https://userbase.kde.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Valerievk&feedformat=atomKDE UserBase Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T04:49:16ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.40.2https://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Krita/Tutorial_5&diff=292550Krita/Tutorial 52013-02-05T16:41:45Z<p>Valerievk: Alpha-inheritance</p>
<hr />
<div><languages /><br />
<translate><br />
<br />
== Tutorial: Color Smudge Brushes == <!--T:1--><br />
<br />
<!--T:2--><br />
'''Krita's''' color smudge brush has several common elements with the Pixel Brush, but has 2 distinct features:<br />
<br />
<!--T:3--><br />
* "Smudge" function: using either <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> mode<br />
<br />
<!--T:4--><br />
* "Color" function: this mechanism works differently than with the Pixel Brush<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:5--><br />
The Smudge and Color functions are influenced by many other settings, so I will divided this tutorial into several parts:<br />
<br />
<!--T:6--><br />
* Overview and settings: the more "technical" part of the tutorial<br />
<br />
<!--T:7--><br />
* Usage scenarios without color<br />
<br />
<!--T:8--><br />
* Usage scenarios with color<br />
<br />
I recommend at least skimming over the first part to get an idea of what does what.<br />
<br />
<!--T:9--><br />
{{Note|1=Just like with all my tutorials, I'm using a mouse, no graphic tablets. I have no idea how tablet users use this brush.}}<br />
<br />
</translate><span id="Overview and settings"></span><translate><br />
<br />
== Overview and settings == <!--T:10--><br />
<br />
=== Overview: Smearing and Dulling === <!--T:11--><br />
<br />
<!--T:12--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush offers 2 modes, accessible from the <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> section:<br />
<br />
<!--T:13--><br />
* <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>: This mode mixes colors by smudging ("smearing") the area underneath.<br />
<br />
<!--T:14--><br />
* <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>: In his mode, the brush "picks up" the color underneath it, mixes it with its own color, then paints with it. <br />
<br />
<!--T:15--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.1.png|thumb|center|600px]]<br />
<br />
==== Benchmark settings ==== <!--T:16--><br />
<br />
<!--T:17--><br />
Many settings interact, so for the rest of this section on [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5#Overview and settings|Overview and settings]] , I will be using the following benchmark settings, unless stated otherwise:<br />
<br />
<!--T:18--><br />
* <menuchoice>Brush Tip -> Autobrush -> Circle</menuchoice> with:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:19--><br />
** <menuchoice>Fade</menuchoice> set to 0.50</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:20--><br />
** <menuchoice>Spacing</menuchoice> set to 0.05 for <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>, and to 0.10 for <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice><br />
<br />
* <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> set to 0.50<br />
<br />
<!--T:21--><br />
* <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> set to 0.50<br />
<br />
<!--T:22--><br />
* <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice> set to 0.80<br />
<br />
<!--T:23--><br />
All examples in [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5#Overview and settings|Overview and settings]] are obtained by modifying these values.<br />
<br />
=== Smudge Rate === <!--T:24--><br />
<br />
<!--T:25--><br />
To better demonstrate the smudge function, I turned the color rate function off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:26--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:27--><br />
Common behaviors:<br />
<br />
<!--T:28--><br />
* Unchecking the smudge rate function sets smudge rate to 1.00 (not 0.00)<br />
<br />
<!--T:29--><br />
* Opacity: Below 0.50, there is practically no smudging left: keep opacity over 0.50.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:30--><br />
Differences:<br />
<br />
<!--T:31--><br />
* Spacing with <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>: the lower the spacing, the smoother the effect, so for smearing with a round brush you may prefer a value of 0.05 or less. Spacing affects the length of the smudge trail, but to a much lesser extent. The "strength" of the effect remains more or less the same however. <br />
<br />
<!--T:32--><br />
* Spacing with <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>: the lower the spacing, the stronger the effect: lowering the spacing too much can make the dulling effect too strong (it picks up a color and never lets go of it). The length of the effect is also affected.<br />
<br />
<!--T:33--><br />
* Both <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> have a "smudge trail", but in the case of <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>, the brush shape is preserved. Instead the trail determines how fast the color it picked up is dropped off.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:34--><br />
The other settings should be pretty obvious from the pictures, so I'll spare you some walls of text.<br />
<br />
=== Color Rate, Gradient and Blending modes === <!--T:35--><br />
<br />
<!--T:36--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:37--><br />
Again, most of the settings behaviours should be obvious from the pictures. Just remember to keep Opacity over 0.50.<br />
<br />
</translate><span id="Brush tips"></span><translate><br />
<br />
=== Brush tips === <!--T:38--><br />
<br />
<!--T:39--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush has all the same brush tip options as the Pixel Brush! Since there are so many of them, refer to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_4A|Pixel Brush tutorial]] and my [http://white-heron.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5jb7ti reference sheet].<br />
<br />
<!--T:40--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.4.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:41--><br />
Just remember that the smudge effects are weaker when a brush tip's opacity is lower, so for low-opacity brush tips, increase the opacity and smudge/color rates.<br />
<br />
=== Scatter and other shape dynamics === <!--T:42--><br />
<br />
<!--T:43--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush shares the following dynamics with the Pixel Brush: <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Spacing</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice>, and <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:44--><br />
However, because of the Smudge effects, the outcome will be different from the Pixel Brush. In particular, the <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> option becomes much more significant.<br />
<br />
<!--T:45--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.5-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:46--><br />
For more about the different dynamics options, I refer you to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_4B|tutorial on Pixel Brushes]] again.<br />
<br />
<!--T:47--><br />
A few things to note:<br />
<br />
<!--T:48--><br />
* Scattering is proportional to the brush size. It's fine to use a scattering of 5.00 for a tiny round brush, but for bigger brushes, you may want to get it down to 0.50 or less.<br />
<br />
<!--T:49--><br />
* You may notice the lines with the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> option. Those are caused by the fact that it picked up the hard lines of the rectangle.<br />
<br />
<!--T:50--><br />
* For scattering, the brush picks up colors within a certain distance, not the color directly under the paintbrush:<br />
<br />
<!--T:51--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.5-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Other color behaviors: Gradient, Blending modes, Overlay mode === <!--T:52--><br />
<br />
==== Gradient ==== <!--T:53--><br />
<br />
<!--T:54--><br />
Gradient is equivalent to the <menuchoice>Source -> Gradient and Color -> Mix</menuchoice> for the Pixel brush: the color will vary between the colors of the gradient. <br />
<br />
<!--T:55--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.6-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:56--><br />
You can either:<br />
<br />
<!--T:57--><br />
* Leave the default Foreground -> Background gradient setting, and just change the foreground and background colors<br />
<br />
<!--T:58--><br />
* Select a more specific gradient<br />
<br />
<!--T:59--><br />
* Or make custom gradients.<br />
<br />
==== Blending Modes ==== <!--T:60--><br />
<br />
<!--T:61--><br />
Blending Modes work just like with the Pixel Brush. The color used though is the color from <menuchoice>Color rate</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:62--><br />
Color Blending modes with the smudge brush are even harder to predict than with the pixel brush, so I'll leave you to experiment on your own.<br />
<br />
==== Overlay Mode ==== <!--T:63--><br />
<br />
<!--T:64--><br />
By default, the Color Smudge Brush only takes information from the layer it is on. However, if you want it to take color information from All the layers, you can turn on the <menuchoice>Overlay mode</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:65--><br />
Be aware though, that it does so by "picking up" bits of the layer underneath, which may mess up your drawing if you later make changes to the layer underneath.<br />
<br />
== Use cases: Smudging and blending == <!--T:66--><br />
<br />
<!--T:67--><br />
This part describes use cases with color rate off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:68--><br />
I won't explain the settings for dynamics in detail, as you can find the explanations in the Pixel Brush tutorial.<br />
<br />
=== Issue with edge cases === <!--T:69--><br />
<br />
<!--T:70--><br />
When <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> is off, one of the biggest issues with Color Smudge Brush is how they deal with locked transparency areas.<br />
<br />
<!--T:71--><br />
When you want to avoid drawing out of an area with the pixel brush, you just lock the transparency area.<br />
<br />
<!--T:72--><br />
However, this becomes a problem with the Color Smudge Brush (see right) with color rate off: what happens is that it "picks up" a black smudge from outside the locked area instead.<br />
<br />
<!--T:73--><br />
Of course, you rarely want to smudge a locked edge, but this is a problem when you are smudging Near the edge, or use <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:74--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.1-1.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:75--><br />
The solution is to use the Alpha-inheritance trick:<br />
* Make a new layer group<br />
* Make a base layer within this group to define the visible area<br />
* Make the color layers above it. <br />
* Make sure the coloring goes outside the area you wanted, and click the alpha button.<br />
<br />
[[image:II.1-2.png|thumb|center|600px]]<br />
<br />
You can smudge near the "edges" of this setup safely, because it isn't the true edge.<br />
<br />
<!--T:76--><br />
If this isn't clear enough, refer to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_2|layer management tutorial]].<br />
<br />
=== Smudging effects === <!--T:77--><br />
<br />
<!--T:78--><br />
For simple smudging:<br />
<br />
<!--T:79--><br />
# Pick the Color Smudge Brush. You can use either <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>. <br />
<br />
<!--T:80--><br />
# Turn off <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:81--><br />
# Smudge away<br />
<br />
<!--T:82--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:83--><br />
When using lower opacity brush tips, remember to "compensate" for the less visible effects by increasing both <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice>, if necessary to maximum.<br />
<br />
==== Some settings for Smearing ==== <!--T:84--><br />
<br />
<!--T:85--><br />
* For smoother smearing, decrease spacing. Remember that spacing is proportional to brush tip size. For a small round brush, 0.10 spacing is fine, but for mid-sized and large brushes, decrease spacing to 0.05 or less.<br />
<br />
==== Some settings for Dulling ==== <!--T:86--><br />
<br />
<!--T:87--><br />
* Lowering the spacing will also make the smudging effect stronger, so find a right balance. 0.10 for most mid-sized round brushes should be fine.<br />
<br />
<!--T:88--><br />
* Unlike <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> preserves the brush shape and size, so it won't "fade off" in size like <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> brushes do. You can mimic that effect though with a simple size fade dynamic.<br />
<br />
=== Textured blending === <!--T:89--><br />
<br />
<!--T:90--><br />
In this case, what I refer to as "Blending" here is simply using one of the following two dynamics:<br />
<br />
<!--T:91--><br />
* <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice> set to <menuchoice>Distance</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Fuzzy</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:92--><br />
* And/or <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>: </translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:93--><br />
** For most mid-sized brushes you will probably want to lower the scatter rate to 0.50 or lower. Higher settings are okay for tiny brushes. </translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:94--><br />
** Note that <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> picks colors within a certain distance, not the color directly under the brush (see [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5|Brush tips]])<br />
<br />
* Optional: Pile on size and other dynamics and vary brush tips<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:95--><br />
In fact, the Color Smudge brush is not a blur brush, so smudging is not a very good method of "smooth" blending. To blend smoothly, you'll have better luck with:<br />
<br />
<!--T:96--><br />
* Building up the transition by painting with intermediate values, described later<br />
<br />
<!--T:97--><br />
* Or using the "blur with feathered selection" method that I'll briefly mention at the end of this tutorial.<br />
<br />
<!--T:98--><br />
I've tried to achieve smooth blending with Color Smudge brush by adding rotation and scatter dynamics, but honestly they looked like crap.<br />
<br />
<!--T:99--><br />
However, the Color Smudge brush is very good at "textured blending":<br />
<br />
<!--T:100--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:101--><br />
Basically you can paint first and add textured transitions after.<br />
<br />
== Use cases: Coloring == <!--T:102--><br />
<br />
<!--T:103--><br />
For this last section, <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> is on.<br />
<br />
=== Layer options === <!--T:104--><br />
<br />
<!--T:105--><br />
Before we get started, notice that you have several possibilities for your set up:<br />
<br />
<!--T:106--><br />
* Shading on the same layer<br />
<br />
<!--T:107--><br />
* Shading on a separate layer, possibly making use of alpha-inheritance. The brush blends with the transparency of the layer it's on. This means:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:108--><br />
** If the area underneath is more of less uniform, the output is actually similar as if shading on the same layer</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:109--><br />
** But if the area underneath is not uniform, then you'll get fewer color variations.<br />
<br />
* Shading on a separate layer, using Overlay mode. Use this only if you're fairly sure you don't need to adjust the layer below, or the colors may become a mess.<br />
<br />
<!--T:110--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
==== Issue with transparency ==== <!--T:111--><br />
<br />
