Krita Tutorial: Useful shortcuts for drawing

[@PeterHamlin]

Excellent -- very useful, thanks! The one really cool one for me is when the brush tool is selected and you can shift-drag to change the size of the brush. Also re moving and zooming canvas -- on my Surface two finger gestures can move/rotate/zoom which I find a lot more convenient and natural than using shortcuts. Anyway, it's really useful to see the workflow of an accomplished artist -- thanks!

[@choknater]

oh that's awesome! i have never had a surface, that function sounds super convenient. thanks for the feedback

[@tnez9610]

To anyone watching on Mac command is the substitute for control

[@choknater]

yes thank you

[@haylee352]

wow i just found you and already learnt some useful tips, I'm trying to make animations of my own and this has helped a lot. Thanks!

[@choknater]

glad to be able to help :)

[@thealphaborker4821]

Actually really useful because im trying to make a animation channel and school is starting so im trying to find any way to use shortcuts even if only saves 1 second (can you suggest any names as well because i cant really find a good name to stick with me thx)

[@choknater]

hmmm xD i'm not so great with names. i think what you have is fine, and if you think of something better in the future you can always change it

[@valperdomo9642]

this was sooooo helpful, thank you from the bottom of my heart

[@choknater]

you're very welcome :) happy drawing

[@leandersmith6184]

Great i was looking for this.

[@choknater]

Glad I could help

[@austinovanmeter6151]

WOW this is going to help soooooo much thank you!

[@choknater]

no problem :)

[@soosa0072]

This was so useful

[@choknater]

Glad it was helpful!

[@konsidin9099]

Thank you for the awesome help

[@choknater]

Happy to help

[@deelindsay2967]

Very useful tips.

[@choknater]

:) glad to help

[@4kartist177]

Really useful. Thank you

[@choknater]

no prob! glad to help

[@sillycatloverlol24]

Wow! This is so helpful! 😍👏👏

[@choknater]

glad to hear it :)

[@PankajSingh-kr7is]

are you toying with the people here to learn.

[@choknater]

What do you mean by toying?

[@nn-ck6vt]

This was so helpful! thanks so much

[@choknater]

:) no problem

[@KronicSoup]

Thanks dude

[@choknater]

np :)

[@vavagordon7775]

THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHHHHH

[@choknater]

No problem :)

[@syakuralhurein81]

hi, thanks for ur tips! but, why ctrl+shift+R doesn't work for lasso in my krita, do you have another shortcut for freehand lasso? and can u tell me what is the shortcut for colorwheel?

[@choknater]

i actually don't remember the default shortcuts for those.. but you can find most settings and set the shortcuts yourself in Settings -> Configure Krita, and then go to Keyboard Shortcuts and also Canvas Input Settings.. Canvas Input Settings is where you can change the shortcut for the color wheel.

[@soggycatt1551]

I know undo is "ctrl+Z" but what is the shortcut for redo?

[@choknater]

ctrl+shift+z

[@hazretimika8932]

thanks so muchh

[@choknater]

no problem :)

[@SHADRAGZ]

Is there a way to make these shortcut to the photoshop's one? I mea I try to edit it but seems not working

[@choknater]

Which shortcut? It seems like some shortcuts cannot be edited, namely the top menu bars like File

[@SHADRAGZ]

@@choknater Yeah that's y Krita is hard to use, I mean the brushes it's incredible but not ez to use... I am a Sai user but Sai's shortcuts r similar to photoshop for example I can't use my tablet wheel to zoom in and zoom out in krita it's not handy to me

[@rmjrmj4]

how do you us ctrl+shift+R, I try and export the mirrored halves of my work and only the original drawn parts came through, is there a way to make the copied halves permanent and also remove any artifacts?

[@choknater]

hm are you talking about using the mirror tool?

[@rmjrmj4]

@@choknater No, but thanks. I'm talking about the copy and paste tool, I use that for mirroring only some parts of my work. However I noticed it doesn't show up in the save... so I wanted to know how to make the copied parts permanent?

[@CarlosRodriguez-ej8ic]

Im using it on android and unfortunatelly i cannot assign shortcuts easily for some reason....it always forces me to press either cntrl or shift plus a letter to assign..instead of just one letter...its irritating as hell

[@choknater]

dang i see. i never used it on android before so i didn't know that was a thing :(

[@ItzAlphaHowler]

Pls show us how to undo and redo in animations

[@choknater]

what do you mean? isn't it simple ctrl+z and ctrl+shift+z?

[@Hbizzjohnson]

is there a way to use my stylus button as hotkeys? it doesn't seem to register the input from my stylus and since my laptop folds down into a tablet form i cant use the keyboard lol

[@choknater]

ah interesting. i've never used anything like that so i can't speak from experience.. it could be two things, either look up krita's compatibility with your tablet, or mess around in the tablet driver settings and see if everything's working properly

[@Hbizzjohnson]

@@choknater ive been looking, ive got the surface studio laptop and the new slim pen, there is this oldish app i can download that remaps the pens hotkeys to actual windows buttons like shift and f for example, but the apps old and clunky and doesnt include the slim pen. Only older models. The only thing i can change about the buttons from windows itself is what app they open up which is super lame 🥲 for now i dont think i have much of a solution haha ill just click all my buttons like an ape 🐒

[@wiizardsrandomhat5675]

hi great video, it's really useful to learn a few shortcuts, do you know if there is a shortcut for inverse selection?

[@choknater]

try Alt+S to bring up the selection menu, and then pressing " i " for invert selection

[@wiizardsrandomhat5675]

@@choknater thank you so much it works perfectly

[@choknater]

sweet good to hear

[@omgchicken2627]

How do I undo an action? I see you making lines all over your art and undoing them, how do I do this?

[@omgchicken2627]

Nevermind found it when you replying to someone else about the same problem, thanks for the help! (Not being sarcastic)

[@choknater]

ok great!

[@PIZZLOW]

Can u plz tell bro

[@skreezyi]

@@PIZZLOW IDK if you still wanna know but its ctrl-z to undo something, or you can set up on your tablet pen(if you have one) on one of the buttons to do it for you

[@PIZZLOW]

@@skreezyi thank u my boy

[@iamnotgeorgexd3473]

how do I appear the undo and redo arrows in krita

[@choknater]

Settings > Toolbars Shown > File

[@theluciferboi8852]

Is there a shortcut for Pan?

[@choknater]

hm do you mean like spacebar and drag? or is that something different?

[@theluciferboi8852]

@@choknater yeah, spacebar and drag really works, thx!

[@aquamufin8783]

how do i find the senter of the layer?

[@choknater]

usually the best way to find the center is to draw an X from the corners

[@aquamufin8783]

@@choknater oki thank you very much ^-^

[@skygazer2678]

Is there any shortcut to rotate?

[@choknater]

yeah! shift + spacebar + click & drag

[@SmolTerribleTornado]

What's the shortcut for the eraser tool?

[@choknater]

there's two "E" toggles your currently selected brush into an eraser, on and off if you have a tablet pen with an eraser side, using the eraser side toggles to a selected eraser brush

[@SmolTerribleTornado]

@@choknater ay thanks fam

[@Coisa_two]

how to undo

[@Coisa_two]

@Magical Words thank you♡♡♡♡♡

[@r_gaming5630]

bro you us app name pleas tell me

[@choknater]

What? The app is Krita

[@somegirlyoudk]

i feel stupid not knowing how to drag the screen

[@choknater]

space bar and click

[@dragonildreamy161]

how do i undo?

[@choknater]

ctrl+z