Krita Animation Tutorial - Part 1: Getting Started!

[@rontarrant]

Something that tripped me up... For the onion skin "light bulb" icon to appear (and therefore, be available), 1) there has to be at least one drawing on a frame, and 2) you have to click on another frame on the timeline. You can see this happen starting at 2:40. Start playing the video there and keep an eye on the layer rows.

[@choknater]

ahhh good find, that makes sense. i feel like i should pin this comment

[@PramodShetty]

@@choknater how do you delete extra frame if you realize that, the duration is too long from for the ball to reach the ground? Also how to do you add frames in between for the vice versa case. Is there a quick way, or those drag frames is the only way?

[@choknater]

@@PramodShetty hi, so there aren't any default buttons to do that, but there ARE shortcuts in the settings that you can set. if you go to settings -> configure krita -> keyboard shortcuts, and then search for "insert" you'll find that you can set shortcuts for Insert Keyframe Left/Right, Insert Hold Frame, and Insert Multiple Keyframes or Hold Frames. those shortcuts should help you do that you're thinking, i'm pretty sure. hold frames are simply blank frames

[@PramodShetty]

@@choknater thanks for the reply. Subbed

[@choknater]

@@PramodShetty oh awesome! thank u

[@CerealKiller420]

THANK YOU, holy crap. It's kind of crazy how many "tutorials" I had to watch before I found one that actually explains everything! It's like the other tutorial creators just automatically expect you to already understand what the onion skins are, and the differences between frames, keyframes, and layers, etc. I was super confused trying to learn Krita's animation studio on my own for a couple days until KZbin finally recommended me your tutorial. Oh, and the other artists are usually showing off with some overly complex animation that made me feel more confused and overwhelmed, but you used the bouncing ball which was just a fantastic beginner example. I'm on my husband's account right now, but in a few months my first video will be up on my channel (The Wooden Bean) and if you ever happen to see it, my OP and ED animations will be partly thanks to your easy-to-understand tutorial. :) Thanks again.

[@choknater]

wow what a great reply! can you link me to your other channel so i can be ready to see that animation? i'd love to see the fruits

[@manifestdemocracy3604]

ABSOLUTE SAME!!!!!

[@EmmanuelOjex]

Yeah, it's so anoying!

[@miawhitehurst6332]

I totally can relate!

[@kelsiboone2350]

By far the most helpful tutorial I've found! As someone who has never animated before, I had no idea what a key frame was or that I had to specifically add a new frame to draw on it. Thank you so much for your help!

[@choknater]

:) you're very welcome, glad to help

[@blackpinks5610]

tysm that helps me alot even tho it is a 2 years old tutorial but still.......

[@choknater]

no problem :) glad to help

[@blackpinks5610]

@Khushi kukreja u need to add a layer first then draw on it then the bulb will appear...

[@choknater]

@Khushi kukreja i believe there has to be key frames present in the timeline for it to show up on a layer

[@choknater]

@Khushi kukreja awesome :)

[@xek800]

lol

[@moxytocinn]

BAHH THANK YOUUU I've been trying to use the "animation template" to animate, and I had no idea how it worked- This saved me a whole lotta time, THANK YOUU

[@choknater]

you're welcome! sorry it took so long to reply. hope animating has gone well

[@PWND4lifeTS]

This is a perfect tutorial you should go into teaching art, there are tutorials for Krita animation with a million views that are unhelpful and then the animator just says he doesn’t like talking about how to do art and blah blah blah, you are so in depth thank you from the bottom of my heart

[@choknater]

thank you for that comment, i'm really glad i could help. i would love to teach more tutorials but i'm not sure what subject matter to teach more of

[@PashaBhai56]

im a rapper from india and i wanted to learn how basic animation works so i can do some stuff for my songs and none of the videos on youtube were helping, tha you for being so super easy xD

[@choknater]

no problem :) glad to help

[@SDRockman]

I went looking for how to the animation process works in Krita and got nothing but people having low volume levels, talking too much and not explaining enough/not giving reasons as to WHY things should be done the way the should be. Keep doing videos like this because it saves a LOT of time not only for people watching, but for yourself.

[@choknater]

SDRockman thank you!! I’ll do my best!

[@liliks14]

"talking too much and not explaining enough" you NAILED it right there !

