Using Krita with OpenToonz - Featuring NobleFrugal Studio

In this video I show 2 ways to use drawings in Krita in your OpenToonz animations. This means you can use all the features in Krita to draw really creative backgrounds (and any other asset) to use in your animation. There's also a special message from NobleFrugal Studios where he tells us about the benefits he finds using Krita and OpenToonz together.
It's worth saying that there are some really useful drawing tools in OpenToonz (especially with the new MyPaint brushes) and the Assistant tool, but you don't have to restrict yourself to a single piece of software and you might find Krita is more useful to you, for drawing your backgrounds.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
02:06 Draw in Krita, then import into OpenToonz
04:22 Start a level in OpenToonz, then continue it in Krita
05:02 NobleFrugal Studios talking about how he uses Krita and OpenToonz together
NobalFrugal studio's channel:
/ @noblefrugal
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[@DarrenTAnims]

*Thanks for watching and thanks to NobleFrugal Studio for your contribution today* *All my OpenToonz tutorials:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZKnf3qMn5lpjsU

[@DarrenTAnims]

For help setting up and using OpenToonz, chat with animators & developers and enter animation challenges, join my OpenToonz Discord: discord.gg/FYy4Mg7

[@Marandal]

That camera shake really gives it a Popping feeling 💜

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thanks buddy. I used the multiple columns on the xsheet trick to have one control the camera shake and one for movement.

[@AwkwardPain]

Always nice to see two channels I follow doing a collab! Keep it up! Also learning things is a plus... why have I never thought of doing my BG sketch in OT before trying to create it in another software.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Krita is such a useful partner to OpenToonz. Especially good as they're both open source!

[@fundamentalsofknowledge6902]

@@DarrenTAnims Indeed!

[@authorminator1579]

Thanks Noble Frugal Studios and DarrenT. Always nice to learn from you guys. Appreciate it. 👍

[@DarrenTAnims]

You're welcome. Hope it helps

[@leomass]

You are amazing. Thanks for the knowledge

[@DarrenTAnims]

Cheers Leonardo

[@sfepan]

I am using this combination for my work. Cool collaboration guys.!

[@DarrenTAnims]

Excellent. That's great to hear. I intend to use them both more together myself too

[@pixill4ted593]

of course I’ve yet to even learn about backgrounds in depth if you know me 😋. I keep jumping around. But I have a lot of confidence in opentoonz. Krita seems cool for assets from what I’m understanding. I’ll probably end up doing just what this video suggests. Thanks for planting the seed!

[@DarrenTAnims]

Most of my backgrounds are drawn in OpenToonz, but it's useful to know that you can edit them in other programs. The raster drawings are just images on disk, so you can edit them outside of OpenToonz. It's a useful thing to know about, I think. My last couple of videos have taken this to another level by using photographs, then importing those and editing them. And my next one will show how to animate them, to add a parallax effect.

[@pixill4ted593]

@@DarrenTAnims thanks for the insight! Hey by the way, do you know where I can learn how to overlay video on animations, like live hand and mouth movements. For example the artist jack stouber?

[@DarrenTAnims]

@@pixill4ted593 I don't know where to learn it, but I'm sure there are videos on KZbin that cover it. I think you just need the right video editing software to do it automatically. Or you coul possibly paint your face green and Chromakey it out. But I couldn't help more than that. Sorry.

[@pixill4ted593]

@@DarrenTAnims interesting 🧐 once again thank you, I owe you a few Darren teas lol

[@DarrenTAnims]

@@pixill4ted593 😃

[@LukeLukitik]

hey when I try to open the tiff file in krita it turns the background black? does anyone know how to fix this withought manually removing the black each time?

[@DarrenTAnims]

I believe you can now choose to use png instead of tiff, in the preferences. That might help.

[@LukeLukitik]

@@DarrenTAnims thanks!

[@spracket]

Which one would you choose? One or the other... *Opentoonz vs Krita*

[@DarrenTAnims]

100% OpenToonz. It's more like the traditional animation workflow. What about you?

[@eniosan]

Interesting collab !!

