10 Tricks to paint faster & better with Krita

[@jimmyst44]

Another workflow tip that you guys could showcase in a later video is dragging dropping an image directly from the web browser without downloading and adding as reference pic. Open any image in the browser as a new tab and then drag it to krita. Saved me countless time of searching through folders or downloading stuff I dont use.

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Supernice to see users sharing more tricks. 💗

[@signal8729]

True, I noticed it so late while playing around with Krita and it is very very helpful, if you are an organised person lol

[@ArtyBilli]

I also discovered it.

[@CheeseOfMasters]

wHaT, ThaT'S PoSsibLe?

[@TheWeezul]

Whaaaaat!!!!

[@carolineito9312]

I’m just starting in Krita and I am already so grateful there’s a free software that is even better than Photoshop in so many features. Thank you Krita!!! Let’s keep making art accessible!

[@Bnuuy56]

Yes ikr ! i checked a painshop user reviewing Krita,and he said Krita got a lot of qualities compared to photoshop ! now i see this expensive software as bullcrap tbh. :p

[@LishaGirli]

I love krita!

[@Tiritto_]

@@Bnuuy56 I guess its also worth mentioning, that pretty much all photoshop-exclusive features are found only in Photoshop because Adobe all out patented it, even its something rather simple.

[@robot-yz7si]

@@Tiritto_ yeah, better than Photoshop is a nearly impossible claim

[@Tiritto_]

@@robot-yz7si It's actually quite possible in terms of digital art tho. I find Krita much better than Photoshop for that

Remember the video has English captions, if you need them. Captions are downloadable so the content can be translated. Cool if anybody wants to collaborate

[@juaninzunza]

what about a spanish languaje version...

Juan Inzunza tienes subtítulos en inglés. Doy la opción de traducirlos y subirlos en español si eso te interesa. Estoy viendo como poder hacerlo tb en Español sin grabarlo todo de nuevo. Ideas?

[@juaninzunza]

@ le echarè un vistazo al los subtìtulos. muchas gracias.

[@SeianVision]

You can change inbetween two brushes, for example, soft erase and digital brush solid (the first for the last brush), shortcut default "/" in W10 You can customize this shortcut like you want

[@WojtekTrybus]

Thanks for this video - I was expecting way more obvious tricks, so I'm happily surprised. Not sure if I will use this new view feature but it's really cool to know I can do so. My favorite trick would be color picker, very similar to this in docker, but as a keyboard shortcut popup - just as this shade selector. It's good to know there are many different color pickers as keyboard popups - anybody can find his own :)

[@keninkenap6181]

Always support Krita, and gain more popularity

[@hikenone]

Thats "new view" trick Really really new to me Awesome....!, this channel really helpful

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Hi all, for Krita technical support please go here: Krita Official forum: forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=136 Krita Reddit page: www.reddit.com/r/krita/ *That helps a lot to keep focused all our resources ;) Chapters 0:00 - Start 0:58 - Overview vs new view 3:35 - Use color on Canvas 4:42 - Activate the “Update shade selector when left click” 5:58 - Use Filtering while painting. 7:07 - Instant view and custom threshold 8:18 - Brush Spacing and Quality 9:18 - Selections with Lasso tool 10:23 - Create your own toolbar. 11:39 - Quick settings docker 12:32 - Changing angle with preview

[@Vladimirwlr1234]

I'm doing a lot of grayscale stuff to practice values, but that New View trick is going to be great.

[@bentontramell]

I like the lasso tool but I wish the outline selection tool could have either a stabilized or weighted drawing for a better selection outcome

[@dafrelt]

Muy útil, gracias por compartir este contenido. Pensaba que algunas funciones no estaban implementadas aún, pero resulta que krita en realidad las tiene y usa formas alternativas que yo desconocía para llevarlas a cabo. Este tipo de videos ayudan bastante a aclarar estas dudas y dejan en claro todo el trabajo que hay detrás en cuanto al desarrollo del software. Sigan así!

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Muchas gracias por comentar. Krita tiene su propia personalidad pero trabaja para ser una herramienta que sirva en muchos campos. Ayudando a Krita nos ayudamos a todos.

