



This has subsequently outraged members of the artist community, who previously touted the service as a fantastic one-time purchase alternative to software-as-a-service applications like Adobe Photoshop, effectively adopting a similar business model that Clip Studio Paint fans were trying to avoid first place. It has left some long-time fans who have praised it for its one-time purchase model and feel very betrayed.Īn announcement on Clip Studio’s website states that “Coming in 2023, the current Version 1 (the one-time purchase, permanent version for Windows/macOS, hereafter ‘Version 1.x’), will be offered as a download and physical version No Feature- no longer receive updates for free.” Celsys announced version 2.0 of Clip Studio Paint, its popular digital illustration and animation software, and plans to switch to a monthly subscription for updates to the service at launch.
