Pureref is unintuitive here's how to pull up your references in clip the same way instead lol

So anyways I was doing user research competitive analysis for Trueref's new beta and I decided to try using pureref - esp since I saw this neat lil vid about how people were using it for dressmaker.

I remember not liking it when i got it then when I was doing a comparison analysis against cosmos and pinterest i remembered why. I have no fucking idea how to use this shit and they won't tell me. It eschews typical user patterns

so anyways, here's how to do 90% of what you'd probably use it for in clip studio.

1. 1.

   Make sure you have the sub view window.

So there's various views and windows you can turn off in clip studio - you turn them on in the "Window" tab in the upper left

Navigator is the window that shows the entire picture, sub view is the place where you'll pull up your images.

(on standard set ups it typically opens to the left)

then you should be able to adjust as needed

you can also detach and re-arrange as needed if you wanna pull it out.

2. 2.

   Import your images

So you can drag and drop them straight from your files

or-

You can use the little import button and it also pulls up your files.

3. 3.

   Navigate between images

On the bottom there's multiple navigation options including two arrows you can use those quickly

4. 4.

   Navigate between multiple images at once

Next to the little arrows are an icon with 9 squares - that's opens this window which allows you to see all the images you have open rn quickly move between them.

On the right is the ability to turn and flip the image. I think the rest is self-explanatory lol.

Bonus: Use your phone as a second screen

More info here cuz I aint repeating it

Bonus: how I make collages

I actually use Figjam (I tried canva but it broke down when I was trying to use it on ipad and draw on it but figjam ipad performance is OP - freeform too tbh.) to make my collages and moodboards lol. But tbh anything that has the ability to layer images should work - then just export it as an image. You can also use the canvas feature here in leaflet - which lets your import and play with a lot :3 and share the canvases as blogposts!

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Increasingly I've been using figma for everything....

And that's why I pay my subscription for clip studio I'd rather kill myself than use half the tools that y'all recommend....

anyways (delayed) but a bunch of new comic pages coming soon and idk follow my art blog + comic

Belle's AuDHD art chaos learning blog along

me chatting about my adhd art stuff because now my fun art fandom blog is kind of my primary career identification and everyone expects too much outta that, there will be many typos but we will have fun over here

🍁 Bellesgiving 🍁