Krita layers skin#
Krita layers full#

If multiple layers are selected, they are put into the group layer.Ĭtrl + Shift + G shortcut will quickly set-up a clipping group, with the selected layers added into the group, and a new layer added on top with alpha-inheritance turned on, ready for painting!Ĭtrl + Alt + G shortcut will ungroup layers inside a group.Īlt + shortcut for isolated view of a layer. Shift + Ins key for adding a new vector layer.Ĭtrl + G shortcut will create a group layer. Use the Shift + R + shortcut for multiple layers. R + shortcut allows you to select layers on canvas, similar to picking colors directly on canvas. Using the Ctrl + E shortcut on a single layer with a mask will merge down the mask into the layer.Ĭtrl + Shift + E shortcut merges all layers. This also merges selected layers, layer styles and will keep selection masks intact. Shift key for selecting multiple contiguous layers.Ĭtrl key for select or deselect layer without affecting other layers selection.Ĭtrl + + drag shortcut makes a duplicate of the selected layers, for you to drag and drop.Ĭtrl + E shortcut for merging a layer down.

For safety reasons, you can only delete visible layers. This is useful when you don’t have access to a button. The button to the side will open up the context menu for the currently selected layer. Will switch them out and in groups when coming across them.

Can be quickly invoked with the Ctrl + + drag shortcut. Will by default add a new Paint Layer, but using the little arrow, you can call a sub-menu with the other layer types. These are buttons for doing layer operations. New in version 5.0: By drag-and-dropping colors from the palette onto the layer stack, you can quickly create a fill layer. You can change other layer properties like visibility, opacity, lock states, etc. Krita will automatically add a number behind the layer names. There, to change the names of all layers, the checkbox before Name should be ticked after which you can type in a name. To edit these properties on multiple layers at once, press the properties option when you have multiple layers selected or press the F3 key. If you Ctrl + on it then you can make a selection from the contents of that layer (see Hot keys and Sticky Keys section below). This shows a miniature image with the layer contents. The button allows you to switch between on/off quickly. This is only available on layers which have a Layer Styles assigned.

Krita layers skin#

This is only available on animated layers, and toggles the onion skin feature. (An Arrow Icon) This will allow you to access sub-layers of a layer.

Krita layers full#

For a full explanation see Introduction to Layers and Masks. This will use the alpha of all the peers of this layer as a transparency mask. Doesn’t work with masks currently, therefore these have a strike-through on group layers set to pass-through. Only available on Group Layers, this allows you to have the blending modes of the layers within affect the layers outside the group. In more plain terms: This will prevent the transparency of a layer being changed. This will prevent the alpha of the layer being edited. Clicking this will prevent the layer from being edited, useful when handling large amounts of layers. Edit State (Or layer Locking) ¶Ī lock Icon. This will set the opacity of the whole layer. This will set the Blending Modes of the layer.

You can then later filter on these colors. the layer to get a context menu to assign a color to it. This is a color that you can set on the layer. The Layer name, just do double- to make it editable, and press the Enter key to finish editing. You can open and close groups, and you can drag and drop layers, either to reorder them, or to put them in groups. You can also change the visibility, edit state, alpha inheritance and rename layers. Using the Shift and Ctrl keys you can select multiple layers and drag-and-drop them. Some people prefer large thumbnails with a lot of indentation, others want the visuals to take up the least amount of space. The second button allows you to control the thumbnail size of the layers and how much layers indent when they are grouped. This allows you to filter all existing layers by either color label, or since Krita 5.0 by layer name. Two of them are layer properties, the blending mode and the opacity. You can add, delete, rename, duplicate and do many other things to layers here.Īt the top there are four controls. The Layers docker is for one of the core concepts of Krita: Layer Management.