

This is also helpful if you’ll need to use portions of the art you’ve created later. You can then export them in 72dpi to upload to the internet, while keeping your high-resolution file for use later. Imagine if you start your web-comic and it becomes a hit! Now you have thousands of fans begging for a book they can buy! This is a great thing to have happen, but if you haven’t created your files with printing in mind, you will have to go back and re-draw all those images at 300dpi so you can print them! This is a huge waste of time, so I always recommend just creating your images at 300dpi from the start. However, I’m going to advise you NOT to do this.Įven if your plans for now are to only display your work on the web or as a web-comic, you should create your images with print in mind. This would certainly save you computer processing power and disk space, because your files would be relatively small when compared to print-ready files at a higher resolution. So, you’re probably thinking that if you’re going to just create images for the internet or for a web-comic, that you should just save time and create all your files at 72dpi. Images for the internet are 72 DPI, which is much lower than what is required for a high-quality print! If you’ve ever taken an image from the internet and tried to print it, but it comes out blurry or pixelated, that’s because it isn’t a high enough resolution. Print requires a file resolution of at LEAST 300 dpi (dots per inch) for the printed image to come out clearly. When creating an image for print, you might say that bigger is better. Print and the internet are two very different things and require different considerations for not only the height and width of the image, but also the size of the file created. In this article, we will be covering the following topics:įirst of all, let’s talk about the differences between creating a piece for print and for display on the web.

When working with digital files, you need to not only consider the width and height of your file, but also other factors such as resolution, bleed, and what your end goal for the piece will be. In this article, I will be covering how to determine the size of canvas you should be creating for your art in Clip Studio Paint. 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!).
