Krita tutorial: Understanding Krita's blending modes

[@ryosworkshop500]

that moment when you start binge watching krita tutorials instead of studying

[@erinxtrash5743]

Oh lord, I think we've all come to this...

[@Needwagon4Speedwagon]

I mean, you ARE studying :^)

[@screamintothevoid5336]

My Finals are in 2 months and I have done nothing

[@frenlyneybur7544]

Truth

[@massuchuzefalcon2222]

Lol

[@monicaokami]

I swear you are the only Krita tutorial person that goes into such detail over specific features, and I love it! Thank you for another educational video, you've taught me so much more than my college.

[@Gdquest]

That's good to hear. Thanks Monica!

[@monicaokami]

No thank you

[@devilblackdeath]

Totally and I hope it gets people to use Krita ! I'm so tired of the monopoly of Photoshop, especially when it's clearly not an art oriented tool ! It's a jack of all trades (and an extremely good tool for "photoshopping" since it coined the term, but artistically, there are much better tools, and I hope Krita has a long life)

[@zect556]

college sucks,

[@18th_angelo]

@DevilBlackDeath very true...krita is the goat on art workspace on windows...idc what anyone says

[@vitalisacharenko4273]

This video is insanely useful. As a beginner, I was completely lost, when it came to digital shading, because I couldn't find a single tutorial covering EXACTLY this topic in a way that a noob like me would understand it. Every KZbinr is just saying: "You should set this layer to multiply." and I'm sitting there like: "Why? What does it do? Stop assuming that I know stuff! This is a tutorial, for crying out loud." Thanks a lot. This channel is awesome. Keep up the good work. I hope you'll become big here.

[@Gdquest]

Thank you kindly for your message! That's exactly what I'm trying to do it GDquest, to offer more than step-by-step guides. You can check out ctrlpaint.com for more tutorials in the same style. GDquest will become big at some point. It's getting there slowly, especially as it's dedicated to open source programs (Krita is not well-known yet), but I'm in it for the long run, hopefully.

[@ketnetty]

Vitali Sacharenko i can relate to this. I did only traditional art so far and i decided to start digital too, but shading/blending i couldnt figure out how to do. This has been a greaaat help! Thanks a lot!

[@floisnotonthego2538]

Modes: 1:59 Multiply - Darkens existing color by multiplying it with selected color (useful for shadows & adding colors to grayscale) 3:00 Screen - Opposite of Multiply. Lightens existing color while pulling it towards selected color. 3:43 Lighten - Only paints in areas darker than selected color(?) 4:31 Darken - Only paints in areas lighter than selected color(?) 4:52 Overlay - Basically combo of multiply & screen + adds contrast to existing color 6:05 Color Dodge - Useful for addding contrast. Like Overlay, but will only brighten colors (& add a lil tint of foreground color) 6:53 Color - Replaces hue & saturation of color on canvas with foreground color, but keeps initial luminosity. Creates shade range, unlike normal brush Tips: 8:02 Keyboard shortcuts 9:14 Blending modes in toolbar VS in Layers docker 10:05 Blending modes & brush presets 10:32 Color smudge brush & blending mode (selected color = color picked in color picker) Please correct me if i misunderstood one of these. I just wanted to make a quick timestamp guide to what was in the video for when i will inevitably need it next time i try using these modes.

[@jekesan4221]

Hi, i have a question, so i tried using the multiply in the like in the video over the circles but unlike in the video, after i choose Multiply the airbrush seems to still color all over outside of the circle. Like in the video it just went inside the circle but doesnt do the same for me??

[@epicbananacatto]

@@jekesan4221 you have to use alpha lock for it!

[@Froszyy]

@@jekesan4221 To get it to work like in the video select the checker board right next to the lowercase a and the padlock on the layer your currently working on and once u turn on it it will appear opaque and have a lock on it, then u can only color on already made pixels. (I don't think it works on the default "background" layer)

[@wynniebaguette]

@floisnotonthego2538 thank you for making this!!

[@devinfryslie484]

​@@Froszyywrong. He is alpha locking the brush itself. But I'm sure alpha locking the layer would achieve the same effect

[@TushantMirchandani]

God, I've been doing digital illustrations for a decade now and I did NOT know about some of the things you mentioned here! Thanks!

[@MushroomEater64]

That moment when you realize that you can just use multiply to shade with the whole time instead of just shading over with a darker color.

[@KarmaGrass]

Why use multiply when there's overlay?

[@MushroomEater64]

@@KarmaGrass Being an artist is so confusing. Lol.

