Hey guys! Today, we're going to try turning a webtoon into a printed book—just like this one! And of course, we’ll be using the features available in Clip Studio Paint EX to make it happen. So, if you’ve got a vertical scroll comic and you’ve been wondering how to give it a page-turning makeover, stay tuned!

1. Preparing Your Webtoon

The first step is to prepare your comic in vertical format—aka, your webtoon. This is an example of my own webtoon that I’m going to convert into a print comic. I’m using the comic page format, which is why it looks like this. Now, this feature is only available in the EX version of Clip Studio Paint. So if you have access to that, here’s how you can use it.

1. Create new canvas

2. Make the Webtoon Page Layout

1. Choose the second tabs on the project menu

2. Change your file and save option

3. Change your canvas size, for me (800 x 19200 px)

4. Change the page setting

5. Click OK to finish

3. Rearrange The Page

1. To add more pages to your comic

2. To import a page to your comic. You can add your saved canvas .clip file to your comic file by clicking this option.

3. To change the page comic settings. You can change your canvas size and resolution by clicking this option.

2. Turning Your Webtoon into Comic Book

1. Prepare your webtoon canvas

2. Make New Comic Book File

1. Choose the 4th tabs from project setting to make printing book.

2. Rename the File and save file.

3. Prepare your canvas size. For printing it’s usually on A5 size and don’t forget to chang it into color because webtoon is on full color. Check the left binding option for webtoon printing.

4. For cover page, choose the left one, so it’s easier to make and print the cover later.

5. Folio is the page number of your comic.

6. Click OK if the settings are ready.

 

 

3. Preparing Cover

Click on the cover canvas to edit and make the cover

Try to work on your cover using that grid as a guide line

The front cover usually includes:

1. Title

2. Author’s name

3. Volume number

4. Publisher

 

The Back cover usually includes:

1. Title

2. Synopsis

If you want to preview your printed cover, try to view it via 3D binding preview. Go to file>export multiple pages> 3D preview for binding.

Here is the preview of the printed cover.

4. Making the content

Open your webtoon and comic file side-by-side

Copy your webtoon panel to your comic book file canvas

The red rectangular area is the printable book grid

The yellow area is where you should put your comic dialogue aka baloon so that the reader can focus and looks clean.

Continue converting your webtoon into all your comic book canvas

3. Publishing Your Comic Book

1. Publishing for Print

go to file> export multiple pages > export fanzine printing data

Check all of your file, and click continue

Check the print format, make sure it’s on color and high resolution

Check again the 3D binding preview

Make sure your comic lay out are okay

go to file> export multiple pages> open exporting destination. To check your exported printing file

All of the pages will be exported by .psd file.

2. Publishing for EPUB

If you want to publish via EPUB/ebook. Try this one. Go to file> export multiple pages> export EPUB data

Checklist for the export option, like if you want to export for kindle format too

Click open exported file

Click on exported data

Here is where your exported ebook file saved. You can test to open it using application support on opening ebook file

3. Publishing for Psd Format

If you want to export the pdf. Go to file>export multiple pages>pdf format

Choose the save file location

Check the settings

Result

And that’s a wrap! You've now learned how to convert your vertical webtoon into a printable comic book—complete with cover, page layout, and publishing formats from print-ready PSDs to EPUB and PDF. I hope this tutorial helps you bring your stories to life beyond the screen.