★ ART TIPS that will shave HOURS off your digital painting process // Clip Studio Paint
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- Get your first 3 months free of Clip Studio Paint here: www.clipstudio.net/en/
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Excited to finally share this video/painting process I made in Clip Studio Paint with you guys! Hope it’s helpful :)
Links I mentioned in the video:
★No Gap Fill tool: assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/...
★ Madi's Brush for rough inking: assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/...
★ Ahmed Aldoori's Brushes: medders.gumroad.com/l/YUDSX
My links:
✪ SHOP: cosmicspectrum.art/
➤ Instagram: / cosmicspectrum
➤ My Skillshare class: skl.sh/cosmicspectrum
➤ Gumroad: gumroad.com/cosmicspectrum
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Honestly my favorite part of CSP is that you can always use "clear" as a painting color by clicking the little checkered box under your color swatches. So legit every pencil, pen, watercolor, oil, etc brush you have can become an eraser of equal value and it makes blending an absolute dream
And the keyboard shortcut for that is C
I enjoyed the 'in your face' style of recording your digital art process, it felt like I was shadowing a master at work. Great Job!
haha, thank you!! I think it's pretty neat to just record the actual screen with hands, the normal digital speedpaint stuff makes the speed etc. impossible to determine. Hoping to do that more in future videos :D
As someone who is also slowly transitioning into using CSP more, if you were already mind-blown by the CSP’s fill tools then wait til you try out Vector Layers. Just look up CSP’s Vector Layers. Also, I don’t know what it’s actually called in CSP but one tool that definitely helped speed up my workflow in CSP is it’s little sun tool window. It’s that little square box of tool icons that float above your canvas. I just recently learnt that you can customize that lil tool bar with shortcuts to some of your favourite or most used tools and functions while painting in CSP. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg with what you can do in CSP for digital art. Looking forward to seeing what else you create next digitally in CSP.
Also, in case you didn’t know, since you’re an ole PS user, did you know that you can import your fav PS brushes and smudge tools into CSP and use them? So in case you were missing your fav PS brushes, you can bring them into CSP and use them and they work just as good as they do in PS :)
Oh! And since you also like to show your digital art process, CSP also has a Timelapse feature like Procreate where it records your canvas. The only thing is I think you’ll have to enable it for each new canvas I think. Just two more tips for you. All the best with learning CSP and can’t wait to see more of your findings BD
Thank you for the tips!!! I know about some of these, but still have to explore the vector layers and a ton of other stuff. Btw about the burshes - do you know if it's possible to migrate presets? Unfortunately most of the brushes I use in PS are in preset format and I haven't had success figuring out how to import those. I don't even understand the exact difference between presets and brushes, but they are different file types. Hmmmmmm.
@@CosmicSpectrumArt You’re welcome ☺️ To answer your questions on presets, if you’re referring to PS Tool presets, as far as I know you can’t import TPL files into CSP. Only ABR files and it’s as easy as simply dragging and dropping the ABR file straight into CSP and it should open up/import easily. The only thing I can think of is to convert your PS tool presets to brushes in PS, export them as one ABR file (so they’re all together) and then bring them into CSP by dragging and dropping. I know for a fact that you can convert your tool presets to brushes in PS (based on all the times it nags me to save my tool preset as a brush >-
Clip Studio Paint is basically dead because of its sub service, lol good luck
you should just use procreate
@@honey3762 Not everyone has an ipad tablet to use procreate ......some of us only have a computer to draw you know as long as we still can use CSP 1.0 that we paid for it's fine
@@honey3762 CSP will still have one time payment options though. Also Procreate is ipad only. That and not everyone is absolutely against the subscription model.
I'll only be sticking with v1 until base v3 comes out and one time buying that. I don't need anymore features, just bug fixes which will be free. So I don't plan on using the subscription upgrades.
