10 Krita Art Tips I Wish I Knew Earlier

[@xenomads]

I will share the things I discovered. I don't know if they're well known but I like them and here they are: 1. CTRL and left click on the layer thumbnail to select everything inside a layer (sort of like the magic wand but inverted) 2. Drag the layer out of the layer docker to double it. 3. if you want to enlarge a layer with the Transform tool without messing up the width and length, just press SHIFT while enlarging it. 4. while using Transform tool, right click inside the selection to get many options on how to transform, including perspective which is super useful. 5. Press F to instantly use Fill (who knew)

[@spruce_dowob]

Pinning this! thank you for the tips! i had no idea about the first one

[@kaitlynm7943]

# 2 seems like something that could be really useful, thanks!!

[@kaitlynm7943]

and # 1 is basically alpha lock but with selection so you can move it lol

[@xenomads]

@@kaitlynm7943 I'm glad you like them :))

[@Utrilus]

One point of convenience I like is there is a button on top right that lets me switch workspace with just 2 clicks instead of fiddling with the drop down menus. So I got multiple workspaces made starting with a number and then a name, so they show up in order of my preference. I use selections a lot as well. Like there is a selection that can select based on color. And holding down Shift and Alt it selects things within a selection which I have found surprisingly useful. And with shape tools Shift alt control are your friend. After dragging out a shape holding down Crtl scales from the center. Holding down Alt lets you move it, Ctrl+Alt lets you rotate it. The last one is especially useful I find, didn't know I needed it until I had it.

[@dutchielander2478]

I've been drawing with Krita for 3 years. All these tips are new to me. You're a hero!

[@spruce_dowob]

I'm glad it helped!!

[@AsianAmerican2007]

I love these tips... Transitioned from ps to krita for money saving reasons. Krita seems to be way better than photoshop for my art needs

[@Kabilapok]

Been learning Krita and yeah it was quite complicated at first sight. Thank you very much for these tips! Things are looking easier to do now.

[@nitswaa1935]

THIS WAS SO HELPFUL. I thank the algorithm for somehow knowing I use Krita so that I'd actually click on this video. As someone just starting out with digital art for fun, I kept seeing artists doing things that looked so useful but never explaining what part of the program they were using. And there are way too many settings for me to check out each one... I was hoping for a video like this. It highlights the useful but not immediately intuitive tools within a massive program like this

[@spruce_dowob]

thank you! thats exactly what i wanted to do with this video im glad it helped!

[@KierstenSchmitt-fz9bg]

Actual lifesaver I've been trying to get back into digital art after a long hiatus and trying to figure out the program is making me lose my mind,, this is so helpful

[@comradetempest]

SUPER underrated! Been using Krita for over a year and I didnt even know some of these

[@loamin4712]

I watched the entire video only to realize that this wasn't some massive channel with tons of subscribers. You definitely have what it takes, it's only a matter of time before you have hundreds of thousands of subscribers

[@loamin4712]

ps that brush you showed off is the beginning is awesome and it's going to make shading so much easier for me

[@Im_Luck13]

Amazing video and hella underrated, looking forward to seeing more!!!

[@spruce_dowob]

Thank youuu :33

[@kishikun]

Ok ok I need to share this since I haven't seen a lot of people talking about it 1. Tool information docker: it's a docker which reveals so many hidden properties of all the tools you use like holy shit please keep that in your workspace 2. Perspective tool: really really useful and support many types of perspective even fisheye 3. You can also tween in krita. It's also in a docker (I'm forgetting the name) but if you change your set-up to animation it'll be there right next to your timeline

