today i found out that clip studio paint is customizable enough that i can turn the UI interface into paint tool sai and that’s great for me, the person who got so attached to paint tool sai version 1 that i have not been willing to learn another art program in 10 years (which is extremely inconvenient)
we have paint tool sai at home
paint tool sai at home:
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO DO THIS. I’M LITERALLY IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU, I HAVE BOTH PROGRAMS BUT I’M SO IN LOVE WITH SAI THAT I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE IT. clip studio paint seems DIVINE but i’m so scared of change
it’s super late at night so sorry in advance if i don’t explain this well but basically, almost everything in CSP’s UI can be changed and customized and you can save those configurations too
this is the default interface:
every single one of those panels pops out are can be stacked. positioned, and resized as much as you want.
here’s a rough markup of everything that can be changed (wrt existing components, you can add more)
the components mostly operate in a click and drag way. you grab the little tab at the top and stick it to wherever you want. you can stack them by dragging them above the other component and you can also group them in a tab by dragging one into the other. resizing is similar; you just drag the edge of the component (idk what these things are actually called so I’m using terminology from my job lol) to wherever you want and it’ll scale itself. it’s actually surprisingly easy to work with imo
for some of the other components like the tool bars, you’ll have to go to the window menu at the top of the program. this gives you the options to mess with those tool/command bars but it also lets you add and delete (hide, technically bc it keeps the settings) any component you want and there’s components for literally EVERYTHING in csp. it’s just a switch you flip in the menu that allows you to add/remove it.
it’s really really easy to get it set up to your work style!! i have a set of tools and hotkeys that i was able to replicate by doing this and it wasn’t very hard to set it up how i wanted
btw i don’t know if you paint but the main reason i waited so long is because sai’s painting engine is so good that no other program can come close, but csp has some really interesting brush and color blending options that you can customize to each brush and I’ve been able to get pretty damn close to the sai experience. it can be hard to get used to though and I’m still trying to adapt. I’d recommend messing around with the brushes with their settings box open because csp lets you test out changes as you’re making them so while testing is a pain in the ass that does matter it easier lol
