Clip Studio - How to Animate Like a PRO - 2D Animation in CSP (Beginners Tutorial Guide)
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In this video I will show you how to animate in Clip Studio Paint. From the best industry practices to the secrets of the animation folders and the interpolation tool. I hope you can tell all the love that went into making this video. Can’t wait to see what you will create with it!
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00:00 Introduction
00:34 Overview of the Animation Preset
03:45 Animation Timeline
04:34 Animation Folder Basics
06:03 What we are Animating
06:44 Vector vs Raster/Bitmap Layers
07:52 Keep it Ordered
09:31 Naming Layers Workflow
11:51 Onion Skin Tool
12:28 Animating
14:53 Rough Animation to CleanUp
15:25 Using Animation Folders like a PRO
21:09 Playback Settings
22:06 Inbetweening
23:12 Coloring
25:30 Post-Production
27:28 Interpolation in Clip Studio
30:07 Exporting Options
33:46 Outro
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Ok, after more tests, I find it ! Thanks again. :)
Isn't it better to learn to do animation in Blender and having way more flexibility?
I ask for help any time i copy a layer and paste it after when i modifie the copy it affects on original what did i do WRONGGG HELP
I've tried to watch several CSP animation tutorials in the past but always found them either unclear or otherwise not streamlined enough to stay focused on. This one though....Is amazing! For the first time it makes sense to me. Thank you!
I KNOW!! I ran into this issue myself when I was learning CSP (quite a while back, for example, there were no blending modes in clip studio owww), that's why I tried making this tutorial.
Then I realized it is pretty hard to make a tutorial that covers all that CSP offers for animation without being unfocused haha but I did my best! So reading your comment really means a lot!
In the future I'll also create tutorials covering specific parts of the pipeline or tools so I can dive deeper into them. Thanks for watching!!
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Same here especially drawing digitally and learning everything about digital art
I agree!!! Its finally clicking snd these dreams i had dont seem so scary as they used to be ^^
Man they REALLY need to get you featured on the official CSP Animation tutorial playlist! Maybe then your useful tips will be more widely-known to people
Thank you She-wolf! Fortunately, the CSP team has been really supporting of my work. They retweet my posts from time to time, and I did a couple of webinars with Graphixly and Wacom, that they uploaded to the main CSP youtube channel. They have been great!
a good artist is one thing, and a good teacher is another.
and you my friend, you are bloody great at being both. this is really damn easy to follow, compared to the 4 previous csp animation tutorials ive seen.
Thank you for your kind words!
Hi guys! One detail I forgot to explain is how to combine 2 layers in the timeline.
For example if you want to reuse part of a drawing, like copying face you already drew, pasting it to a new body in another layer.
The way you would do this is using the normal folders trick that I explained. You just place both layers into a normal folder, and make that folder appear in the timeline (by right clicking in the timeline and selecting the folder's name). Then you right click on the folder and merge it down into a single layer. It works for 2 or more layers.
Thanks for watching!
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I notice at the end of the animation, you render your entire sequence. What animation hot key you press to preview render entire seqyence such as toonbom and other software packages
@@donniejohnson4371 By default there is no shortcut set to preview the animation on the program.
You could manually click the 'play' button on the timeline, or go to File > Shortcut Settings > Select the 'Menu Commands' category > under 'Animation' there is 'Play/Stop' > there you can set a shortcut, i use the '-' key. Hope this helps!
Could u do a tutorial for iPad?
The fact that you did this tutorial on an actual animation instead of a classic exercise highlights the humongous amount of work and dedication that came into this video! Never thought of separating all colors on different folders. Gonna try it!
I know this video is 2 years old, but DANG! I came just to learn the layout, but the ability to lock a layer to a color is such a time saver for my art style. So many great tips, appreciate it
This is a great tutorial! Clear, enthusiastic, and easy to understand. Also, that new intro looks pretty slick!
Thank you Tridek!! More content on the way!
My tablet graphics ain't clear 💀
Easy to understand??? you gota be joking. i was already lost after 5 minutes dude....
I remembered joining your webinar from CSP back then and always wanted to try animating in CSP but I get so lost everytime I opened the timeline and the folders. Found this earlier and thought "hey it's the same person as the one who held webinar back then!"
You've explained everything so well for beginners and I'd love to try animating with CSP sometimes in the future. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much Kurorisa! Hope you can try it out!!
In 5 minutes you solved 3 of my Clip Studio Animation problems; 2 of which I’d given up on finding tutorials for. You’re a life saver!