<!--T:112--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush blends with transparency. What this means is that when you start a new, transparent layer and "paint" on this layer, you will nearly always get less than full opacity.<br />
<br />
<!--T:113--><br />
Basically:<br />
<br />
<!--T:114--><br />
* It may look great when you're coloring on a blank canvas<br />
<br />
<!--T:115--><br />
* But it won't look so great when you add something underneath<br />
<br />
<!--T:116--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:117--><br />
The solution is pretty simple though:<br />
<br />
<!--T:118--><br />
* Make sure you have the area underneath colored in first:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:119--><br />
** With tinting, you already have the color underneath colored, so that's done</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:120--><br />
** For painting, roughly color in the background layer first</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:121--><br />
** Or color in the shape on a new layer and make use of alpha-inheritance<br />
<br />
* For the last solution, use colors that contrast highly with what you're using for best effect. For example, shade in the darkest shadow area first, or the lightest highlights, and use the color smudge brush for the contrasting color.<br />
<br />
<!--T:122--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-3.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
=== Soft-shading === <!--T:123--><br />
<br />
<!--T:124--><br />
Suppose you want more or less smooth color transitions. You can either:<br />
<br />
<!--T:125--><br />
* <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> as low as 0.10 for round brushes, higher with non fully opaque brush tips.<br />
<br />
<!--T:126--><br />
* Or set the <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> as low as 0.10 instead. <br />
<br />
<!--T:127--><br />
* Or a combination of the two. Please try yourself for the output you like best.<br />
<br />
<!--T:128--><br />
* Optional: turn on <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice> for smoother blending<br />
<br />
<!--T:129--><br />
* Optional: turn on <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> for certain effects<br />
<br />
<!--T:130--><br />
* Optional: fiddle with <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice> dynamics as necessary.<br />
<br />
<!--T:131--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.2-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:132--><br />
This remains, in fact, a so-so way of making smooth transitions. It's best to build up intermediate values instead. Here:<br />
<br />
<!--T:133--><br />
* I first passed over the blue area three times with a red color. I select 3 shades.<br />
<br />
<!--T:134--><br />
* I color picked each of these values with Ctrl+click, then used them in succession<br />
<br />
<!--T:135--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.2-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Painting: thick oil style === <!--T:136--><br />
<br />
<!--T:137--><br />
Many of the included color smudge brush presets produce a thick oil paint-like effect.<br />
This is mainly achieved with the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode on. Basically:<br />
<br />
<!--T:138--><br />
* <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode with high smudge and color rates</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:139--><br />
** Both at 0.50 are fine for normal round brushes or fully opaque predefined brushes</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:140--><br />
** Up to 1.00 each for brushes with less density or non fully-opaque predefined brushes<br />
<br />
* Add <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice>/<menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice>/<menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> dynamics as needed. When you do this, increase smudge and color rates to compensate for increased color mixing.<br />
<br />
<!--T:141--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:142--><br />
One thing I really like to do is to set different foreground and background colors, then turn on <menuchoice>Gradient -> Fuzzy</menuchoice>. Alternatively, just paint with different colors in succession (bottom-right example).<br />
<br />
<!--T:143--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-2.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:144--><br />
Here's some final random stuff. With pixel brushes, you can get all sorts of frill designs by using elongated brushes and setting the dynamics to rotation. You won't get that with Color Smudge Brushes. Instead you'll get something that looks more like... yarn. Which is cool too. Here, I just used oval brushes and rotation -> distance.<br />
<br />
<!--T:145--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-3.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
=== Painting: Digital watercolor style === <!--T:146--><br />
<br />
<!--T:147--><br />
When I say "digital watercolor", it refers to a style often seen online, i.e. a soft, smooth shading style rather than realistic watercolor. For this you mostly need the <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> mode. A few things:<br />
<br />
<!--T:148--><br />
* Contrary to the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode, you may want to lower opacity for normal round brushes to get a smoother effect, to 0.70 for example.<br />
<br />
<!--T:149--><br />
* Vary the brush tip fade value as well.<br />
<br />
<!--T:150--><br />
* When using <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> or other dynamics, you can choose to set smudge and color values to high or low values, for different outcomes.<br />
<br />
<!--T:151--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.4.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Blurring === <!--T:152--><br />
<br />
<!--T:153--><br />
You can:<br />
<br />
<!--T:154--><br />
* Paint then smudge, for mostly texturey transitions<br />
<br />
<!--T:155--><br />
* Or build up transitions by using intermediate color values<br />
<br />
<!--T:156--><br />
If you want even smoother effects, well, just use Blur. Gaussian blur to be exact.<br />
<br />
<!--T:157--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.5.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:158--><br />
And there you go. That last little trick concludes this tutorial.<br />
<br />
<!--T:159--><br />
[[Category:Graphics]]<br />
[[Category:Office]]<br />
[[Category:Tutorials]]<br />
</translate></div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=File:II.1-2.png&diff=292549File:II.1-2.png2013-02-05T16:37:29Z<p>Valerievk: Alpha-inheritance for the color smudge tutorial</p>
<hr />
<div>Alpha-inheritance for the color smudge tutorial</div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Krita/Tutorial_5&diff=292548Krita/Tutorial 52013-02-05T16:23:17Z<p>Valerievk: </p>
<hr />
<div><languages /><br />
<translate><br />
<br />
== Tutorial: Color Smudge Brushes == <!--T:1--><br />
<br />
<!--T:2--><br />
'''Krita's''' color smudge brush has several common elements with the Pixel Brush, but has 2 distinct features:<br />
<br />
<!--T:3--><br />
* "Smudge" function: using either <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> mode<br />
<br />
<!--T:4--><br />
* "Color" function: this mechanism works differently than with the Pixel Brush<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:5--><br />
The Smudge and Color functions are influenced by many other settings, so I will divided this tutorial into several parts:<br />
<br />
<!--T:6--><br />
* Overview and settings: the more "technical" part of the tutorial<br />
<br />
<!--T:7--><br />
* Usage scenarios without color<br />
<br />
<!--T:8--><br />
* Usage scenarios with color<br />
<br />
I recommend at least skimming over the first part to get an idea of what does what.<br />
<br />
<!--T:9--><br />
{{Note|1=Just like with all my tutorials, I'm using a mouse, no graphic tablets. I have no idea how tablet users use this brush.}}<br />
<br />
</translate><span id="Overview and settings"></span><translate><br />
<br />
== Overview and settings == <!--T:10--><br />
<br />
=== Overview: Smearing and Dulling === <!--T:11--><br />
<br />
<!--T:12--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush offers 2 modes, accessible from the <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> section:<br />
<br />
<!--T:13--><br />
* <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>: This mode mixes colors by smudging ("smearing") the area underneath.<br />
<br />
<!--T:14--><br />
* <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>: In his mode, the brush "picks up" the color underneath it, mixes it with its own color, then paints with it. <br />
<br />
<!--T:15--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.1.png|thumb|center|600px]]<br />
<br />
==== Benchmark settings ==== <!--T:16--><br />
<br />
<!--T:17--><br />
Many settings interact, so for the rest of this section on [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5#Overview and settings|Overview and settings]] , I will be using the following benchmark settings, unless stated otherwise:<br />
<br />
<!--T:18--><br />
* <menuchoice>Brush Tip -> Autobrush -> Circle</menuchoice> with:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:19--><br />
** <menuchoice>Fade</menuchoice> set to 0.50</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:20--><br />
** <menuchoice>Spacing</menuchoice> set to 0.05 for <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>, and to 0.10 for <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice><br />
<br />
* <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> set to 0.50<br />
<br />
<!--T:21--><br />
* <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> set to 0.50<br />
<br />
<!--T:22--><br />
* <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice> set to 0.80<br />
<br />
<!--T:23--><br />
All examples in [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5#Overview and settings|Overview and settings]] are obtained by modifying these values.<br />
<br />
=== Smudge Rate === <!--T:24--><br />
<br />
<!--T:25--><br />
To better demonstrate the smudge function, I turned the color rate function off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:26--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:27--><br />
Common behaviors:<br />
<br />
<!--T:28--><br />
* Unchecking the smudge rate function sets smudge rate to 1.00 (not 0.00)<br />
<br />
<!--T:29--><br />
* Opacity: Below 0.50, there is practically no smudging left: keep opacity over 0.50.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:30--><br />
Differences:<br />
<br />
<!--T:31--><br />
* Spacing with <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>: the lower the spacing, the smoother the effect, so for smearing with a round brush you may prefer a value of 0.05 or less. Spacing affects the length of the smudge trail, but to a much lesser extent. The "strength" of the effect remains more or less the same however. <br />
<br />
<!--T:32--><br />
* Spacing with <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>: the lower the spacing, the stronger the effect: lowering the spacing too much can make the dulling effect too strong (it picks up a color and never lets go of it). The length of the effect is also affected.<br />
<br />
<!--T:33--><br />
* Both <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> have a "smudge trail", but in the case of <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>, the brush shape is preserved. Instead the trail determines how fast the color it picked up is dropped off.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:34--><br />
The other settings should be pretty obvious from the pictures, so I'll spare you some walls of text.<br />
<br />
=== Color Rate, Gradient and Blending modes === <!--T:35--><br />
<br />
<!--T:36--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:37--><br />
Again, most of the settings behaviours should be obvious from the pictures. Just remember to keep Opacity over 0.50.<br />
<br />
</translate><span id="Brush tips"></span><translate><br />
<br />
=== Brush tips === <!--T:38--><br />
<br />
<!--T:39--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush has all the same brush tip options as the Pixel Brush! Since there are so many of them, refer to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_4A|Pixel Brush tutorial]] and my [http://white-heron.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5jb7ti reference sheet].<br />
<br />
<!--T:40--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.4.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:41--><br />
Just remember that the smudge effects are weaker when a brush tip's opacity is lower, so for low-opacity brush tips, increase the opacity and smudge/color rates.<br />
<br />
=== Scatter and other shape dynamics === <!--T:42--><br />
<br />
<!--T:43--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush shares the following dynamics with the Pixel Brush: <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Spacing</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice>, and <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:44--><br />
However, because of the Smudge effects, the outcome will be different from the Pixel Brush. In particular, the <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> option becomes much more significant.<br />
<br />
<!--T:45--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.5-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:46--><br />
For more about the different dynamics options, I refer you to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_4B|tutorial on Pixel Brushes]] again.<br />
<br />
<!--T:47--><br />
A few things to note:<br />
<br />
<!--T:48--><br />
* Scattering is proportional to the brush size. It's fine to use a scattering of 5.00 for a tiny round brush, but for bigger brushes, you may want to get it down to 0.50 or less.<br />
<br />
<!--T:49--><br />
* You may notice the lines with the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> option. Those are caused by the fact that it picked up the hard lines of the rectangle.<br />
<br />
<!--T:50--><br />
* For scattering, the brush picks up colors within a certain distance, not the color directly under the paintbrush:<br />
<br />
<!--T:51--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.5-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Other color behaviors: Gradient, Blending modes, Overlay mode === <!--T:52--><br />
<br />
==== Gradient ==== <!--T:53--><br />
<br />
<!--T:54--><br />
Gradient is equivalent to the <menuchoice>Source -> Gradient and Color -> Mix</menuchoice> for the Pixel brush: the color will vary between the colors of the gradient. <br />
<br />
<!--T:55--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.6-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:56--><br />
You can either:<br />
<br />
<!--T:57--><br />
* Leave the default Foreground -> Background gradient setting, and just change the foreground and background colors<br />
<br />
<!--T:58--><br />
* Select a more specific gradient<br />
<br />
<!--T:59--><br />
* Or make custom gradients.<br />
<br />
==== Blending Modes ==== <!--T:60--><br />
<br />
<!--T:61--><br />
Blending Modes work just like with the Pixel Brush. The color used though is the color from <menuchoice>Color rate</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:62--><br />
Color Blending modes with the smudge brush are even harder to predict than with the pixel brush, so I'll leave you to experiment on your own.<br />
<br />
==== Overlay Mode ==== <!--T:63--><br />
<br />
<!--T:64--><br />
By default, the Color Smudge Brush only takes information from the layer it is on. However, if you want it to take color information from All the layers, you can turn on the <menuchoice>Overlay mode</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:65--><br />