I've been using CSP (and Manga Studio, the precursor, before it) for years and I'm STILL finding all the cool stuff it can do. One of my favorites is 'convert brightness to opacity', which is under the Edit tab. It will make your layer greyscale and then make the lighter areas more transparent (with white being completely transparent) and the darker areas opaque (with black being completely opaque). It's a game changer for artists who work traditional to digital, because it means you can scan in a sketch or line art, mess with the levels until it's pure black and white, and then hit 'brightness to opacity' and turn it into just lines as if you'd drawn them on a separate layer, which you can then mask/reference/etc normally. It's also super helpful for if you just have a digital file that's lines and white on one layer, for example if you downloaded a coloring page or if you accidentally merged your line art layer with the background/Paper layer (a danger with CSP's many, usually useful, hotkeys). My other most HUGELY favorite thing is vector layers. If you're not using them to ink, CHANGE TO THAT NOW. Vector layers are created with the little button to the right of the raster layer creation button (and to the left of the create group button). They are INSANELY useful for inking. They aren't technically a true vector like you would get from Adobe Illustrator or whatever, but they allow you to scale your lines larger or smaller, infinitely, without quality loss, and manipulate the 'bones' of individual lines, and best of all, use the vector eraser, when used on a vector layer, will delete a line to the nearest overlap. It's kind of hard to explain but it basically means that you can over-draw your inks and then easily erase the extra with just a touch of the eraser. No more careful fiddling to make sure there's no overlap or weird corners! It speeds up the drawing process SO MUCH. You can even convert raster layers to vector layers (or vice versa), though converting a raster layer to a vector layer sometimes makes it look weird. The only real downsides are a) some brushes look a bit odd or 'smoothed out' on a vector layer and b) you can't flood fill on a vector layer. However, if you're using clipping masks on a second, raster, layer to color your lines, it's not an issue. I typically avoid clipping masks and instead use the transparency lock feature (farthest right icon, the checkerboard with a padlock, on the top row of icons on the layer palette) to keep all my stuff tidy, especially since I prefer to work on as few layers as possible (for example my flat colors are generally all on one layer) but I've been thinking of changing to masks like you used here for the non-destructive feature you talked about. Not sure. It's hard to break years of habit!
Thanks for the awesome video, I've been meaning to try the various fill tool options you listed here and this is good motivation to do so. Also first time seeing your art, it's stunning! I look forward to seeing more of your videos and figuring out how you get such gorgeous painted looks on inked line art pieces XD
Your art is just becoming more polished and polished with each video!! I love both of your traditional and digital art videos, but I felt like it was so satisfying seeing this whole piece coming together. Your editing I feel now complements your voice overs too and makes things very easy to follow. I’ve learned a lot - thank you so much for sharing your experience!
my favorite thing is that you can color pick outside of CSP. i don't know if you can do that with another program, but it's something that i use ALL THE TIME. you just open up the color settings (double clicking the active color), and there's an eyedropper next to the color display that you can use to colorpick from anywhere!
like outside of the program?!
@@anziepanzie yep! so i can color pick straight from my browser without needing to pull it into CSP
@@anziepanzie if you look up the CSP instruction manual, look for "Obtain screen color"!
Medibang has a sensitivity setting on the bucket tool, and it works pretty well. And you can choose if the bucket tool will respect all the lines in the screen or just the layer you're on.
Edit: WAit a Sec, HAVE YOU BEEN DRAWING WITHOUT A CLIPPING LAYER??? I don't even remember the time before I found out about this tool.
Yeah... it's shameful to admit LMAO but there was some sort of block in my head. A friend tired to explain clipping masks to me once but I just didn't friggin get it hahahah sometimes I guess things like this are difficult to grasp at first, and there's a lot of different ways to explain how it works x'DD
Sadly with art apps being pay per month or year it's not cost effective for my iPad procreate is perfect for me , and for free medibang pain is a great starter app for phone, laptop, and iPad for those who can't afford anything yet, I wasted so much time in medibang though , procreate has a massive brush options and it's helped me so much and the app having animation feature was a huge boost as fire alpaca or flip a clip was the only other options at the time for free or cheap , to each their own of techniques and tools it's really up to the individual to see what they like best and I'm happy to see and hear others Share their favorite programs this video was super helpful even if I don't use the same program because of how versatile these tips are!