[@dada_dittrich]

I like to open "new view" in grayscale mode.

[@lexacessde]

Hello Ramon, great to see you again! :D Very helpful video, I didn't know about so many features despite I'm using Krita for like 3 years :O

[@s-o-o-z]

Not too often you find a 4-year-old video that's still super helpful. Each time I watch it I find one more thing to start using.

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MelaniaFois]

Where can I buy that t-shirt? 😃😃😃

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Ramon here. You can download the file free from here . drive.google.com/open?id=1wmVVjd2vqjxSNngifbJ1RhcL5Ab625d3 you can consider make a donation to help Krita development and this way more resources and features will be available ; ) have a nice day and thanks for comment. You build the community

[@FrankMakesMovies]

Oh m'gawd! My head is spinning from all those helpful tips! I guess I'll have to re-watch this video several times to take it all in! Thanks!

[@MelaniaFois]

@@KritaOrgPainting Donation just made 😁😁😁 Thank you for the file.

@@MelaniaFois if you use the t-shirt it would be awesome to see it in a photo and share it in Twitter 😊. Users love Krita and Krita love users

[@夏休み-d7u]

I really love how much Krita has changed over the years. But there's still one thing to this day I'm still waiting for to be finally added, and that's to view the audio wave for animation. I'm more focus on the animating side and would really wish for that feature to be added, because its notoriously difficult to do lip-syncing by just listening to the audio. I just gave up with an animation not nearly half way because it's because viewing the audio wave form is more convenient than to listen to it and time my lip-sync just right.

[@ralienpp]

A way to improve the brush selector/filter is to have a keyboard-only way to do it. In Krita 5.1.3, I can press 'B' to activate the brush tool, and if I want to search through the brushes I need to use the mouse to click the "search" field and then start typing. Thus, there's a keying action, a hover action (move hand from keyboard to mouse), a pointing action and then more keying to type the search criteria. This takes time, and it quickly adds up if you change brushes often. I propose the following UX - BB. Thus, if you pres 'B' you select the brush tool, just like now. But if you press BB (i.e. B and then B again in a quick succession), the focus is set to the search field, so you can go ahead and start typing the brush name right away.

[@grzesiekkot4275]

Im started my own animated series and i making everything in krita

[@eileeng9317]

God bless, this video just saved my life

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Wow! That is a miracle then? Glad you like it. And it would be cool to know how a video can save a life 😉, more details?

[@SubwayJack919]

If you appreciate the software donate to help these people out.

[@justrosy5]

It would be great if you could make a video that shows how to follow the text instructions for making a brush that includes gradients with multiple colors in it, and has control over the softness or hardness of all of the edges of the brush. Also, how to make that brush all one opacity (instead of changing opacitites, depending on what direction the brush stroke is made in). I'm really struggling with this stuff. I finally figured out how to make and save a basic brush to the brush toolbar, and how to get it to have multiple color gradients, but the last two things (softness for all brush edges, and having the same opacity regardless of brush stroke direction) are both tricks that I can't seem to figure out on my own.

[@greenanimations923]

I got my first laptop and Wacom for Christmas. I tried many free software and krita is the best! Many people say it’s hard to use but it’s the easiest for me. And it makes animating fun.

[@JustCallMeInsane]

how do I get a tshirt!? :D Also, wolthera is amazing. she's done so much great work for krita!!

[@Blues458]

The new view trick is just what I wanteddd

[@rinomancilla8862]

I'm interested to have same as the bar shown on the video. Please. This video is very useful

[@KritaOrgPainting]

I am making another videos but i take note. //RM

[@3dwithshubham]

I Love it ! How Krita UI work And with this new tricks It Will work perfect for me "Thankyou" Krita Team👍👌🤘🤘🤘😃

[@davidjeters]

Thanks for the great tips. Any chance that your going to make a digital painting course for krita? Also is there any to rename the toolbar icon names 11:14 ? I purchased your muses course and you can rename them in krita 2.9 but it doesn't seem like you can do that in krita 4.

