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- Homebrew
brew install --cask clip-studio-paint
About Clip Studio Paint
Clip Studio Paint is a drawing and painting program aimed at illustrators, comic artists and animators. It offers a large range of brushes that imitate traditional media such as watercolour and gouache, with dual brushes, paper textures and customisable brush settings.
Efficiency features include quick base colouring, fill tools, adjustable selections and ways to automate common processes. It runs on Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Galaxy and other Android devices, and Chromebook. It suits professionals and hobbyists who draw comics or illustrations with a pen or tablet.
Strengths
- Brushes that imitate traditional painting media
- Tools for comics and animation as well as illustration
- Available on desktop, tablets, phones and Chromebook
Limitations
- Paid after the trial period
- Closed source
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid software with a free trial.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Comic artists and illustrators drawing with a pen tablet or iPad
- Categories
- Image editors
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Krita
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Krita is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux, with over 100 brushes and vector tools for comic panels, but has no mobile version listed.
Procreate
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MediBang Paint
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A mobile drawing and painting app for illustration, manga and animation, with an online gallery.
ibisPaint is freemium on Android and iOS, aimed at illustration, manga and animation, with an online gallery, but has no desktop version listed.
FireAlpaca
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FireAlpaca is free and lightweight on Windows and Mac, with new brushes added regularly, but has no mobile version.
Paintstorm Studio
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Sketchbook
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Sketchbook is freemium on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS with a canvas-focused interface, but lacks dedicated comic tools.
Adobe Fresco
Adobe's free drawing and painting app for iPad and iPhone, built for stylus and touch.
Adobe Fresco is free but only on iPad and iPhone, offering thousands of brushes, stylus-focused design and animation tools.
Clip Studio Paint as an alternative
Listings that name Clip Studio Paint as an alternative.
ArtRage
A natural-media painting program with realistic paint blending and textures for desktop, tablet and phone.
Clip Studio Paint also covers desktop and mobile, including Chromebook, and adds comic and animation tools, with paid use after the trial period.
Corel Painter
A digital painting program from Corel that simulates natural media brushes for illustration and photo painting.
Clip Studio Paint adds mobile and Chromebook versions and comic and animation tools, with brushes imitating traditional media and paid use after a trial.
Infinite Painter
A painting and sketching app for Android and iOS with natural brushes and realistic blending.
Clip Studio Paint is a paid app adding comic and animation tools, and it runs on Windows and macOS desktops as well as Android and iOS.
MyPaint
A distraction-free painting app for graphics tablets, with an infinite canvas and deeply configurable brushes.
Clip Studio Paint is a paid, closed-source illustration, comics and animation app on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, with no Linux version.
OpenToonz
Professional 2D animation software, based on the Toonz version used by Studio Ghibli.
Clip Studio Paint is a paid, closed-source illustration and comics app with animation tools, running on desktop and mobile rather than a studio pipeline.
PaintTool SAI
Lightweight Windows painting program with pressure-sensitive tablet support and anti-aliased brush strokes.
Clip Studio Paint adds comic and animation tools and runs on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, but it is paid after the trial and heavier than SAI.
Pencil2D
A small, approachable program for traditional hand-drawn 2D animation, mixing bitmap and vector layers.
Clip Studio Paint is a paid, closed-source illustration and comics app with animation tools, running on desktop, tablets and phones.
Procreate Dreams
iPad app for 2D animation, combining frame-by-frame flipbook drawing with keyframes and video editing.
Clip Studio Paint covers animation alongside illustration and comics on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, but it is paid after the trial and not dedicated to animation.
Rebelle
Painting software for Windows and Mac that simulates real color mixing, wet diffusion and drying.
Clip Studio Paint is paid illustration software on desktop and mobile, with brushes imitating traditional media plus comic and animation tools.
Tayasui Sketches
A drawing and painting app with realistic brushes for iPad, iPhone, Mac and Android.
Clip Studio Paint is paid after a trial and runs on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, adding comic and animation tools beyond sketching.