Be aware though, that it does so by "picking up" bits of the layer underneath, which may mess up your drawing if you later make changes to the layer underneath.<br />
<br />
== Use cases: Smudging and blending == <!--T:66--><br />
<br />
<!--T:67--><br />
This part describes use cases with color rate off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:68--><br />
I won't explain the settings for dynamics in detail, as you can find the explanations in the Pixel Brush tutorial.<br />
<br />
=== Issue with edge cases === <!--T:69--><br />
<br />
<!--T:70--><br />
When <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> is off, one of the biggest issues with Color Smudge Brush is how they deal with locked transparency areas.<br />
<br />
<!--T:71--><br />
When you want to avoid drawing out of an area with the pixel brush, you just lock the transparency area.<br />
<br />
<!--T:72--><br />
However, this becomes a problem with the Color Smudge Brush (see right) with color rate off: what happens is that it "picks up" a black smudge from outside the locked area instead.<br />
<br />
<!--T:73--><br />
Of course, you rarely want to smudge a locked edge, but this is a problem when you are smudging Near the edge, or use <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:74--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.1-1.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:75--><br />
You can smudge near the "edges" of this setup safely, because it isn't the true edge.<br />
<br />
<!--T:76--><br />
If this isn't clear enough, refer to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_2|layer management tutorial]].<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Smudging effects === <!--T:77--><br />
<br />
<!--T:78--><br />
For simple smudging:<br />
<br />
<!--T:79--><br />
# Pick the Color Smudge Brush. You can use either <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>. <br />
<br />
<!--T:80--><br />
# Turn off <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:81--><br />
# Smudge away<br />
<br />
<!--T:82--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:83--><br />
When using lower opacity brush tips, remember to "compensate" for the less visible effects by increasing both <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice>, if necessary to maximum.<br />
<br />
==== Some settings for Smearing ==== <!--T:84--><br />
<br />
<!--T:85--><br />
* For smoother smearing, decrease spacing. Remember that spacing is proportional to brush tip size. For a small round brush, 0.10 spacing is fine, but for mid-sized and large brushes, decrease spacing to 0.05 or less.<br />
<br />
==== Some settings for Dulling ==== <!--T:86--><br />
<br />
<!--T:87--><br />
* Lowering the spacing will also make the smudging effect stronger, so find a right balance. 0.10 for most mid-sized round brushes should be fine.<br />
<br />
<!--T:88--><br />
* Unlike <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> preserves the brush shape and size, so it won't "fade off" in size like <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> brushes do. You can mimic that effect though with a simple size fade dynamic.<br />
<br />
=== Textured blending === <!--T:89--><br />
<br />
<!--T:90--><br />
In this case, what I refer to as "Blending" here is simply using one of the following two dynamics:<br />
<br />
<!--T:91--><br />
* <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice> set to <menuchoice>Distance</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Fuzzy</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:92--><br />
* And/or <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>: </translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:93--><br />
** For most mid-sized brushes you will probably want to lower the scatter rate to 0.50 or lower. Higher settings are okay for tiny brushes. </translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:94--><br />
** Note that <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> picks colors within a certain distance, not the color directly under the brush (see [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5|Brush tips]])<br />
<br />
* Optional: Pile on size and other dynamics and vary brush tips<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:95--><br />
In fact, the Color Smudge brush is not a blur brush, so smudging is not a very good method of "smooth" blending. To blend smoothly, you'll have better luck with:<br />
<br />
<!--T:96--><br />
* Building up the transition by painting with intermediate values, described later<br />
<br />
<!--T:97--><br />
* Or using the "blur with feathered selection" method that I'll briefly mention at the end of this tutorial.<br />
<br />
<!--T:98--><br />
I've tried to achieve smooth blending with Color Smudge brush by adding rotation and scatter dynamics, but honestly they looked like crap.<br />
<br />
<!--T:99--><br />
However, the Color Smudge brush is very good at "textured blending":<br />
<br />
<!--T:100--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:101--><br />
Basically you can paint first and add textured transitions after.<br />
<br />
== Use cases: Coloring == <!--T:102--><br />
<br />
<!--T:103--><br />
For this last section, <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> is on.<br />
<br />
=== Layer options === <!--T:104--><br />
<br />
<!--T:105--><br />
Before we get started, notice that you have several possibilities for your set up:<br />
<br />
<!--T:106--><br />
* Shading on the same layer<br />
<br />
<!--T:107--><br />
* Shading on a separate layer, possibly making use of alpha-inheritance. The brush blends with the transparency of the layer it's on. This means:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:108--><br />
** If the area underneath is more of less uniform, the output is actually similar as if shading on the same layer</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:109--><br />
** But if the area underneath is not uniform, then you'll get fewer color variations.<br />
<br />
* Shading on a separate layer, using Overlay mode. Use this only if you're fairly sure you don't need to adjust the layer below, or the colors may become a mess.<br />
<br />
<!--T:110--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
==== Issue with transparency ==== <!--T:111--><br />
<br />
<!--T:112--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush blends with transparency. What this means is that when you start a new, transparent layer and "paint" on this layer, you will nearly always get less than full opacity.<br />
<br />
<!--T:113--><br />
Basically:<br />
<br />
<!--T:114--><br />
* It may look great when you're coloring on a blank canvas<br />
<br />
<!--T:115--><br />
* But it won't look so great when you add something underneath<br />
<br />
<!--T:116--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:117--><br />
The solution is pretty simple though:<br />
<br />
<!--T:118--><br />
* Make sure you have the area underneath colored in first:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:119--><br />
** With tinting, you already have the color underneath colored, so that's done</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:120--><br />
** For painting, roughly color in the background layer first</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:121--><br />
** Or color in the shape on a new layer and make use of alpha-inheritance<br />
<br />
* For the last solution, use colors that contrast highly with what you're using for best effect. For example, shade in the darkest shadow area first, or the lightest highlights, and use the color smudge brush for the contrasting color.<br />
<br />
<!--T:122--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-3.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
=== Soft-shading === <!--T:123--><br />
<br />
<!--T:124--><br />
Suppose you want more or less smooth color transitions. You can either:<br />
<br />
<!--T:125--><br />
* <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> as low as 0.10 for round brushes, higher with non fully opaque brush tips.<br />
<br />
<!--T:126--><br />
* Or set the <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> as low as 0.10 instead. <br />
<br />
<!--T:127--><br />
* Or a combination of the two. Please try yourself for the output you like best.<br />
<br />
<!--T:128--><br />
* Optional: turn on <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice> for smoother blending<br />
<br />
<!--T:129--><br />
* Optional: turn on <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> for certain effects<br />
<br />
<!--T:130--><br />
* Optional: fiddle with <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice> dynamics as necessary.<br />
<br />
<!--T:131--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.2-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:132--><br />
This remains, in fact, a so-so way of making smooth transitions. It's best to build up intermediate values instead. Here:<br />
<br />
<!--T:133--><br />
* I first passed over the blue area three times with a red color. I select 3 shades.<br />
<br />
<!--T:134--><br />
* I color picked each of these values with Ctrl+click, then used them in succession<br />
<br />
<!--T:135--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.2-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Painting: thick oil style === <!--T:136--><br />
<br />
<!--T:137--><br />
Many of the included color smudge brush presets produce a thick oil paint-like effect.<br />
This is mainly achieved with the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode on. Basically:<br />
<br />
<!--T:138--><br />
* <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode with high smudge and color rates</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:139--><br />
** Both at 0.50 are fine for normal round brushes or fully opaque predefined brushes</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:140--><br />
** Up to 1.00 each for brushes with less density or non fully-opaque predefined brushes<br />
<br />
* Add <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice>/<menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice>/<menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> dynamics as needed. When you do this, increase smudge and color rates to compensate for increased color mixing.<br />
<br />
<!--T:141--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:142--><br />
One thing I really like to do is to set different foreground and background colors, then turn on <menuchoice>Gradient -> Fuzzy</menuchoice>. Alternatively, just paint with different colors in succession (bottom-right example).<br />
<br />
<!--T:143--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-2.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:144--><br />
Here's some final random stuff. With pixel brushes, you can get all sorts of frill designs by using elongated brushes and setting the dynamics to rotation. You won't get that with Color Smudge Brushes. Instead you'll get something that looks more like... yarn. Which is cool too. Here, I just used oval brushes and rotation -> distance.<br />
<br />
<!--T:145--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-3.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
=== Painting: Digital watercolor style === <!--T:146--><br />
<br />
<!--T:147--><br />
When I say "digital watercolor", it refers to a style often seen online, i.e. a soft, smooth shading style rather than realistic watercolor. For this you mostly need the <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> mode. A few things:<br />
<br />
<!--T:148--><br />
* Contrary to the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode, you may want to lower opacity for normal round brushes to get a smoother effect, to 0.70 for example.<br />
<br />
<!--T:149--><br />
* Vary the brush tip fade value as well.<br />
<br />
<!--T:150--><br />
* When using <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> or other dynamics, you can choose to set smudge and color values to high or low values, for different outcomes.<br />
<br />
<!--T:151--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.4.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Blurring === <!--T:152--><br />
<br />
<!--T:153--><br />
You can:<br />
<br />
<!--T:154--><br />
* Paint then smudge, for mostly texturey transitions<br />
<br />
<!--T:155--><br />
* Or build up transitions by using intermediate color values<br />
<br />
<!--T:156--><br />
If you want even smoother effects, well, just use Blur. Gaussian blur to be exact.<br />
<br />
<!--T:157--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.5.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:158--><br />
And there you go. That last little trick concludes this tutorial.<br />
<br />
<!--T:159--><br />
[[Category:Graphics]]<br />
[[Category:Office]]<br />
[[Category:Tutorials]]<br />
</translate></div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Krita/Tutorial_5&diff=292547Krita/Tutorial 52013-02-05T16:22:46Z<p>Valerievk: </p>
<hr />
<div><languages /><br />
<translate><br />
<br />
== Tutorial: Color Smudge Brushes == <!--T:1--><br />
<br />
<!--T:2--><br />
'''Krita's''' color smudge brush has several common elements with the Pixel Brush, but has 2 distinct features:<br />
<br />
<!--T:3--><br />
* "Smudge" function: using either <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> mode<br />
<br />
<!--T:4--><br />
* "Color" function: this mechanism works differently than with the Pixel Brush<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:5--><br />
The Smudge and Color functions are influenced by many other settings, so I will divided this tutorial into several parts:<br />
<br />
<!--T:6--><br />
* Overview and settings: the more "technical" part of the tutorial<br />
<br />
<!--T:7--><br />
* Usage scenarios without color<br />
<br />
<!--T:8--><br />
* Usage scenarios with color<br />
<br />
I recommend at least skimming over the first part to get an idea of what does what.<br />
<br />
<!--T:9--><br />
{{Note|1=Just like with all my tutorials, I'm using a mouse, no graphic tablets. I have no idea how tablet users use this brush.}}<br />
<br />
</translate><span id="Overview and settings"></span><translate><br />
<br />
== Overview and settings == <!--T:10--><br />
<br />
=== Overview: Smearing and Dulling === <!--T:11--><br />
<br />
<!--T:12--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush offers 2 modes, accessible from the <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> section:<br />
<br />
<!--T:13--><br />
* <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>: This mode mixes colors by smudging ("smearing") the area underneath.<br />
<br />
<!--T:14--><br />
* <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>: In his mode, the brush "picks up" the color underneath it, mixes it with its own color, then paints with it. <br />
<br />
<!--T:15--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.1.png|thumb|center|600px]]<br />
<br />
==== Benchmark settings ==== <!--T:16--><br />
<br />
<!--T:17--><br />
Many settings interact, so for the rest of this section on [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5#Overview and settings|Overview and settings]] , I will be using the following benchmark settings, unless stated otherwise:<br />
<br />
<!--T:18--><br />
* <menuchoice>Brush Tip -> Autobrush -> Circle</menuchoice> with:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:19--><br />
** <menuchoice>Fade</menuchoice> set to 0.50</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:20--><br />
** <menuchoice>Spacing</menuchoice> set to 0.05 for <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>, and to 0.10 for <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice><br />
<br />
* <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> set to 0.50<br />
<br />
<!--T:21--><br />
* <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> set to 0.50<br />
<br />
<!--T:22--><br />
* <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice> set to 0.80<br />
<br />
<!--T:23--><br />
All examples in [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5#Overview and settings|Overview and settings]] are obtained by modifying these values.<br />