[@quietlyinlove]

I couldn't figure out why clicking the onion icon won't turn it on 😭 thank you so much for this 🙏

[@choknater]

very welcome :) sorry late reply haha

[@armanplayz6559]

same here

[@thanosthegod4406]

wowowo i think you are the only one who described us very well,how to animate using krita frame by frame ..how to use "new frame" "bulb" icon etc...i totally watched 10 to 20 krita tutorial but i didn't found any helpful tutorial except your....you saved my time now im totally happy..thank you very much "BOSS" subs button clicked(sorry for bad english love from india)

[@choknater]

no problem! very glad to help :)

[@Michael_Lak]

Probably the best Krita animation tutorial

[@choknater]

thank you!

[@Pixli0n]

A little over 10 minutes and I feel confident to just start right into it. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@choknater]

sweet! no problem :) happy animating!

[@gekyume7171]

man honestly i went thru so many videos and ppl cant explain shit. but u taught it so well bro no cap

[@choknater]

glad to hear it :) i want to teach more people to animate

[@compsciwhatwhyhow4669]

This is so good to watch on one screen and follow along with Krita open on a second screen. A second screen can be really cheap to pick up. I'm encouraged to work through all your videos even though I have no, absolutely no, artistic ability. Thanks.

[@choknater]

that's awesome :) enjoy animating!

[@nandinimajumdar8360]

This is simply the BEST Krita animation tutorial on earth! Thank you SO much!!

[@choknater]

thank you!!

[@cheench1lla]

This is like the only tutorial that really helps.

[@choknater]

haha a lot of people have been saying that. i appreciate it! i hope there can be more good tutorials out there and less fluff

[@victoriabrewster6133]

I had NO idea how to work this but after watching I understand a TON more! Thank you so much!!!

[@choknater]

great to hear! glad i could help

[@lonelion924]

This video was extremely helpful thank you!!!

[@choknater]

no problem!! glad it helped

[@nerissaroxas5813]

Thank you so much for this video! Some beginner tutorial goes by so fast and I don't get to explore as much because their workspace looks different. This video was going at my pace and it actually felt like a tutorial rather than just a tour.

[@choknater]

great to hear :) thank you, glad to help

[@taylormusicaddict6609]

You just helped me so much! I watched other tutorials for this and they couldn't help me. Your tutorial is so easy to understand. You kept me from giving up. Thank you!

[@choknater]

so glad to hear that!!! you're welcome

[@drawingterd]

so far, this has been very easy to follow along!! it's usually so hard for me to watch tutorials that try to explain how animation works on krita but they just always end up losing me haha i tried to animate on there a while back but since i didnt know anything, i ended up not doing something properly and somehow lost my progress... woops! but i hope to try this out again after going over your tutorials, so thank you!!

[@choknater]

no problem glad to help!! i always want to keep it as simple as possible..

[@xevelynluu]

I wanted to start animating for fun and clicked on so many tutorials for noobies but yours is the most easy to understand thank you!!!

[@choknater]

awesome! glad to help, and happy animating :)

[@ninja_tony]

This was a really helpful video, and I also wanted to say your art looks fantastic! I have a little animation experience from working in Flash years ago, but nothing too elaborate. I just recently discovered Krita after being a Photoshop user for many years, and your video has been the best I've seen yet on animation in Krita. Thank you!

[@choknater]

hi! thanks for the feedback, i'm happy you think it is good. happy animating

[@adityaartz3626]

Yup! It's 3 years old and still it is very helpful :)

[@choknater]

yay!

[@flexcrayon1869]

you sir are the best! you explain soo much that the other guides didn't.

[@choknater]

thank you! i'm glad to help!

[@joshcarbajal5912]

just started a few days ago, this is the best tutorial I’ve seen. Thanks man!

[@choknater]

no problem! i'm glad you think it's the best haha

[@awkwardDebs]

Thank you so much for this! I couldn't figure out how to get the onion skin to work until I watched your video, deeply appreciated

[@choknater]

great! glad i could help

[@ivansergeev5564]

Wow! I decided to try something new for myself and the idea of drawing/animating came to my mind. Having no coin to spare for SAI or Adobe Photoshop, I decided to give Krita a shot. And I have to say that this tutorial playlist is hands down the best tutorial for Krita out there. I doubt that I can ever thank you enough for this, kind Sir. Anyways, off to the canvas!