Nowadays i give private classes with webcam . If you are interested then e-mail me. Thanks for purchasing the Muses DVD. it seems that feature was remove i don't know the reasons but i thin the potential is still the same because most of actions has an specific icon

[@travismcfarland3068]

Thank you very much. Great lesson and tips.

[@kathywolf4558]

Thank you. this is very helpful especially the docker for brush sizes that are quick to switch from one to the other.

[@mdhabeebullah3863]

Krita show me " Could not render animation: Unknown error." Please suggest me. How solve this problem.

[@DCart007]

Thank you so much for your videos they are very helpful. Can you tell me if the Wacom Art Pen with barrel rotation will work with Krita brushes? I am trying to decide if I should buy the Art Pen or not. Thanks again.

[@KritaOrgPainting]

RM here. I have to Ask to Devs. I talked recently with a concept artist and he told me that Krita can handle 180º of rotation. You can ask for that technical questions in the Reddit links or Oficial forum or Krita artist Community. Links are inthe description.

[@temudjin1155]

Haven't started yet but it's nice to get infos from insiders

[@gabby_krs]

thank you so much for creating this tutorial for us! 😭❤❤❤❤❤❤ this is exactly what I need

[@phils1272]

The Toolbar you showed is very interesting for me. How do I can get that in Krita? It's so useful and nice. Good App - I like it a lot.

[@marjolaineschneider3698]

Yup yup, very useful! Thank you :D

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Glad it helped! 😁//RM

[@Nutamago]

hi, thanks for the tips! I just found accidentally when I press shift+gesture up/down it changes the brush size.. does anyone know how to set rotate angle shortcut? I can't seem to find it :(

[@Mousyfox]

Hola Ramon, I am having trouble with Smart Canvas. Can you help? Please.

[@Vall_Ey]

I just wonder, is it possible someday the toolbar be moveable to left or right side? Since put it on the top is quite eat room, bcoz we also can't hide the filename bar even in canvas only mode. And still hope the shortcut name change-able again like in v2.9. since there is shorcut that hv very loooong name and eat much toolbar room.

[@vishalpawar522]

Krita is awesome! You guys are awesome!!

[@Mrpaul20]

you guys are freaking amazing absolutely robust free software better then the paid software like ps thank you krita

[@st0rmerc00l8]

I'm surprised you guys still respond to comments on a 4yr old video, 👍

[@zulfiqarbhatti5909]

i think this is a amazing programmee for painting lovers, so i want to learn this and use it pls. guide me what can i do?

[@genderidentitycrisis6784]

Tbh i want clipstudio more before but when i tried krita more and more, i fell in love with it so THANK YOU SO MUCH for making Krita the free software for us broke artists!

[@icanthis4928]

Has any one had any success with finding illustration work on hireanillustrator.com ?

[@DarrielOni]

9:35 Nothing comes up when I search for that or any variation of it. I can't find any sort of outline selection anywhere

[@chrln8698]

12:07 I don't have a quick settings docker tool. 😓😭

[@toolpluscourier6404]

+1 > would be perfect if the quick settings are combined with the right-click menu

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Maybe in future with a new refactoring in the brush editor. This could take a lot of effort but who knows. Next kickstsrter stretch goal?

[@Amish-Kapoor]

Hi! I can't find the outline selection tool in krita 5 when I search for it in configure Krita. Does this feature still exist?

[@Bob_F]

Sorry if this was asked already, but how can the New View be moved to a different monitor?

[@zamzam4692]

Love your videos Ramon. Thank you ❤️

[@lex_yol]

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joachimvoelkening122]

i want to work with krita with samsung s7 plus. what krita Version have I to download?

[@No_OneV]

Thank you for these tips

[@TheValkoooo]

hello! have some problems with krita. some hotkeys stop work. how i can get help?

[@seragx99]

Thanks for all your work making these videos Ramón! I discovered the brush angle shortcut not long ago, my only qualm is that it would be nice to have a visual confirmation on the angle, I know it's just moving the mouse (stylus) to preview the angle change results on the canvas but it gets a little annoying to do it 2 or 3 times everytime to get the angle needed, in my case it's just a lot of trial and error to get the angle that I need, thanks!

