Folder: Krita: Basic Tutorials

Learn how to create a gradient in Krita (version 5.2.9), using destructive and non-destructive methods such as the gradient tool, vector layers, fill layers, and the gradient overlay layer style effect.

Learn how to clip a layer to another layer in Krita (version 5.2.9), such that one layer's opacity is used to mask the other layer, using various different methods, such as inherit alpha and Krita's many transparency-related blend modes.

Learn what each layer type and mask type in Krita is for.

Learn how clone layers work in Krita and how to use them to create complex non-destructive graphical effects with just layers.

Learn how to add a drop shadow to an image (text, logo, icon, etc.) in Krita (version 5.2.9) using two methods, an easy one that casts a shadow toward an angle from a distance, and a more complicated one that lets you cast a shadow exactly X pixels to the right, and Y pixels below a layer, as well as have full control over the contour, pattern, and other aspects of the drop shadow.

Learn how to create a non-destructive multiple stroke effect in Krita using 2 different methods.

Learn how to add a stroke effect (outline effect or border effect) to a layer in Krita (version 5.2.2.).

Learn how to use layer styles in Krita.

Tutorial: learn how take a grayscale image or layer and make the black color fully transparent and the white fully opaque, or vice-versa, in Krita (version 5.2). In other words, we'll convert lightness into alpha.

Tutorial: learn how to use the color adjustment filter in Krita (version 5.2). The color adjustment filter is also called "curves" in some image-editing applications.

Tutorial: learn how to use the "Levels" filter in Krita (version 5.2), which we can use to adjust the brightness and contrast of an image, to quickly change the blackest and whitest pixel of an image, and even to manipulate alpha, saturation, and hue values.