[@choknater]

that's awesome!! thanks for that feedback. i did my best to keep it straight to the point

[@cristianrefugio7117]

Thank u, I have been trying to animate on Krita so much and now you finally did it

[@choknater]

glad to hear it :)

[@thomasfurlano9106]

Andre thanks this is great and very clear. I can tell you that I always need the younger generation of artists to 'show the way to use these computer artists animation programs' and this was so clear that I am going to be able to finally get a 'start' with Krita to go as far as you have shown at least. So please keep on doing videos to show how you 'use' the program in step fashion exactly as you have done this one, thanks, Tom.

[@choknater]

Thanks for the comment Tom. I’ll keep it going!

[@suhaanmitra5665]

thank you so much i am a begginer animator and just got my laptop and i did not wanted to waste my parents money on adobe animate so i downloaded krita and this one helped me alot so thank you so much

[@choknater]

good choice! krita is incredibly good for a free program

[@Rumkugel]

I've watched like 5 Tutorials already on Krita, but nobody helped me like you did! I am so thankful for this tuto! Thank you so much! Edit: GUYS I DID THE BOUNCING BALL ITS REALLY BAD BUT IT WORKS

[@choknater]

awesome!!!

[@allisons.1873]

This video makes it easy for me to learn how to use krita, tnanks!!

[@choknater]

you're very welcome!!!

[@Spielmeister]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! i legit had so much trouble following all the other tutorials but this one I could actually understand.

[@choknater]

no problem! happy to help

[@Saruar360]

Awesome Tutorials! I always provided you 10-star feedback and hoping to see the future.

[@choknater]

[@IridescentPink]

I've been watching tutorials all day 😭 your video was the only one that gave me answers thank you

[@choknater]

great!!! that's awesome haha, thank you too. glad i could help

[@flozy4999]

Thanks!

[@choknater]

OMG it was you!!! thank you!!

[@battroidattack]

Solid tutorial on Squash and Stretch with Straight Ahead/Pose to Pose principals.

[@choknater]

Thanks dude

[@toobadar]

This is the easiest and to the point tutorial. Thaanks!

[@choknater]

no problem glad it's easy to understand!

[@SYCOGAMERZ]

THANK YOU BROTHER I UNDERSTOOD 95%

[@choknater]

awesome!

[@dannysart3990]

Thank you for the tutorial. Animating now, help a lot.

[@choknater]

great to hear :)

[@liliks14]

great tutorial !! someone give this guy an award . so many animators are just bad teachers lol , not you though, you're very good at it . you taught me the basics of animation in 10 mn ! wow !! i've been watching 1H videos and still scratching my head but you went right to the point, step by step while keeping us in mind . thank you again

[@choknater]

really glad to hear it :) makes me wanna make more tutorials

[@liliks14]

@@choknater i'm glad to hear this :D

[@siirituominiemi8448]

Oh my goddness I almost gave up on my school project because of those other tutorials. Thank you! ♥

[@choknater]

oh good!! no problem :)

[@ryleygoodman5126]

Thank you SO MUCH FOR THIS, I have been trying to figure out how to use animation on Krita, for the longest time. I watched so many videos but none of them made sense. Except for this one. Thank you thank you thank you! 💖 :)

[@choknater]

awesome!! so glad i was able to help! yeah it can be kinda clunky at first, i had to figure a lot of this out through trial and error

[@simpleadi2190]

just found this, I want to start making some animation for fun and that's a great tutorial thank you!

[@choknater]

great!!! good luck, i'm glad to help

[@simpleadi2190]

@@choknater thank you :D

[@ev4ngel1c]

I just got into animating and this tutorial was perfect, you earned a new sub!

[@choknater]

thank you!

[@abdelhalim5797]

Thankes man i made my first animation becuz of you thanks keep up the good work

[@choknater]

glad to help :) animation is great

[@sciinticated]

You're a life saver! I couldnt find the lightbulb for the life of me!

[@choknater]

so glad i could help!

