Move Clip Studio Paint files to Procreate
Procreate can't open .clip files, but it imports layered Photoshop files. Converting your
Clip Studio file to a PSD is the way to bring the layers over, instead of flattening
everything into one picture.
How to do it
- Upload the
.clipfile and download the.psd. - Put the PSD on your iPad: AirDrop, iCloud Drive, or the Files app.
- In Procreate's gallery, tap Import and choose the PSD. It opens as a new canvas with the layers.
What arrives in Procreate
- Layers with their names and order, opacity and visibility.
- Blend modes: Procreate has most of Clip Studio's modes (Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Soft Light, Color Dodge, Add, Hue, Color and more).
- Folders become Procreate groups.
- Clipping (Clip to layer below) is written as Photoshop clipping masks.
- The canvas size and resolution stay the same.
Features Procreate doesn't have, such as correction (adjustment) layers, may be left out or flattened when Procreate imports the file. If you rely on them, you can merge them into the layers below in Clip Studio before converting, or use the PNG of the whole picture as a reference layer.
Very large canvases
Procreate limits the canvas size and number of layers depending on the iPad's memory. A big print page with many layers may be too large; Procreate then tells you when importing. The PNG of the whole picture and the layer PNGs in the ZIP are a fallback you can import one by one.
Vector and text layers
Procreate has no vector or text layers of Clip Studio's kind, so those arrive as normal picture layers. When Clip Studio didn't store a picture of a vector or text layer, it is drawn here from the file's data; the notes after converting list those layers.
More about what this tool reads and writes: Clip Studio Paint Converter.