I'm glad to hear there are a lot of free options out there for hobbyists and people starting out. I know it can be tough to pay for this stuff. I'm glad you found the tips helpful!
your art is a big inspiration for me, it's really cool
Amazing illustration, as always. Idk if you’ve seen it already but clip studio has the automatic Timelapse feature, where you can see the illustration that you did in a Timelapse. And one of my personal favourites Is the vector layer, where you can change anything on your drawing without losing quality. You can change the the line shape, the texture and the color of your drawing with it. Very useful
I am fascinated with these techniques and shortcuts that help in the process of drawing in each part in the illustrations
OMg yess!! welcome to the light of Clip Studio! I can do comics COMPLETELYon the ipad and its a lifesaver. I cant wait to see what other things you get into! There's so so many good tools/ tips and tricks. I also swear by Frenden's Brush Pack (paid, but WORTH) and of course all the amazing assets on the store /3d models are lifesavers for getting comics DONE!
I've been doing graphic design and image manipulation/editing, and it's the closest I've gotten to drawing or anything like since my military injury. Recently I've been re-learning to draw, and csp has helped so much with my confidence. Knowing how to use photoshop, I feel, balances out my shaky hands. I can manipulate the colors and lines so freely.
Good video.
I'm cracking up, because it was one of your old Clip Studio Paint videos that made me learn CSP in the first place! Your work is absolutely beautiful, and your videos inspiring. ❤️🧡💛
I absolutely love your work!!
Vector layers are a great feature of Clip Studio. So useful!
A truly helpful video. Learned quite a bit as I'm relatively new to CSP. Thank you kindly.
I just switched to Clip Studio, after using Photo Shop for years, since when it used to come on a CD-ROM. I find that Clip Studio suits my needs. My art friends as well as people on CZcams and Instagram and love it.
The no gap fill tool is amazing! I started playing with it recently and already I can see the time it takes for me to put down my plats drop by half. ^^
Thanks for making the video, if I ever end up getting a tablet and clip studio paint I’ll keep these in mind
Ty for explaining clipping masks and ref layers. I was strugglingggg trying to figure it out.
I've been working with Clip Studio paint for almost 8 years now I believe, and I've never gone back to any other software since! 😊
Your art is fantastic by the way! Beautiful work! 😍
You can also open extra canvas views of your canvas that you can put on other monitors and have a flipped version as well. It helps for working on details on the drawing display and you can look up at the other display at the whole image :)
Window > Canvas > New Window, then drag it anywhere.... Camera settings for subview works on the additional canvases when they are in focus. I personally use "Fit to Navigator" Button on two extra canvases, one standard and one flipped horizontal
i am stealing this thanks 4 sharing
This is really helpful for me, I’m painting with Procreate but some tools in this program are so much better for shading and editing Color’s. So it seems in this video. The painting is so adorable and I love the Color’s in this one very much. Thanks for sharing
OMG I LOVE YOUR CAAAAAAAT also thank you for the tips!! i just bought a year's subscription to csp and am getting back into art! :3
Gorgeous illustration!
Very lovely and informative video
I think i'm on the luckier side with these things! I've never really experienced sustained wrist pain. I had more neck pain/back and sometimes my finger joints would feel super sore, but I know the limit (basically just need a softer grip and can't draw for more than 5 hours continuously). I think the best advice I can give on this is to try and be active, do stretches and do some back exercises to keep a balance, and make sure to not go past your limits when you feel pain. Take breaks ;u;
I've been using csp for over 4 years now ,I remember that I directly fall in love when I tried the one month free trial ,it's the perfect program for me I didn't even try looking up for other programs. Even tho rn they are trying to switch to a monthly/yearly (?) Subscription I don't really have the money for it but I will not change it ,a lot of ppl are hating it but for me even if it's for a subscription it's worth it ,I'm still hoping they will not change tho X) . This illustration is magnificent as always yana ! I'm already excited for your next video !!!✨💖
Omg i wanth that in a print T-T . I Love your Art❤
My girl, thank you so much for linking the tools, it was extremely helpful! The only thing is taht bthe tool that you listed was the eraser subtool, not the paint and fill with no gaps, I followed the indications from the tool creator in order to get the filling one. Other than that, great video as always, I enjoy watching every speedpaint and tutorial you upload. I use your ig page and your videos as inspo when I'm dealing with artblock
I knew u were really good at painting when I saw u painting really stylized art traditionally but damn does your skill shows when ur painting digitally! Awesome art!!!
Thank you!!!
CSP's Lasso fill tool under the Figures menu is a major time saver for me, I use it ALL the time. Haven't found any other art programs with it that make it quite as easy.