[@DarrenBurch]

I have spent three days trying to figure out how to use this program. It's got a mind of its own. When you think you worked it out. It does the complete opposite. So frustrating. It even saves my templates if I don't want to. I'm normally quite good at understanding these types of programs. But there's no way I can understand or even get my head around it. I'll give it another try tomorrow. Anyway. Thank you for the lesson

[@choknater]

no problem, i hope it can get easier for you. i tend to stick with the simplest tools: brushes, erasers, selections, etc, before i branch out. i hope you can enjoy it

[@shreyakukade3813]

Thank you so so much! I m a beginner digital artist and I just couldn't find a better video than this This is soooooooo helpful

[@choknater]

glad you think so :) happy animating

[@abdoudjam6846]

Damn ! this character animation is amazing ,, i would like to import it to Unity and have fun coding its movement , Good job !

[@choknater]

haha ok!

[@helenananarnar1842]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I finally understood it. I was so desperate. Thank you!!!

[@choknater]

great to hear!! you're very welcome

[@addmuu]

Concise and easy tutorial, thanks !

[@choknater]

you're very welcome :)

[@bluewilliams7226]

the clearest video Ive seen

[@choknater]

good to hear and glad to help!

[@AAa-kl4kb]

Thank for this! I tried doing it by my own but ended up confusing myself. This really helped!!

[@choknater]

glad to help :)

[@arcmew597]

you are a good teacher keep going we love u sir!

[@choknater]

thank u i will do my best!

[@terramind8870]

the best out of the best! always wanted to get into animation and this helped me sooo much! thank you a ton!

[@choknater]

you're so welcome!

[@lulou4578]

Oh Man i use krita for quite long and i was looking for animating tutorial but most of them were useless but yours is awesome💗

[@choknater]

Lucisia - thank you!!! I’m glad you found it helpful

[@pauldrawndestiny7520]

hello my name is paul I just started using krita and I just subbed to your channel I will be looking forward to your next instalment ! and awesome work by the way!!!

[@choknater]

hi paul! finally made a couple more videos. thank you!

[@pauldrawndestiny7520]

Fantastic I’ll definitely check them out soon

[@choknater]

sweet!

[@pauldrawndestiny7520]

When did you make them ?

[@choknater]

last week!

[@amitharavindpai3049]

A very good tutorial 👌 I learnt something new today. You have earned a subscriber

[@choknater]

awesome! thank you

[@amitharavindpai3049]

Yeah your welcome

[@hypnoz74]

can you please do a video of you showing showing us how to animate and like transpacific stuff like the onion and how you can add timelines

[@choknater]

what do you mean add timelines? and what's transpacific?

[@rapidpep2611]

Thank you so much for uploading this tutorial! I've been wanting to do animation for a really long time now and this video helps so much! Keep making great content! :)

[@choknater]

no problem! thanks i will try! let me know if you have any questions or suggestions for more content

[@morgansgaminguk2367]

Omfg I love you I have missed out on so many things in krita

[@choknater]

:D glad to help!

[@honeytada8335]

Thank you so much for this, good sir.

[@choknater]

my pleasure!

[@honeytada8335]

@@choknater 😊

[@kaimogamers9274]

really helpful sir thank you, will start working on it. NICE anime character at the end.

[@choknater]

thanks :) good luck have fun

[@nans_blockit]

Thank you! just what I was looking for! You got straight to the point! I’m going to enjoy this!❤️

[@choknater]

yes! animation is the best. enjoy!

[@jdsarfo610]

this vid has probably earned u sooo many subs bc ur really good at explain everything lol

[@choknater]

xD yeah you're right. thank you!

[@skiddy193]

thank you for the tutorial series

[@choknater]

No problem glad to help

[@ScarrRose15]

i was trying to follow a tutorial on animating a walkcycle from the actual krita website and it wasnt working at all!! Thank god i found your tutorial. its short but so much better lol

[@choknater]

glad to hear it! :)

[@Raiz-E]

your the best man

[@choknater]

thanks :)

[@Raiz-E]

@@choknater no i thanks you show me how to do it

[@slushiewata3873]

This was actually really helpful and simple

[@choknater]

glad to hear it :)

[@Reny435]

mine was worse but still an animation, because about a year ago I started wondering how to animate as I was just getting into anime and thinking its cool but I still need to work on a lot of stuff like trasing lines but in some time it will definetely work out so ty very much and this helps a lot! including how this man is an amazing animator. but cudos to you!!

[@choknater]

Good luck animating!

[@mustangma4456]

after watch this video ,I already can do it.thanks so much!

[@choknater]

no problem!

