#CLIP STUDIO PAINT. UPGRADE#

Those who remain on a perpetual license for version 1.x will not receive further updates from the time of version 2.0’s release in 2023.

#CLIP STUDIO PAINT. UPGRADE#

The announcement was accompanied by a confusing flowchart detailing the benefits of the upgrade packages on offer. This has subsequently angered members of the artist community, who have previously heralded the service as a great one-time purchase alternative to software-as-a-service applications like Adobe Photoshop, effectively adopting a similar business model that fans of Clip Studio Paint tried to avoid in the first place.

That has left some longtime fans who praised it for its one-time purchase model feeling very betrayed.Ī notice on Clip Studio’s website states that “from 2023 onwards, the current version 1 (one-time purchase, perpetual version for Windows/macOS, ‘Version 1.x’ hereafter) offered as a download and physical version will no longer receive feature updates free of charge.” Celsys announced version 2.0 of Clip Studio Paint, its popular digital illustration and animation software, along with plans to move to a monthly subscription for updates to the service when it launches.

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