[@KarmaGrass]

@@MushroomEater64 well they both do essentially the same thing. But I guess it makes it easier

[@angel_izer8134]

@@KarmaGrass with overlay if you're using a lighter color than the color in the normal layer you'll be making things lighter. But if you use darker color only then it will get darker. But in multiply no matter what value you pic the layer underneath will not matter, it will just keep getting darker as you paint over it.

[@stikher]

I must say I've been working on Krita for like 10 years and always used the blending modes at random just testing stuff, but it always seemed like "the obscure thing that only smart people know the specifics of" and i didnt expect to understand much of this tutorial but it was actually so clear I was mind blown... this is gonna help me improve my use of digital softwares SO MUCH really im so thankful for this video

[@blenderm4n]

Very informative video not only for Krita but also for Blender, Gimp Photoshop etc. since they all use mostly the same blending modes.

[@empresspyra]

agreed, I've never seen such an in depth tutorial about the different modes and its going to help me a ton! Not just in Krita

[@judemorales4U]

Best articulation in any tutorial EVER. I can actually comprehend what you are saying because you spoke so clearly and concisely and your technical demonstrations are perfect. Many thanks, you make great videos that people can understand!

[@ADITYA-yh3kg]

Man tNice tutorials is on of the best tutorial in general on youtube. Clear, simple, constant, good to listen. Thank you for sharing.

[@moonheart.studios]

OMG i have been sitting here for hours trying to figure out how to blend, before I realised I was using the wrong brush. Thanks a lot, this really helped me.

[@lilzoomie8537]

whats the brush he's using?

[@joshmercer1438]

One of the best beginner tutorials on this I've seen... Really appreciate it :)

[@TinyBellEnd]

proper tutorial, all the info needed was there, not like some other tutorials that are just like "do this", yet you told me WHY I should "do this" which is what more tutorials need to focus on. most tutorials just leave me more confused

[@thenoodlebiscuit]

Would you consider turning on community transcriptions for your videos? That would allow your viewers to add captions to your videos, which makes it easier for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, as well as viewers who would otherwise have a hard time understanding spoken English (such as me), to understand what you're saying. KZbin's automatic captions are barely intelligible, which makes tutorials like these hard to follow. You'd be able to approve captions before they're added to make sure they're actually relevant, and, if you encourage your viewers to participate, it could make a big difference for those of us who are looking for information, but can't hear what's being said.

[@Gdquest]

They should already be turned on on every video, I set that a while ago. Some people already contributed captions as well.

[@c.g.636]

I’ve contributed English captions, they need to be reviewed though.

[@gabe2o2]

This was perfect and what I needed. Thank you!

[@toonlyrics]

I've tried to learn this stuff through other tutorials, but this one finally makes it clear. Thank you.

[@sapphoris]

Between you and David Revoy, I'm starting to get ads in French. I never thought Krita tutorial artists would be what finally make me learn French (which is wild because you both speak in English for your videos).

[@echoc7213]

Thank you! I've been trying to find something like this for ages! It's so hard to find a tutorial that actually explains what all these modes do, and why. This is perfect!

[@NoOne-hg1qc]

totally excellent, thank you. I'm finally accepting that I've been a complete ignorant noob by ignoring all these helpful options because it seemed like a headache to deal with them.. but they're useful and timesaving. your tutorial was so good.

[@The_Ruler201]

wait it still works ? i thought it was outdated can you explain more please ? because i dont know why but it removes every color i did or when i click on the other it just overlays :/ (im sorry im dum)

[@NoOne-hg1qc]

@@The_Ruler201 hush don't call yourself dum(b). idk if it works exactly to these specifications because I haven't tested the colours on the vid, but I have been using overlay for shadows and lights so I think it's still working? do you have the most updated version of krita? maybe yours is glitching? what do you mean it removes every color? like it just erases what you had? "or when i click on the other it just overlays" .. as in it just substitutes another colour? pls explain more

[@DarkFuneralD]

Thank you so much! Really well explained! I installed Krita not long time ago and I had a lot of issues especially with blending modes and layer types, now I understand how they work and I'm ready to start practicing and experimenting!

[@Glup_Shiddo]

Love that you also included shortcuts for this.

[@TheRealVivia]

Your channel is about to be the only reason I try Krita. Seriously there is almost no freaking tutorials on it. I usually use Gimp but wanted to try out something else for abit.

[@cheebs296]

Thanks! I've been doing things the hard way since I didn't know what any of the options did. This helps a lot.

[@MythicGirl2210]

This has given me so much MORE information than so many others on KZbin... THANK YOU SO MUCH!! D'X

[@18th_angelo]

I'll been looking for this sort of tutorial on blending mode I'm krita...God bless for this 🙏🏽 🙌🏿

[@martinagiulianalopez224]

You are an excellent instructor. I will stick with you.

