Introduction

Hello and welcome to a new tip of Clip Studio Paint, dedicated to our creations and today I will explain about Color Correction layers.

 

Thanks to the available tools of Clip Studio Paint about color, brightness and saturation manipulation, it will allow us to make color correction to our illustrations, comics and animations in a non-destructive way.

Video Tutorial

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Monochrome

In our next illustration, we go to the settings layer and add the Hue/Saturation/Color layer. In the layers, we open the settings and lower the saturation completely. Then we will change the blending mode to Color, in order to obtain the absolute black and white filter

Extra Tip: Apply the Curve layer for adjust the illumination of the illustration

Vignette

To add vignette, first add the Levels layer. Create a masking to the Levels layer and invert the mask. Add a circular selection to erase a part of the mask, blur the edges and use a spray brush to detail.

Luminosity Masking

In the next trick to manage the brightness of a drawing, is to add the of Invert layer, Hue/Saturation/Color layer and Brightness and Contrast layer. Adjust the Brightness and Contrast layer to find the best lightness result and then select with ''Select color range'' to create a selection area and then combine everything into one layer.

With the selection, we add the Curve layer and the selected area zone will be adjusted

Photo Filter

Generate a photo filter by using the Gradient Map layer or the Color Balance layer.

 

 

Extra Tip: Combines the adjustment layer with opacity and blending modes

For the Gradient Map - Blend Mode: Darken - Opacity: 40

For the Color Balance - Blende Mode: Color - Opacity: 65

Flicker (Animated)

With animation features like the timeline, you can add a cel and add a Level layer. Create frames with the same adjustment layer and play with the settings to generate a flicker effect

Film Look

To give a film look to an animation, Clip Studio Paint allows you to create adjustment layers and export them to film or GIF format.

Add the Curve layer and adjust the RGB, Red, Green and Blue to get the best result.

Thanks for getting here and I'm glad you read the tutorial and I hope it was useful and practical!