Krita is a free painting tool designed for concept artists, illustrators, matte and texture artists, and the VFX industry. It has been in development for over 10 years and has had an explosion in growth recently. It offers many common and innovative features to help the amateur and professional alike.

Discover how assistants can speed up your creative process.
Understand the powerful brush engine system.
Includes illustrations teaching how individual concepts are applied.
Master the user interface and customize it to your own preference.
Learn how to stay on top of future changes and new features.

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Downloading and Installing Common Issues Using a Graphics Tablet External Resources Getting Help from the Community Chapter 1 - User Interface 7 ----------------------------- Interface Basics Manipulating the Canvas Pop-up Palette Dockers Toolbox Tool Options The Toolbar Working with Multiple Documents Main Menu Status Bar Themes Configuring Shortcuts Undo History Copy and Paste Options Common Configuration Options Chapter 2 - Painting Fundamentals ----------------------------- Preset Brushes The Power of the Eraser Tagging System Importing Brushes Brush Smoothing and Dynamic Brush Fills, Gradients, and Patterns Gradient Tool Brush Dab vs. Brush Stroke Resizing the Image Resizing the Canvas Crop Tool Trim Images Chapter 3 - Layers ----------------------------- Layers Docker Layer Actions Mask Layer Types Some Other Nice Layer Options Chapter 4 - Selections & Transforms ----------------------------- Toolbox Selection Tools Selection Display Mode Main Menu Selection Tools Transform and Move Tool Transform Types Chapter 5 - Drawing Assistants ----------------------------- Horizontal Mirroring Mirror X & Y Measure Tool Multibrush Tool Wrap-Around Mode Assistant Tool Grid Tool Rulers Chapter 6 - Adjustments, Filters, & Effects ----------------------------- Common Adjustments Filters G'MIC Filters Layer Styles Chapter 7 - Brush Editor Overview ----------------------------- Brush Editor User Interface Pen Capabilities Unique Settings Chapter 8 - Brush Engines ----------------------------- Pixel Engine Color Smudge Engine Sketch Engine Bristle Engine Shape Engine Spray Engine Hatching Engine Grid Engine Curve Engine Dyna Engine Particle Engine Clone Engine Deform Engine Filter Engine Chalk Engine Tangent Normal Brush Engine Chapter 9 - Working with Color ----------------------------- Selecting Colors Color Management Color Models Color Profiles Converting Between Color Models Soft Proofing 184 Color (bit) Depth What Is CIE? LUT Management (HDR Painting) RAW Format Chapter 10 - Vector Tools ----------------------------- Understanding Vector Objects Creating Vector Objects Anchor Point Tool Options Calligraphy Tool Text Tool Vector Gradients and Patterns Appendix ----------------------------- Why Open Source? A Brief History of Krita Krita Development Cycle Krita on the Command Line Document Metadata Memory Performance Finding Older Versions of Krita Reset the Settings Back to the Default Index