Some convenient Krita tips tricks and workflows. #cheatsheet

._krita-cheatbook.md

Some convenient Krita tips tricks and workflows. May also contain non-Krita specific stuff, but as Krita is my main raster graphics software now, that is to be expected.

antialias-pixelly-solids.md

Process to antialias flat but 1-bit layers I often use to create design concepts.

• Main layer.
  • Convert layer to pure color with alpha.
  • G'MIC: Smooth, mean-curvature, alpha-wise.
  • Scale layer, x2.
  • G'MIC: Smooth, mean-curvature alpha-wise.
  • Scale layer back, /2.
• Duplicate main layer on top.
  • G'MIC: Sharpen Richardson–Lucy
  • G'MIC: Sharpen unsharp mask.

A manual corrective layer may or may not be necessary, but this helps a lot.

file-layers.md

Dynamic file-layers are very useful in organizing complex dynamically altered images. But they cannot be transformed as is.

• If you just need to move it around and don't need the transform to persist, use the move tool.
• But if you want to do anything more, such as scale or rotate, you need to use the transform-filter.
  • And you get the ability to propagate the transforms to other layers and easily modify the transformations.
  • But remember, transform filters are a bit buggy and may not always update when a file is first opened. Toggle it's visibility a bit.

rescale-sharpness.md

Oft-required way to sharpen layers post scaling, both up and down.

• Scale to new size.
• Duplicate layer on top.
  • Set to 20~50% transparency.
  • When scaling up, the corrective layer would require more opacity.
  • When scaling down, less.
  • G'MIC: Sharpen, unsharp mask, with 1 unit amount.

Of course, no amount of sharmening would let you get away with scaling something too big or too small.