[@IrunkaG]

I've been looking for a video like this for ages!

[@m0ku-p1g]

Normal and Erase : 1:00 Screen and Multiply : 2:00 Lighten and Darken 3:32 Overlay 4:55 Color Dodge 6:10 Color : 6:56

[@DrykenPatch]

Thanks glad that I found your video even tho it's a year old it still helped me to find what I needed. Good job making a tutorial that didn't go obsolete after updates 👍

[@arohimittal3050]

Oh my goddd, THANK YOU SO MUCH ;-; I was so lost as to what to use, and how to use but you explained it sooo well Keep up the great work :D

[@PriestessYuki]

Watching this in 2021 and im learning so much. Thank you for the tutorial!

[@VictoriaGarcia-gk3hp]

This has been the most helpful tutorial on this subject thank you so much

[@lexpendragon7935]

Merci énormément pour ce tutoriel, je viens à peine de débuter, et ça m'a été très utile!

[@zhulindizi]

Thanks a lot for the video! I’m just learning digital drawing and I watched your video several times while experimenting with the different tools.

[@pauline_f328]

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for making this

[@asevril2530]

Thank you really much for that video. I just got my tablet yesterday and I'm trying to figure it out :)

[@Gdquest]

You're welcome :)

[@zaki-wc8rp]

10:58 what brush is that? can you give me the link is it free or not, im not be able to download your brushes in the description pls tell me

[@sabrinyahh]

VERY informative, thank you so much for making this video. I've always heard of the magical multiply and color dodge tools, but I never knew how to use them. Knowing about these made my art quality go up by like, at least 20% on my latest piece.

[@LususSaule]

A very useful tutorial, but it would have saved a lot of time if you explained from the outset that Preserve Apha needs to be checked off for the blending modes to work as you show here.

[@coffee_sloth]

THANK YOU

[@jekesan4221]

Hi, sorry but where do you check/tick off the Preserve Alpha?

[@jekesan4221]

@@coffee_sloth Do you know where to check off the Preserve Alpha?

[@coffee_sloth]

@@jekesan4221 In the list of layers, it's on the very right of each of your layers. It looks like a little checkerboard

[@wonjellies]

this is so helpful! im starting digital painting and blending modes just confuse the heck out of me. thank you so much for this!

[@warriorspeace_kat4099]

Can we get a 2020 update since krita is a bit changed? ;-; Thank you!

[@mrpool7193]

this is the best video on blending modes. thank you

[@Nyah420]

Useful! I never knew what the blending modes were for. I used a couple of them, unsure of whether that was what I really wanted. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@badatshooters]

THANK YOU OMG my art is a million times better now!

[@KimberleyMcCloskey-s4u]

This tutorial made everything easy!

[@kristiankari1769]

This is amazing! Just what I was looking for!

[@Maninawig]

What I am trying to get is this: I followed a tutorial from Aaron Blaise who uses photoshop's multiply and overlay to add shading and highlight respectively (layer options that are defined identically in both photoshop and Krita) and he uses a light blue with multiply to shade and a light yellow with overlay to highlight. I am trying this with a picture I drew of a young girl in a fox outfit and the shading is turning yellow on the orange suit and fuchsia on the tan face, while the highlights are giving equally aweful results... What am I doing wrong?

[@Bengan02]

Thank you for starting talking math and reminding me that I failed my math class

[@wasder26v]

I'm using Polish version of Krita and shortcuts work a bit different. For example, there's 4 blending modes starting with the letter O. By using Shift+Alt+O combination I go to one of them, and by pressing it again it moves to another blending mode also starting with the letter O. Funny thing is that it does not always work (but most of the time it does) and "shift+alt+something" combination can't be even seen in the settings! :D

[@Gdquest]

It seems like it's automated - it doesn't always work. Sometimes, in a context menu, the same letter will be underlined twice, and if there's a submenu in there, you won't be able to call the second entry with that shortcut. The shift alt shortcuts are in the keyboard shortcuts. Just search for blending mode or something like that to find the complete list. (At least here it's available)

[@AnimeFreakatyoutube]

Thank you so much! I'll need to practice this, it's what I've been trying to do all weekend! Thank you for this tutorial!

[@paulinak9984]

You taught me more than entire four years of high school in graphic major.

