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Clip Studio Paint vs Adobe Illustrator: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 21st, 2025
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Summary
Features in Vector Graphics
12
40
  • 2D Drawing
  • Animation
  • Customizable Templates
16
Best performer
40
  • Activity Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Collaboration Tools
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews61
Ease of use
4.2
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.4
4.8
User reviews8,655
Ease of use
4.0
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.3
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Vector graphics solution designed to help creative studios, illustrators & artists create comics, animations, characters, and artworks using various tools, templates, color palettes, and more.

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Video reviews
Eero L
Manager
5.0

Eero L.: My name is Eero. I'm an entrepreneur and I give Clip Studio Paint five stars. And for more reviews like this, click below. Before Clip Studio Paint, I used either Corel Painter or Photoshop, but both of them got a little bit obsolete for me. And I was looking for something that would work also on my tablet. And Painter didn't do that very well. I ended up testing Clip Studio Paint. Out of the software that I used, Clip Studio Paint was the best on my tablet. And from there, I moved on to use the desktop version and I found some really good features. For example, some character poses that you can do in the software, which helped a lot with drawing characters. And I really liked that. I didn't have that in any other software. Used to other art software, it's quite similar, but it has a lot of features. It was a stretch to get used to it first. But of course, once you get used to it, it's quite easy. They're not so different from each other. Anyone who wants to try, I'm sure they have a trial available. I had a trial available. Just check it out and see for yourself.

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Isabel S
Portrait Artist
5.0

Isabel S.: Hi, I'm Isabel. I work as a portrait artist. I am giving a number five out of five review for Adobe Illustrator. For more reviews like, this click below. Before Illustrator, I was using Paint and it was awful. I am not the best at drawing and I needed help with it. I just felt like, "Oh, my gosh, I'm going to have to spend hours and hours and hours getting better at drawing just to get better at Paint." Then, I discovered Illustrator and all of its quirks and features and greatness. I was like, "Oh, my gosh. I am going to stick with this." With all the problems that I was having with Paint and then the quick things that I needed to make, when I discovered that Adobe Illustrator goes and helps you to create those graphics to look nice, I was like, "Oh, my gosh, this is just a total game changer. It makes my life so much easier." I was just like, "I'm using this for the rest of my life, because this is easy." For me, it was really easy to get started with Adobe Illustrator. I'm really familiar with Photoshop. Illustrator works really similar to Photoshop. It just has a little bit of different tools to help you more purposely with drawing. Photoshop, you end up painting and you play with different levels and different colorations that are in there. You can do those same type of things with Illustrator, it's just Illustrator has really been made to help you with drawing that thing out and getting it to look good, and especially if you're a graphic designer or something like that, it's much better for that than Photoshop is. Yeah, for me, it was easy. There was a small learning curve, but because I already knew Photoshop, it really wasn't too bad. If you're considering Adobe Illustrator and you're doing things like graphic design, a lot of things that are simple to print or that's going to be on the internet, Illustrator is definitely the way to go. It seems to be the industry standard. It's simple to use, especially if you've been used to the Adobe Suite. When you open it up, and if you've been playing with any of the other Adobe programs that are there, it's going to feel familiar. Yes, I would definitely suggest going ahead and getting it over other methods if you're not the greatest illustrator on the planet, because it will definitely help you with all of those things, give you more options than you ever even knew were possible.

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Clip Studio Paint

12/40
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Content Library
  • Custom Development
  • Data Extraction
  • Document Imaging
  • Document Storage
  • Document Templates
  • File Management
  • For Vector Illustrations
  • For Websites
  • Image Library
  • Image Tracing
  • Labeling
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Pattern, Color & Art Storage
  • Project Management
  • Rendering
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Sketching and Annotation Tools
  • Synchronous Editing
  • Tagging
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Traceability
  • 2D Drawing
  • Animation
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Design Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Image Editing
  • Preview Functionality
  • Templates
  • Text Editing
  • Workflow Management
  • WYSIWYG Editor
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Adobe Illustrator

Top Features
16/40
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Clip Studio Paint
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Adobe Illustrator
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Clip Studio Paint
  • By CELSYS
  • Located in Japan
Adobe Illustrator
  • By Adobe
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1982
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