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Clip Studio Paint EX

The drawing and comic production application built around a pen engine that behaves like a real nib, with the multi page and animation tools that only exist at the EX tier.

Version 5.0.4 1.24 GB Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) Updated 2 days ago

Overview

What this release is

The reason illustrators move to this program and stay is the line. The brush engine responds to pressure and tilt in a way that produces a stroke with a real taper and real weight variation, and the vector layers let a line be redrawn, thinned, or thickened after the fact without redrawing the artwork underneath it.

The comic tools are unmatched anywhere else. Panel dividers that split a page into frames with correct gutters, speech balloons with tails that follow the character, screen tones with proper halftone patterns rather than grey fills, and perspective rulers that snap every stroke to a vanishing point without constraining the pen.

The EX tier is what makes the difference for production work. Multi page project management for an entire book with page order, story information, and batch export, along with the animation timeline that is not limited to a short frame count the way the lower tier is.

The three dimensional reference figures deserve a mention. Pose a model, set the camera, and draw over it, with the model rendering as a guide layer rather than as part of the artwork. For difficult foreshortening it removes a great deal of guesswork.

Feature set

What you get

Pen engine

Pressure and tilt response that produces a real taper, with vector layers that stay editable after the stroke.

Comic tools

Panel dividers, speech balloons, halftone screen tones, and perspective rulers built for page production.

Multi page projects

Manage an entire book as one project with page order, story data, and batch export at the EX tier.

Animation timeline

Frame by frame animation with onion skinning and no practical frame limit at this tier.

Three dimensional figures

Posable reference models rendered as a guide layer to draw over rather than as part of the artwork.

Brush customisation

Every brush parameter is editable and brushes import from files without an account.

Changes in this build

What changed

Brush engine rendering moved further onto the GPU for smoother strokes on large canvases
Multi page export reworked with per page format options
New perspective ruler modes for curved and fisheye construction
Improved handling of very large canvases at print resolution
Fixed the layer mask offset when a page was resized after artwork was placed

Installation

How to install it

Extract the archive to a short path with real time protection disabled.
Run setup as administrator and complete the standard installation.
Apply the included licensing step before the first launch.
Open the program and confirm the EX features appear rather than the lower tier limits.
Configure the tablet driver before drawing, since pressure response depends on it.

Hardware

System requirements

Processor	Any 64-bit processor with SSE2 support, quad core recommended
Memory	8 GB minimum, 16 GB for large print resolution canvases
Graphics	GPU with 2 GB VRAM and current drivers
Storage	4 GB free space
Display	1920 x 1080, graphics tablet strongly recommended
System	Windows 10 version 22H2 or Windows 11

Package

Release information

Title	Clip Studio Paint EX
Version	5.0.4
Developer	Celsys
Category	Graphic Design
Platform	Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
Package size	1.24 GB
Interface languages	Multilingual (10 interface languages)
Release identifier	BS-05004001
Listed	4 years ago
Last rebuilt	2 days ago
Total downloads	208,254

Questions

Before you start

What does the EX tier add?

Multi page project management, unrestricted animation length, and the batch processing tools.

Does it support pressure sensitive tablets?

Yes, with all the common tablet drivers. Install the driver before the first drawing session.

Can brushes from other artists be imported?

Yes, from local brush files. Anything requiring an account sign in will not load.

Does it export to print formats?

Yes, including CMYK output with per page settings across a multi page project.