Krita

Generative AI

https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion

Mouse shortcuts

Toggle a popup widget (palette of brushes, colors history ring, and other tools): RightMouse

Resize brush: S-LeftMouseDrag in brush mode, large when dragging to right, small when dragging to left.

Pan the canvas: S-LeftMouse, or with MiddleButton (click and drag).

Fine canvas rotations: S-Space-LeftMouse or S-MiddleMouse

Color pick the pixel under the cursor: C-LeftMouse.

Zoom: MiddleMouse scroll, or + and - keys

Select layer holding some pixel: Hold R key, click on a pixel, you select the layer holding this pixel. Hold S- to also select those layers.

Trace a straight line between the press point and the release point: hold V and draw line.

General shortcuts

Freehand Brush tool: B.

Set eraser mode: E, it will use brush size if brush tool active.

Move tool: T, move the current layer out of the selection, depending on options.

Transform tool: C-T, transform a layer or selection: beside rotating, inverting or deforming capabilities, allows moving the selection, you can transform group of layers.

Crop Tool: C, cut the bounds of the image to what is selected. Keeps the layers.

Gradient tool: G, set gradient from foreground to background colors, can be used with selection.

Color Select Tool: P

Fill Tool: F, fill color under mouse cursor with the foreground color, support selection. Play with options for tolerance, growth, feathering, etc.

Rectangular Selection Tool: C-R, use C-S-A to deselect.

Elliptical Selection Tool: J.

Outline Selection Tool (custom key): I assigned it to the S shortcut.

Move uncompleted selection: if you started selection, but not released LeftMouse you can move it with M- key.

Constraints selection with to 1:1 aspect ration: hold S- key when you create selection.

Add additional selection to current one: make additional selection with S- modifier.

Remove from current selection: make additional selection with M- modifier.

Reset foreground and background colors (black/white): D

Swap foreground and background colors: X

Rotate canvas left by 15°: 4

Reset canvas rotation: 5

Rotate canvas right by 15°: 6

Zoom at 100% (reset zoom): 1

Zoom to Fit Page: 2

Zoom to Fit Page Width: 3

Invert colors on current layer(s): C-I

Erase everything in current layer or selection: DEL

Fill selection with background color: BS

Fill selection with foreground color: S-BS

Fill selection with background color and selection opacity: C-BS.

Fill selection with foreground color and selection opacity: C-S-BS.

Show common colors (on the left of the palette; allows quick selection): U

Show color history (below the palette; colors used in the current picture): H, alternative is pop-up widget (RightMouse).

Show color selector: S-I

TODO: review mirror tools Horizontal Mirror Tool: ?

Layers shortcuts

Note: when I write “current layer”, it often applies to a selection of layers.

Add paint layer: Ins.

Add vector layer: : S-Ins.

Delete current layer: S-DEL.

Duplicate current layer: C-J.

Show layer properties: F3.

Select next layer: PageDown.

Select previous layer: PageUp.

Go to first layer: Home.

Go to last layer: End.

Activate/Select layers in active Layers dock: Arrows keys or S- arrows.

Move current layer down: C-PageDown.

Move current layer up: C-PageUp.

Move the current layer, or selected layers, into a group. If all layers of a group are selected, the group disappears: C-G.

TODO: not working? Move the current layer out and above the current group: C-M-G

Merge current layer on layer below (in list), which keeps its name: C-E. Useful after pasting, when you don’t want to keep too many layers. Warning! Destructive, don’t do it by mistake. But of course, C-Z (undo) fixes that, if you notice what you have done… If the layer below is a group of layer, the group and the merged layer are flattened (making only one layer). If the layer is the last of its group, it does nothing.

Filters shortcuts (image adjustments)

Hue / Saturation / Lightness filter: C-U. Move Saturation to zero to get gray-level image.

Level filter: C-L allows increasing contrast (move side arrows toward middle).

Select some blending mode (part of hotkey): M-S-.... M-S-N (normal), M-S-O (overlay), M-S-C (color), etc.

Custom Shortcuts

You can change the keyboard shortcuts via the Settings > Configure Krita -> Keyboard Shortcuts. Custom shortcuts stored in ~/.config/kritashortcutsrc.

Quickly export into PNG or JPEG file: C-M-S-E.

In vector layer, choose the Select Shapes Tool (fat arrow): M-C.

In vector layer, choose the Edit Shapes Tool (thin arrow on path): M-D.

SVG text tool: C-S-T.

Toggle layer visibility: C-S-V, useful to check if we painted on right layer.

Learning path

• Krita
• Gardner - Draw and Paint Better with Krita