[@KritaOrgPainting]

I understand what you are saying, by the way lot of things are changing for the next Krita 5 so maybe this can go in another direction. I take note to not forgotAngle. and i will comment with the team. //RM

[@LeoPlaw]

Interesting, I filed several feature requests some time ago, and had to try to convince the developers that it was worthwhile because it would improve workflow (time). They weren't interested. Yet, this video points out the advantages of better workflows. Somehow, I get the feeling the developers only implement what they want to. I understand they can't do everything, my proposition was clearly a time saver, they even commented so themselves, but felt that "not many people" would use it. Otherwise, I love Krita. Excellent software.

Can i see your request? do you have a link? As you describe limited resources means limited development, but they listen carefully what we propose. Then it can be forgotten for a long time until somebody remember it. Who knows. But i would like to see your proposal. Thanks for your comment

[@eZEROdraw]

Thankyou Developers this video not just teach Krita but also this disciple help me to work on Photoshop as well, I am still getting use to krita I think I need 1 or 2 more month and I will get At least a bit familiar with is I wish I learned Krita 1st before Photoshop, Because everytime when I draw in Krita I remember Photoshop tools and again end up going Back to Photoshop 😂

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Ramon here. I came from PS too and Corel Painter so it is possible to get used to another softwares. I use lot of software so practice and make completed projects. That helps . That makes your brain more elastic ;)

[@madoughnutz6687]

2:00 2:50 Don't mind me. These are just personal timestamps.

[@anuragekka2190]

Love it! Awesome tips and tricks. Keep them coming. 😃

[@marsmotion]

this is such a great informative video. thank you.

[@baihaqisaupi9242]

How to paint hair without intercepting the outside of hair part ?

[@serta5727]

Nice tips, the one with painting the selection is awesome

[@mateuszjaz432]

Wow! That's so so useful and straightforward practical tips! Thanks a lot. Really helped my clumsy ass with navigation on Mac. Great job. Thank you very much Krita staff!

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Yes Krita has a lot of gems, is like a thriller book. The more you read the more interesting become :) //RM

[@chriisduran]

The webpage of Kitra Artists is so slow!!

[@LittleBigDebbie]

perrfect. im more and more in love w krita...

[@akibahmed4251]

I like Krita, its fantastic fot paintint software.

[@just_joe4now275]

I love using this to make thumbnails on projects 🤘

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Cool! Real use is one of the most important things to see in a software

[@passaggi3991]

thank you Krita , I'm a newbie

[@jamesmunroe6558]

I'd love to have the custom toolbar you mentioned at 11:30. Did you make a video about this topic already? I would definitely watch and thumbs-up it!

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Not video yet! it seems people like to have his own secondary toolbar as i explain in the video. //RM

[@SkiftyKitty]

Thank you so much for these tips! ^w^

[@achrafsibous9980]

Thank you. super program!

[@mirrorsenpai5868]

That's what I needed Thanks a lot

[@rimajin8]

Very interesting thanks, workplace updated! I would love to share what i've done with krita :)

Just capture your screen and make a link. It would be cool to see it

[@rimajin8]

@ ​i mean i did post my works on my twitter and instagram, here one of them: twitter.com/rimajin8/status/1153930447518175232

[@dookcurruff9047]

One of the best free softwares out there, top 5

[@Acidbiscuits_এ]

This is a perfect program for me

[@laurine-alizeecalas9591]

Keep up the good work bro, love u

[@jimmyst44]

Damn this video was amazing. I am using krita for 2 years now and ive never heard of this new view feature. (i accidentally discovered "windowed navigation" some days ago accidentally and it was amazing cause i could edit two files without switching, but i never thought to use that as an overview. Pretty cool!. Those videos are exactly what krita needed. It makes easy to discover all those little workflows that are hidden xD.

Thanks a lot for your kind words. I am trying to show all the krita power and your words are well received. See you at the channel

[@WojtekTrybus]

It's also a great way to have reference picture(s) on other window - you can than navigate it independently from your artwork

@@WojtekTrybus nice trick too.