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thanks. It was fun working with him on this. I hope to do more in the future

[@eniosan]

@@DarrenTAnims That would be interesting... it is like a different format. Looking forward to it.

[@ferdewyncotton9764]

Wouldn't it be better to do up a storyboard from the script first, then time out an animatic? Makes it easier to plan what you have to draw and how much to animate.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Thanks for the comment Ferdewyn. You're absolutely right. That's exactly the way to go. Using Krita in this way is for after those stages, when you know exactly what you want and, more importantly, where you want it. You can sketch in the background in OpenToonz as you're timing it out in an animatic, then draw it fully in Krita for the final version.

[@eazy2rememberr]

When I save all Opentoonz isn't giving me a tiff file

[@DarrenTAnims]

If you want a tiff file, you'll want to render your timeline out, using the Output Settings.

[@eazy2rememberr]

@@DarrenTAnims I did dat but noting appeared in my extras folder. The the other hand output has a bunch of tif.folders but all the layers are merged

[@DarrenTAnims]

If you render using the standard settings, the files will appear in your output folder.

[@Anonymous_illustrator]

assistant tool is excellent method to create 3d perspective images in 2d easily (without thinking of the degree of lines for slope, etc bcoz assistant tool what its provide ready to use view)....if you don't mind plz make some more complex 3d type animation like the previous one of building you made

[@DarrenTAnims]

I'd love to. At some point I definitely will. I know I'll need more backgrounds for my Futurama project, so I might make those as standalone videos.

[@Anonymous_illustrator]

@@DarrenTAnims one more question, apart from youtube, are u doing freelancing?

[@DarrenTAnims]

@@Anonymous_illustrator No I'm not. I possibly will once I'm more comfortable in my drawing ability. I still need to work on that a little more before I'm happy to charge people for work.

[@NJ4KTV]

I use Blender for mine, then use a watercolor composite to make it look more hand painted.

[@DarrenTAnims]

Sounds good to me. I love the fact you can mix the output from different software like this.

[@NJ4KTV]

@@DarrenTAnims If you'd like a tutorial as to how I use grease pencil import to vector and use the blender to make the backgrounds, I'd be happy to assist.

[@DarrenTAnims]

@@NJ4KTV That's very kind, but I don't use Blender. But if you want to make one, I'd be happy to promote it on my channel and in my Discord. I'm sure plenty of OpenToonz users would find that very useful.

[@NJ4KTV]

@@DarrenTAnims Thank you, I would appreciate that. I will contact you soon. For the record all your tutorials have helped me considerably.

[@umeshpandey2462]

Can we saw you both again

[@DarrenTAnims]

I'm sure we'll be collaborating again in the future 🙂

[@digitalsketchguy]

Take a look at Sketchbook Pro FREE. Also Storyboarder by Wonder Unit FREE.

[@DarrenTAnims]

I have.

[@chriseatsgood2819]

when i open the file in krita it just shows up black

[@DarrenTAnims]

Which file are you opening in Krita?

[@chriseatsgood2819]

@@DarrenTAnims TIL file

[@DarrenTAnims]

Where did you create the file? That's not an OpenToonz file. In the video I recommended creating the file in Krita and saving it as a png or if you create it in OpenToonz, work with the standard raster level.

[@drthumper2048]

Oh hi Noblefrugal

[@DarrenTAnims]

😊

[@hanselxyb5825]

Are you still alive sir ?

[@DarrenTAnims]

I am indeed. Why do you ask? Have you heard a rumour?

[@hanselxyb5825]

@@DarrenTAnims I was glad i found your channel. I was wondering weather you were a victim of covid19, since UK has it bad. Im glad you are alive.

[@DarrenTAnims]

It is quite bad over here, but I'm keeping safe and well, thanks. It's fairly light in my region. It's the larger cities that seem to have suffered most. Keep safe

[@issombra]

Ojala supiera inglés :v

[@DarrenTAnims]

Con suerte, aún puedes aprender algunas cosas con solo ver lo que hago. Intento mostrar lo que estoy explicando para ayudar a los espectadores cuyo primer idioma no es el inglés.