[@ClearAbyss]

THANK YOU! I could never figure out what exactly all those modes were for. I see them in plenty of other programs such as photoshop, but I couldn't really figure out what to do with them. I felt like I was missing out on a huge advantage these programs provide

[@manuelacedo2406]

Please, help! I dont understand minute 2:20, how can I do that, coloring the circles but not the withe background

[@alexrushbrook9772]

OMFG! HERE I WAS THINKING THAT KRITA HAD NO BLENDING MODES AND I HAD TO DO IT MYSELF USING MY PRESSURE SENSITIVE DRAWING TABLET!!! SLIGHTLY TRIGGERED!! gr8 vid tho m8 7.3/10 too much water

[@naminou5379]

I don't understand how at 2:22 you make shadows.. On my page it does shadows even on the white and not only on my cercles..

[@evanamigamer91]

Ive just started digital art yesterday but Im writing down everything your saying on my notes so I'll never forget. I had to pause it every 5 seconds just so Im up to speed. For now blending is extremely confusing to me and I might need months to understand it.

[@Bluepanda842]

You're probably not going to see this, but I'm actually confused at a specific part of your video: at around 2:40, you show of shading and greyscale with multiply on the brush. One moment you're just drawing on the canvas entirely and then an unexplained moment later you're only shading the circles (background is untouched). How'd you do that without a group layer or selecting them?

[@pani_moonchild]

He is using "alpha lock", which is next to the eraser mode on the toolbar. Alpha locking only helps to draw on places that already have been drawn on.

[@cegamer045]

​Thank you​@@pani_moonchild

[@frederikjohandb3750]

That multiply thing... is fantastic!

[@Gdquest]

And the more you play with blending modes, the more fantastic it gets ;) !

[@temmmbebkd2922]

Thank you . Your videos motivates me

[@wanglan9713]

thank you so much i feel so so stupid like I DID NOT KNOW 70% of things you said in this video this is hella helpful thank you so much holy shucks

[@krissy6806]

2:03 - screen + multiply 3:48 - lighten + darken 4:57 - overlay 6:10 - colour dodge 7:01 - colour

[@dewberry150]

Thank you for the simple and clear explanations!

[@xevelynluu]

How did you make it so you would only color in the layer you want without the shade getting outside ? Thank you for the video btw!

[@coffee_sloth]

As Lusus Saule said below: "A very useful tutorial, but it would have saved a lot of time if you explained from the outset that Preserve Alpha needs to be checked off for the blending modes to work as you show here."

[@kasturimeh]

This tutorial was so helpful. Thank you so muchhh! All the other tutorials are like " Choose Multiply layer" And I am like "How to do it, where's the option? What are you even selecting" Thank you so much. This tutorial was so helpful. I started using Krita today and this helped me a lot. But could you tell me the name of the 1st brush that you used in this tutorial. Couldn't figure it out. Thanks!

[@itsdav7472]

2:15 Multiply works fine on the layers below, but I don't want to parts around the circle to darken, too. You made a jump cut just before that happened & I have no idea how to stop it.

[@Gdquest]

Preserve alpha, it's covered in another tutorial: the checker icon in the toolbar above the canvas

[@soirema]

I actually work in indie gam e ocmpany in krita, so this is really useful, thank you

[@julierose689]

My traditional artist brain is very confused, so many extra steps to do a simple thing. But at least the novice digital art brain has a bit more of a clue. Thank you.

[@echorisdrawingandanimation8450]

how do you only colour in the circles and not on the white?

[@tacomachine7543]

you press the CHECKERED ICON right beside the ERASER ICON in the tool bar (beside the blending modes drop down menu). This will make it so that you can only blend or paint on top that painting in THAT LAYER , ignoring the background or other layers.

[@echorisdrawingandanimation8450]

Jewel Tinio it's not working it won't let me paint

[@zayin493]

Layers. It's on a different layer

[@xbluemx]

@@echorisdrawingandanimation8450 do you have the right layer selected? Sometimes I go into settings and get ready to paint but then I'm on the wrong layer.

[@Ranc1d_G0th]

There is also a setting called "protect alpha" usually located near the layers. When you enable that, then you can draw over only that layer and you won't get anything on the background- ah wait, i'm 2 years late...

[@johnatangonzalez9099]

mate good work!, this video was so usefull to me, you just gained a subscriber!.

[@Gdquest]

Thanks a lot!

[@itsyaboinadia]

this is so informative, youre a godsend

[@itsalecsteica5243]

2 questions: 1) how can i use the brush only on what I drew? I mean not to draw over the lines? Or is that any option or just the experience? 2) when I use the bucket to fill a shape it fills it but puts the color on the whole background but lighter? How can I change that P.S: sorry for my bad english and the first question is far more important then the secound one.

[@inesgarrod]

Thank you so much for this ! 🙌🏻

[@antares9601]

Love the video... It is perfect for what I need... If you haven't already, that menu you open on your canvas, what can it all do, and what do you use it for?