[@itsdianachan]

its the Animation Curves Docker :3, and while im at it here is how to tween in krita: 1. start with a simple object, like a circle or any simple shape and draw it on a separate layer, then right click the layer, "add > add transform mask". 2. Add the Animation Timeline and Animation Curves Docker to your workspace, i usually squeeze mine at the bottom. 3. Select on the animation timeline where you want your animation to start, or keep it at frame 0, dont make a new frame tho! Here is the funky part: go to the animation curves docker and press the button that looks like a diagonal platform/pinball spinner with a plus on it, it reads "Add keyframe to control scalar property" 4. Now move to the frame which you want the object to "tween" to, and move the object in the layer to its next location on the canvas, now press the spinner with a + button again, change your clip end frame to something shorter so you can see the looping tween in motion without having to wait ages. 5. If everything went right, tadaa! Your test now successfully tweens! Ive yet to learn how to make animation memes with the tools ive got so thats all i have to say unfortunately :x

[@ClumsySquid]

the SHAPE FILL BRUSH?!?!?! I've been looking for that in the tool bar x''''OOOOOOOO

[@justabooberv4298]

My sister is waiting to get approved for a project on her uni, and if she does she'll have a new computer and said she'd give her old one to me, i used paint tool sai for a while but found out it didn't work well for me so I've been researching more about krita to give it a try when i can, this video was really the perfect find I love your persona and art style and your voice is so pretty!!!!!!!

[@Kcolonel_69]

as a Krita user for 6+ years, I agree with this kid.

[@Olat67]

2 minutes into the video and i already discovered a brush that will save me a lot of time when colouring or shading

[@freakbeta8815]

great video, i just started to draw digitaly and am using krita, really good tips thank you

[@3omebody]

This is so helpful I downloaded Krita a couple of months ago but got discouraged when I couldn't figure how to do certain things but this video literally covered all the questions I had. Thank you so much 🙏🙏

[@strangely_amelien]

I knew everything except for the tip 6 and 8! Gash that's so frickin handy, i've been wondering how to do these two specifically to make my process easier. Thanks for the video!

[@cookiecapitan3655]

an I add that If you find the layout confusing, you can move pretty much everything as you wish and keyboard shortcuts are also flexible. also you don't really need most of the fine settings when you are just starting, I advice to use basic brushes and tools and figure things out as you go.

[@puddle.drinker]

AAA thank you so much!! i've been using krita for around a year now and only knew of a couple of these!!

[@kaitlynm7943]

squiggly squablers!??????!?!??! but seriously that alfa lock would have been exactly what i needed like a week or something ago cuz i was trying to change parts of the line art so i just used the new colour i wanted to block off the line art i wanted coloured like that and use the bucket tool but it was not efficient at all 😭😭

[@pumpkimsyrup]

Thanks so much for this this was super helpful! Especially the layer style/outline tip you have no idea how long I've searched for outline brushes and how much I've agonised over this. You're a lifesaver💕

[@CoralPallet]

Very useful video! :D I knew some of the stuff but the outline one and learning about the autofill brush was neat. Thanks for the work!

[@raghukamath]

In tip number 9 you can use filters > colors > Color to alpha. Also regarding FFMPEG it comes with krita by default now.

[@spruce_dowob]

thanks! I'm glad they've changed it now

[@lacey_and_her_stories]

Helpful and fun video, I sure need some tips for Krita, because I don't want to give it up, it's a great program! Also ur art is awesome :3

[@spruce_dowob]

@@lacey_and_her_stories aaa thank you so much :]

[@honeyfulhunter]

Another tip: If you want to recolour an entire layer, you can select the gradient tool, turn 'Preserve Alpha' on, and click outside the canvas and then drag away and bam! the layer is recoloured without using any new layers or giant brush presets

[@FernyWoods]

Thank you for showing the recording feature! 💛

[@spruce_dowob]

i'm glad i could show you something new! the recording feature saves lives fr

[@darta000]

another option for the shape fill brush is a similar one to the csp one, althought it doesn't count as a brush, it's still a great feature. It's the enclose and fill tool next to the bucket tool on it's right, when you use it though, make sure you have a copy of your lineart layer because it fills inside the lines only if you use it on the same layer

[@spruce_dowob]

great tip! thank you good sir

[@DrawnByShai_]

i started with krita before i moved to csp, and what i noticed is that the ui is pretty similar to csp n photoshop, highly recommend krita for starting digital art, its free too

[@zinxfart]

i always assumed i'd have to record my timelapse in a whole other program LOL ts actually helped so much

[@pikkuliskoart]

Great tips, thank you so much! I'd like to add the Colorize mask, please check out some youtube tutorials for it because it makes coloring lineart work SO much faster.

