Krita animation tutorial: How to use the animation tools

[@jmalmsten]

One tip I learned the hard way. If you aren't animating on a layer, lock it. In fact, lock all layers except the one you are working on. And, if you want even more clarity. Bring down opacity on all layers you aren't working on. I cannot say how many times I have strayed from those rules and found out I've been inking on the sketch layer, forcing me to redraw perfectly good work.

[@mazashayeri1411]

If Kirta adds simple transform tweening to its animation feature it will be one of the best animation programs. I hope they add this feature some day.

[@thatonemailbox]

*krita*

[@milkywave7968]

They do have that

[@Gala1tic]

One year later still haven't added it

[@Gala1tic]

@@milkywave7968 Really?|

[@milkywave7968]

@@Gala1tic yea its on the left side of the screen

[@michael0155]

I've been using krita for almost 3 years and didnt even know it had animation tools!! My Heart is full of joy now

[@Gdquest]

:)

[@kg-ui4mc]

do you know how to get to the animaion tools, I cant find it

[@Narendra.waghmare-121]

Yeah plz tell

[@queensaharaice7376]

@@Narendra.waghmare-121 Do you still need help with that?

[@Narendra.waghmare-121]

@@queensaharaice7376 yes and plz subscribe my channel plzzz😭😭

[@daptor1427]

Is Krita suited for making full animations with characters, backgrounds and scenes etc? Or is it better to just use for short looping animations?

[@Gdquest]

Yes, definitely. It might render a bit slow if you use many animation layers on a large document, but the developers are currently exploring ways to improve the performances. It does feature a fast preview engine so it works quite well, you should try it out.

[@gadgetboyplaysmc]

How about tween animation?

[@monicaokami]

Great to see this video ^-^ I know you concentrate on game development tutorials, but I'm currently using Krita to practice 2D animation so these videos make me extra happy

[@jj_the_ent]

you never explained onion skin!

[@tarynb3771]

im in love with krita right now

[@jessheartzart]

Does anyone know how to export animations? I'm having trouble converting it to a video format

[@TushantMirchandani]

While exporting, it should ask you the location of FFMPEG to convert PNG sequences to video. If you don't have FFMPEG (usually because you're using Windows or something) then you can just export to PNG sequences and compile them in Blender, then export them to video. What OS are you using?

[@petersturgeon1585]

This page can help you: docs.krita.org/Render_Animation#Step_1_-_Downloading_FFMpeg - there was all information i needed to install ffmpeg and render animations

[@betriggered.2128]

watch Jessie joe he will help u on it

[@HarrisBoom]

If you have ffmpeg installed, that's good. If you have some issues., when you go at the video format part, set it to mp3. And when you click browse to set the destination of your file, set it to all files and add. flv to the end of the file. It worked for me.

[@jokesonyou768]

Get another animating software that can take frames just save all your frames into a file then load in that software save it to mp4 or whatever you want and its done

[@ronicam3027]

Whenever I try to scrub my audio, it gets choppy and it makes it hard to animate a person talking. Halp!

[@komorebi7568]

Every time I make a drawing on the first frame then go on to the second frame, once I make changes to the second frame it just changes the first frame too... sorry if the answer to this is actually simple.. I'm sorta new to this animation thing ^~^

[@Gdquest]

Did you create frames? Try to manually create frames in the timeline before you draw (right click in the frame, new frame)

[@ameliaroberts356]

im so lost i have no clue what to do what ever ill find out on my own

[@peppwoni259]

Amelia Roberts same

[@jasminejelly6882]

Same

[@thestrangeone2961]

It’s kinda easy 😅

[@-hollythekitsune-7086]

same

[@PhilippeLhoste]

There is lot of information there. I appreciate the video, visually showing stuff, but I would appreciate a companion article showing shortcuts, etc., where we can read at our rhythm, and experiment with Krita open, for better memorization.

[@Gdquest]

I'd love to be able to do that to, but with the current workload I have, it's not an option. Especially as I'm covering animation only for you guys - it wasn't meant to be part of the Krita series initially.

[@PhilippeLhoste]

I understand, a real article with screenshots is lot of work. I was hoping you had a script that you read when doing your video, what you can publish somewhere, that would complement the video. If you don't have such script, that would be a transcription which is also time consuming. I suppose I have to run the video and take notes, then. :-) Anyway, always thanks for all your work and clear explanations.

[@Zahk_noodle]

Do you know how to change the starting frame from '1' instead of '0' in the Animation Timeline?

[@jackandmoonpie7245]

Great info easy to understand, I hope to use Krita for simple animations, thanks for helping me understand how to use the software!