THANKS FOR THIS IV BEEN SEARCHING FO SOOO LONG
I really love your style :) I wish you had more speed-paint videos
So first things first, beautiful painting and very helpful tips (this is gonna save me so much time lol).
I fell in love with CSP during my free trial and I could never go back. Now that they (finally!!!) added liquify all the more so :D
I think the main difference is that photoshop was created to, you know, photoshop stuff, while CSP was created specifically to make art on a blank canvas - at least that's the feeling I get. And it was affordable!!! even for a hobbyist like me, unlike photoshop.
I love how the UI has the built in brush options like stabilization, angle etc. (not just size and opacity) and how I don't have to open a little drop down menu to pick my brush. Also I love how I can change the brush size by holding ctrl+alt and dragging the cursor - whenever I open photoshop now I just get so annoyed that I can't just drag it to the size I want. Also the fact that tab turns off the UI is really neat when sketching.
Oh and of course the flipping (I put it on F but you can put it on any other key) being a built in thing that I don't have to open three menus for. Remember to flip your canvas kids! The rotating is also super neat and easy (put that one on R). Should I go on? xD
@@alise4041 I literally draw as a hobby and not even well so why om earth would I do that? I can just go without updates like with my cracked photoshop from forever ago until I somehow manage to lose my license and then switch to some other program
The way you inked it !
Beautiful artwork by a beautiful and talented artist.
Thank you so much 😀
Beautiful.💖
I discovered Clip Studio Paint recently...and it's amazing how easy It looks to draw using It...Just one more comment....girl, you' re so beautiful, you're as pretty as your art....keep up the amazing work...thanks..
There is also a no-gap fill eraser that does basically the opposite for the little gaps you were manually erasing the flats from!
Omg I didn't even know 😂 thanks for the tip!!
Thanks you’re really helpful
What you’re looking for in photoshop to fill in line work without the background canvas is called paths. You’re welcome. But thank you for sharing this because this saves much more time
The illustration came out so great Yana! I’m so glad you found your way into CSP hahaha ✨ My lineart are always super clean and it can be really time consuming. But I use vector layers combined with the vector eraser to make my clean lines faster! The eraser allows to delete anything that intersects with each other if sets right and it’s so useful!
Thank you!!
That tablet is awesome!! Omg
Awesome art!
really nice explanation on these tips, I'm such a caveman when it comes to unlocking digital art program potential so this was useful !
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL SO MUCH THANKS
I hope you post a video with all the adobe cracks. As always, you are the best, the crack works great
Best of luck!
I am a recent convert to Clip Studio. "Convert to drawing color" is amazing. I can swap my black line art to sepia or convert pencils to blue line in one click. Super handy.
Glad you’re doing a deeper dive into clip, though it seems like a bad time with the announcement of moving towards a subscription like model. I personally still like it more since it’s better than adobes payment model.🤷♀️
Also the drawing itself is ✨Gorgeous✨
I personally need both LOL I think a subscription model is fine in general for products that require updates and maintenance, but man Adobe is just WAY TOO EXPENSIVE lol I pay like 50$ a month - _-
anyway, thank you!!
You can pick a plan like £20 a year
Seems the subscription model is for all devices, but you can still one time purchase for an actual computer. Kinda lame if you only have a tablet, but at least the plans start really cheap.
@@CosmicSpectrumArt Like I'm still pretty upset at the subscription but at the end if it's affordable then fine, just kinda wish they'd tell us how much they're planning to charge so we can all start planning accordingly cause next year is coming in fast
@@shybie2798 It was said in the first announcement that the upgrade pass will be affordable and cheaper than the current subscription plan that is at 25-40 USD/year. So let's hope it's like that.
The way you do painting and ordered the layers/clipping masks seems more efficient compared to how i just paint on one layer haha. Ill try this, thanks!
I hope it helps!! I find the process to be less chaotic this way, but coherently naming layers is pretty crucial haha.
Keep up the good work.
Very nice! Refreshing to see something other than all the negative content out there.
Thx 4 sharing!
This is the first time I saw your face, and you are very beautiful!
