Changeset View
Changeset View
Standalone View
Standalone View
user_manual/getting_started/navigation.rst
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| 30 | .. image:: /images/en/Interface-tour.png | 30 | .. image:: /images/en/Interface-tour.png | ||
| 31 | :width: 1000 | 31 | :width: 1000 | ||
| 32 | :align: center | 32 | :align: center | ||
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| 34 | - **A** -- Traditional '''File''' or action menu found in most windowed applications | 34 | - **A** -- Traditional '''File''' or action menu found in most windowed applications | ||
| 35 | - **B** -- Toolbar - This is where you can choose your brushes, set parameters such as opacity and size and other settings. | 35 | - **B** -- Toolbar - This is where you can choose your brushes, set parameters such as opacity and size and other settings. | ||
| 36 | - **C** -- Sidebars for the Movable Panels/Dockers. In some applications, these are known as Dockable areas. Krita also allows you to dock panels at the top and/or bottom as well. | 36 | - **C** -- Sidebars for the Movable Panels/Dockers. In some applications, these are known as Dockable areas. Krita also allows you to dock panels at the top and/or bottom as well. | ||
| 37 | - **D** -- Status Bar - This space shows you preferred mode for showing selection i.e marching ants or mask mode, your selected brush preset, :ref:`Color Space <color_managed_workflow>`, image size and provides a convenient zoom control. | 37 | - **D** -- Status Bar - This space shows you preferred mode for showing selection i.e. marching ants or mask mode, your selected brush preset, :ref:`Color Space <color_managed_workflow>`, image size and provides a convenient zoom control. | ||
| 38 | - **E** -- Floating Panel/Docker - These can be "popped" in and out of their docks at any time in order to see a greater range of options. A good example of this would be the :ref:`brush_preset_docker` or the :ref:`palette_docker` | 38 | - **E** -- Floating Panel/Docker - These can be "popped" in and out of their docks at any time in order to see a greater range of options. A good example of this would be the :ref:`brush_preset_docker` or the :ref:`palette_docker` | ||
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| 40 | Your canvas sits in the middle and unlike traditional paper or even most digital painting apps, Krita provides the artist with a scrolling canvas of infinite size (not that you'll need it of course!). The standard navigation tools are as follows: | 40 | Your canvas sits in the middle and unlike traditional paper or even most digital painting apps, Krita provides the artist with a scrolling canvas of infinite size (not that you'll need it of course!). The standard navigation tools are as follows: | ||
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| 42 | Navigation | 42 | Navigation | ||
| 43 | ---------- | 43 | ---------- | ||
| 44 | Many of the canvas navigation actions, like rotation, mirroring and zooming have default keys attached to them: | 44 | Many of the canvas navigation actions, like rotation, mirroring and zooming have default keys attached to them: | ||
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| 46 | Panning | 46 | Panning | ||
| 47 | This can be done through |mousemiddle|, :kbd:`Space +` |mouseleft| and :kbd:`the directional keys`. | 47 | This can be done through |mousemiddle|, :kbd:`Space +` |mouseleft| and :kbd:`the directional keys`. | ||
| 48 | Zooming | 48 | Zooming | ||
| 49 | Discrete zooming can be done through :kbd:`+`, and :kbd:`-`. Using :kbd:`Ctrl + Space` or :kbd:`Ctrl +` |mousemiddle| can allow for direct zooming with the stylus. | 49 | Discrete zooming can be done through :kbd:`+`, and :kbd:`-`. Using :kbd:`Ctrl + Space` or :kbd:`Ctrl +` |mousemiddle| can allow for direct zooming with the stylus. | ||
| 50 | Mirroring | 50 | Mirroring | ||
| 51 | You can mirror the view can be quickly done via :kbd:`M`. Mirroring is a great technique that seasoned digital artists use to quickly review the composition of their work to ensure that it "reads" well, even when flipped horizontally. | 51 | You can mirror the view can be quickly done via :kbd:`M`. Mirroring is a great technique that seasoned digital artists use to quickly review the composition of their work to ensure that it "reads" well, even when flipped horizontally. | ||
| 52 | Rotating | 52 | Rotating | ||
| 53 | You can rotate the canvas without transforming it can be done with :kbd:`Ctrl + [` or :kbd:`4` and the other way with :kbd:`Ctrl + ]` or :kbd:`6`. Quick mouse based rotation is :kbd:`Shift + Space` and :kbd:`Shift +` |mousemiddle|. To reset rotation use :kbd:`5` . | 53 | You can rotate the canvas without transforming. It can be done with :kbd:`Ctrl + [` or :kbd:`4` and the other way with :kbd:`Ctrl + ]` or :kbd:`6`. Quick mouse based rotation is :kbd:`Shift + Space` and :kbd:`Shift +` |mousemiddle|. To reset rotation use :kbd:`5` . | ||
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| 55 | You can also find these under :menuselection:`View --> Canvas` | 55 | You can also find these under :menuselection:`View --> Canvas` | ||
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| 57 | Dockers | 57 | Dockers | ||
| 58 | ------- | 58 | ------- | ||
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| 60 | Krita subdivides many of its options into functional panels called Dockers (aka Docks). | 60 | Krita subdivides many of its options into functional panels called Dockers (aka Docks). | ||
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| 76 | Krita uses these to control values like brush size, opacity, flow, Hue, Saturation, etc... Below is an example of a Krita slider. | 76 | Krita uses these to control values like brush size, opacity, flow, Hue, Saturation, etc... Below is an example of a Krita slider. | ||
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| 78 | .. image:: /images/en/Krita_Opacity_Slider.png | 78 | .. image:: /images/en/Krita_Opacity_Slider.png | ||
