Krita Colorize-Mask: Advanced Tips

Hey, here is a new video "Krita Colorize-Mask: Advanced Tips" where I share what I found to get better results and work faster while coloring my previous episode of Pepper&Carrot. Sorry if I sound a little messy and inarticulate; I recorded it last week and today while I was doing the long task of transcripting the subtitles, I saw my sentences were particulary segmented and hesitants. I hope the subtitles will help.
I hope this video will help all the one who decide to go on a big project with colorize-mask. It's always different to use a tool on a single artwork; than ising a tool on 60 panels/10 pages. The little tips here might appears as just be small improvements; something to just win 10 minutes maximum and get a bit more of comfort; But for comic artist; 10 minutes less on each panels means often many hours saved on a full story. (60 panels x 10 minutes = 600 minutes; 10 hours!... ). So any small tips are precious! Any bottleneck in the workflow are also severe... I hope this set will help the one facing the same challenges to get easier time.
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Video and artworks by David Revoy
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[@inkrainbow2017]

Good afternoon sir, I have a question about this tool in krita when coloring with Colorize - mask ... I don't have the option to select colors and "transparent" colors in the tool "& tool options" I get (brush soft none) I do not get the onions that should come out ... Can you please help me with this problem? Please!! 😔😔👏🏼🙏🏼

[@DavidRevoy]

Hey, this options appears in the "tool option docker" ; I'm sure you already found the docker. But the content of this docker depends of the tool selected in the toolbox (on right of the screen). You can paint on the colorize mask with the usual Freehand Brush (B) tool, but this one doesn't have the specific options. For accessing this option you need to select in the toolbox the "colorize mask editing tool" (under/next the color picker tool). Then, once selected; the tool option docker will show all the options for the colorize mask.

[@inkrainbow2017]

@@DavidRevoy OH !! Thank you very much sir I have been very helpful I didn't know who to ask, as few people I know use these kinds of programs. But still THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ANSWERING ME !!🙏🏼 >w< !! really admire your work using krita !!

[@DavidRevoy]

@@inkrainbow2017 Thank you 💜

[@SethKotta]

I don't know which I like more: your comic, or your helpful videos. Both are outstanding.

[@rewguy8373]

This is very intense. I’ve watched it twice and still don’t think I got all the details. The colorize-mask is a great tool and I’m sill trying to figure out all its features. Thanks for demonstrating how to use it in more detail. I love your comics and thanks for helping explain Krita, it’s a great art program.

[@MKCrystal]

Your videos are getting better, David. I appreciate the effort. I've learned so much from you. Krita is my preferred software for digital art because of creators like you.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Many thanks sir! Your work in the FOSS community and the graphics community is greatly appreciated. :D

[@nairocamilo]

The master at it again. Thank you for this lesson! Helped very much, and I'll put it to practice very soooon

[@StasyaFayn]

🥺 Какой же он все таки хороший 😆 Спасибо вам большое за ваш труд, и за попытки вложить в наши умы знания ❤

[@desencanal2690]

Outstanding work, I became a huge fan of your style in the past days ever since I read all the Pepper and Carrot comics, every single panel is simply jaw dropping. Thank you for the tutorials and comics, I hope someday to achieve something close to your skills.

[@DavidRevoy]

Hey Desencanal, thank you very much for your nice words. It's a pleasure to read them and fill me up with energy to continue on the next episode and tutorial. Thanks again.

[@Shadowgalleryc]

Fantastic stuff. Thanks David.

[@yukimizukisisterstudios7366]

That's so helpful thanks a bunch!!! I only ever used the layer blending mods and I didn't knew they are for brushes too, that's going to make my life so much easier!

[@DavidRevoy]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@caroljystudios]

What a great tutorial! I'm currently working on my first comic and I'm suffering with the flating parts... I tried colorize mask once but I got it totally wrong and I put it aside. 😂 I'll definitely try it again. Also, I added the reference docker plugin and I'm loving it! 💚

[@kumorineleo]

oh finally. i've always wanted to learn this. thanks

[@joshuagaucin9315]

This is. My first experience with your videos and I love I'm captivated I have been manually creating every stroke, shade, and outline manually, I'm subscribing to learn more

[@DavidRevoy]

Thank you very much!

[@Missfortunerules]

Thank you for your videos, they are helpful as I am just getting started. Bless.

[@inkchip7351]

Yay colouring is going to get even better!!!

[@macropsialberto]

Mercy beaucoup. Greetings from Bogotá Colombia! Je enjoy tes tutos, qui sont aussi bien expliqué!