[@Softinen]

I love LOVEEE Krita! Been using it for 10 years ❤ I’ve heard of the recording feature for a while but I’ve never seen anyone show how it works! Great video!

[@doom40000]

11:05 Even easier method for tip 9: Set the layer blending mode to Multiply. (you'd need to flatten the layer first in this example as it also doesn't affect the layer style) I did a quick test and it seems to act in exactly the same way as the gradient map. (The 'inverse subtract' blending mode does not) However, pointing out the location of gradient maps in Krita is also helpful!

[@Canami]

thank you for sharing your experience

[@torialpin4651]

This video is A GODSEND thank you you are the goat, i did not know you can record in krita, thank you!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@helloofthebeach]

If you think _you_ have a pea brain, I'm the guy repeatedly pausing the video by accident, trying to click the menus.

[@Chi11grav3]

11:20 BRO I laterally just colored a drawing where this would have helped me SO much i have needed this for far too long. thank you.

[@AvaGr8ce]

thanks for this! but i love knowing about the complicated ways u would do things before knowing these tips hahahaha - it’s fun to see how we problem solve to get the same results even if we don’t know the shortcuts (i was the same with finding convoluted ways to color before discovering things like clipping mask) xx

[@SalemArtsy]

Im so happy I found this! I just got my first pen dispay, and I really wanna try Krita for the first time.

[@pantheroathz4734]

THERE ARE BRUSH PRESENTS?! I'm literally so stupid. I've used Krita for years-

[@daneleventsixti]

I really only stumbled over the brush packs

[@prinkidoodles]

Nice video! I really enjoyed it. If you could figure out how to make the audio a bit louder it would be even better 💖🫶🏽

[@spruce_dowob]

thank you! ill keep that in mind for my next video :3

[@maokai09]

Thank you so much.

[@cookiecapitan3655]

I use Krita for 5 years now and I advice you to pleassssse change the basic background colour to light gray, bright white fucks up your colour perception! It can be done in settings when you create a new canvas

[@U.O.S]

5:51 isolate mode when you hold "Alt" key and press on near the name of the layer it is a isolate the layer meaning show this only one they you click on it , so when you do that when you're recording timelapse the video of the timelapse show flickering, because you are switching the isolate mode on and off when you draw

[@MACKYBOY-41]

I have literally been looking for something like the shape fill brush for the last month as I'm starting to move to a cleaner artstyle.

[@zackary8585]

To copy a specific thing to a new layer. Lasso it then hit ctrl C then ctrl v If u made a mistake and cant find it in your layers..just hold r and click on the mistake and it will jump you to the canvas

[@antoniogrande2848]

Thank you so much, you helped me a lot

[@shadypixel4478]

You are a lifesaver!!!!¡!¡!!

[@Apellion001]

Thanks , i loved your voice too ❤

[@lilletille4117]

Great video, learned lots of new things! Could I ask where you found the brush you used to draw your explaining character in the video? :) Ive been looking for one just like that for a long time 😅

[@spruce_dowob]

Yes of course! I used the "ink-4 pen rough" it should be the black fountain pen under the inking category.

[@reed2061]

THANKSS!!!

[@datinator1200]

Noice i ❤ krita

[@NoZeroGG]

not including "Enclose and Fill tool" is a crime

[@PaintSwatch]

Krita is like my hell 😭🙏

[@spruce_dowob]

krita can be your angle, or yuor devil

[@opalakv4ob]

I've just downloaded Krita and I'm baffled to hear that people find Krita's interface hard to grasp when CSP exists. I paid for CSP and ISTG it overwhelms me to death.