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| 80 | The total range is represented from left to right and blue bar gives an indication of where in the possible range the current value is. Clicking anywhere, left or right, of that slider will change the current number to something lower (to the left) or higher (to the right). | 80 | The total range is represented from left to right and blue bar gives an indication of where in the possible range the current value is. Clicking anywhere, left or right, of that slider will change the current number to something lower (to the left) or higher (to the right). | ||
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| 82 | To input a specific number, |mouseright| the slider. A number can now be entered directly for even greater precision. | 82 | To input a specific number, |mouseright| the slider. A number can now be entered directly for even greater precision. | ||
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| 84 | Pressing :kbd:`Shift` while dragging the slider changes the values at a smaller increment, and Pressing :kbd:`Ctrl` while dragging the slider changes the value in whole numbers or multiples or 5. | 84 | Pressing :kbd:`Shift` while dragging the slider changes the values at a smaller increment, and pressing :kbd:`Ctrl` while dragging the slider changes the value in whole numbers or multiples of 5. | ||
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| 86 | Toolbars | 86 | Toolbars | ||
| 87 | -------- | 87 | -------- | ||
| 88 | .. image:: /images/en/Krita_Toolbar.png | 88 | .. image:: /images/en/Krita_Toolbar.png | ||
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| 90 | Toolbars are where some of the important actions and menus are placed so that they are readily and quickly available for the artist while painting. | 90 | Toolbars are where some of the important actions and menus are placed so that they are readily and quickly available for the artist while painting. | ||
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| 92 | You can learn more about the Krita Toolbars and how to configure them in over in the Toolbars section of the manual. | 92 | You can learn more about the Krita Toolbars and how to configure them in over in the :ref:`Toolbars section <configure_toolbars>` of the manual. | ||
| 93 | Putting these to effective use can really speed up the Artist's workflow, especially for users of Tablet-Monitors and Tablet-PCs. | 93 | Putting these to effective use can really speed up the Artist's workflow, especially for users of Tablet-Monitors and Tablet-PCs. | ||
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| 95 | Workspace Chooser | 95 | Workspace Chooser | ||
| 96 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | 96 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
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| 98 | The button on the very right of the toolbar is the workspace chooser. This allows you to load and save common configurations of the user interface in Krita. There are a few common workspaces that come with Krita. | 98 | The button on the very right of the toolbar is the workspace chooser. This allows you to load and save common configurations of the user interface in Krita. There are a few common workspaces that come with Krita. | ||
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| 100 | Pop-up Palette | 100 | Pop-up Palette | ||
| 101 | -------------- | 101 | -------------- | ||
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| 103 | .. image:: /images/en/Krita-popuppalette.png | 103 | .. image:: /images/en/Krita-popuppalette.png | ||
| 104 | :align: center | 104 | :align: center | ||
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| 106 | Pop-up Palette is a unique feature in Krita designed to increase productivity of the artist, It is a circular menu for quickly choosing brushes, foreground and background colors, recent colors while painting. To access the palette you have to just |mouseright| on the canvas. The palette will spawn at the place of the brush tip or cursor. | 106 | Pop-up Palette is a unique feature in Krita designed to increase productivity of the artist. It is a circular menu for quickly choosing brushes, foreground and background colors, recent colors while painting. To access the palette you have to just |mouseright| on the canvas. The palette will spawn at the place of the brush tip or cursor. | ||
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| 108 | By tagging your brush presets you can add particular sets of brushes to this palette. For example If you add some inking brush presets to inking tag you can and change the tags to inking in the pop-up palette you'll get all the inking brushes in the palette. | 108 | By tagging your brush presets you can add particular sets of brushes to this palette. For example, if you add some inking brush presets to inking tag you can change the tags to inking in the pop-up palette and you'll get all the inking brushes in the palette. | ||
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| 110 | You can :ref:`tag <tag_management>` brush presets via the :ref:`brush_preset_docker`, check out the resource overview page to know more about tagging in general. | 110 | You can :ref:`tag <tag_management>` brush presets via the :ref:`brush_preset_docker`, check out the resource overview page to know more about tagging in general. | ||
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| 112 | If you call up the pop-up palette again, you can click the wrench icon, and select the tag. In fact, you can make multiple tags and switch between them. | 112 | If you call up the pop-up palette again, you can click the wrench icon, and select the tag. In fact, you can make multiple tags and switch between them. | ||
| 113 | When you need more than ten presets, go into :menuselection:`Settings --> Configure Krita --> General --> Favorite presets` and change the number of presets from 10 to something you feel comfortable. | 113 | When you need more than ten presets, go into :menuselection:`Settings --> Configure Krita --> General --> Favorite presets` and change the number of presets from 10 to something you feel comfortable. | ||