<br />
=== Smudge Rate === <!--T:24--><br />
<br />
<!--T:25--><br />
To better demonstrate the smudge function, I turned the color rate function off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:26--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:27--><br />
Common behaviors:<br />
<br />
<!--T:28--><br />
* Unchecking the smudge rate function sets smudge rate to 1.00 (not 0.00)<br />
<br />
<!--T:29--><br />
* Opacity: Below 0.50, there is practically no smudging left: keep opacity over 0.50.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:30--><br />
Differences:<br />
<br />
<!--T:31--><br />
* Spacing with <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>: the lower the spacing, the smoother the effect, so for smearing with a round brush you may prefer a value of 0.05 or less. Spacing affects the length of the smudge trail, but to a much lesser extent. The "strength" of the effect remains more or less the same however. <br />
<br />
<!--T:32--><br />
* Spacing with <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>: the lower the spacing, the stronger the effect: lowering the spacing too much can make the dulling effect too strong (it picks up a color and never lets go of it). The length of the effect is also affected.<br />
<br />
<!--T:33--><br />
* Both <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> have a "smudge trail", but in the case of <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>, the brush shape is preserved. Instead the trail determines how fast the color it picked up is dropped off.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:34--><br />
The other settings should be pretty obvious from the pictures, so I'll spare you some walls of text.<br />
<br />
=== Color Rate, Gradient and Blending modes === <!--T:35--><br />
<br />
<!--T:36--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:37--><br />
Again, most of the settings behaviours should be obvious from the pictures. Just remember to keep Opacity over 0.50.<br />
<br />
</translate><span id="Brush tips"></span><translate><br />
<br />
=== Brush tips === <!--T:38--><br />
<br />
<!--T:39--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush has all the same brush tip options as the Pixel Brush! Since there are so many of them, refer to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_4A|Pixel Brush tutorial]] and my [http://white-heron.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5jb7ti reference sheet].<br />
<br />
<!--T:40--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.4.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:41--><br />
Just remember that the smudge effects are weaker when a brush tip's opacity is lower, so for low-opacity brush tips, increase the opacity and smudge/color rates.<br />
<br />
=== Scatter and other shape dynamics === <!--T:42--><br />
<br />
<!--T:43--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush shares the following dynamics with the Pixel Brush: <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Spacing</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice>, and <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:44--><br />
However, because of the Smudge effects, the outcome will be different from the Pixel Brush. In particular, the <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> option becomes much more significant.<br />
<br />
<!--T:45--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.5-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:46--><br />
For more about the different dynamics options, I refer you to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_4B|tutorial on Pixel Brushes]] again.<br />
<br />
<!--T:47--><br />
A few things to note:<br />
<br />
<!--T:48--><br />
* Scattering is proportional to the brush size. It's fine to use a scattering of 5.00 for a tiny round brush, but for bigger brushes, you may want to get it down to 0.50 or less.<br />
<br />
<!--T:49--><br />
* You may notice the lines with the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> option. Those are caused by the fact that it picked up the hard lines of the rectangle.<br />
<br />
<!--T:50--><br />
* For scattering, the brush picks up colors within a certain distance, not the color directly under the paintbrush:<br />
<br />
<!--T:51--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.5-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Other color behaviors: Gradient, Blending modes, Overlay mode === <!--T:52--><br />
<br />
==== Gradient ==== <!--T:53--><br />
<br />
<!--T:54--><br />
Gradient is equivalent to the <menuchoice>Source -> Gradient and Color -> Mix</menuchoice> for the Pixel brush: the color will vary between the colors of the gradient. <br />
<br />
<!--T:55--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-I.6-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:56--><br />
You can either:<br />
<br />
<!--T:57--><br />
* Leave the default Foreground -> Background gradient setting, and just change the foreground and background colors<br />
<br />
<!--T:58--><br />
* Select a more specific gradient<br />
<br />
<!--T:59--><br />
* Or make custom gradients.<br />
<br />
==== Blending Modes ==== <!--T:60--><br />
<br />
<!--T:61--><br />
Blending Modes work just like with the Pixel Brush. The color used though is the color from <menuchoice>Color rate</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:62--><br />
Color Blending modes with the smudge brush are even harder to predict than with the pixel brush, so I'll leave you to experiment on your own.<br />
<br />
==== Overlay Mode ==== <!--T:63--><br />
<br />
<!--T:64--><br />
By default, the Color Smudge Brush only takes information from the layer it is on. However, if you want it to take color information from All the layers, you can turn on the <menuchoice>Overlay mode</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:65--><br />
Be aware though, that it does so by "picking up" bits of the layer underneath, which may mess up your drawing if you later make changes to the layer underneath.<br />
<br />
== Use cases: Smudging and blending == <!--T:66--><br />
<br />
<!--T:67--><br />
This part describes use cases with color rate off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:68--><br />
I won't explain the settings for dynamics in detail, as you can find the explanations in the Pixel Brush tutorial.<br />
<br />
=== Issue with edge cases === <!--T:69--><br />
<br />
<!--T:70--><br />
When <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> is off, one of the biggest issues with Color Smudge Brush is how they deal with locked transparency areas.<br />
<br />
<!--T:71--><br />
When you want to avoid drawing out of an area with the pixel brush, you just lock the transparency area.<br />
<br />
<!--T:72--><br />
However, this becomes a problem with the Color Smudge Brush (see right) with color rate off: what happens is that it "picks up" a black smudge from outside the locked area instead.<br />
<br />
<!--T:73--><br />
Of course, you rarely want to smudge a locked edge, but this is a problem when you are smudging Near the edge, or use <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:74--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.1-1.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:75--><br />
You can smudge near the "edges" of this setup safely, because it isn't the true edge.<br />
<br />
<!--T:76--><br />
If this isn't clear enough, refer to my [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_2|layer management tutorial]].<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Smudging effects === <!--T:77--><br />
<br />
<!--T:78--><br />
For simple smudging:<br />
<br />
<!--T:79--><br />
# Pick the Color Smudge Brush. You can use either <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice>. <br />
<br />
<!--T:80--><br />
# Turn off <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:81--><br />
# Smudge away<br />
<br />
<!--T:82--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:83--><br />
When using lower opacity brush tips, remember to "compensate" for the less visible effects by increasing both <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice>, if necessary to maximum.<br />
<br />
==== Some settings for Smearing ==== <!--T:84--><br />
<br />
<!--T:85--><br />
* For smoother smearing, decrease spacing. Remember that spacing is proportional to brush tip size. For a small round brush, 0.10 spacing is fine, but for mid-sized and large brushes, decrease spacing to 0.05 or less.<br />
<br />
==== Some settings for Dulling ==== <!--T:86--><br />
<br />
<!--T:87--><br />
* Lowering the spacing will also make the smudging effect stronger, so find a right balance. 0.10 for most mid-sized round brushes should be fine.<br />
<br />
<!--T:88--><br />
* Unlike <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice>, <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> preserves the brush shape and size, so it won't "fade off" in size like <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> brushes do. You can mimic that effect though with a simple size fade dynamic.<br />
<br />
=== Textured blending === <!--T:89--><br />
<br />
<!--T:90--><br />
In this case, what I refer to as "Blending" here is simply using one of the following two dynamics:<br />
<br />
<!--T:91--><br />
* <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice> set to <menuchoice>Distance</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Fuzzy</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:92--><br />
* And/or <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice>: </translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:93--><br />
** For most mid-sized brushes you will probably want to lower the scatter rate to 0.50 or lower. Higher settings are okay for tiny brushes. </translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:94--><br />
** Note that <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> picks colors within a certain distance, not the color directly under the brush (see [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial_5|Brush tips]])<br />
<br />
* Optional: Pile on size and other dynamics and vary brush tips<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:95--><br />
In fact, the Color Smudge brush is not a blur brush, so smudging is not a very good method of "smooth" blending. To blend smoothly, you'll have better luck with:<br />
<br />
<!--T:96--><br />
* Building up the transition by painting with intermediate values, described later<br />
<br />
<!--T:97--><br />
* Or using the "blur with feathered selection" method that I'll briefly mention at the end of this tutorial.<br />
<br />
<!--T:98--><br />
I've tried to achieve smooth blending with Color Smudge brush by adding rotation and scatter dynamics, but honestly they looked like crap.<br />
<br />
<!--T:99--><br />
However, the Color Smudge brush is very good at "textured blending":<br />
<br />
<!--T:100--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-II.3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:101--><br />
Basically you can paint first and add textured transitions after.<br />
<br />
== Use cases: Coloring == <!--T:102--><br />
<br />
<!--T:103--><br />
For this last section, <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> is on.<br />
<br />
=== Layer options === <!--T:104--><br />
<br />
<!--T:105--><br />
Before we get started, notice that you have several possibilities for your set up:<br />
<br />
<!--T:106--><br />
* Shading on the same layer<br />
<br />
<!--T:107--><br />
* Shading on a separate layer, possibly making use of alpha-locking. The brush blends with the transparency of the layer it's on. This means:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:108--><br />
** If the area underneath is more of less uniform, the output is actually similar as if shading on the same layer</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:109--><br />
** But if the area underneath is not uniform, then you'll get fewer color variations.<br />
<br />
* Shading on a separate layer, using Overlay mode. Use this only if you're fairly sure you don't need to adjust the layer below, or the colors may become a mess.<br />
<br />
<!--T:110--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
==== Issue with transparency ==== <!--T:111--><br />
<br />
<!--T:112--><br />
The Color Smudge Brush blends with transparency. What this means is that when you start a new, transparent layer and "paint" on this layer, you will nearly always get less than full opacity.<br />
<br />
<!--T:113--><br />
Basically:<br />
<br />
<!--T:114--><br />
* It may look great when you're coloring on a blank canvas<br />
<br />
<!--T:115--><br />
* But it won't look so great when you add something underneath<br />
<br />
<!--T:116--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:117--><br />
The solution is pretty simple though:<br />
<br />
<!--T:118--><br />
* Make sure you have the area underneath colored in first:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:119--><br />
** With tinting, you already have the color underneath colored, so that's done</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:120--><br />
** For painting, roughly color in the background layer first</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:121--><br />
** Or color in the shape on a new layer and make use of alpha-inheritance<br />
<br />
* For the last solution, use colors that contrast highly with what you're using for best effect. For example, shade in the darkest shadow area first, or the lightest highlights, and use the color smudge brush for the contrasting color.<br />
<br />
<!--T:122--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.1-3.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
=== Soft-shading === <!--T:123--><br />
<br />
<!--T:124--><br />
Suppose you want more or less smooth color transitions. You can either:<br />
<br />
<!--T:125--><br />
* <menuchoice>Color Rate</menuchoice> as low as 0.10 for round brushes, higher with non fully opaque brush tips.<br />
<br />
<!--T:126--><br />
* Or set the <menuchoice>Smudge Rate</menuchoice> as low as 0.10 instead. <br />
<br />
<!--T:127--><br />
* Or a combination of the two. Please try yourself for the output you like best.<br />
<br />
<!--T:128--><br />
* Optional: turn on <menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice> for smoother blending<br />
<br />
<!--T:129--><br />
* Optional: turn on <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> for certain effects<br />
<br />
<!--T:130--><br />
* Optional: fiddle with <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>Opacity</menuchoice> dynamics as necessary.<br />
<br />
<!--T:131--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.2-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:132--><br />
This remains, in fact, a so-so way of making smooth transitions. It's best to build up intermediate values instead. Here:<br />
<br />
<!--T:133--><br />
* I first passed over the blue area three times with a red color. I select 3 shades.<br />
<br />
<!--T:134--><br />
* I color picked each of these values with Ctrl+click, then used them in succession<br />
<br />
<!--T:135--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.2-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Painting: thick oil style === <!--T:136--><br />
<br />
<!--T:137--><br />
Many of the included color smudge brush presets produce a thick oil paint-like effect.<br />
This is mainly achieved with the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode on. Basically:<br />
<br />
<!--T:138--><br />
* <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode with high smudge and color rates</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:139--><br />
** Both at 0.50 are fine for normal round brushes or fully opaque predefined brushes</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:140--><br />
** Up to 1.00 each for brushes with less density or non fully-opaque predefined brushes<br />
<br />
