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This time, I will show you how to easily create a glitch effect in 3 steps using Clip Studio Paint. The glitch effect processing method uses several useful functions of Clip Studio Paint, so it can be used not only for glitch effects but also for other finishing processes. Of course, even beginners can easily reproduce it, so don't worry.

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Let's get started!

First, please prepare the completed illustration.

If you don't have a finished illustration, you can use free illustrations for practice, but be sure to use color illustrations so that the glitch effect comes out clearly.

Step 1 Add chromatic aberration (RGB shift) effect

I think most people draw color illustrations in multiple layers, but in order to process them, first merge the completed illustration into a single layer.

 

But I might want to keep the layer because I might want to modify it later. Therefore, if you use the ``Merge copies of visible layers'' function, you can combine the illustrations while leaving the original layers intact, without having to manually copy all the layers. It's a simple but useful feature that will definitely come in handy.

Duplicate the combined completed illustration two more times so that you have a total of 3 identical layers.

Next, to change the colors of the illustration, use a tool called ``Level Correction''.

One adjusts Red, and the other adjusts Green. It's okay if the adjusted layers turn blue and pink respectively.

You can use this function to perform processing similar to RGB color adjustment in Photoshop, so please give it a try.

Set the layer mode of the level-corrected layer to "Compare (light)".

Set the layer mode of the illustration at the top, which has not had any color adjustment, to "Brightness".

Shift the blue and pink corrected layers using the [Move layer] tool to add chromatic aberration (effect).

Step 2 Create a glitch effect

Next, create a glitch.

Select the top layer. Create a long and thin rectangle using the "Selection Area" sub tool "Rectangular Selection". Set the creation method to "Additional selection".

Copy and paste the selected range. This will create a layer containing only the rectangular selection area above the Top layer.

Apply a filter to the selection layer.

Select Filter>Transform>Waveform.

Set the horizontal ratio and vertical ratio to 50 and 0 respectively, and adjust the other values according to your actual situation.

Create the glitch again using the same procedure. This time, weaken the glitch effect. Set the horizontal ratio and vertical ratio to 5 and 0 respectively, and adjust the other values to your liking. By adding strength and weakness, it looks more realistic.

Setp 3 Add texture

Adds a noise-like texture to the entire screen.

There are many ways to do this, but I'll show you the easiest one for me personally.

 

Create a new layer.

Select Filter > Draw > Perlin Noise.

Decrease the scale value. The smaller the scale number, the finer the noise granularity.

Adjust the scale to match the actual illustration. Other parameters do not need to be adjusted.

Then set the layer mode to Overlay and lower the opacity.

Finally, add a horizontal line like a video screen.

 

Window>Materials[Basics]>Line Select a single color tone and drop it on the canvas.

Open the layer properties and set the angle to 0. Make the lines horizontal.

 

Adjust the number of tone lines by looking at the overall balance.

Duplicate the tone layer. Change the layer color to white.

Move the white line slightly using the layer move sub tool tone move.

Then adjust the transparency of the tone layer.

done!

What did you think.

This time, we introduced how to create glitch effects and four useful functions in Clip Studio Paint. Even just one is fine, so please try incorporating it into your illustrations!

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