Cosmic, I have switched to CSP about two years ago and do NOT regret it and it was so awesome to learn something new! Question: I stopped doing digital art because my fingers hurt so much but I noticed you have some sort of a cushion on your stylus, may I ask what it is or how to do the same hack? Thanks so much in advance, you are incredible
Seus desenhos são muito lindos ❤️😍
dayyuuuummm it makes so much more sense now that most manhwa artists use csp :0
great job with the lineart 😀I dont know how to do half of the things in clip studio, i tend to just end up clicking what ever and hoping it does something 😝
I struggle with this transition so much! I’ve been using photoshop for like 15 years and it’s SO hard to learn a new program. Can you share some tips how you made this transition?
After the whole "monthly sunscription" thing, I don't know how worth it is to keep using. Artist in low income countries can't afford this change, and there is no way of knowing how long the whole software will work without updates
Yeah, I get it. Spousour vídeo, whatever, you can't talk about it. But everyone reading it, know this: CSP have now a subscription system. Buying now guaraantee the software without subscription in place, but you will not get new updates. If they give out a update on v2 that you want, you will have to pay monthly to keep it.
Have this in mind if you decide to use csp for now on. There are free options like krita, and as far as I know procreate is a one time purchase
Be smart fellow artists
The brushes and pressure sensitivity is UNMATCHED dude. I learned art on my iPad in procreate... And the amount of frustration I constantly encountered with procreate had me literally not wanting to do art anymore because it was so frustrating to me. The pressure, the super unintuitive tools, and the terrible transform tools.... I have NEVER been able to draw pretty eyelashes in procreate. Tell me WHY the first time I used CSP I drew the prettiest lashes ever... I was SHOOK. I may mess around in procreate, but I will never use it for serious art EVER again.
I personally was never able to get into procreate haha x'D so I don't blame you. there's always just something so off about it, and YES OMG THE HORRIBLE FREE TRANSFORM TOOL what an atrocity.
@@CosmicSpectrumArt 😭😭 literally. The relief though of using CSP is 👩🍳😘 chef's kiss. Love your art btw!!
Clip Studio has so many cool features that I’ve never seen before. Also for coloring lineart I would suggest using alpha lock so you can just color directly on the layer and not have to use a clipping mask.
Krita, its free and has alot going on to it as well.
Awesome video
OMG you're so beautiful I was lost while watching the Video ❤
Hi me again I’m pre ordering your new art soon and I was wondering was the extra pages only for the kickstarter or you can still get them with the art book because I missed the kick stater because I didn’t have any money at the time ❤️❤️
What was that glitter tool you used near the end? It looks so beautiful!
Could never make the enclose and fill work properly so I am stuck with magic wand reverse sollution. Might take a bit longer but at least works
also, thanks for all the tips!
In love
I was wondering what drawing tablet you use for your digital drawings and what brands do you recommend
Hey! I saw you move a really large brush in ClioStudio very fast and smooth. I was amazed because when i do that it becomes very slow and laggy, and my computer is quite powerful. I noticed there’s a very big difference per brush how laggy they become with a huge brush size. Which brush you use here? 🙏
Did you change the settings to the brush?? Or has it always been laggy?
damn these brushes look so cool and fun to use! if only i were to be able to download them *cough CLIPSTIDIO cough* but alas my connection is bad apparently
Amazing video!!! (But that light theme is just painful)
your art is so beautiful. but you mad woman for that light theme! XD
Lmao!!
ive been using csp for around 10 years now and i adore it! its often on sale for really cheap, too. its so fantastic for creating comics. also, they hace 3d models you can use as references
😭my brain hurts.
I’m so not knowledgeable in digital media but I just love your art. 🤣🤣
I am toying with the idea of purchasing an iPad for digital art purposes.
i have a question. where to buy tablet stand like this vid?
krita just got the no gape fill tool its called "enclose and fill tool"
at 9:20im not understanding how you make the reference layer with the no gap, it will only let me select the lineart layer and not the one underneath it. howd you get it to appear in the layer below the lineart? sorry for the silly question
I am not sure if you're gonna see this. But I am trying the tool with the ice cream icon :3 But I can't make it fill the inside of the line art. I have a line art and added a separate layer to put on my fill. but when I draw the selection and went out the line, it also colors outside. Any idea how to fix it? It doesn't do the same thing it does for you.
