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The Krita Handbook

 

Note
This manual describes Krita 2.9, the current stable release of Krita.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Krita
   1. What is unique and different in Krita than others
   2. Installation
2. Fundamentals
   1. Launch Krita
   2. Basics
   3. Interface
   4. Color Management
      1. Color Models
      2. Profiling and Calibration
   5. Working with Images
   6. Painting With Krita
   7. Selections
   8. Brushes
   9. Blending Modes
   10. Linux Command Line Options
3. Layers
   1. Introduction to Layers and Masks
   2. Paint Layers
   3. Vector Layers
   4. Group Layers
   5. Clone Layers
   6. Filter Layers
   7. File Layers
   8. Fill Layers
   9. Local Selection Masks
   10. Filter Masks
   11. Transparency Masks
   12. Transformation Masks
4. Tools
   (chapter for ever tool, ordered by block in the toolbar)
   1. Vector Tools
      1. Default Tool
      2. Freehand Path Drawing
      3. Pattern Editing
      4. Calligraphy
      5. Gradient Editing
   2. Painting Tools
      1. Freehand Brush
      2. Straight Line
      3. Rectangle
      4. Circle
      5. Polygon Drawing
      6. Polyline
      7. Path
      8. Dynamic Motion Paint
      9. Multiline
   3. Move/Transform Tools
      1. Crop
      2. Move
      3. Transform
      4. Distance Measure
   4. Fill/Color Tools
      1. Fill
      2. Color Picker
      3. Gradient
   5. Guide Tools
      1. Ruler
      2. Perspective Grid
      3. Edit Grid
   6. Selection Tools
      1. Rectangle
      2. Ellipse
      3. Paint
      4. Polygon
      5. Area by Outline
      6. Fill
      7. Color
      8. Area by Path
5. Brushes
   1. Loading and saving brushes
   2. Painting With Assistants
      (chapter for every brush engine with tips & details)
   3. Brush Engines
      1. Pixel
      2. Clone
      3. Filter
      4. Hairy
      5. Hatching
      6. Chalk
      7. Color Smudge
      8. Curve
      9. Deform
      10. Dyna
      11. Shape
      12. Grid
      13. Particle
      14. Sketch
      15. Spray
      16. Tangent Normal
   4. Overal Brush Settings
      1. Brush Tips
      2. Opacity & Flow
      3. Texture
      4. Sensors
      5. Locked Brush Settings
      6. Parameters
6. Resource Management
   1. Patterns
   2. Paint Op Presets
   3. Brush tips
   4. Workspaces
   5. Gradients
   6. Palettes
7. Filters
   1. Introduction to Filters
   2. Krita internal filters
      1. Adjust
      2. Artistic
      3. Blur
      4. Colors
      5. Edge Detection
      6. Enhance
      7. Emboss
      8. Map
      9. Other
   3. G'Mic filters
8. Dockers
   1. Advanced Color Selector
   2. Digital Color Mixer
   3. Channels
   4. Specific Color Selector
   5. Compositions
   6. LUT Management
   7. Reference Images
   8. Overview
   9. Undo History
   10. Artistic Color Selector
   11. Shape Properties
   12. Patterns
   13. Palette
   14. Add Shape
   15. Brush Presets
   16. Layers
   17. Snap Settings
   18. Task Sets
   19. Small Color Selector
9. Scripting and Recording
   1. Macros
   2. Tasksets
10. Preferences
    1. General
    2. Display
    3. Color Management
    4. Performance.
    5. Grid
    6. Tablet Settings
    7. Canvas-only Settings
    8. Author
    9. Canvas Input Settings
    10. Color Selector Settings
11. Topmenu
    1. File
    2. Edit
    3. View
    4. Image
    5. Layer
    6. Select
    7. Tools
    8. Window
    9. Settings
    10. Help

1. Tutorials
   1. Creating a Tutorial for Krita
      (links to tutorials on userbase)
   2. FAQ
2. Misc
   1. TemplateForNewPages

Deprecated or incomplete pages:

1. Navigation Tools
   1. Zoom
   2. Pan
2. Star
3. New in Krita 2
4. The resource manager
5. Layerstyles

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