Chapter 10: Vector Layers and the Material Palette

One of the benefits of using Clip Studio Paint is that it is capable of producing both raster and vector images. In fact, rasters and vectors can be used on different layers of the same canvas by simply creating the corresponding layer type. Creating vectors in Clip Studio Paint, however, is different in many ways compared to other vector programs.

Vector images are different from raster images. Raster images are made up of small squares of color, called pixels. Raster images are used in many situations, but they do have some disadvantages – primarily that since they are composed of pixels, they lose quality when made larger. Vector images are made of points that are connected together in the ...

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