* Add <menuchoice>Size</menuchoice>/<menuchoice>Rotation</menuchoice>/<menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> dynamics as needed. When you do this, increase smudge and color rates to compensate for increased color mixing.<br />
<br />
<!--T:141--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:142--><br />
One thing I really like to do is to set different foreground and background colors, then turn on <menuchoice>Gradient -> Fuzzy</menuchoice>. Alternatively, just paint with different colors in succession (bottom-right example).<br />
<br />
<!--T:143--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-2.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:144--><br />
Here's some final random stuff. With pixel brushes, you can get all sorts of frill designs by using elongated brushes and setting the dynamics to rotation. You won't get that with Color Smudge Brushes. Instead you'll get something that looks more like... yarn. Which is cool too. Here, I just used oval brushes and rotation -> distance.<br />
<br />
<!--T:145--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.3-3.png|thumb|center|400px]]<br />
<br />
=== Painting: Digital watercolor style === <!--T:146--><br />
<br />
<!--T:147--><br />
When I say "digital watercolor", it refers to a style often seen online, i.e. a soft, smooth shading style rather than realistic watercolor. For this you mostly need the <menuchoice>Dulling</menuchoice> mode. A few things:<br />
<br />
<!--T:148--><br />
* Contrary to the <menuchoice>Smearing</menuchoice> mode, you may want to lower opacity for normal round brushes to get a smoother effect, to 0.70 for example.<br />
<br />
<!--T:149--><br />
* Vary the brush tip fade value as well.<br />
<br />
<!--T:150--><br />
* When using <menuchoice>Scatter</menuchoice> or other dynamics, you can choose to set smudge and color values to high or low values, for different outcomes.<br />
<br />
<!--T:151--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.4.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
=== Blurring === <!--T:152--><br />
<br />
<!--T:153--><br />
You can:<br />
<br />
<!--T:154--><br />
* Paint then smudge, for mostly texturey transitions<br />
<br />
<!--T:155--><br />
* Or build up transitions by using intermediate color values<br />
<br />
<!--T:156--><br />
If you want even smoother effects, well, just use Blur. Gaussian blur to be exact.<br />
<br />
<!--T:157--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial5-III.5.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:158--><br />
And there you go. That last little trick concludes this tutorial.<br />
<br />
<!--T:159--><br />
[[Category:Graphics]]<br />
[[Category:Office]]<br />
[[Category:Tutorials]]<br />
</translate></div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Krita/Tutorial_2&diff=292546Krita/Tutorial 22013-02-05T16:16:54Z<p>Valerievk: </p>
<hr />
<div><languages /><br />
<translate><br />
<br />
== Krita tutorial - Part II == <!--T:1--><br />
<br />
<!--T:2--><br />
Welcome to the second part of my tutorial! This somewhat boring (but still useful!) episode will cover:<br />
<br />
<!--T:3--><br />
* Layer management tips and tricks<br />
<br />
<!--T:4--><br />
* General image editing tips and tricks<br />
<br />
<!--T:5--><br />
'''Tips: '''<br />
<br />
<!--T:6--><br />
* Unless you always draw everything on the same layer, always remember to make a new, transparent layer to draw on instead of the background layer (unless you're drawing the background). I always forget to do this, and haven't found an easy work-around yet... <br />
<br />
<!--T:7--><br />
* Better yet, get the habit of stuffing things into layer groups.<br />
<br />
== Layer management == <!--T:8--><br />
<br />
<!--T:9--><br />
'''Krita''' has lots of ways to manage layers and their visibility. I'll be addressing some of them in more detail.<br />
<br />
<!--T:10--><br />
'''Reminder tips:'''<br />
<br />
<!--T:11--><br />
* Filling a layer with a color: <keycap>Backspace</keycap> (background color) or <keycap>Shift + Backspace</keycap> (foreground color).<br />
<br />
<!--T:12--><br />
* Delete a layer's content: delete. Use this instead of <keycap>Backspace</keycap> to clear a transparent layer.<br />
<br />
=== Inherit Alpha (alpha = transparency) === <!--T:13--><br />
<br />
<!--T:14--><br />
Suppose you want to draw some clothes. You have a "base" layer, and you want to add:<br />
<br />
<!--T:15--><br />
* a layer for shadows<br />
<br />
<!--T:16--><br />
* a layer for highlights<br />
<br />
<!--T:17--><br />
* a layer for patterns<br />
<br />
<!--T:18--><br />
* then a layer for textures<br />
<br />
<!--T:19--><br />
You want everything to be constrained to the area of the drawn clothes.<br />
<br />
<!--T:20--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:21--><br />
Alpha-inheritance locks the visibility state of a layer to only areas visible on all the layers below it, in the same stack. Basically, the layer "inherits" their visibility. Technically, this enables or disables the layer's alpha (as shown in the "channels" docker).<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:22--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:23--><br />
{{Note|1=Layers outside a layer group ("Base 1" in the example) can't affect individual layers in the group ("Group" in the above example), but it can affect the group as a whole, treating the group as a normal layer in the group.}}<br />
<br />
<!--T:24--><br />
To activate alpha inheritance for a group:<br />
<br />
<!--T:25--><br />
* Right-click on the group folder, select <menuchoice>Properties...</menuchoice>, and uncheck <menuchoice>Alpha</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:26--><br />
* Or select the group folder, go to the '''Channel''' docker, and uncheck <menuchoice>Alpha</menuchoice>:<br />
<br />
<!--T:27--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-4.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
==== Do's and don'ts: ==== <!--T:28--><br />
<br />
<!--T:29--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-5.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:30--><br />
{{Tip|2=Comic frames|1=<br />
This feature works with vectors layers, which makes it handy to create comic frames. See Anitim's Comic with Krita tutorial on Youtube for more.}}<br />
<br />
</translate><span id="Layer masks and Erase mode"></span><translate><br />
<br />
=== Layer masks and Erase mode === <!--T:31--><br />
<br />
<!--T:32--><br />
A layer or group's transparency mask basically dictates their visibility state:<br />
<br />
<!--T:33--><br />
* Black mask areas -> fully visible areas<br />
<br />
<!--T:34--><br />
* White mask areas -> invisible areas<br />
<br />
<!--T:35--><br />
* Grey mask areas -> transparent areas <br />
<br />
<!--T:36--><br />
* Unlike true erasing, your original drawing is still there: you can turn off the mask to make the corresponding layer or group fully visible again.<br />
<br />
<!--T:37--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:38--><br />
'''Tips:'''<br />
<br />
<!--T:39--><br />
* You can add masks to groups. Their position relative to the layers in the group doesn't seem to matter.<br />
<br />
<!--T:40--><br />
* You can duplicate or clone masks and move that to another layer or group, in case you need several layers to "share" masks. <br />
<br />
==== Creating and editing masks ==== <!--T:41--><br />
<br />
<!--T:42--><br />
To edit a mask, you basically have to erase on it. You basically have 3 ways to give shape to a mask: create from selection, brush on erase mode and gradients.<br />
<br />
===== Selection to mask ===== <!--T:43--><br />
<br />
<!--T:44--><br />
If you have a selection active, then when you make a mask, the mask will automatically take the shape of the selection.<br />
<br />
<!--T:45--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-a.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:46--><br />
'''Tip:''' You can feather the selection for a more smooth transition: choose <menuchoice>Select -> Feather selection</menuchoice> in the top menu.<br />
<br />
<br />
===== Brushes on Erase mode ===== <!--T:47--><br />
<br />
<!--T:48--><br />
You can toggle on the "Erase mode" on most brushes with <keycap>E</keycap>. Drawing on the mask again with a not-invisible brush will allow you to "add opacity" again.<br />
<br />
<!--T:49--><br />
{{Warning|1=The opacity setting from the top toolbar seems to be ignored: even if you lower the opacity from there, you will still end up erasing 100% from the mask. This is rather a problem when you want just partial transparency.<br /><br /><!--}}--></translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:225--><br />
However, opacity from the brush editor seems to work. So, if you need partial transparency, open up the brush editor, lower the opacity there, and erase away.}}<!--{{--><br />
<br />
<!--T:50--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-b.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
===== Gradients ===== <!--T:51--><br />
<br />
<!--T:52--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-c-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:53--><br />
You can also use gradients on "Erase" mode. Remember that on erase mode:<br />
<br />
<!--T:54--><br />
* The opaque areas of the gradient will erase the mask<br />
<br />
<!--T:55--><br />
* The transparent areas will leave it intact<br />
<br />
<!--T:56--><br />
You can create custom gradients too. The example left uses a radial gradient with several full opacity and partial opacity stops. <br />
<br />
==== Custom gradients in '''Krita''' ==== <!--T:57--><br />
<br />
<!--T:58--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-c-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:59--><br />
* The black arrows represent control points with the colors left or right.<br />
<br />
<!--T:60--><br />
* The white arrows just determine the speed of transition.<br />
<br />
<!--T:61--><br />
* To add a new segment, click a segment, right-click and choose <menuchoice>Split Segment</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:62--><br />
* Note: Each segment has independent <menuchoice>left</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>right</menuchoice> values (shown in the example). This means you can easily create "abrupt" transitions.<br />
<br />
<!--T:63--><br />
* If you don't want abrupt transitions, click the color button, copy the html value, open the color of the next segment, and paste the value in.<br />
<br />
===== Gradient shapes: (from Tool options) ===== <!--T:64--><br />
<br />
<!--T:65--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-c-3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
==== Layers on erase mode: ==== <!--T:66--><br />
<br />
<!--T:67--><br />
Erase mode works a lot like masks, except:<br />
<br />
<!--T:68--><br />
* It affects all the layers and groups beneath it<br />
<br />
<!--T:69--><br />
* The opacity setting from the top toolbar works properly when erasing with brushes. <br />
<br />
<!--T:70--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:71--><br />
Basically, easier than making masks, though you have to stuff corresponding layers into sub-folders.<br />
<br />
<!--T:72--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-3.png|thumb|center|600px]]<br />
<br />
=== Filter brushes, masks and layers === <!--T:73--><br />
<br />
<!--T:74--><br />
I'm sure you've noticed by now that '''Krita''' has: filter brushes, filter masks And filter layers? <br />
<br />
</translate><br />
{| class="wikitable" <!--}--><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:75--><br />
!Feature<br />
!Description<br />
!Comments</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:76--><br />
! Filter brush<br />
| "Draw" filters with a brush!<br />
| -Not everything works as expected...<br /><br />
- Many default settings start with "none", so remember to actually enter a value!</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:77--><br />
! Filter mask<br />
|Apply a filter to a layer or group!<br />
| - Non-destructive editing! You can turn the filter-mask on or off at any time. <br /><br />
- Right-click and select <menuchoice>Properties</menuchoice> to adjust filter settings</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:78--><br />
! Filter layer<br />
| Applies filter to All layers below it<br />
| - You can tweak your whole image with a filter without flattening it first!<br /><br />
- You can erase parts of the filter layer!</translate><br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:79--><br />
'''Tips: '''<br />
<br />
<!--T:80--><br />
* Switch off the visibility of filter masks or filter layers when you're drawing on affected layers, or the whole thing becomes really slow, since everything is updated dynamically.<br />
<br />
<!--T:81--><br />
* Can be edited like Masks/Erase layers: see section on [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial 2#Layer masks and Erase mode|masks]].<br />
<br />
<!--T:82--><br />
* Also great for group or image-level adjustments like Brightness/Contrast or Hue without having to flatten the image.<br />
<br />
<!--T:83--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.3.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
=== Local selections === <!--T:84--><br />
<br />
<!--T:85--><br />
Local selections basically allow you to "save" a selection to a layer. With a local selection "on":<br />
<br />
<!--T:86--><br />
* When you select that layer, the local selection will be activated.<br />
<br />
<!--T:87--><br />
* When you switch to another layer, the local selection will turn off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:88--><br />
* You can also switch the local selection off manually, or have several local selections per layer.<br />
<br />
<!--T:89--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.4.png|thumb|center|600px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:90--><br />
In this example, after creating the first local selection, I then inverted it and created a second one. As you see, this allowed me to divide my (transparency-locked) base clothes layer into two, so I can color them independently.<br />
<br />
<!--T:91--><br />
{{Warning|1=When you create the local selection from a selection, there are two selections active at the same time: <!--}}--><br />
<br />
<!--T:92--><br />
* The original one, which will Not disappear when you switch to another layer<br />
<br />
<!--T:93--><br />
* And the new local selection, tied to that layer.<br />
<br />
<!--T:94--><br />
This will lead to some confusion when you want to switch the selections off. To switch them both off:<br />
<br />
<!--T:95--><br />
* Switch the original active selection off with <keycap>Shift + Ctrl + A</keycap><br />
<br />
<!--T:96--><br />
* Toggle off the local selection by switching to another layer, or by toggling local selection off in the layer docker}}<!--{{--><br />
<br />
<!--T:97--><br />
'''Tip:''' As with layers and masks, you can duplicate a local selection and drag it to another layer.<br />
<br />
=== Clone layers === <!--T:98--><br />
<br />
<!--T:99--><br />
'''Krita''' can make either duplicate or clones of layers. <br />
<br />
<!--T:100--><br />
* Duplicates are basically independent copies. Nothing special there.<br />
<br />
<!--T:101--><br />
* Clones, however, are linked to the original:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:102--><br />
** They cannot be painted on independently</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:103--><br />
** But they will update automatically as the original is changed</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:104--><br />
** You can also change the blending mode (Normal, Multiply, Overlay, etc.)<br />
<br />
<!--T:105--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.5-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:106--><br />
'''Tip:''' You can clone groups! The output is a single, dynamically-updated layer!<br />
<br />
<!--T:107--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.5-2.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:108--><br />
What is this for? Well:<br />