[@shengzhang4906]

Thank you very much !

[@KokoroDenshin]

Does Krita support 16-bit image file?

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Sure, you can even use 32bit if you need it. Let us know how it works for you.

[@tigerpilz1]

you are a hero. not more not less :)

[@Ladysmyth]

wow. Just got my tablet working and downloaded Krita. I had some fun on my own but this is the first video I've looked at...OMG this is mind blowing!! Thank you!!

[@d1ngian287]

thank you straight to the point

[@therealtutuwa]

Thank you for creating this amazing software for free ❤️ I love you guys. I love Krita. I can finally be a good artist. You guys are gods, someone poor like me can't afford anything 🙏 I'm praying for all your success and you team a healthy life

[@john404201]

Maybe you can help me When I open Krita the main screen is to big I can not minimize the screen and the x is not in view it at all. Thanks

[@KritaOrgPainting]

You can go to krita-artists.org and ask there. That never happened to me, sorry :S. In Linux i would try to move the window pression left Alt key in the keyboard and drag the window. //RM

[@froppypoppy8104]

good hack, good job man

[@ramizshould]

Awesome let go.

Haha 😂 sure I can improve it. I am a shy person really, thanks

[@ramizshould]

@ welcome sir

[@luisdiego8819]

I've started using Krita recently and I am currently doing artworks thru freehand selection tool and painting layer by layer.

[@euderiquesmarques363]

thank u helped me a lot

[@aryavasanthnair9269]

Whats the keyboard shortcut for undo and picking eraser?

[@KritaOrgPainting]

Ctrl+z and "e" to convert any brush into an eraser. Also you have erasers as brushes, they are located in the upper part. you can change the shortcuts if you want too //RM

[@JiaChengWu]

thank you for this beautiful piece of software and this video. very useful. i love how krita simply works on my linux machine

[@josephimmesberger5103]

Alec Baldwin!

[@KritaOrgPainting]

You are not the first saying that, maybe do i have to ask something to my family? XDDD //RM

[@yampolskie]

I made the switch to Krita and it is just amazing. I thought a lot about the adapting to its hotkeys but what did I know? There's a preset for Photoshop hotkeys!

[@LORDSofCHAOS333]

cool tips well i did know about the double view trick i use it a lot in my works and yeah i candida did know about the brush engine how to speed up the stroke but if you wanna have speed brush just change the format of the canonize size like 1366x725 pixels i thing that is the default size in autodest sketchbook no joke and sai also works in the same formats i didn't realize it till i made an expiration after i found an tutorial of how to paint fast in Photoshop but you guys need to show me how to make customize UI i wanna create like 4 one for animation - only the layers , the time steps for the animation and again only on the brush paled one painting - i only use the paled and double view for example and the layers sorry i like it clean now a days one for tail maps and maybe one for comics only - like example AD from adobe who is on pages and if i can switch between them like Photoshop and his build in UI for example or blender

[@raghunandankumar6728]

hi sir, I am new to Krita . how to download more sketch pencils?

[@KritaOrgPainting]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWfCfJJ8l5Klj9U here you have. You be updated if you are subscribed and with notification bell active. //RM

[@DheerajKumar-bl2pi]

Please explain 'curves calculation mode'.

[@scarlet8078]

I have same question

Do you refer to Addition, multiply .. in brush editor? .is one of the complex things in Krita. I take note

[@elias_silveira_arte]

Awesome!

[@lovemachine64]

Wow that greyscale feature is amazing ! Im so glad I switched to this program

[@sombor-akademijaoxford4681]

Best free Hack

[@abelelizardo1452]

I've been using Krita for 5 years and I didn't know any of these things lol

[@ardelaire]

The new view + LUT management tip was very helpful! I've used it a couple of times but when I tried to use it today it didn't work, which is why I came back to this video. Luckily I was able to fix it by changing the setting to tab then back to subwindow :) Though I still have a minor issue, and it has to do with my cursor color. For some reason it's no longer black but in a contrasting color to where I move the cursor. Configuring it in the settings does nothing.