Awesome style! Really looking forward to seeing more of your stuff :)
Thanks a ton Jesse! I'm a big fan of your videos, used them to learn good ol' Flash back in the day haha. Happy to see you here!
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Hi guys! If you found this video helpful I would really appreciate if you can check out the written version of this tutorial!
tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/6164
It is participating in this month’s CSP Tips contest and it is a competition based on how many likes and views it gets (our favorite type of contest, I know…. haha)
EDIT: WE WON! Thank you so much for all your help guys!!
Right now thankfully I have my living expenses covered, so All earnings will be used to start building a team to make this channel grow, that way I can hopefully bring more content to you faster!
Thanks for watching!
I’m completely new to clip studio animating, and holy shit was this the most detailed, clarified and concise rate tutorial I’ve seen, and I’m not shitting when I say I’ve watched sooooo many tutorials over the past week. I genuinely hope more people recognise your talent of explaining/creating things, because it’s literally amazing. Good job mate 👍🏼👍🏼
Truly appreciate your kind words! Wishing you the best of luck in your animation journey!
@@ManuMercurial tysmmm, I hope you continue enjoying animation as well :)
this video is not only helpful to animators, its helpful to artists as well! being able to scroll through the render types with the mouse wheel is a feature i ALWAYS wanted and never knew it was in the program already, damn!! thank you so much for this, everything is clear, concise, easy to follow, and your animations are beautiful!
I personally still have no idea what’s going on.
I feel really bad that I fail to understand the most well received, detailed csp tutorial out there because of how many people found it to be a life saver. I rewatched it a bunch of times to try and get something to stick, but I failed to grasp most of it. It’s not a bad tutorial, not at all, but I still have a hard time understanding anything about using this program. I really want to use this program, but it seems extremely alien to me no matter how much I try to learn about it.
I saw your aniamted short film and I'm so blown away with how good it is! Been wanting to replicate those camera movements as well, and your video has helped me on how it can be pulled off! Also, one thing that has helped me way too much for animating are vector layers. It's helped me so much with the lineart and coloring, since area scaling sometimes bleed past the linework.
Thank you for this video, seriously, it's one of the most comprehensive animation in CSP tutorials I've watched and is helping me a lot!
I have never seen a more helpful tutorial than this one! Thank you so much for your hard work! You explain so many things that I never understood from other videos!! Now on to animating! :D
Thank you so much for creating this video! I barely got CSP yesterday and was always curious about its animation capabilities. Having it explained really helps me familiarize myself and feel confident in getting started!
I’ve been working with CSP’s animation tools for over a year now, but I still learn new things every time I watch a professional provide a run-down of the software.
Your advice was very helpful. Thank you!
I am so glad you explained the folders well because I never knew how to get my layers to actually show up! Thank you!
I’ve watched SO many CSP animation tutorials and this is BY FAR the most helpful, clear, and succinct. Manu explains what to do, how to do it, and why to do it. Seriously, thank you for making this it will be a touchstone video for me!
Really appreciate the message HexStuff! Thanks for taking the time to write it
This was so helpful! :O Usually I find clip studio tutorials hard to understand but this was so simple! I think I’ll finally be able to make the move from flip a clip to clip studio! 🙏
This is Truly the best tutorial For CSP I have Ever seen and look foward to more! It is so incredibly complicated the way you do it but it just makes the Whole process Easier and More Cleaner in the END especially for beginners, THANK YOU!
helped so much. especially the "with every line you draw, you're one line closer to your dream" part in the end after so much new information
thank you!! ^^
I've been wanting to learn CSP animation to make some animated Twitch emotes, and it was so confusing but this video helped TONS! I'll definitely be re-watching as I go through the process myself.
The layer color trick is genius. It's by far the most useful thing I learned in this video (and there were a lot of great tips too). Thank you!
I've watched a bunch of tutorials and you're the only one who showed how to duplicate frames!!!! Thank you!!! You've saved me so much pain!!!
Bro... I was expecting a tutorial like this for years! Most of the stuff you teach I did already find them out there (like the multilayer folder frames used in anime, for example) but I know this is going to be super useful to a large group of people. Thanx so much for charing this magic.
the way that you're perfectly explaining everything in a way that is easily understandable >>>>
Best and clearer video to explain how to animate with Clip Paint Studio !
You've done an AMAZING job ! Thank you !