<br />
<!--T:109--><br />
* Re-using elements: You can move clones. When making comic or animation frames, you can more easily re-use elements.<br />
<br />
<!--T:110--><br />
* Organizing: You could organize say... greyscale layers in another folder, and use clones in sub-groups. So, to view only the greyscale, you can turn the greyscale folder visible. (selective viewing can also be achieved with the composition docker)<br />
<br />
<!--T:111--><br />
* Play with blending modes: for some reason or other, you may want to make an exact copy of your layer just to see how a clone with a different composite mode changes your image. A common-ish usage would be to clone comic frames or lineart to place at the top.<br />
<br />
=== How to use all these features === <!--T:112--><br />
<br />
<!--T:113--><br />
Still awake? I'm going to give you an overview of features seen so far, but before that I'll address a limitation of just using alpha-locking (transparency-locking).<br />
<br />
<!--T:114--><br />
Filling in a flat area, locking the transparency and just shading on it will satisfy most people's requirements. There is one problem though: edge cases.<br />
<br />
<!--T:115--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.6-1.png|thumb|center|550px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:116--><br />
This is actually quite problematic if you're smudging near the edges to blend some colors.<br />
<br />
<!--T:117--><br />
Both alpha-inheritance and masks allow you to overcome this issue, because additional portions are just hidden, '''Krita''' still uses the hidden parts for calculating smudging and such.<br />
<br />
<!--T:118--><br />
So anyway, overview:<br />
</translate><br />
{| class="wikitable" <!--}--><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:119--><br />
! Feature <br />
! (Recommended) uses <br />
! Comments/Limitations</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:120--><br />
! Visibility<br />
| Toggles layer visibility<br />
| (obvious features available for all layers and groups)</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:121--><br />
! Layer-locking<br />
| Prevents you from drawing on layer accidentally<br />
| (obvious features available for all layers and groups)</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:122--><br />
! Alpha-locking<br />
| You can only draw on areas already opaque<br />
| Issues when smudging edges</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:123--><br />
! Alpha-inheritance<br />
| "Anti-spillover" for shading and texturing layers<br />
| Can't affect layers in sub-groups individually, but you can alpha-lock a group</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:124--><br />
! Masks<br />
| Transparency fade effects<br />
| Transparency can only be tweaked by "erasing" for now. Opacity for erase brushes must be tweaked from the brush editing panel, not the top toolbar</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:125--><br />
! Erase-mode layers<br />
| Like masks, but on a layer<br />
| Easier to use than masks, and opacity for erase brushes can be tweaked from top toolbar. Affects all layers beneath it, so caution!</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:126--><br />
! Filter brush/mask/layer<br />
| Apply filters through a brush/Mask/Layer<br />
| Filter masks or layers allow non-destructive and/or partial aplication of filters. Turn off visibility when drawing to avoid slow-down.</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:127--><br />
! Local selections<br />
| Save selections to a layer<br />
| Helps you further divide a layer into zones</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:128--><br />
! Duplicate layers<br />
| Copy of a layer, group or mask<br />
| Good for some composite effects </translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:129--><br />
! Clone layers<br />
| Linked layer that updates when the original is updated<br />
| Cannot be edited independently save for moving. Allows easy re-use of elements. Cloning a group produces a single, easy to manage and dynamically-updated layer.</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:130--><br />
! Vector layers* <br />
| Comic frames (See Anitim's Krita Comic tutorial on Youtube)<br />
| Vectors are editable shapes, which makes them handy for comic frames. Vector drawing is a whole genre, though '''Krita''' isn't specialized in vectors, so I won't cover it here...<br />
</translate><br />
|}<br />
<translate><br />
<br />
<!--T:131--><br />
The above are just some usage suggestions. I figured most of them from scratch, so I don't know how other people use them.<br />
<br />
<!--T:132--><br />
'''Additional tips:'''<br />
<br />
<!--T:133--><br />
* Greyscale layers: If you're the type of person who likes to separate greyscale and coloring layers, then you can change a layer into pure greyscale layer with <menuchoice>Layer -> Convert Layer Type...</menuchoice> (from the main menu) and changing it to grayscale<br />
<br />
<!--T:134--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.6-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:135--><br />
You will now automatically draw in greyscale on this layer, even if you use a color brush. Other layers remain color layers.<br />
<br />
<!--T:136--><br />
* Use <menuchoice>Layer</menuchoice> in the main menu for other, rather self-explanatory layer functions:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:137--><br />
** <menuchoice>Save Layer as Image</menuchoice> (works for groups)</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:138--><br />
** <menuchoice>Merge with Layer Below</menuchoice>: also available from right-clicking images. Be careful if they're using different blending modes.</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:139--><br />
** <menuchoice>Flatten Layer</menuchoice></translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:140--><br />
** Mirror / Shear / Scale / Rotate</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:141--><br />
**<menuchoice> Layer Effects</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:142--><br />
That's it for layers, layers management and layer properties. (ugh)<br />
<br />
== Image properties and editing == <!--T:143--><br />
<br />
<!--T:144--><br />
Alternate name: "This is where you learn to transform and tweak stuff." A lot here happens to be basic stuff available to most image editing programs, but then again people have to start somewhere to learn the basics...<br />
<br />
=== Basics === <!--T:145--><br />
<br />
<!--T:146--><br />
Basic stuff, that everybody should know.<br />
<br />
<!--T:147--><br />
* Canvas resize: Drew a torso, filling the whole canvas, and then you realized whoops? You wanted to draw the rest of the body as well? That's what <menuchoice>Image -> Size Canvas...</menuchoice> from the top menu is for. You can always crop later (crop tool to the left bar).<br />
<br />
<!--T:148--><br />
* '''Krita''' will also implement an "infinite canvas" mode soon, and I'm really looking forward to it!<br />
<br />
<!--T:149--><br />
* Press <keycap>M</keycap> to mirror the image.<br />
<br />
<!--T:150--><br />
* Using the move tool on a group moves all the layers in it at the same time. <br />
<br />
<!--T:151--><br />
* <keycap>Ctrl + drag</keycap> with the move tool will constrain to horizontal or vertical moves.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:152--><br />
Colors and color adjustment operations:<br />
<br />
<!--T:153--><br />
* Greyscale to RGB: Scanned your image in greyscale, but now you want to color it? <menuchoice>Image -> Convert Image Type -> Model: Red Green Blue</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:154--><br />
* Adjust brightness/contrast: <menuchoice>Filter -> Adjust -> Levels...</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Filter -> Adjust -> Brightness/Contrast curve...</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:155--><br />
* Adjust colors: <menuchoice>Filter -> Adjust -> HSV Adjustment...</menuchoice>. Since I'm bad with colors, I use this all the time to fix my colors. D:<br />
<br />
<!--T:156--><br />
'''Tips:'''<br />
<br />
<!--T:157--><br />
* Since I use them often, I've assigned shortcuts to Brightness/Contrast curve (<keycap>Shift + C</keycap>) and HSV adjustment (<keycap>Shift + H</keycap>). You can too from <menuchoice>Settings -> Configure Shortcuts...</menuchoice>.</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:158--><br />
* Cleaning up your lineart: way too many people upload their mushy grey-looking lineart scans. Making it black and white is easy:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:159--><br />
** Open up <menuchoice>Filter -> Adjust -> Brightness/Contrast curve...</menuchoice></translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:160--><br />
** The Vertical lines specify the amounts of different grey values. Basically most greys should be white, and the other end should be converted to black.</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:161--><br />
** So just do this:<br />
<br />
<!--T:162--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:163--><br />
And so you get a usable lineart! Set it to the top of the layers on "multiple" mode. Deevad also has a tutorial that covers lineart preparation (among others).<br />
<br />
=== Selections === <!--T:164--><br />
<br />
<!--T:165--><br />
You can access 8 selection tools from the toolbar:<br />
<br />
<!--T:166--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.2-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:167--><br />
'''Tip:''' Drawing with path selection:<br />
<br />
<!--T:168--><br />
* Turn off "snapping" in the tool options. "Snapping" will cause the mouse to behave in a certain way, like jumping to a guide or snapping to angles. If you actually want this behaviour, great! If you don't, turn it off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:169--><br />
* Types of lines:<br />
<br />
<!--T:170--><br />
:[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.2-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:171--><br />
Actions for selections:<br />
<br />
<!--T:172--><br />
* To deselect, click <keycap>Shift + Ctrl + A</keycap>. With the rectangle or elliptical selection tools, clicking on the selection again will also deselect it.<br />
<br />
<!--T:173--><br />
* By default, creating a new selection replaces the existing ones. However, if you want to work more on a selection, you can make use of selection modes in tool options:<br />
<br />
<!--T:174--><br />
:[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.2-3.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:175--><br />
From left to right:<br />
<br />
<!--T:176--><br />
* '''Replace''' (the normal mode): replaces previous selections<br />
<br />
<!--T:177--><br />
* '''Intersect:''' only the intersection of the previous and current selections will remain active<br />
<br />
<!--T:178--><br />
* '''Add:''' add to the previous selection<br />
<br />
<!--T:179--><br />
* '''Subtract:''' remove from the previous selection<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:180--><br />
Other options from top menu <menuchoice>Select</menuchoice> includes:<br />
<br />
<!--T:181--><br />
* <menuchoice>Invert Selection</menuchoice> inverts the selection.<br />
<br />
<!--T:182--><br />
* <menuchoice>Feather Selection...</menuchoice> : This will make the borders of the selection more "fuzzy", i.e. smooth transition until no-selection (like a mask's grey areas).<br />
<br />
<!--T:183--><br />
* <menuchoice>Grow/Shrink Selection...</menuchoice>: exactly what it says.<br />
<br />
<!--T:184--><br />
* <menuchoice>Border Selection...</menuchoice>: creates a border from the selection. If you want to make a frame for example, you can make a rectangular selection, then make a border with it.<br />
<br />
<!--T:185--><br />
* <menuchoice>Select Opaque</menuchoice>: all visible areas are selected.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:186--><br />
Various uses: <br />
<br />
<!--T:187--><br />
* Convert selection to mask: create a "transparency mask" with a selection active<br />
<br />
<!--T:188--><br />
* Convert selection to filter mask: create "filter mask" with a selection active<br />
<br />
<!--T:189--><br />
* Convert selection to local selection: create a "local selection" with a selection active<br />
<br />
<!--T:190--><br />
* Mask to selection: <menuchoice>Select -> Mask To Selection</menuchoice> from the top menu.<br />
<br />
<!--T:191--><br />
And of course, you want to make proper selections before transformations.<br />
<br />
=== Transformation tool and deform brush === <!--T:192--><br />
<br />
<!--T:193--><br />
'''Krita's''' transformation tool has 2 modes: a normal-ish one, and a weird deform one called "warp" (good for deforming textures?).<br />
<br />
==== Transformation tool: Free Transform Mode ==== <!--T:194--><br />
<br />
<!--T:195--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:196--><br />
The mouse icon changes when you hover near the points. Unfortunately the screenshot doesn't show this, but you can try for yourself.<br />
<br />
<!--T:197--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-2.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:198--><br />
* To confirm the transformation, press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or choose apply from tool options.<br />
<br />
<!--T:199--><br />
* From tool options, you can also input values manually.<br />
<br />
<!--T:200--><br />
For the most part, this works fantastic! Unfortunately the perspective function seems more like it's from a 3D program than a 2D program: it rotates the entire plane around the cross. <br />
<br />
<!--T:201--><br />
I admit I would have preferred a perspective interface that works more like '''Krita's''' perspective guides (i.e., you drag the corners individually), which is also how it works in '''Gimp'''. In the worst case, you could try switching to '''Gimp''' for perspective transform then switching back.<br />
<br />
==== Transformation tool: Warp Mode ==== <!--T:202--><br />
<br />
<!--T:203--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:204--><br />
Warp mode is this strange mode where you deform the drawing by dragging on control points.<br />
<br />
<!--T:205--><br />
Although I haven't tried it yet, you could try it for deforming fabric texture, for example.<br />
<br />
<!--T:206--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-4.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:207--><br />
You can also place control points yourself with <menuchoice>custom</menuchoice>:<br />
<br />
<!--T:208--><br />
* Toggle between adding points and warping with the <menuchoice>(Un)lock Points</menuchoice> button<br />
<br />
<!--T:209--><br />
* With points unlocked, you can place new points (shown here in red)<br />
<br />
<!--T:210--><br />
* With points locked, dragging on them will deform the drawing<br />
<br />
==== Deform brush ==== <!--T:211--><br />
<br />
<!--T:212--><br />
Finally, you can deform things with the deform brush (find it where all the other brushes are). ! I'm not sure why the default is <menuchoice>Swirl CW</menuchoice>, but there are actually 8 modes. Access them from <menuchoice>Color -> Deform Options</menuchoice> in the brush editing panel.<br />
<br />
<!--T:213--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-5.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:214--><br />
Here I also turned on the <menuchoice>Airbrush</menuchoice> mode, which makes the brush keep working as long as the mouse button is pressed down (instead of having to move the brush).<br />
<br />
<!--T:215--><br />
----<br />
<br />
<!--T:216--><br />
This concludes this episode of this tutorial. As you may have realized, '''Krita''' allows you to achieve a same result with many different ways. It's up to you to choose which one you are most comfortable with.<br />
<br />
<!--T:217--><br />
Thie episode covers just about everything except the truly fun part of '''Krita''' (drawing), so just memorize it once and you're set. {{Smiley}}<br />
