With Line symmetry on, the design is mirrored and “flipped” along the ruler. Take a look at the following example.Įach of these examples was made with a ruler with a Number of Lines of 4, so the drawing is being repeated four times in total around the ruler. The Line Symmetry checkbox turns line symmetry into what is called rotational symmetry. We’ll explore this more in the next section so don’t feel bad if this doesn’t make sense just yet! The maximum number is 16, which will give you 16 “wedges” around the ruler. The minimum value is 2, which means that whatever you draw on one side of the ruler will be mirrored 1 time across the ruler. But basically this option controls how many times your lines will be “mirrored” around your canvas by the ruler. Number of Lines is a little difficult to describe if you don’t know what the symmetrical ruler does. Let’s go down the list of options and talk about what each one does. Now let’s take a look at the Sub Tool Detail for the Symmetrical ruler, which is shown in the following image. Click in the box to either hide or show settings from the Tool Property window. Options that aren’t shown will be gray and empty. Options that show in the Tool Property will be filled in with blue and have a small eye icon inside the box in front of the setting name. If you want an option from the Sub Tool Detail window to show in the Tool Property window, there’s a very simple way to do that! Simply look for the box on the left in front of the setting’s name. This window has all the available options for the current tool, including some that might not be shown in the Tool Property window by default. Then in the Tool Property window click on the small wrench icon in the lower right corner that the blue arrow is pointing to in the image below.Ĭlicking the wrench icon brings up the Sub Tool Detail window for that tool. Click the Symmetrical Ruler in the Sub Tool window. To get to the Symmetrical ruler, click on the Ruler tool group marked by the red arrow in the image below. In this article we will cover the following topics:Īs we’ve done with all the ruler tools so far in this series, let’s take a look at the settings that are available for the Symmetrical Ruler. In the previous installments we covered the Linear Ruler, Curve Ruler, Figure Ruler, Ruler Pen, and Special Ruler tools. Covering all the ruler tools in one tutorial would result in a huge amount of text, so I’m going to break this up into parts! This is Part Five of the How To Use Ruler Tools series. And I still think that the built-in ruler tools are one of the coolest features in CSP. When I first learned about this software, it was the Perspective Ruler tool that made me realize how awesome it was and influenced my decision to start using it. I write weekly posts on and on CSP Tips, so be sure to come back every week to learn more Clip Studio Tips and Tricks from me! Many of you probably know my name from those books, in fact. I was a beta-tester on the Manga Studio 5 program and for Clip Studio Paint, and I have written three books and several video courses about the program. Hello! My name is Liz Staley and I’m a long-time user of Clip Studio Paint (I started using the program back when it was known as Manga Studio 4!).
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