1. Setting crop marks/inner borders

1 - Creating a new canvas

 

First, create a new canvas for comics with “Create new”.

Select File menu > New to open the New dialogue.

 

Select Comic or Fanzine from Project in the New dialogue.

 

Specify the Trim size and Bleed width under Comic Settings.

 

A canvas with crop marks and an inner border will be displayed.

The canvas will be larger than the specified book binding (cropped border) size.

 

**Note:** To specify the size of the inner border when creating a new canvas

Under New > Project, select Show all comic settings.

Set the inner border.

On how to change settings, refer to 2 - Changing crop marks/inner border settings.

Note: Show all settings is aimed towards more advanced users. Beginners are recommended to create new files via Comic.

 

 

 

 

2 - Changing crop marks/inner border settings

 

When changing the size and position of crop marks or the inner border, select the View menu > Crop marks/Inner border settings, and change the Crop marks/Inner border settings values.

 

The inner border setting method can be selected from either Set size or Set margin under Set size in “Inner border”.

 

When adjusting with Set size, the inner border is created based on the width and height of the center of the canvas. By changing the X offset and Y offset values, the middle point of the inner border can be moved the specified distance from the center of the canvas.

 

When adjusting with Set margin, the size of the inner border is set based on specified vertical and horizontal distances from the cropped border.

Top, Bottom, Inside and Outside will be displayed. These are terms used in book binding and correspond to the top and bottom of the page, the edge along the book’s spine, and the edge opposite to the spine.

When a new file is created, Top, Bottom, Inside, and Outside each set the top, bottom, right, and left positions of the inner borders.

 

When Clip Studio Paint EX’s page management function is used, the position of the inside and outside will switch depending on the position of the page.

 

2. Creating basic frame borders

As an example, we will create a frame border for the draft below.

 

 

 

 

1 - Creating a frame border folder

 

Select Layer menu > New layer > Frame Border folder.

Set the line width and anti-aliasing from the displayed New frame folder dialogue and the tap OK.

(1) Name: Set the name of the new frame border folder.

(2) Draw border: When selected, borders will automatically be added to newly drawn frame borders. The frame border settings can also be set later.

(3) Line width: The border line’s width can be set. The used units will follow the File > Preferences > Ruler/Unit > Unit settings.

(4) Anti-aliasing: Set the strength of the border line’s anti-aliasing. Select None if the comic will be created in Monochrome Duotone.

The specified frame border lines will be drawn along the frame border, and a Frame Border folder will be created.

 

 

 

 

2 - Using framing templates

 

Frame borders can also be made from materials.

 

By dragging and dropping the framing template material in the Material window > Manga material > Framing template onto the canvas, frame borders that fit within the inner border will be drawn.

 

After a border line or a border in the frame border folder is selected with the Object sub tool, its thickness can be changed using the Brush size value in the Tool Property palette.

 

**Note:** Use templates when creating a new canvas

You can place frame borders when creating a canvas by using a template from the New dialogue.

Check Template.

From the Template dialogue box, select the frame layout you want to use and tap OK.

The pre-installed frame layout templates include options for four-panel comics and general comic page layouts with 1 to 4 columns.

After selecting a template and creating a canvas, frame borders will already be created.