Secret features of brushes and sub tools unlocked! This is a must read for beginners or those who are new to Clip Studio Paint.

So, you've found a brush you love and really need but there's this one thing you wish you could change about it. The creator did not make that particular setting visible. It stinks, right? Not anymore! I'll show you how to change anything you want on any brush, even the brush tip or angle.

I'm also going to explain how to use some of the more complicated brush settings. You may not even have known some of these existed. Let's go!

Sub Tool Detail Window

Normally this window is only shown when (and if) you create a brush yourself. It's where ALL of the settings are regardless of rather or not the creator made those settings visible. This is how you change anything about any brush that you want.

If you can't read the text in the picture, follow these instructions:

Click or tap “Window” on the top of your screen. Scroll down to “Sub Tool Detail” and click or tap again. The window will open.

Changing Settings

If you want to be able to adjust a setting in the regular tab, you'll need to click the empty box beside it so that the little eye is showing.

Here I selected dual brush in the G-Pen sub tool detail window. When I close it, I can go to the regular tab and continue to adjust dual brush settings.

Let's discuss some more of the complex brush settings.

The brush tip is very important of course, and can be added in the category shown below. Just tap the plus sign with the little paper.

Other settings in this category are important and quite interesting as well. The angle of the brush tip can change the brush drastically as shown in the example below. To the right of “Angle” you'll see another little box. Tap it so adjust the angle dynamics. Direction of line is great for rake brushes while random is great for rough pens. To be honest I'm not quite sure what the direction of pen one does, I've never gotten it to have much of an effect.

The amount and density of paint are very important with your everyday brushes. Let's go back to that little box on the right. Here you can adjust the paint dynamics. If you tap pen pressure, the amount of paint will increase as you increase pressure. This creates a more realistic experience.

The same can be done for the gap and many other settings.

One more important tip! I see a lot of people wanting to know how to adjust the staring and ending size of the brush. An easy way to do it is with pen pressure dynamics. If you adjust the minimum value, it will only start and end at the selected amount.

I hope this was helpful! I realize that some people already know all of this, but many don't. I just figured it out recently and I've been using CSP for a year 😆

I have published other helpful tips for beginners that will be shown when you scroll down. Thanks!