[@Gdquest]

Thank you, and you're welcome!

[@egendron123]

how do you control the resolution? delivery is in 4k these days

[@manaralameri1650]

sorry if im just being really dumb, but everytime i make a new frame and the same frame from the 1st pops up, and i draw on the 2nd frame, the 2nd frame applies the drawings onto frame 1. So all my frames are the same. Im using Krita 3.3.3.

[@Gdquest]

Yes. First press Delete to clear the image.

[@huesername7476]

Hm... Maybe you should try adding a new frame before drawing on the frame. Frame 1 = Has a drawing Frame 2 = Click on *'Add New Frame'* button that's in the Animation docker or right click on the frame you wish to draw on in the timeline and select 'New Frame'

[@arastyazanain2182]

How do I do camera movement?

[@totallyinsaneart3345]

Nice help with the animation tools. I agree with Maz Ashayeri Krita with Tweening would make it the best animation program out there.

[@winterberry3412]

so we can't animate with vector layers?

[@ecv80]

Hi, although I appreciate the tutorial I find a problem in that I personally just can't follow through because of a lack of a goal thus I can't keep my focus for long. It feels more like a compendium of features or what you can do, than like a guide on how you can achieve something. Analogy: you're telling how we can lay cement on a brick, that we can extend it this or that way or we can lay it on top of another brick, but you're not telling how to build a wall and what's the usual or better way of putting the next brick on the last one. There's nothing wrong with your way of teaching, but IMHO people learn better from example. It's a bit like traditional teaching, where one's being given a lot of information, but without a purpose, soon one starts feeling it's pointless and loses interest. I would advise to first gather all features you'd like to teach, then figure out small examples where each could be applied, to finally figure out a greater goal which all those examples would lead to. I think this would keep your audience attention higher. Anyways, thank you.

[@Gdquest]

Thanks for the detailed feedback. I'm evolving towards this now, although it depends a lot on every project's budget. For the Krita series, I produced a lot of content at a loss. Note this is all part of a series so you have this video for animators who want to get started on Krita (and don't need examples, they know better) and you should have an animation tutorial too with an example -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoW2lnWLfdubn9k

[@Gdquest]

Here's the full free series: gdquest.com/tutorial/art/krita-tutorial-for-game-artists/

[@Rotceev]

is there in Krita an equivalent of adobes puppet pin tool, that allows me to make a kind of rig and just move and bend parts of the character very keyframe?

[@moved7737]

Why isn't the time line appearing???

[@jarooe9658]

this was very useful. i was pulling my hair out (not literally) over the start and end feature! DX

[@mycotian]

man my krita has all the keyframes and backgrounds and such as layers, nothing like your setup, and not even a timeline...

[@woschaebedip]

make sure you use the lastest version of Krita and switch to animation mode before you start animating. docs.krita.org/Animation The timeline etc show up as soon as you select that mode.

[@theoaketree4246]

I was having the same problem, the timeline wasn't showing, even though I went through the settings and enabled the timeline toolbar, turns out the animation toolbar was just too expanded and it was covering the timeline so it wasn't showing. If you are using krita you for sure have all these tools at your disposal, just takes a bit of time to get used to everything.

[@moved7737]

Same, I can't see the timeline...

[@CondePablo]

Hi Is there any way to keep selected the timeline when Im drawing? so i can move easily beetween frames. Another question. is there any way to put a shorcut to "onion skin on/of"? in shorcut appear: "toogle onion skin" but it does not turn on/of the onion skin on my selected layer!

[@kyblitz8093]

How do I save my animation as a video?

[@alfonsusyangagung467]

@gdquest pls answer

[@strangerofthedanger8795]

I'm trying to animate using Krita but every time I press play to see my progress the playback gets slow and lags some when it hits a frame, and sometimes the audio gets choppy. I don't know if it's because I'm using a laptop and animating is just more suited for a desktop, but is there anything I could do?

[@-Vague_Hysteria-]

Is this a puppet rig???

[@solmush4797]

Hello😊, Krita crashes every time I try to animate. Any advice?

[@karlamichelle4946]

hello can you make a tutorial for the vector tools in krita am having lots of diffulties

[@Gdquest]

Not planning to cover vectors at all. Vector tools are getting a big lift right now, and they're likely to be deeply modified future releases. We'll see then.

[@geethee9071]

eum. I don't have that animation option.. what do I do now?

[@PleasantWhale]

All I wanted was a tween tool in shotcut... I don't have one here... There's a tween in Powerpoint I guess but... Can I import the animations from PPT to Shotcut? I just need an image to slide across the screen, why is this so hard...

