To effectively use perspective in your artwork, Clip Studio Paint provides a powerful perspective ruler tool that displays a perspective grid. Turning on this grid involves selecting and configuring the perspective ruler tool.
Here's how you can activate the perspective grid in Clip Studio Paint, based on the referenced process:
Steps to Add a Perspective Ruler and Display the Grid
Adding a perspective ruler automatically generates the corresponding perspective grid on your canvas, allowing you to draw accurately along perspective lines.
- Access the Toolbar: Navigate to your main toolbar. This is typically located on the left side of the Clip Studio Paint window.
- Select Rulers: In the toolbar, find and select the Ruler tool icon. This tool group contains various types of rulers.
- Find the Perspective Ruler Tool: Within the Ruler tool options (often displayed as a sub-tool palette), locate and select the Perspective Ruler tool.
- Set the Process: Look at the Tool Property palette for the Perspective Ruler. Find the dropdown selection labeled Process.
- Select "Add vanishing": Make sure the option selected in the Process dropdown is "Add vanishing". This setting allows you to create a new perspective ruler by defining its vanishing points.
Reference Information: As described in the provided reference, you "head over to your toolbar. Select rulers and find the perspective ruler tool in the sub menu. Right under that you'll see a drop down selection called process make sure to select add vanishing." Selecting "Add vanishing" is the first step to drawing your vanishing points and thus creating the perspective ruler and grid.
Once you have selected the Perspective Ruler tool with "Add vanishing" enabled, you can click on your canvas to place vanishing points and define the perspective grid (e.g., one-point, two-point, or three-point perspective). After placing the required vanishing points, the grid lines associated with the perspective ruler will appear on your canvas.
Understanding the Perspective Ruler
The perspective ruler isn't just a visual grid; it's an active ruler that guides your drawing. When enabled, brush strokes, selection tools, and shape tools can snap to the lines of the perspective ruler, ensuring accuracy in your perspective drawing.
- Vanishing Points: These are points on the horizon line where parallel lines in perspective converge. The number and position of vanishing points determine the type of perspective (1-point, 2-point, 3-point).
- Horizon Line: A horizontal line representing the viewer's eye level. Vanishing points typically lie on this line.
- Grid Lines: Lines extending from objects back towards the vanishing points, forming the visible grid structure.
By adding and configuring the perspective ruler using the steps above, you effectively "turn on" the perspective grid display and functionality in your Clip Studio Paint document.