[@spruce_dowob]

i think it might have to do with krita being a lot of peoples first ever drawing program since it's free. That was at least the case for me, but I do agree CSPs interface is also very overwhelming

[@bleujay6127]

Hello! I’m new to animating in Krita. I’ve run into an issue where when I add hold frames and then hit playback none of my hold frames show my drawing. But when I select the frame my drawing appears. I don’t know why this is happening. I have the latest version of the program. Please help 🙏

[@Gabu_]

Krita's main issue is the HORRIBLE tanking in performance under windows, especially as you increase resolution. A transform operation can take 10+ seconds at 8k

[@Rain_K1ss]

on my old pc i had a problem where the pen wouldnt switch to eraser when i pressed the option on my pen, i never touched any settings. i want to reinstall krita on my new pc in the hope that its fixed, but if i were to encounter this problem again, how would i fix it?

[@brunoralph3492]

Hey I liked your video. I have a request could you make a video on how to draw in krita by using screenless tablets. I use veikk vk640 for drawings cuz I can't afford those expensive tablets

[@spruce_dowob]

@brunoralph3492 i mean, it's not that big of a difference for using screen tablets. It's more about learning the hand eye coordination between the drawing tablet and display screen. I've used both types of tablets, and they both work really well for drawing (even with display tablets being easier to transition to)

[@Virtual_cato]

Me who uses windows paint: *hmmmm intresting*

[@farofficial9]

Krita fans rejoice

[@U.O.S]

3:58 I believe krita have his FFMpag with software for the last versions

[@spruce_dowob]

yup it dose, i found out about that after posting the video lol

[@U.O.S]

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[@KooriVillain]

What brush do you use for lineart?

[@OANIMATOR-d1f]

can i become super famous artiset useing krita :)?

[@candace219]

could I ask how you got access to the discord krita-resources channel? I joined the discord but couldn't find it :')

[@spruce_dowob]

You probably have to go to "Channels & Roles" and then search for it

[@ezzmation]

Can I but strok like photo shoop

[@lil_Z__]

Why is my shape fill not WORKING??

[@kir1v1]

What are you using to draw?

[@spruce_dowob]

Right now a xp pen 15.6, but when i fist started i used a Ugee M708 Pen Tablet (both worked really well)

[@padlock-rb2uf]

Peak

[@spruce_dowob]

thank you dai 🙏

[@swgman]

Do you like krita because it's free or for it's features?

[@spruce_dowob]

honestly both, its basically like any other art program, very similar to csp and photoshop but just for free. but ofcouse i do also appreciate that its open source so you can customize it a lot!

[@k2_x376]

... 10:30 I just merge all of my layers

[@i-use-adblockr]

more video like this ヽ(≧Д≦)ノ

[@Utrilus]

The current version has ffmpeg already installed by default. Your version of krita might be wildly outdated. Then again, you might have just missed the patch notes when updating.

[@spruce_dowob]

Yup, I did. My brain is always at least 20 years behind any curent ongoing event

[@Utrilus]

​@@spruce_dowob Been using the alpha nightly next krita build. 5.3 has fantastic features. The most notable being close gap for wand and fill tools. So no need to always close every gap, tho that can come with its own problems But is mighty convenient. Then there is curvelinear perspective in the assistant tool, have used that a few times to play with. And one I noticed was a pixel perfect brush for pixel art. Draw drawing lines where the pixels don't double up. The first one is most notable. Long overdo really. I'm rather happy with how krita is going. Haven't noticed much else.

[@U.O.S]

my advice for your channel is don't post any video until you make a lot of video 50 or 100 video like serious or short video post anything timelapse live stream tips for tutorial or vlog discussing video how about art topic like AI or copyright ...