<\/strong> – Fill an area\/Bucket tool (Cycles through with the Gradient Tool, which I ignore)<\/li>
    • L<\/strong> – Lasso<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

       <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      For Adding the Words:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      • T<\/strong> – Text. Remembers the text tool you were using last, like word balloons, tails, or text.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

         <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        For Fixing Many of My Mistakes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        • E<\/strong> – Eraser<\/li>
        • CMD-SHIFT-T <\/strong>– Transform.  Lets you move an area you just lassoed, or scale it up and down.<\/li>
        • CMD-Z <\/strong>– Undo.  Didn’t do it right the first time?  Undo it and try again.  Essential in inking.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          How to Overrule Shortcuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          These are the default shortcuts when CSP is installed in your computer. You can overrule most of them in the settings menu to anything you want. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          For example, I took off the keyboard shortcut for the Decorations when you hit “B”. \u00a0I use those so infrequently that it’s not worth having a key set aside for it. \u00a0I’ll point and click, thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


          \"Keyboard
          The place to change the shortcuts is the “Shortcut Settings” menu, which you can find on a Mac in the upper left corner of your screen under the “CLIP STUDIO PAINT” dropdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


          There is<\/em>\u00a0a shortcut for the shortcuts. \u00a0It’ll take four fingers, though: Shift-CMD-OPTION-K<\/strong>. \u00a0(Of course.)
          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          From there, just drill down on the lists until you find what you’re looking for. \u00a0Double click in the area to the right of the option you want to make a shortcut to, and type your new one in.
          <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          When you’re ready to start making changes to stock\u00a0Clip Studio Paint, it’s an excellent place to lose a few minutes exploring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Keyboard shortcuts are the key to a more fluid experience in using Clip Studio Paint. Here are eight I couldn’t live without.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorial","tag-keyboard-shortcuts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/05\/keyboard_shortcuts_billboard.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipelinecomics.com\/learncsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}