I can’t deny that CSP has some really nice QoL features (including the built-in recording feature, which is the best feature imo, and PS can’t even manage that much despite charging more), but the main thing that makes me stick with PS is the brushes…Idk what it is, but I have yet to find brushes in CSP that gives me the same polish as my brushes in PS. I feel like everything i render in CSP ends up looking too smooth and cartoony, when i prefer a more realistic finish.
But yeah CSP has a myriad of tools and features that PS doesn’t for a way better deal. Even small things like being able to clipping mask entire folders to a single layer, being able to color coordinate your layers with more than just like 8 colors, having easy access to brushes or 3D modeling tools, etc. its an amazing piece of software. Even if they are betraying the entire community by switching to a subscription model, for those who are willing to pay and want a program that focuses solely on illustration and making that process easier, CSP is the better deal over PS by far.
I kind of agree about the brushes. If I find a way to replicate the brushes I use in photoshop, i'd switch completely, but for now I think I'm satisfied to jump back and forth between the programs. I think CSP will catch up in the brush department.... and I have to admit I haven't put in the required effort to figure out their brush engine and maybe even make my own brushes. I bought Kyle's magapack for photoshop years ago and it's the best thing ever 😂
wait u can put ur ps brush on csp tho theyre compatible does it feel like it changed??
@@lettucecat3538 You can port PS brushes over to CSP, but because the brush engines are different, you may have to do some heavy tweaking in order to get it to perform in the way that you're used to. And even then it still may not behave the way you want.
For CSP on iPad. I tried it mutiple times and also talked to multiple people and it can be a bit too much on the screen if you have a smaller iPad. I really would recommanded everyone to frist try it out before commiting to any payments. Because it is kinda pricy for something you may not even like to use.
Check out how to edit modifier keys if you want to optimize even further
ArtStudio Pro is a good substitute for Photoshop on iPad
What Pointer are you using? i don't think ive ever seen a Pointer like that before? o_o
theres also this tool called "Edge Erase" on the community marketplace its a super convenient eraser when doing ur flat colors
also may i know why is ur pen like that? just out of curiousity
I'm guessing her pen's like that because holding it for a longer time causes cramps and leaves print onto the skin from gripping it too hard, so maybe to make it a bit more comfy while working for longer periods of time? I do the same with mine hehe
What tablet of do you use?
somehow found this video a little odd. beyond the utility of no gap fill, i found most of the key features you described are there in programs like medibang paint pro plus- brush search, clipping mask, reference window, mobile version, and more. CSP does them better i admit, but would you say it's enough difference to be worth spending the money?
I don't say it specifically i guess, but I'm comparing it to photoshop specifically because that's what I use. (I've also used procreate, sketchbook pro and sai but that was a while ago and I liked photoshop best out of those). I honestly would pay to have both, it's worth it for professional use and especially if you do comics. Ultimately the cost isn't something that would be the same for everybody so i can't definitively say yes this is the only one and the best drawing app.. i do think its the best and most sophisticated and well thought out combo of tools though, from my exp.
Um... I'm using My paint for drawing so I dont know if I can apply those
ur art is beautiful wow
Since they are switching to a subscription model, a good thing to keep in mind is: “Do what you want cause a pirate is free. You are a pirate!”
sorry but youre so beautiful🥺🥺🥺
how do you make the toolbar box around your drawing so small? ive been thinking about buying clip studio but the small drawing area really made me not like it
Maybe it looks small because my screen is huge? You can adjust everything.
Ya'll should check out Krita.
Is csp in any way better than krita for purely digital painting ?
I have a very specific process in mind that involves semi realistic stylized art with a high focus on colours and shadows. So I guess krita would be the best here ? If I don't care about lineart or vectors at the moment ?
I think if you're purely digital painting and that's it Krita might be better or a program like Opencanvas.
I'm not familiar with Krita at all, sorry!
find the "good pen"! it is a wonderful inking pen!
Just wanna ask, is the one time purchase still On? Like can i still buy it without paying every month?
I believe so, yes.
CSP is great and there is so much more to learn. Color With Kurt has some good vids on time saving CSP features as well. For illustration/manga/comics you can't really beat it. Even the floating lasso tool menu is genius (and you can add more buttons to it).
omg YES!! the floating menu is SOOOO USEFUL i totally forgot to mention it here, along with other things. It's crazy how much of a difference all these micro things make in the long run. Thanks for the suggestion!! :)