[@Gdquest]

It's the pop-up palette, there's a video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHKtnoOtmpt8pbc

[@antares9601]

SICK :) Thanks!

[@andrewkim2013]

when i try to use your brushes, it says page not found

[@AnonningAnon]

Most useful viseo for blending modes ty!

[@thepresidentgaming404]

I found this video today and thanks a lot man .new sub

[@Hejirah]

at around 2:24, which brush are you using?

[@Prodigalfur]

2:16 im sorry but this bit confused me how to you shad inside the circle without shading outside on the white

[@mobiusloop339]

Right next to the eraser icon on top, there is a grid icon. Click that

[@IDK098]

alpha lock

[@Prodigalfur]

@@IDK098 and how will I do that

[@Prodigalfur]

@@mobiusloop339 thanks

[@Prodigalfur]

@@IDK098 ahhhh I get ya thanks

[@89krx]

What I got from this is that it is better to do the blending modes in a new layer so that you dont mess up your work.

[@Themoski]

I've used reliably some of the blending modes, but knowing about how they work and many more is truly a great help. Again, thanks for the well explained tutorial! Can't wait to put the things into practice. Anyhow, just a quick question, since you seem to be more familiar with Krita updates than the people I know. I currently updated to 3.0.1, but the Stabilizer tool is now working very bad, and switching size of the brush with Shift is also clunky. Do you know if there's a fix or a workaround? Thanks in advance!

[@Gdquest]

Mh, the stabilizer looks slow in this release, that's definitely something the devs will fix in next version. Switch to Weighted smoothing in the meantime. Also yes, the Shift drag shortcut is slow now, and if I recall correctly, it's linked to the new brush HUD. Will most likely be fixed in next version.

[@Themoski]

Mhh... Guessed as much. But yes, I've been using to Weighted meanwhile. Not doing great for longer strokes nor small fills, but it certainly is better than relying on poor pulse. Ah well, thanks once again, and I'm looking forward to the next update of the brush pack! They're fantastic!

[@Gdquest]

Thank you! The new brush presets are coming this week.

[@valcade]

Very informative and very useful! Thank you!

[@TheBryancrochet]

I have an odd problem. When I change the blend mode on the layer, the option to select normal disappears and I can't reset the blend mode to normal on the layer. help?

[@marcoballesteros1013]

Kick Asx tutorial thank you.. when you have time could you do one about Tint an image

[@creamy0bear]

this was soooo useful! thank you!

[@MCCiabattaGrande]

I painted with 100% opacity yet you can still see through the background. How do I change that?

[@jenovaizquierdo]

awesome tips friend, you made me subscribed looking forward to learn from you and is true what they say, that you go in details on how to use tools in Krita. I'm new to Krita and I love it.

[@Gdquest]

I'm glad that this could help :-)

[@jenovaizquierdo]

GDquest thanks for replying back. And is really helpful 😄😄😊😆

[@martini19891]

Can you reupload your bruses? Thanks for the video btw.

[@alpha8here]

I love this video!!! Thank you so much for the explanations!!!

[@devanskrobarcek2013]

What about luminosity I don't understand why you didn't cover that one

[@demir1658]

hello, when I want to draw with the same application, my graphic pen moves the page instead of drawing. Do you have an idea about this?

[@haive2202]

You helped me so much thx!

[@benjipixel1438]

This is awesome!

[@ren-ze2uc]

TYSMMM THIS WAS SO HELPFUL

[@sirius2643]

I found gold, thank you so much!

[@AudreyWalsh]

Great explanation. Thank you.

[@VelvetLibrary]

I feel like I'm doing something wrong with multiply, because it's lightening the colours underneath 😅

[@abbyube6202]

it does that for me too, it also does that with other blending modes. Did they change how it works on newr versions? cuz I can't find a tutorial

[@VelvetLibrary]

I don't know if it's the same issue, but my problem was that I was using CMYK colour profile. When I changed it to RGB, it solved the problem😊

[@BellaGranger24]

Amazing explanation, thanks a lot for this

[@ryanclemons1]

OH so that is how people make nice looking shadows so fast on stuff in drawing videos i have been picking my brush then lowing the opacity then shading this sounds a lot faster and better looking but umm is multiply or overlay better for soft shadows?

[@whimsyland9]

Can anyone help with this? The Multiply / Normal modes are working fine. But when I switch modes like Lighten or Screen, the drawing is disappearing from the workspace for some reason?

[@ruisir1]

I'm looking for a blending mode the darkens the darker shades more than the lighter ones