I was struggling learning CSP animation and your video was so helpful. I can hear your passion and joy using this program. Thank you so much for clearly explaining your process. You're very talented. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to learning more from you.
this has to be one of the most concrete csp animation tutorials on this site! instant sub, i’ll definitely be back for more :D
Thank you yuzu, this message really means a lot! I'll work hard so my upcoming content can live up to this!!
Thanks for making this video! I know Clip Studio EX has amazing tools for 2D animation especially in Anime production, but I felt like I could never understand until I saw your video. Thanks for making this a very clear step by step video!
I am so freaking glad this tutorial was shared to me. Absolutely THE BEST most comprehensive one out there for new tips I didn't know about, decent and quick break downs of each section from start to finish. Thank you so much!
Thank YOU for checking it out Rin! Best of luck animating your lovely characters!! 💪
Man this is probably the BEST tutorial I’ve seen on CSP!
This is the first time I can understand a CSP animation tutorial! I also watched your short film and you're so good! Thank you for all the tips and tricks!
You're very welcome! Thank You for watching!
Dude this is the most comprehensive yet fun video I’ve ever seen on cs animation. Thanks a million!!!
Thank you Vic Rose! Can't wait to see what you'll animate with it!
This is probably the most insightful video on csp I’ve seen! I currently have CSP ex version on the iPad Pro and it looks doable to make some stuff on it. Can’t wait to share my projects God willing!
thank u so much for a clear and easy to understand tutorial. i havent found a video that breaks it down so simply and using the terms in digestible ways that shows the viewer where everything u are trying to explain is located.
You're very welcome! So glad it was helpful!
A real step-by-step beginner tutorial. Thank you so much! Even though I am quite lost in the folder part, I am going to watch it again, because the info is there. I can't wait to watch the post-production video and how to manage all the PNGs.
Hi Walter, thank you for watching the video!
I'll copy an answer I gave before that hopefully helps to explain the folders bit:
What I did is: instead of setting my animation folder to show an animation cel (which is a single layer), I set it to show a normal folder (which can contain several layers inside). That way you can have several layers On at the same time, inside a single animation folder, and even turn them on and off whenever you want.
The other thing I did was to use the 'Change layer color' button to force the layers to only draw in a single color of my choosing. That way I don't need to change the color i'm drawing with (I will always draw with black) but the layers will show a different color when I draw on them.
I hope this helps!
One of the easiest to understand CSP animation tutorials I've seen! Thank you so much for making this!!
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching it!
Your tutorial is amazing, super useful and easily understandable! I really appreciate that you spent you time on this ❤
LIFE SAVER. I was soooooo lost on where to start. This video makes the process understandable in a way that makes me want to start animating. It feels like the only thing in the way now is the actual art. Thanks a million my guy, instant sub.
I appreciate that StrangerWithAHat. Welcome aboard! Through the years I've found you can learn a lot about animation without having to focus on the drawing. Don't be afraid to start doing simple exercises which will inspire you to draw more!! Best of luck!
Thank you for this, the other clipstudio animation tutorials were so difficult to understand and three times longer than this video. This was concise and actually worded this in a way that was easy to understand.
thank you SO much for this video. i cant find any csp animation tutorials that i liked/understand that i just gave up months ago and just stick with illustrations. then, i just got recommended this video out of nowhere and decided to give it a try. i'm glad i did even though i hesitated thinking it was a waste of time. again, thank you for your hard work!
Thanks so much Mori! Hope to see your illustrations come to life in animation soon!!
Thank you so much everything is so clear! 🙏🏾
Love your videos :)
Thank you for all these details . Good video !
Now this is something I've been looking for. Lots of other tutorials ive seen from a long time ago didn't cover much. But this does.
I finally got CSP and everything looks pretty clear. Thank you for making this video!
this vid got me actively hype to use clip studio to animate (i’ve never used csp to animate before, just other software) and i can’t wait for your next videos you mentioned!
THANK YOU! I played with animation about 10 years ago and am trying to pick it back up again. This has by far been the best video for explaining the animation tools in CSP. Thank you for the great content! You have a new subscriber. 😉
Thank you for your message Heather! I wish you the best of luck getting back into it, hope you have a lot of fun! And welcome!
Excellent tutorial! The structure is clear and you covered every technical and workflow question I had. Tutorials like this significantly reduces the barrier to entry. Just saw your post, so glad your working with ClipStudio!
So glad it was helpful! Thank you!!
