* Fiddly comics production software Clip Studio has gone to its usual 50% off Black Friday deal, a little early this year. The front-page blurb rather misleadingly pitches clueless newbies with the idea that the expensive EX version is the one needed to make comics. Not really, unless you want multi-page. The expensive version basically offers, as wrote here back in June…
batch import; multipage comics with Kindle and ePub output; and rather basic-looking vector lineart can be made from imported 3D architectural and similar models.
Kind of useful if you aim to be a comics pro and do lots of hand-inking and printed comics, but it’s still a steep $84 cost to move up to EX. The upgrade page for that is here. Note that the very latest version adds .SVG import/export.
Poser users thinking of getting the $25 version should know that in June I found a Poser to Clip Studio solution in the form of a lost Smith Micro import script long-ago harvested by Archive.org. This freebie was meant for Anime Studio but I figured, and found out, that it worked just the same in importing posed Poser figures to their sister-software Clip Studio. You’re welcome.
But for 90% of people, asking about Clip Studio’s features and scripts is simply asking the wrong questions. To make comics they should just be using Comic Life 3 instead.
* Artstation currently has 30% off the prints sold there. Might be useful if you want to give a few as Christmas presents this year, or get some mini-prints to be glued to quality Xmas cards.
* There’s also advance news that Luxion will be having discounts on various KeyShot licences, though only on Cyber Monday it seems.