[@RogerioPereiradaSilva77]

That reference docker thing is a game changer when it comes to flatting comics compared to the usual "keeping a reference layer plus using color picker (or Ctrl-click) all the time". Not sure how much I plan to use it because I usually paint on a laptop which is an already constrained viewport and I'd rather keep it "clean" of floating dockers as much as possible but I can definitely see myself using it more when using an external 21" screen.

[@DariuszKonrad]

Thanks man! Your tips help a lot

[@flaviebertrand2897]

Merci pour les tips, encore une super vidéo pour apprendre à utiliser Krita ! (et bravo pour Pepper & Carrot ! Je l'ai lu en ligne il y a des années et j'ai eu le plaisir de retrouver le tome 1 à la Fnac :)

[@J_Tchang]

Salut l'ami merci pour la vidéo ! Je surveille de très près ton travail sur Krita, ton site perso est une mine d'or et tes travaux sont une énorme inspiration pour moi ! :) Bonne continuation

[@andascorner3230]

i really love your artstyle!😭💕

[@DavidRevoy]

thanks!

[@astro58685]

Thank you so much for your work!!! 💪💪💪💪 it helps me so much, thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@naiierawageeh3972]

That helped me a lot! Thank you so much

[@DavidRevoy]

😊

[@Konstrukto_spons]

thanks again for a really clear and helpful video David! so a small question about the accuracy of this: as you are probably well aware a lot of comic book colorists hire flatters because flatting is a technical job rather than an artistic one. flatters are paid a rate which they partly base on the time it takes them to flat a piece. my question is if this is accurate enough to actually substitute flatting by hand

[@erende44]

great! thank you :)

[@user-mi2rq8ps3n]

Thank you!!!

[@learn_ina_flash]

Thanks

[@cleomatute4128]

thanks

[@neddyf00]

Great stuff! I can't wait for the next part! J'adore l'accent !! Je comprends encore mieux cet anglais là, le mien ;)

[@Mioumi]

mdr

[@--21--00]

Simplemente hermoso 😈👊❤ xd

[@desotopete]

I love the reference docker. Wish it would be put back in to Krita. It does lock up on me sometimes. Particularly when zooming in and out too fast.

[@DavidRevoy]

Hey, thanks! Oh yes, the code of the reference docker is unfortunately not receiving updates (afaik, or I should check the repository) and has a high risk of bit-rotting with time and getting glitchier and glitchier. Here I feel lucky, it is still working. If you find a way to reproduce your bug that works every time, please inform the maintainer of the repo. Sometimes they immediately know what's happening and had no idea it was bugging this way and can fix on the fly. Thanks!

[@NonsenseGUS]

love your vids. is there a video to learn how to paint the way you do to make a vintage look? lke the one you did in the other colorize video? also i subscribed.

[@DavidRevoy]

Hey! Thanks, I think you'll find answers into the "color adjustement" video about how I change colors and get this effect.

[@michaelsebah2995]

Bonjour Monsieur Revoy, J'aime vraiment ce que vous faites et vous êtes un rare artiste français qui travaille ouvertement sous Krita... C'est très rare d'avoir des tutos en français déjà sur Krita, nos amis anglo-saxons sont très avantagés sur ce plan. Je comprends les raisons d'angliciser les choses, mais je trouve cela vraiment dommage que les francophones n'ai droit qu'aux traductions.... Je vous assure que je ne suis pas un vieux crouton réactionnaire. Mais vraiment, écouter et essayer de comprendre en anglais, avec la traduction, c'est super complexe et voilà c'est pénible.... Alors ma question est quand du Krita à la Revoy pour les francophones.... Et j'ajoute "Please" in english!!!!

[@michaelsebah2995]

Ps mon Krita est aussi en français ....

[@DavidRevoy]

@@michaelsebah2995 Bonjour, désolé; mais gérer une traduction me prendrait énormément de temps ; trop. Les vidéos sont en Creative Commons; donc c'est ouvert aux contributeurs qui le voudrait bien. Merci pour les mots sympa et pour votre compréhension.

[@michaelsebah2995]

@@DavidRevoy Bonsoir monsieur Revoy! Je ne vous demande pas de gérer les traductions mais plutôt de faire quelques vidéos en français. Ce serait je le crois très équitable et charitable… Nous sommes assez nombreux à utiliser Krita en français… d’avance merci…

[@CherryblossomFoxx]

Good Evening, very informative video as always David. I want to use the reference docker but im lost on how to get past the: Add execution permissions to the file reference.py (stored inside the 'reference' folder) Stage I am completely lost on how to do this

[@DavidRevoy]

Hey, I have no idea how to add permission to execute on other systems than Linux based distro; here it is a simple right click and in property I have a check box to allows the software to run. Maybe a part in the documentation could help you: docs.krita.org/en/user_manual/python_scripting/install_custom_python_plugin.html ; if not, maybe ask on Krita-artist forum; plenty of user are around, and if you use a specific Linux system, a Mac or a Windows ; there will be probably someone in your case who figured how to do and might help. Good luck!

