When set up properly, this option can save you a lot of heartache, grief, stress, and redoing artwork if you have a computer crash! But there can be some cons as well.
To make a permanent save of your Recovered file, use Save or Save As to save your file so you don’t lose your work.Īs I’m sure you know, having your software save a backup of your work automatically at regular intervals is an amazing option to have. In the screenshot below, you can see “” to the right of my file name, indicating that the tab is showing a restored file that wasn’t manually saved before the program was closed last. If your program or computer crashes unexpectedly, the next time you open CSP your saved canvases will open up with the data that was saved in the last autorecover. You will see a progress bar when this happens, which will hopefully pop up, save, and disappear quickly so you can get back to working! Now Autorecovery will back up your work every time the allotted amount of time passes. To save your Autorecovery settings, click on OK. 10-15 minutes will probably be sufficient for a fairly fast artist with a decent hardware setup. This can actually make your process a lot slower and cause frustration, so be sure to test how long it takes to save an average file for you and adjust your settings accordingly.
However, this may cause your computer to run slowly depending on your computer hardware and how large your files are.įiles with high resolution and lots of layers will take longer to save than smaller files, so if your computer takes 2 minutes to save the recovery data every 5 minutes, then you only get 3 minutes of working time before your system will save again.
It is tempting to set this for as often as possible so you can be sure that you never lose what you’ve done on your art. Let’s talk for a brief moment about how often you should have recovery data saved. The smallest number you can set is every 5 minutes. By default, it is set to 15 minutes, but you can click in the text box and change it to a larger or smaller number. Right beneath this checkbox is the option of how often we’d like Clip Studio Paint to save our backup. Click on the Checkbox next to “Enable canvas recovery” to turn this option on if it’s not checked already. Right at the top of the File Preferences you will see the Auto-Recovery options. The File Preferences are shown in the screenshot below. On the left side of the window, find the “File” category and click on it. The Clip Studio Paint preferences window will open.
In the top menu, click on File, then go down to Preferences (or use Ctrl+K on your keyboard to bring up the Preferences instead). To enable Autosave, we’ll need to turn it on and then set how often we want the Autosave to run.
Then run the Install file and you’ll be updated to the latest build.
If you haven’t updated, it’s a very easy process! Simply go to the Celsys website and download the newest version for your operating system. Note: You must be running an up-to-date version of Clip Studio Paint to have access to this option! I am running version 1.10.6 for this article. In this article we will cover the following topics: 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!Īutorecovery has come to Clip Studio Paint! This is a great feature that many of us have been waiting for for a long, long time! This option is easy to use and set up, but there are a few things you should know about it before turning it on.
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!).