[@ona512]

thanks :3 I know this setup is a little outdated due to version changes, but all the buttons are still there if you look around. I'm new to Krita (I've made maybe four things in it?) and this is super cool that it has an animation engine all ready to use!

[@choknater]

I agree it is by far my favorite free software for art :)

[@wonghuienjezreel4129]

Thanks for your video! (: really simple for understanding and a beginner!!! Super good(:

[@choknater]

you're welcome! glad to help you :D

[@kaabfarooq6179]

Looks amazing

[@choknater]

thank you :)

[@Elotai]

as a beginner animator this was a godsend

[@choknater]

glad to hear it & happy animating!

[@lanefarley8945]

This is really helpful for beginners like me! Thanks :))

[@choknater]

no problem dude!

[@radioaktivnikrecek4554]

thank you so much! Now I can animate! :)

[@choknater]

great!! good luck and have fun!

[@radioaktivnikrecek4554]

Thanks! :)

[@deannesomething2396]

Best tutorial ever! Thanks

[@choknater]

Glad you liked it!

[@zellustar2756]

Love your tutorial, thank you!

[@choknater]

no problem :)

[@Lyndsaylol]

FINALLY A VIDEO I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS HELPED ME SO MUCHHH💜💜💜

[@choknater]

:) glad to help

[@leonas3840]

Your character animation looks really cool ..

[@choknater]

thanks!!

[@nocturnalady05]

Thank you sooooonmuch man

[@choknater]

you're very welcome :)

[@theartofjosephadams1970]

Great video this was extremely helpful I’m a traditional artist expanding to the digital realm the video was simple and easy to follow great job

[@choknater]

awesome, glad to help. i hope the transition goes well for you

[@mathscoaching3610]

Ahaa ! I want any good series for the animation I was doing coding classes and I cried really after 5 classes I decided to do another interesting thing with 3 days then youtube suggested you to me. Thankssssssssssss a loooooooooottttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am kinda crazy in typing BTW Thanks for the tutorial and keep posting these typo'f videos.

[@choknater]

oh that's awesome! i hope you enjoy animating

[@ishankumar9495]

Great job ❤️ Big thanks!

[@choknater]

no problem enjoy animating

[@purusharthkrishna2827]

Thanks to you man that helped me a lot

[@choknater]

you're very welcome

[@millicentelekwachi2044]

I am having a problem 5:03 I have repeated it multiple times and I am following the procedures like you said But my ball is not going as smooth as yours Yours goes down and up but mine doesn't the frames play randomly after like a successful play

[@choknater]

Check the frame rate and the position of the frames in the timeline?

[@kikolapersona]

Finally!!!! A proper tutorial on animation Jesus Christ

[@choknater]

xD glad i could help

[@saguchi2623]

This was ssooo heelllpffuuullll, thank you!!!! 💜💜💜 I saw you had like a colour group in your layers, that was kind of transposed if you calle it like that, but how do I make that? That would help me to organize my layers a bit better:)

[@choknater]

hello :) i simply group up my layers, i create a group with ctrl+G and drag the layers in

[@GodsPoetryProductions]

Thanks I just downloaded it while watching your video.

[@choknater]

awesome :) happy animating

[@rheiadear]

Really helpful so far, thank you!!

[@choknater]

you're welcome!

[@ZomoryDesigns]

Sweet I can't wait to use it.

[@choknater]

awesome!

[@rhand-7]

Hey thank you so much you taught me how to make animation

[@choknater]

that's awesome :) happy animating

[@naomim5015]

Very informative and explained well. Thanks.

[@choknater]

no problem! glad it helped

[@manggambar7205]

very helpful thanks, you're amazing !

[@choknater]

thank you!! glad to help

[@rosesinmyhead]

omg this is the perfect tutorial I've been looking for. other people be describing functions of buttons but they don't really demonstrate how adding a layer and making things move work. thanks! oh and btw. is there a limit for frames? coz mine only has 99 blank frames to the max

[@choknater]

hi! glad i could help. there isn't a limit as far as i know. in the animation docker, you can set Start and End frames, and you can just set the end frames to higher number. krita is not really made for very long animations, i have tried to make animations with 2000+ frames before but it became very laggy haha

[@cyber_t_]

wow thanks man I owe you the world.

[@choknater]

you're so welcome!

[@shiroiwolf1150]

thx for the help

[@choknater]

no problem :)