Oh my gosh you're my hero, this is so amazing at explaining how Clip Studio handles animation and the animation itself is so high quality!
thank youuu Slipy! For taking the time to watch the video and your kind words!
Thank you for the tutorial! All the CSP animation tutorials I have watched in the past have not done a good job explaining what the program can do. This is the first time I feel like I can use the program correctly!
Thank you ParadeOfTune, I'm glad this was helpful!
Wow!!! This video is so helpful. I already knew the basics by just playing with the program but you gave me really good advice on keeping my layers organized and using keyframes. I'll be waiting for the post-production tutorial eagerly. ¡Muchas gracias!
Wow you really did an amazing job! It really looks cute and so fluid
You are a legend in teaching thank you very much I learn whole software in just half hour .
You are cool
animating in clip studio paint has always been daunting to me but this video really helped to break it down so that even I understood. Fucking amazing video dude, hope more people will recognize your talent and help. that ending quote about how every line is one step closer to my dream was an increeedible motivator, it's something i really needed to hear, appreciate it so much
Thanks for taking the time to write this Gamern't, this comment is also an incredible motivator for me. Really appreciate it! And of course, thanks for watching!
Manu Mercurial! Excellent tutorial, man. I'll be sure to recommend this to other people learning csp.
Dude you're seriously my hero! I couldnt find a good animation tutorial for clip studio.
Wow Im so grateful you made this channel, such good content. Looking forward to the post production/compositing video as there are so few of those videos online. Subscribed, keep up the great work!
Man, you saved my life
Loved your video; perfectly explained and detailed covering all of the essentials of the app, just what everyone needed to start animating in CSP
Glad it helped! Can't wait to see the animations you'll create!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. IM ABOUT TO USE THESE METHOD RIGHT NOW. I was struggling with clip studio sm but because of you I can do it now!
Thank you for the video! Can't wait for your video on post-production!
i find it funny how on other tutorials people are in the comments asking lost of questions, but in this video everybody loves you. thats probably a sign of a good tutorial, leaving few confused. great video!
This comment really really means a lot to me! Thank you!!
I'm digging this, thank you man. Lot's of video out there but this is just the perfect set of knowledge being shared catefully.
This is an amazing video! Thank you so much for all the work you put in, it is super useful. I will certainly check out your other tutorials too.
Amazing video! just what i was looking for to help me get the hang of csp! Definitely gonna watch the post production right now!
This is the best tutorial for clipstudio which i even seen, thank you for your video!
Thank you for the big compliment so glad it was helpful!
Finally I can start animating in Clip Studio, everything is I ever asked for that is no other video is just in this, Im'ma keep watching this multiple times so I can understand how to animate more. Thank you soo much Manu!
Great to hear! Best of luck!!
Thank you so much!! I've been trying to find some tutorials for the animation in csp but thus video is the peak of what I've seen thank you so much!!
You're very welcome! Thank you for checking it out!
Man, this is the CSP video I been waiting for forever! Thank you seriously. You got a new subscriber
Welcome! And so very glad it helped!
Awesome stuff mate 🏅
I love her.
Funny I was looking for tutorials on this as I tried using it but got frustrated and went back to toon boom, but this made it a lot easier to understand, I'll be sure to take another crack at it!
¡OH LORD! todo esto vale más que el oro, muchas gracias Manu. sos un referente para la camada de animadores que está asomándose en LATAM, ahora expandiéndose a otros lares. muy orgulloso de usted.
-un abrazo muy muy fuerte desde Paraguay! 🇵🇾❤️🤠
Muchas gracias! Me alegra mucho este mensaje. Vamos con fuerza!!
man this tutorial is the best . so clearly explained . thank you so much.
Happy to hear that Devil Peter! Best of luck with your animations!!
This was a God send. Thank you so much for the tutorial.
That intro is a bop
Thank you!! Can't wait to release the full version!
THANK YOUU! I'm so excited to see an up to date Clip Studio Paint Tutorial from someone :D you're awesome, subbed ✨
Welcome aboard AriSchmari! Thank YOU for watching the video, so glad to hear it was helpful!!
Really great tutorial. Thanks, Manu.
thank you so much for this detailed tutorial, it really helped my understand a lot of things
Finally another How To video for CSP animation. Well done!! This taught me a lot of new tricks!
Glad I could help!
Woot! Thank goodness, I needed this back on my computer! Thank you!! :D
Awesome tutorial! You taught me a lot about CSP animations in such clear manner. You earned yourself a sub :D
this is the most precise, concise, no bullshit CSP animation tutorial ever. Thank you very very much
Really appreciate your kind words, thanks for taking the time to watch it!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I'm new to animation and Clip Studio so this video helps a lot! Looking forward to your video about post production!