[@Schizomi7467]

Your animation videos are amazingly helpful! Thank you!

[@TheSageHarpuia]

Se puede mover el canvas en todas los fotogramas de una animacion? O algo similar para enfocar la pantalla mas a la derecha porque me falta espacio en esa direccion?

[@thegreatmoka2756]

I can't find the animation features. I think I might have deleted that option. HELP!

[@light948]

can i loop in Krita?

[@shahyalebiary6753]

I think kreta has now a new version that is hard to deal with,did any body use it for animation !!

[@Clovelt]

Remember when this channel was about actually developing games? Man, time flies I love producing visuals and learning to master Krita though

[@Gdquest]

The next tutorial series is about Godot, coming mid-December. The goal of the channel is still the same - but game art is a big part of it. And working alone, I can only do 1 thing at a time!

[@Clovelt]

GDquest Cool! That's understandable

[@VaishnaviKarbhari]

How to smoothly fade into a different scene ...I mean how do we make smooth scene transitions with krita

[@allanburrito7063]

Yo cam we use camera movement?

[@Awe50meandhumble]

Is there a way to rotate a layer for multiple frames without rotating each frame of the layer individually?

[@Gdquest]

No, there's no way to transform a whole animation right now. But that's something that you won't need, as you gain experience. Also, eventually there'll be support for animated layer transforms, using the new graph editor. So if that's what you're looking for, you'll have to wait for a little while.

[@Awe50meandhumble]

GDquest Something like that would be essential for dynamic camera work.What a strange feature to omit. Thanks for the response.

[@Gdquest]

It's not omitted - there are just tons of feature requests and only so much the team can do. Again, tweening is coming for transform masks eventually, but it's not a small task.

[@saveraptor2209]

3:35 that jump cut was very very very confusing

[@davidbanterford3216]

626 by 584 image size and it looks much crisper than my drawings which are much larger.

[@jeanswart5559]

I have scoured the net for a tut that will explain Krita to Spriter exporting. Cuz half my stuff does not even export. Anyone know why?

[@releventgaming8753]

i right click the timeline there's no new frame button.please tell me how to make a new frame,im having trouble make animations because of that...

[@sarahgracek]

Then the option should be "create blank frame" or something like that. If you can't see a new frame button, possibilities are that you've already created the frame.

[@teagueshelton7716]

for me i even turned on drop frames and i set everything correctly but it still skips from frame 1 to 2 to 13 to 5 and it is just messed up. please help

[@muffinmixeraudiobooks6350]

then turn off drop frames

[@green4x346]

​Hello GDQuest​, how to turn off playback looping

[@v392d]

can you use the cage deformation tool to animate ?

[@digiartz4140]

can this be used in godot 2d game engine

[@natversluys3403]

Let's say I created my drawing in Krita and created layers and groups for each individual component of my drawing (hand, forearm, bicep, etc all in their own layer/group). I see that in your layer tab you only have two layers in a group. How should I save my drawings to allow me to make animations like this? Because as of now I open the animation workspace and try to create a new layer in the timeline with my maingroup (which has all of my components together in one layer group). However, when I try to move the pieces around it either selects empty space or, if I select the component layer from the Layer Tab it tries to create an entirely new layer in my timeline. Regardless when I make one change to a keyframe it applies to all key frames? I'm sorry if this is complicated. Just not entirely sure what I'm doing wrong because I thought I had it somewhat figured out Do I need to pose the drawing and save each frame as a .png and then import those? If I'm animating for a game and I intend to change outfits without having to redo the animation is that possible like that?

[@Gdquest]

Nat Versluys no but Krita isn't a cut out animation program so you can't do this easily. It's designed for traditional animation. You'll want to use something else, like Blender, to animate the parts you drew on Krita.

[@natversluys3403]

GDquest Wow. Thanks for the really quick reply. That explains why I couldn't find a tutorial anywhere to help me. I had no idea blender also could animate, but I'll give it a try tonight.

[@PixlePixie2002]

Is there any way to resize multiple frames at once?

[@novideoscorp]

hello, i want to ask you a question about how do i turn group layers into frames. Also is it possible to move the entire group layer when animating. basically what i want to do is make a fly move around in the area, but with wings attached to it as separate layers, constantly replacing one another, one layer where wings are up and another where they are down, by saying this i mean that i dont know how to make them replace each one another, as making one of the layers invisible will make it invisible forever.

