What tools are available?
Check out a list of Clip Studio Paint tools for concept art

Fully customizable workspace

Save and share your customized palette layout, shortcuts, command bar, and colors whenever you need them!

Reference images at a glance

Use a secondary window to have your canvas fullscreen while using a zoomed-in preview on the other! You now can also see the reference images registered in the Sub View palette in a preview menu and sample colors from it. In the Navigator palette, you can flip, zoom in, zoom out, and rotate your canvas easily and intuitively.

Reference images at a glance

 

Streamline repetitive operations

Perform frequent or repeated operations with one click using Auto Actions. Customize shortcuts and recreate your favorite shortcuts from other programs.

Easy access to your most frequently used functions

The Quick Access Palette gives you access to menus, Auto Actions, tools, and colors from a single palette to customize your ideal virtual workspace.

Input and output in Photoshop formats

Clip Studio Paint supports input and output in Photoshop file formats, so you can deliver files to clients and printing companies without changing your existing workflows.
Load, edit, and save PSD and PSB data while preserving raster layers, and export files with text layers created in Clip Studio Paint for easy editing and in Photoshop.

Input and output in Photoshop formats

 

Peace of mind with automatic backups

Unexpected crashes are every digital artist's nightmare. That's why Clip Studio Paint provides an optional autosave feature that you can set to autosave at precise intervals. Background saving allows you to continue working without waiting for the save to complete.

Peace of mind with automatic backups

 

Back up your workspace to the cloud

Check and manage your saved works, and sync to the cloud. You can restore the software settings manually if needed, and synchronize your computer, tablet and smartphone data to take your virtual workspace wherever you go.

Back up your workspace to the cloud