AMAZING video!! I really need it and you explained everything in a very easy way!! Thank you very much 😊
this was the most easy to understand animation tutorial I've ever seen, thank you, I've learned a lot ^^
Super glad to hear! Thank you for watching Rebecca!
thank you so much for this tutorial and thank you for making it so simple and in depth. you explained perfectly the areas with animating in csp that I've have difficulty with. so once again thank you:D
You have NO idea how long I've been searching for the "using animation folders like a pro" explanation!
that layer color function is insane. big W CSP
WOAH your work is so inspiring! tysm for helping me understand clip studio a whole lot better, this was so much more in depth than any other guide :D
Thank you, it really means a lot!
I've been looking for tutorial like this for so long! Thank you for making this
Glad it was helpful!
I have learned sooo much about clip studio paint in just this single video! You are an excellent teacher. Thank you so much
I appreciate it Inkman! Glad it was useful!
This has been super helpful, thank you so much for this in-depth tutorial!
“Every line you draw is one line closer to your dream”
When you said this I was working on drawing different styles from cartoons to anime and it inspired me to keep going. It’s been hard for me to keep at my passion since high school as I now have a lot going on. But when I started my journey in my passion I was 9. I wasn’t afraid to try anything so I went from comic books with cartoons to stop motion with legos and transformers to stick figure animation. I grew more eager about the next project I’d do when I’d finished the one I was working on . I remember making a Mother’s Day animation for my mom out of just sketches from my art book for every frame and it took me a month. She wasn’t really happy about it but appreciated the thought. Discouraged some I kept going with my projects one after another. Eventually I got myself into summer film schools and acting when I was in high school. I kept pushing to learn and experiment with different medias to see what I wanted to do as a career .
Then the day came when I was to write a paper on my plan after high school and what career path I was going to do. I was tasked to researched all the steps needed for the career and my plan to do it. My heart sank deep when I dug deep into research. Learning that college for animation was not only expensive, but was a requirement to get into a job animating. The schools I looked into had a lot of bad ratings but were the best. I then looked into career opportunities and satisfaction which come to realize , those jobs don’t pay very well in the long run . Most people were not happy with their choice and wished they did something else . I slowly lost hope in my dream as I kept working on my paper for the last report of the year in senior year . I was stressed and anxious about what to do as that was what spent 10 years of my life exploring. I then searched into film schools and production jobs which had more of them problems animation jobs did.
I was then given two weeks to move out or get kicked out of the house once I graduated high school .
Ever since that time I was carrying this baggage with me about it no inspiration to even think about trying again. For 2 years I just felt hopeless about my dream . In those two years I got married, found a place to call home and now am a soon to be dad. I then got to thinking about my kid and what I want to do with my future as I am only 20 . Yesterday I picked up my pencil and started to draw again. Just doodles when I remembered all the stuff I use to draw . I looked up animation and your video popped up. I started watching it as white noise really as I started to play with my art again to remember my art style . At the end of the video I was happy with my final sketches of my character I use to draw a lot then said , “ this is nice but I’ll never have my dream. “
Funny enough your phrase then was spoken right after of “ Every line you draw is a line closer to your dream”
I kinda just sat there for a moment as it happened to bring me to tears thinking about how hard I use to work towards my dream and have no encouragement.
All this to say thank you for making this video. The encouragement was something I didn’t expect to hear and was moved by it . I am not sure how I will get back into it by now I’m going to be fearless as I once was before. ( Not being irrational of course but going all in like I use to.
Pls never stop being the awesome creator you are . I know so many others get inspired or helped with their dreams by this educational video.
When I was getting into animating in CSP few years ago , no tutorials ive watched ever mentioned using the normal folders as frames. I ended up discovering it cos i watched a very blurry timelapse a japanese animator made and happened to glance at his layers. I'm very glad it got mentioned here cos it is a LIFE SAVER.
I feel you Noxlotl! I was taught this on my first day at work, literally nowhere else have I seen it yet every single japanese studio uses this technique. CSP's best kept secret!!
That being said I want to add that this is NOT the only way to do it. Just using single layers as frames is fine too. Depending on what you need, this folder structure might be better for you or not. Just putting it out there for everyone else!
Awesome style!
TYSMMMM, YOUR VIDEOS ARE THE BEST!!