[@novideoscorp]

never mind i solved it myself, it seems i need to select multiple frames and multiple layers for multiple objects to normally move

[@Lissnin]

Hey how did you solve it? Im trying to move a group and make it move across, as the layers in the group are already animated, like lip sync and legs moving. pls help lol

[@novideoscorp]

Lissnin... written above, just press 'ctrl' select multiple layers ( not the group layer ) and multiple frames...though i remember i switched my project from being done on krita to being done on powerpoint...boi.. Never thought 20 hours of sleepless nights would be so tiring, even with the help of automatic movement of powerpoint...do you know any programs that would allow me to animate objects like in powerpoint?

[@Lissnin]

Thank you so much! Also, no Im not sure of any program that animates similar to powerpoint, but if I come across one, Ill tell you!

[@novideoscorp]

Lissnin cool..thanks

[@missmaddylicious5865]

Uh....what if you're an idiot and you accidentally deleted the animation workspace? Is there a possible way to fix it?

[@ghostlyeyes6787]

I'm new to the animation part of krita and I've done a couple of small animations to test and get used to it, but whenever I want to replay it the time line glitches and the animation just starts moving randomly do anyone know how to fix it?

[@thefireyflareon0589]

I’m trying to make a animation with the sketch as layer 2 and the finished picture as layer 3. I put one picture on Layer 3 and it’s showing for all the frames. How do I fix this?

[@sarahgracek]

Yes it will. For each new frame you create you have to press DELETE and then start drawing.

[@prishahomeartwithfun476]

How to zoom out from full screen I am beginner so I need help

[@sxcrt]

me too i need to zoom in and out of animations

[@σαμ1]

do you use a voice reading program?if yes which one?if not sorry but your voice seems robotic :P

[@Gdquest]

Yep, it's my voice, with a mic.

[@MarekPawowski123]

Looks like Animation in Krita requires more time than in Synfig. Mostly you must draw frame after frame to animate.

[@Gdquest]

That's because it's a traditional animation toolset. It's not the same thing. For modular animation, for games, you have DragonBones that's open source: dragonbones.com/

[@MarekPawowski123]

Ok, thanks.

[@dragonildreamy161]

is rhere orion?

[@evilestguy]

Anyone know anything about tweening or anything similar to tweening in Krita??

[@Mariemondays]

arghhh im so frusterated ive been looking at alll the tutorials and yet, copying their exact moves, on the little bar that you click on to acess the animation display thingy, all that shows up for me are the different painting displays. nothing says animation

[@Gdquest]

Try to navigate to your appdata folder (windows) then Krita, and remove all ". blacklist" files there to reset some UI options

[@mvdg6159]

I don't know if you know this but.. i am looking for a laptop to make simple 2D animations (so no 3D), which I am not able to do on the laptop i have now. Do you know if an Intel HD 4600 graphics card is good enough? Or do I really need a NVDIA or something like that?

[@Gdquest]

In general avoid intel integrated graphics cards. Their drivers are often unreliable and buggy with demanding programs. Krita blacklisted some intel drivers for now so it's safer to go with nvidia.

[@rubanz3546]

I am currently using a loptop with Intel 3000 integrated graphics and most stuff work. I even use Toon boom harmony essentials on it. When I am working I close most programs which utilizes the graphics card alot. I close videos, media players and Google chrome. If you are on a budget you can figure out how to make it work.

[@thatoneguy5444]

When i use alt+ click+drag it doesnt work sometimes. Please, does anyone know why this happens?

[@Gdquest]

Mh, normally it should work. I recall it could be a bit finicky, you have to be precise as far as where you click.

[@thejaderabbit5288]

I got Krita but it lags like crazy when I connect my monitor, does anyone know what to do?

[@thejaderabbit5288]

Nvm I figured it out, thx guys

[@rubanz3546]

Hi guys. I am having issues with Krita and my cintiq 13 HD. There is an offset of the cursor and lagging. Answers in forums not helping. Can anyone here help?

[@hadyorduna9053]

Rubanz is it the stabilization of the brush you’re using

[@rubanz3546]

Hady Orduña I got it to work. I formated my pc and after reinstalling Windows 10 everything worked perfectly

[@war_penguinz]

Does krita have extensions?

[@Gdquest]

Python support and plugins are coming with 4.0, the next release (planned around march for now). It's already in beta.

[@beefybert9354]

How do I undo things

[@Gdquest]

Ctrl Z or Edit -> Undo

[@miaorla5009]

How do you save animations or save the frames in krita? recent program/

[@Gdquest]

It's explained in the docs. There you go: docs.krita.org/Render_Animation

[@miaorla5009]

GDquest Thank you! and thanks for replying to my comment 😃

[@deathdeus12]

What version of krita you use pls if you can give me the link

[@Gdquest]

It's this beta version: krita.org/en/item/krita-3-1-beta-4-released/

[@jaycrimson1761]

Can you motion tween?

