Why I'm Switching away from Clip Studio Paint

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Hello everyone,
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So as the title says I'm switching away from using Clip studio paint. Now it's not because of the changes they made with how they do updates. I'm not really concerned about having the software up to date.

The thing I'm thinking about has more to do with me thinking about the future. I'm thinking that at some point in the future I may need to get a new laptop computer, and the thing with Clip studio paint is that the product license is limited to only one device use, and if you try to install and use that licenses on another device it may end up locking you out of being able to use the software all together.

I get it, that's their way of preventing mass installations and product key sharing, so they can make a profit.

I almost experienced that when I was moving to a new laptop years ago, but I was able to move the software there. I didn't try to do anything more after that because I didn't want to get locked out. I honestly thought that if I uninstalled the software for the old laptop that I wouldn't have any problems putting it on the new one, but no, it still remembers that you installed it on a different device before.

That moment has been sitting in the back of my mind for a long time. Then a few years later, it started to dawn on me. If I want to use Clip studio paint on a new laptop, and if I want to be able to access any art or comics I made in Clip Studio Paint, I would need to buy the software again. I know I could wait and save up money for that eventuality, but I realize I don't want to buy the software again.

There are a few things I took into consideration. Like the thing where I would need to make sure I sign into clip studio, so that the software can confirm the license key. That happens after a few months pass, and it will determine if you will be able to continue using the software.

I was thinking, what happens if I lose access to the internet connection for a long time or at the time that the software needs to do the check? I kinda feel like that is a little inconvenient of a feature. I know I could just use wifi, but I would need to make sure I'm near a hotspot. It would be inconvenient to have to find one, if that ever happens. I can only guess this is also to make sure that the license key isn't being used on multiple devices, so that's that.

I don't want a situation to happen where I can no longer access my old art in the clip studio file type, without having to jump through hoops.

Another thing, I asked myself, what do I actually use from the software? Clip studio paint has a lot of features. I have a license for the EX version. I got it back in 2020. I can access everything the program has feature wise.

Here's the thing with that, I barely use the features of clip studio.

I tried to use that animation feature, but I've only used it about two or three times. I actually haven’t done much animation since I started using clips studio, and when I did, it was in the other software that I was more use to using, which were Gimp and Krita.

I only recently started trying out the 3D feature of clip studio, but as much as it was interesting to try out when making art, I don't think it's really for me. I like drawing things from scratch and building up the shapes and forms on my own with an image to look at as reference when needed. I feel I don't really need that feature as much as I could try and convince myself otherwise.

The only feature I really used, other than just doing illustration, was the comic organizer feature. It was helpful to have all the pages be visible in one place, but if I had too many pages connected to one thing, it would be a slow load and I get it. That's to be expected, but I could just do things the old way and go to the folder with the individual pages, so I don't have to wait so long if there are a lot of pages. So I don't really need that feature as much as I thought.

I know there are probably more features than the ones I named, but the fact that I can't even think of them as I'm writing all this out, should be a clue that I didn't use them much either.

I've had time to reflect on the art I was able to get done within the 4 years I've been using Clip studio. I honestly feel like I've gotten a bit lazy with doing art over time, since I've been using that program.

I'm not trying to blame the software. There are just a lot of features in it, and when I have so much to look at and consider using, sometimes I become overwhelmed with the choices, and I don't end up getting as much done as I want to. I'm taking steps to fixing that quirk, and switching away from Clip studio is something I believe will be good for me in the long run.

I decided, I'm going to move back to using Krita and Gimp.

So I've been in the process of changing over files from 2020 up to now. I did a lot, but most of it was comic pages which was to be expected.

I've finished switching over, and I do feel more excited for the changes going forward. I can't wait to do more. Sometimes having limits brings out more of the creativity that's in me.

Thanks to everyone who watched till the end. And I hope to see you next time.

Bye.

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