<br />
== Links: == <!--T:218--><br />
<br />
<!--T:219--><br />
* [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial 1|Krita Tutorial - Part I]] <br />
<br />
<!--T:220--><br />
* The original version of this tutorial on [http://white-heron.deviantart.com/art/Krita-tutorial-Basics-325962811 daviantART].<br />
<br />
<!--T:221--><br />
Other tutorials mentioned here:<br />
<br />
<!--T:222--><br />
* Deevad Revoy's [http://deevad.deviantart.com/gallery/28252834#/d5d9s0b pencil to painting tutorial]<br />
<br />
<!--T:223--><br />
* Anitim's [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8A96A483225EEBD4 comic tutorial]<br />
<br />
<!--T:224--><br />
[[Category:Office]]<br />
[[Category:Graphics]]<br />
[[Category:Tutorials]]<br />
</translate></div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Krita/Tutorial_2&diff=292545Krita/Tutorial 22013-02-05T16:12:02Z<p>Valerievk: </p>
<hr />
<div><languages /><br />
<translate><br />
<br />
== Krita tutorial - Part II == <!--T:1--><br />
<br />
<!--T:2--><br />
Welcome to the second part of my tutorial! This somewhat boring (but still useful!) episode will cover:<br />
<br />
<!--T:3--><br />
* Layer management tips and tricks<br />
<br />
<!--T:4--><br />
* General image editing tips and tricks<br />
<br />
<!--T:5--><br />
'''Tips: '''<br />
<br />
<!--T:6--><br />
* Unless you always draw everything on the same layer, always remember to make a new, transparent layer to draw on instead of the background layer (unless you're drawing the background). I always forget to do this, and haven't found an easy work-around yet... <br />
<br />
<!--T:7--><br />
* Better yet, get the habit of stuffing things into layer groups.<br />
<br />
== Layer management == <!--T:8--><br />
<br />
<!--T:9--><br />
'''Krita''' has lots of ways to manage layers and their visibility. I'll be addressing some of them in more detail.<br />
<br />
<!--T:10--><br />
'''Reminder tips:'''<br />
<br />
<!--T:11--><br />
* Filling a layer with a color: <keycap>Backspace</keycap> (background color) or <keycap>Shift + Backspace</keycap> (foreground color).<br />
<br />
<!--T:12--><br />
* Delete a layer's content: delete. Use this instead of <keycap>Backspace</keycap> to clear a transparent layer.<br />
<br />
=== Inherit Alpha (alpha = transparency) === <!--T:13--><br />
<br />
<!--T:14--><br />
Suppose you want to draw some clothes. You have a "base" layer, and you want to add:<br />
<br />
<!--T:15--><br />
* a layer for shadows<br />
<br />
<!--T:16--><br />
* a layer for highlights<br />
<br />
<!--T:17--><br />
* a layer for patterns<br />
<br />
<!--T:18--><br />
* then a layer for textures<br />
<br />
<!--T:19--><br />
You want everything to be constrained to the area of the drawn clothes.<br />
<br />
<!--T:20--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:21--><br />
Alpha-locking locks the visibility state of a layer to only areas visible on all the layers below it, in the same stack.<br />
<br />
<!--T:22--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:23--><br />
{{Note|1=Layers outside a layer group ("Base 1" in the example) can't affect individual layers in the group ("Group" in the above example), but it can affect the group as a whole, treating the group as a normal layer in the group.}}<br />
<br />
<!--T:24--><br />
To activate alpha inheritance for a group:<br />
<br />
<!--T:25--><br />
* Right-click on the group folder, select <menuchoice>Properties...</menuchoice>, and uncheck <menuchoice>Alpha</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:26--><br />
* Or select the group folder, go to the '''Channel''' docker, and uncheck <menuchoice>Alpha</menuchoice>:<br />
<br />
<!--T:27--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-4.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
==== Do's and don'ts: ==== <!--T:28--><br />
<br />
<!--T:29--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-5.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:30--><br />
{{Tip|2=Comic frames|1=<br />
This feature works with vectors layers, which makes it handy to create comic frames. See Anitim's Comic with Krita tutorial on Youtube for more.}}<br />
<br />
</translate><span id="Layer masks and Erase mode"></span><translate><br />
<br />
=== Layer masks and Erase mode === <!--T:31--><br />
<br />
<!--T:32--><br />
A layer or group's transparency mask basically dictates their visibility state:<br />
<br />
<!--T:33--><br />
* Black mask areas -> fully visible areas<br />
<br />
<!--T:34--><br />
* White mask areas -> invisible areas<br />
<br />
<!--T:35--><br />
* Grey mask areas -> transparent areas <br />
<br />
<!--T:36--><br />
* Unlike true erasing, your original drawing is still there: you can turn off the mask to make the corresponding layer or group fully visible again.<br />
<br />
<!--T:37--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:38--><br />
'''Tips:'''<br />
<br />
<!--T:39--><br />
* You can add masks to groups. Their position relative to the layers in the group doesn't seem to matter.<br />
<br />
<!--T:40--><br />
* You can duplicate or clone masks and move that to another layer or group, in case you need several layers to "share" masks. <br />
<br />
==== Creating and editing masks ==== <!--T:41--><br />
<br />
<!--T:42--><br />
To edit a mask, you basically have to erase on it. You basically have 3 ways to give shape to a mask: create from selection, brush on erase mode and gradients.<br />
<br />
===== Selection to mask ===== <!--T:43--><br />
<br />
<!--T:44--><br />
If you have a selection active, then when you make a mask, the mask will automatically take the shape of the selection.<br />
<br />
<!--T:45--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-a.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:46--><br />
'''Tip:''' You can feather the selection for a more smooth transition: choose <menuchoice>Select -> Feather selection</menuchoice> in the top menu.<br />
<br />
<br />
===== Brushes on Erase mode ===== <!--T:47--><br />
<br />
<!--T:48--><br />
You can toggle on the "Erase mode" on most brushes with <keycap>E</keycap>. Drawing on the mask again with a not-invisible brush will allow you to "add opacity" again.<br />
<br />
<!--T:49--><br />
{{Warning|1=The opacity setting from the top toolbar seems to be ignored: even if you lower the opacity from there, you will still end up erasing 100% from the mask. This is rather a problem when you want just partial transparency.<br /><br /><!--}}--></translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:225--><br />
However, opacity from the brush editor seems to work. So, if you need partial transparency, open up the brush editor, lower the opacity there, and erase away.}}<!--{{--><br />
<br />
<!--T:50--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-b.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
===== Gradients ===== <!--T:51--><br />
<br />
<!--T:52--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-c-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:53--><br />
You can also use gradients on "Erase" mode. Remember that on erase mode:<br />
<br />
<!--T:54--><br />
* The opaque areas of the gradient will erase the mask<br />
<br />
<!--T:55--><br />
* The transparent areas will leave it intact<br />
<br />
<!--T:56--><br />
You can create custom gradients too. The example left uses a radial gradient with several full opacity and partial opacity stops. <br />
<br />
==== Custom gradients in '''Krita''' ==== <!--T:57--><br />
<br />
<!--T:58--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-c-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:59--><br />
* The black arrows represent control points with the colors left or right.<br />
<br />
<!--T:60--><br />
* The white arrows just determine the speed of transition.<br />
<br />
<!--T:61--><br />
* To add a new segment, click a segment, right-click and choose <menuchoice>Split Segment</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:62--><br />
* Note: Each segment has independent <menuchoice>left</menuchoice> and <menuchoice>right</menuchoice> values (shown in the example). This means you can easily create "abrupt" transitions.<br />
<br />
<!--T:63--><br />
* If you don't want abrupt transitions, click the color button, copy the html value, open the color of the next segment, and paste the value in.<br />
<br />
===== Gradient shapes: (from Tool options) ===== <!--T:64--><br />
<br />
<!--T:65--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-c-3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
==== Layers on erase mode: ==== <!--T:66--><br />
<br />
<!--T:67--><br />
Erase mode works a lot like masks, except:<br />
<br />
<!--T:68--><br />
* It affects all the layers and groups beneath it<br />
<br />
<!--T:69--><br />
* The opacity setting from the top toolbar works properly when erasing with brushes. <br />
<br />
<!--T:70--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:71--><br />
Basically, easier than making masks, though you have to stuff corresponding layers into sub-folders.<br />
<br />
<!--T:72--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.2-3.png|thumb|center|600px]]<br />
<br />
=== Filter brushes, masks and layers === <!--T:73--><br />
<br />
<!--T:74--><br />
I'm sure you've noticed by now that '''Krita''' has: filter brushes, filter masks And filter layers? <br />
<br />
</translate><br />
{| class="wikitable" <!--}--><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:75--><br />
!Feature<br />
!Description<br />
!Comments</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:76--><br />
! Filter brush<br />
| "Draw" filters with a brush!<br />
| -Not everything works as expected...<br /><br />
- Many default settings start with "none", so remember to actually enter a value!</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:77--><br />
! Filter mask<br />
|Apply a filter to a layer or group!<br />
| - Non-destructive editing! You can turn the filter-mask on or off at any time. <br /><br />
- Right-click and select <menuchoice>Properties</menuchoice> to adjust filter settings</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:78--><br />
! Filter layer<br />
| Applies filter to All layers below it<br />
| - You can tweak your whole image with a filter without flattening it first!<br /><br />
- You can erase parts of the filter layer!</translate><br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:79--><br />
'''Tips: '''<br />
<br />
<!--T:80--><br />
* Switch off the visibility of filter masks or filter layers when you're drawing on affected layers, or the whole thing becomes really slow, since everything is updated dynamically.<br />
<br />
<!--T:81--><br />
* Can be edited like Masks/Erase layers: see section on [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial 2#Layer masks and Erase mode|masks]].<br />
<br />
<!--T:82--><br />
* Also great for group or image-level adjustments like Brightness/Contrast or Hue without having to flatten the image.<br />
<br />
<!--T:83--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.3.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
=== Local selections === <!--T:84--><br />
<br />
<!--T:85--><br />
Local selections basically allow you to "save" a selection to a layer. With a local selection "on":<br />
<br />
<!--T:86--><br />
* When you select that layer, the local selection will be activated.<br />
<br />
<!--T:87--><br />
* When you switch to another layer, the local selection will turn off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:88--><br />
* You can also switch the local selection off manually, or have several local selections per layer.<br />
<br />
<!--T:89--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.4.png|thumb|center|600px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:90--><br />
In this example, after creating the first local selection, I then inverted it and created a second one. As you see, this allowed me to divide my (transparency-locked) base clothes layer into two, so I can color them independently.<br />
<br />
<!--T:91--><br />
{{Warning|1=When you create the local selection from a selection, there are two selections active at the same time: <!--}}--><br />
<br />
<!--T:92--><br />
* The original one, which will Not disappear when you switch to another layer<br />
<br />
<!--T:93--><br />
* And the new local selection, tied to that layer.<br />
<br />
<!--T:94--><br />
This will lead to some confusion when you want to switch the selections off. To switch them both off:<br />
<br />
<!--T:95--><br />
* Switch the original active selection off with <keycap>Shift + Ctrl + A</keycap><br />
<br />
<!--T:96--><br />
* Toggle off the local selection by switching to another layer, or by toggling local selection off in the layer docker}}<!--{{--><br />
<br />
<!--T:97--><br />
'''Tip:''' As with layers and masks, you can duplicate a local selection and drag it to another layer.<br />
<br />
=== Clone layers === <!--T:98--><br />
<br />
<!--T:99--><br />
'''Krita''' can make either duplicate or clones of layers. <br />
<br />
<!--T:100--><br />
* Duplicates are basically independent copies. Nothing special there.<br />
<br />
<!--T:101--><br />
* Clones, however, are linked to the original:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:102--><br />
** They cannot be painted on independently</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:103--><br />
** But they will update automatically as the original is changed</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:104--><br />
** You can also change the blending mode (Normal, Multiply, Overlay, etc.)<br />
<br />
<!--T:105--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.5-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:106--><br />
'''Tip:''' You can clone groups! The output is a single, dynamically-updated layer!<br />
<br />
<!--T:107--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.5-2.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:108--><br />
What is this for? Well:<br />
<br />
<!--T:109--><br />
* Re-using elements: You can move clones. When making comic or animation frames, you can more easily re-use elements.<br />
<br />
<!--T:110--><br />
* Organizing: You could organize say... greyscale layers in another folder, and use clones in sub-groups. So, to view only the greyscale, you can turn the greyscale folder visible. (selective viewing can also be achieved with the composition docker)<br />
<br />
<!--T:111--><br />
* Play with blending modes: for some reason or other, you may want to make an exact copy of your layer just to see how a clone with a different composite mode changes your image. A common-ish usage would be to clone comic frames or lineart to place at the top.<br />
<br />
=== How to use all these features === <!--T:112--><br />
<br />
<!--T:113--><br />
Still awake? I'm going to give you an overview of features seen so far, but before that I'll address a limitation of just using alpha-locking (transparency-locking).<br />
<br />
<!--T:114--><br />
Filling in a flat area, locking the transparency and just shading on it will satisfy most people's requirements. There is one problem though: edge cases.<br />
<br />
<!--T:115--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.6-1.png|thumb|center|550px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:116--><br />
This is actually quite problematic if you're smudging near the edges to blend some colors.<br />
<br />
<!--T:117--><br />
Both alpha-inheritance and masks allow you to overcome this issue, because additional portions are just hidden, '''Krita''' still uses the hidden parts for calculating smudging and such.<br />
<br />
<!--T:118--><br />
So anyway, overview:<br />
</translate><br />
{| class="wikitable" <!--}--><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:119--><br />
! Feature <br />
! (Recommended) uses <br />
! Comments/Limitations</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:120--><br />
! Visibility<br />
| Toggles layer visibility<br />
| (obvious features available for all layers and groups)</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:121--><br />
! Layer-locking<br />