[@Gdquest]

No, not yet. There's a graph editor and you can animate opacity, but other transforms are still not available (work in progress)

[@mkanwarbiswas2246]

good tutorial

[@CookieArt-h6s]

DUUUDE this is very cool!

[@dustnoiseplays]

Thank you so much, but how I change the playback speed for only one frame and not all of them? Btw +1 sub

[@Gdquest]

You can't in traditional animation. In general you work on every frame or 1/2 frame to have a little more work on less important motion

[@soydevil8603]

what if i deleted the animation tool by a mistake .-.

[@corzair4333]

Redownload..?

[@nightshocker03]

Tween Animation?

[@Gdquest]

Krita doesn't support that right now, except for layer opacity

[@Sudip_Das1]

Thank you ❤

[@aroublue4615]

I just copied and paste the Keyframes for an Animation, but when i played my Animation, Krita crashes XD (I think i doesnt showed it like that, what i made xD)

[@arthurjohnstone7248]

Does it have sound?

[@Gdquest]

Yes you can import and scrub audio

[@alexrushbrook9772]

what are key frames?

[@Gdquest]

A frame is a tiny chunk of time, the base time unit in animation. I.e. 12 frames/second means you will have up to 12 different drawings per second (a drawing can stay for several frames). Key frames (often written keyframes) are frames on which a new drawing appears in traditional animation. If you add tweening, that is to say computer-calculated motion, keyframes are frames on which you give the computer values to transition to. And that's available in Krita too, although only in a basic form for now (to animate a layer's opacity).

[@alexrushbrook9772]

thanks

[@venkatkrishnaniyer949]

How do I add audio????

[@Gdquest]

docs.krita.org/Audio_for_Animation

[@venkatkrishnaniyer949]

Oh.Neat.Thx. MEMES

[@leffteebeats5002]

thank you for the help.

[@vosslergardia3179]

Thanks Christopher Walken :)

[@boasmiedema8069]

My timeline wont show up

[@urihasbeenb1xcked]

the only problem i have with krita is that I CAN ONLY IMPORT 1 AUDIO FILE!

[@praktexemplar8082]

Krita is swedish for crayon, that’s not a coincidence is it?

[@ramizshould]

Awesome

[@SPORK_DORK]

can someone please tell my dumbass how to zoom in while animating T_T

[@imhuman5118]

TY

[@24yrukdesigner]

7.29 Captions on your video tell me to select the pervert on the timeline! @@

[@ka_doc6914]

comme tu es français, pourrais tu mettre des sous-titre s'il te plaît ? ce serai plus simple pour nous ^^

[@Gdquest]

Traduire toutes les vidéos demande trop de temps. La communauté peut ajouter des sous-titres. Reste à trouver un groupe de personnes prêtes à passer des dizaines d'heure à faire de la traduction.

[@AghilesGACEM]

Salut, je trouve ton travail intéressant et c'est vrai que des sous titre en français serai sympa, personnellement je me débrouille en anglais mais certaines fois je doit repasser 2 ou 3 fois avant de pigé, bref tu gagnerai a trouvé des personne qui traduise tout ça, surtout qu'un bon nombre de chaîne on trouvé des traducteur qui font ca gratuitement en cherchant un peu. Bref je continue de regarder avec plaisir tes vidéo et ce serait encore plus top avec quelque sous-titre de temps en temps pour les vidéo plus technique.

[@SophieMato]

very helpful

[@peppwoni259]

You lost me

[@advent8827]

but you have a name.

[@sivas3926]

He draws a creature that looks like XLR8

[@russianbot2179]

just show me how to do it

[@Ziiio]

You skipped the most important point. :|

[@battiesvenus7]

thnx

[@Louise-Jzz]

are you French or something ? :o

[@art6359]

Yes, he even has some videos in french in his chanel :D

[@Louise-Jzz]

OWH I knew it!! I'm french also ahah 😂👌

[@Louise-Jzz]

Anyhow, He has a good accent ahah

[@jessicaabellan2774]

QUAND ON A UN FRANÇAIS IL FAIT DES VIDÉOS EN ANGLAIS ;-;

[@Gdquest]

C'est pour aider les francophones à améliorer leur anglais!

[@footballheritage27]

That shit doesn't work

[@ninja_tony]

1. Stop being a jackass. 2. This video is over 5 years old, the software has been updated several times since then. 3. Everything in this video DOES work, things have just been updated since this video.

[@betterteen]

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