[@CherryblossomFoxx]

@@DavidRevoy Thank you for the aid, love your videos!

[@MeMeMaxi]

carrot is sleeping next to you super cool

[@DavidRevoy]

Oh, yes, best cat assistant ever for drawing and painting. 😻

[@PurplePlyu]

how can you use the reference docker?, i can't see it in my krita D:

[@essajihusein]

Hi David, hope you are well. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what is the point of the colourise mask vs using the paint bucket tool?

[@sylvainschellenberger]

The results are cleaner, that's what he said: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foLHqWl-bqd8fdU

[@essajihusein]

@@sylvainschellenberger thank you!

[@DidatticaScuola]

Can you please explain me why there are so many layers settings? when and why should i use them. i usually keep my layers in normal becasue i dont know how they work

[@DavidRevoy]

They are so many because imagine you have a color on a layer A (on top) of a layer B (on bottom). There is a math to calculate how the color between the two will result into a third one. The normal mode, Layer A color just replace Layer B color, because on top. But then you can Multiply, them, Substract, etc... And do even more complex math. In the science studies of images, many papers added a lot of way, and the Krita dev and community just ported them all. They are not meant to be all useful, they are here because they exist. That's why tutorial can guide to show you what they can do and how to use them in a art process. One advantage: Krita have them all, so you can follow Photoshop tutorial, or CSP, etc...

[@DidatticaScuola]

@@DavidRevoy ok thx i will get more into them

[@reganfarma6275]

Greet 🖒

[@kushagrakush7627]

Sir can you please comment that why my colour keeps get out of my sketch when using colorize mask

[@Cyfrik]

Are your lines fully closed (no gaps)? Otherwise the system can get confused as to where one area begins and another ends.

[@tvvoty]

[@Azy-Al]

I'd love to use that reference docker but I suck and cannot understand stuffs like programming & coding. The link did include how to install it and all, but the thing isーI don't get the adding of "execution permission" thingy. The instructions seem to be applicable only for apple users (based on the site or I'm just dumb lol) and I'm afraid that I may harm my Windows for inputting some unknown codes lol... please send help !〒▽〒

[@DavidRevoy]

Hi! I have unfortunately no idea how Windows manage permission; on Linux, I can manage that with a right click. Probably you can try with the Python plugin importer : docs.krita.org/en/user_manual/python_scripting/install_custom_python_plugin.html ; I hope it will work.

[@Azy-Al]

​@@DavidRevoy Woah it worked! Thank you as always for the guidance and your hard work! God bless~ (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[@DavidRevoy]

@@Azy-Al Thanks for confirming and for your kind words. Ok, so maybe I'll do a future video about the plugin importer.

[@Azy-Al]

@@DavidRevoy You're welcome~ That would be a great idea, and would definitely help a lot of people! I wish you all the best~ keep it up! (o゜▽゜)o☆

[@zaubersauber]

reference docker looks same as subwindowed document mode🙂

[@DavidRevoy]

Yes, except with reference docker you don't need a click to focus the subwindows each time you need to access it and then Ctrl+click to pick color. With reference docker; you just put mouse over it, and click then you get your color. It's way faster for my usage. That's why I use it for palette. The advantage of using a subwindows; however is to be able to edit the palette 'live' and access advanced option: rotate it, mirror it, etc.... Reference docker can be saved into a workspace preset too. All in all, that's nice Krita offers so many options!

[@Blackshard159]

Can anyone help me because I can't find the tool option

[@DavidRevoy]

Hi! Go to Settings > Dockers > Tool Options . ( or check in the labels of your docker, on the side part of the screen if it is not tabbed with other dockers already).

[@Blackshard159]

@@DavidRevoy thank you

[@PurpleOcarina]

literally my krita doesnt do anything what yours did lol the wand tool / color masking tool/ is practically useless lol

[@DavidRevoy]

It might be because of bugs on the version you are trying and operating system distribution. Please report your issues to the developpers. Thanks!

[@zetsu3390]

do you speak french ? if yes if u can do a video in french it will be amazing

[@DavidRevoy]

Hey, Oui, je parle français; mais j'ai commencé ma carrière sur le net il y a de ça longtemps et la majeure partie de mon audience est anglophone à présent. Idem au niveau des donateurs (qui reste mon unique salaire). Ce serait donc dommage pour elles et eux de ne pas pouvoir avoir accès à un contenu si il est en français seulement. En tout, cas, avec un peu de recherche; on trouve certaines de mes conférences et ateliers enregistré en Français.