| Prevents you from drawing on layer accidentally<br />
| (obvious features available for all layers and groups)</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:122--><br />
! Alpha-locking<br />
| You can only draw on areas already opaque<br />
| Issues when smudging edges</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:123--><br />
! Alpha-inheritance<br />
| "Anti-spillover" for shading and texturing layers<br />
| Can't affect layers in sub-groups individually, but you can alpha-lock a group</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:124--><br />
! Masks<br />
| Transparency fade effects<br />
| Transparency can only be tweaked by "erasing" for now. Opacity for erase brushes must be tweaked from the brush editing panel, not the top toolbar</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:125--><br />
! Erase-mode layers<br />
| Like masks, but on a layer<br />
| Easier to use than masks, and opacity for erase brushes can be tweaked from top toolbar. Affects all layers beneath it, so caution!</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:126--><br />
! Filter brush/mask/layer<br />
| Apply filters through a brush/Mask/Layer<br />
| Filter masks or layers allow non-destructive and/or partial aplication of filters. Turn off visibility when drawing to avoid slow-down.</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:127--><br />
! Local selections<br />
| Save selections to a layer<br />
| Helps you further divide a layer into zones</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:128--><br />
! Duplicate layers<br />
| Copy of a layer, group or mask<br />
| Good for some composite effects </translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:129--><br />
! Clone layers<br />
| Linked layer that updates when the original is updated<br />
| Cannot be edited independently save for moving. Allows easy re-use of elements. Cloning a group produces a single, easy to manage and dynamically-updated layer.</translate><br />
|-<br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:130--><br />
! Vector layers* <br />
| Comic frames (See Anitim's Krita Comic tutorial on Youtube)<br />
| Vectors are editable shapes, which makes them handy for comic frames. Vector drawing is a whole genre, though '''Krita''' isn't specialized in vectors, so I won't cover it here...<br />
</translate><br />
|}<br />
<translate><br />
<br />
<!--T:131--><br />
The above are just some usage suggestions. I figured most of them from scratch, so I don't know how other people use them.<br />
<br />
<!--T:132--><br />
'''Additional tips:'''<br />
<br />
<!--T:133--><br />
* Greyscale layers: If you're the type of person who likes to separate greyscale and coloring layers, then you can change a layer into pure greyscale layer with <menuchoice>Layer -> Convert Layer Type...</menuchoice> (from the main menu) and changing it to grayscale<br />
<br />
<!--T:134--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-I.6-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:135--><br />
You will now automatically draw in greyscale on this layer, even if you use a color brush. Other layers remain color layers.<br />
<br />
<!--T:136--><br />
* Use <menuchoice>Layer</menuchoice> in the main menu for other, rather self-explanatory layer functions:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:137--><br />
** <menuchoice>Save Layer as Image</menuchoice> (works for groups)</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:138--><br />
** <menuchoice>Merge with Layer Below</menuchoice>: also available from right-clicking images. Be careful if they're using different blending modes.</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:139--><br />
** <menuchoice>Flatten Layer</menuchoice></translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:140--><br />
** Mirror / Shear / Scale / Rotate</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:141--><br />
**<menuchoice> Layer Effects</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:142--><br />
That's it for layers, layers management and layer properties. (ugh)<br />
<br />
== Image properties and editing == <!--T:143--><br />
<br />
<!--T:144--><br />
Alternate name: "This is where you learn to transform and tweak stuff." A lot here happens to be basic stuff available to most image editing programs, but then again people have to start somewhere to learn the basics...<br />
<br />
=== Basics === <!--T:145--><br />
<br />
<!--T:146--><br />
Basic stuff, that everybody should know.<br />
<br />
<!--T:147--><br />
* Canvas resize: Drew a torso, filling the whole canvas, and then you realized whoops? You wanted to draw the rest of the body as well? That's what <menuchoice>Image -> Size Canvas...</menuchoice> from the top menu is for. You can always crop later (crop tool to the left bar).<br />
<br />
<!--T:148--><br />
* '''Krita''' will also implement an "infinite canvas" mode soon, and I'm really looking forward to it!<br />
<br />
<!--T:149--><br />
* Press <keycap>M</keycap> to mirror the image.<br />
<br />
<!--T:150--><br />
* Using the move tool on a group moves all the layers in it at the same time. <br />
<br />
<!--T:151--><br />
* <keycap>Ctrl + drag</keycap> with the move tool will constrain to horizontal or vertical moves.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:152--><br />
Colors and color adjustment operations:<br />
<br />
<!--T:153--><br />
* Greyscale to RGB: Scanned your image in greyscale, but now you want to color it? <menuchoice>Image -> Convert Image Type -> Model: Red Green Blue</menuchoice>.<br />
<br />
<!--T:154--><br />
* Adjust brightness/contrast: <menuchoice>Filter -> Adjust -> Levels...</menuchoice> or <menuchoice>Filter -> Adjust -> Brightness/Contrast curve...</menuchoice><br />
<br />
<!--T:155--><br />
* Adjust colors: <menuchoice>Filter -> Adjust -> HSV Adjustment...</menuchoice>. Since I'm bad with colors, I use this all the time to fix my colors. D:<br />
<br />
<!--T:156--><br />
'''Tips:'''<br />
<br />
<!--T:157--><br />
* Since I use them often, I've assigned shortcuts to Brightness/Contrast curve (<keycap>Shift + C</keycap>) and HSV adjustment (<keycap>Shift + H</keycap>). You can too from <menuchoice>Settings -> Configure Shortcuts...</menuchoice>.</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:158--><br />
* Cleaning up your lineart: way too many people upload their mushy grey-looking lineart scans. Making it black and white is easy:</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:159--><br />
** Open up <menuchoice>Filter -> Adjust -> Brightness/Contrast curve...</menuchoice></translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:160--><br />
** The Vertical lines specify the amounts of different grey values. Basically most greys should be white, and the other end should be converted to black.</translate><br />
<translate><br />
<!--T:161--><br />
** So just do this:<br />
<br />
<!--T:162--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:163--><br />
And so you get a usable lineart! Set it to the top of the layers on "multiple" mode. Deevad also has a tutorial that covers lineart preparation (among others).<br />
<br />
=== Selections === <!--T:164--><br />
<br />
<!--T:165--><br />
You can access 8 selection tools from the toolbar:<br />
<br />
<!--T:166--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.2-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:167--><br />
'''Tip:''' Drawing with path selection:<br />
<br />
<!--T:168--><br />
* Turn off "snapping" in the tool options. "Snapping" will cause the mouse to behave in a certain way, like jumping to a guide or snapping to angles. If you actually want this behaviour, great! If you don't, turn it off.<br />
<br />
<!--T:169--><br />
* Types of lines:<br />
<br />
<!--T:170--><br />
:[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.2-2.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:171--><br />
Actions for selections:<br />
<br />
<!--T:172--><br />
* To deselect, click <keycap>Shift + Ctrl + A</keycap>. With the rectangle or elliptical selection tools, clicking on the selection again will also deselect it.<br />
<br />
<!--T:173--><br />
* By default, creating a new selection replaces the existing ones. However, if you want to work more on a selection, you can make use of selection modes in tool options:<br />
<br />
<!--T:174--><br />
:[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.2-3.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<!--T:175--><br />
From left to right:<br />
<br />
<!--T:176--><br />
* '''Replace''' (the normal mode): replaces previous selections<br />
<br />
<!--T:177--><br />
* '''Intersect:''' only the intersection of the previous and current selections will remain active<br />
<br />
<!--T:178--><br />
* '''Add:''' add to the previous selection<br />
<br />
<!--T:179--><br />
* '''Subtract:''' remove from the previous selection<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:180--><br />
Other options from top menu <menuchoice>Select</menuchoice> includes:<br />
<br />
<!--T:181--><br />
* <menuchoice>Invert Selection</menuchoice> inverts the selection.<br />
<br />
<!--T:182--><br />
* <menuchoice>Feather Selection...</menuchoice> : This will make the borders of the selection more "fuzzy", i.e. smooth transition until no-selection (like a mask's grey areas).<br />
<br />
<!--T:183--><br />
* <menuchoice>Grow/Shrink Selection...</menuchoice>: exactly what it says.<br />
<br />
<!--T:184--><br />
* <menuchoice>Border Selection...</menuchoice>: creates a border from the selection. If you want to make a frame for example, you can make a rectangular selection, then make a border with it.<br />
<br />
<!--T:185--><br />
* <menuchoice>Select Opaque</menuchoice>: all visible areas are selected.<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:186--><br />
Various uses: <br />
<br />
<!--T:187--><br />
* Convert selection to mask: create a "transparency mask" with a selection active<br />
<br />
<!--T:188--><br />
* Convert selection to filter mask: create "filter mask" with a selection active<br />
<br />
<!--T:189--><br />
* Convert selection to local selection: create a "local selection" with a selection active<br />
<br />
<!--T:190--><br />
* Mask to selection: <menuchoice>Select -> Mask To Selection</menuchoice> from the top menu.<br />
<br />
<!--T:191--><br />
And of course, you want to make proper selections before transformations.<br />
<br />
=== Transformation tool and deform brush === <!--T:192--><br />
<br />
<!--T:193--><br />
'''Krita's''' transformation tool has 2 modes: a normal-ish one, and a weird deform one called "warp" (good for deforming textures?).<br />
<br />
==== Transformation tool: Free Transform Mode ==== <!--T:194--><br />
<br />
<!--T:195--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-1.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:196--><br />
The mouse icon changes when you hover near the points. Unfortunately the screenshot doesn't show this, but you can try for yourself.<br />
<br />
<!--T:197--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-2.png|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:198--><br />
* To confirm the transformation, press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or choose apply from tool options.<br />
<br />
<!--T:199--><br />
* From tool options, you can also input values manually.<br />
<br />
<!--T:200--><br />
For the most part, this works fantastic! Unfortunately the perspective function seems more like it's from a 3D program than a 2D program: it rotates the entire plane around the cross. <br />
<br />
<!--T:201--><br />
I admit I would have preferred a perspective interface that works more like '''Krita's''' perspective guides (i.e., you drag the corners individually), which is also how it works in '''Gimp'''. In the worst case, you could try switching to '''Gimp''' for perspective transform then switching back.<br />
<br />
==== Transformation tool: Warp Mode ==== <!--T:202--><br />
<br />
<!--T:203--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-3.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:204--><br />
Warp mode is this strange mode where you deform the drawing by dragging on control points.<br />
<br />
<!--T:205--><br />
Although I haven't tried it yet, you could try it for deforming fabric texture, for example.<br />
<br />
<!--T:206--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-4.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:207--><br />
You can also place control points yourself with <menuchoice>custom</menuchoice>:<br />
<br />
<!--T:208--><br />
* Toggle between adding points and warping with the <menuchoice>(Un)lock Points</menuchoice> button<br />
<br />
<!--T:209--><br />
* With points unlocked, you can place new points (shown here in red)<br />
<br />
<!--T:210--><br />
* With points locked, dragging on them will deform the drawing<br />
<br />
==== Deform brush ==== <!--T:211--><br />
<br />
<!--T:212--><br />
Finally, you can deform things with the deform brush (find it where all the other brushes are). ! I'm not sure why the default is <menuchoice>Swirl CW</menuchoice>, but there are actually 8 modes. Access them from <menuchoice>Color -> Deform Options</menuchoice> in the brush editing panel.<br />
<br />
<!--T:213--><br />
[[image:Krita-tutorial2-II.3-5.png|thumb|center|500px]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<!--T:214--><br />
Here I also turned on the <menuchoice>Airbrush</menuchoice> mode, which makes the brush keep working as long as the mouse button is pressed down (instead of having to move the brush).<br />
<br />
<!--T:215--><br />
----<br />
<br />
<!--T:216--><br />
This concludes this episode of this tutorial. As you may have realized, '''Krita''' allows you to achieve a same result with many different ways. It's up to you to choose which one you are most comfortable with.<br />
<br />
<!--T:217--><br />
Thie episode covers just about everything except the truly fun part of '''Krita''' (drawing), so just memorize it once and you're set. {{Smiley}}<br />
<br />
== Links: == <!--T:218--><br />
<br />
<!--T:219--><br />
* [[Special:myLanguage/Krita/Tutorial 1|Krita Tutorial - Part I]] <br />
<br />
<!--T:220--><br />
* The original version of this tutorial on [http://white-heron.deviantart.com/art/Krita-tutorial-Basics-325962811 daviantART].<br />
<br />
<!--T:221--><br />
Other tutorials mentioned here:<br />
<br />
<!--T:222--><br />
* Deevad Revoy's [http://deevad.deviantart.com/gallery/28252834#/d5d9s0b pencil to painting tutorial]<br />
<br />
<!--T:223--><br />
* Anitim's [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8A96A483225EEBD4 comic tutorial]<br />
<br />
<!--T:224--><br />
[[Category:Office]]<br />
[[Category:Graphics]]<br />
[[Category:Tutorials]]<br />
</translate></div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-5.png&diff=292544File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-5.png2013-02-05T16:07:07Z<p>Valerievk: Valerievk uploaded a new version of &quot;File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-5.png&quot;: Term change: Alpha-lock to Alpha-inheritance</p>
<hr />
<div></div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-4.png&diff=292543File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-4.png2013-02-05T16:06:11Z<p>Valerievk: Valerievk uploaded a new version of &quot;File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-4.png&quot;: Term change: Alpha-lock to Alpha-inheritance</p>
<hr />
<div></div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-2.png&diff=292542File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-2.png2013-02-05T16:05:08Z<p>Valerievk: Valerievk uploaded a new version of &quot;File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-2.png&quot;: Term change: Alpha-lock to Alpha-inheritance</p>
<hr />
<div></div>Valerievkhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-1.png&diff=292541File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-1.png2013-02-05T16:02:32Z<p>Valerievk: Valerievk uploaded a new version of &quot;File:Krita-tutorial2-I.1-1.png&quot;: Term change: Alpha-lock to Alpha-inheritance</p>
<hr />
<div></div>Valerievk