Digital Painting with KRITA 2.9: Learn All of the Tools to Create Your Next Masterpiece

1. Cover and Acknowledgments 2. Introduction 3. Downloading and Installing 4. Common Issues 5. Using a Graphics Tablet 6. External Resources 7. Getting Help from the Community 8. Chapter 1 - User Interface 9. Interface Basics 10. Manipulating the Canvas 11. Pop-up Palette 12. Dockers 13. Toolbox 14. Tool Options 15. The Toolbar 16. Working with Multiple Documents 17. Main Menu 18. Status Bar 19. Themes 20. Configuring Shortcuts 21. Undo History 22. Copy and Paste Options 23. Common Configuration Options 24. Chapter 2 - Painting Fundamentals 25. Preset Brushes 26. The Power of the Eraser 27. Tagging System 28. Importing Brushes 29. Brush Smoothing and Dynamic Brush 30. Fills, Gradients, and Patterns 31. Gradient Tool 32. Brush Dab vs. Brush Stroke 33. Resizing the Image 34. Crop Tool 35. Trim Images 36. Chapter 3 - Layers 37. Layers Docker 38. Layer Actions 39. Mask Layer Types 40. Some Other Nice Layer Options 41. Chapter 4 - Selections and Transforms 42. Toolbox Selection Tools 43. Selection Display Mode 44. Main Menu Selection Tools 45. Transform and Move Tools 46. Transform Types 47. Chapter 5 -Drawing Aids 48. Horizontal Mirroring 49. Mirror X and Y 50. Measure Tool 51. Multibrush Tool 52. Wrap-Around Mode 53. Assistant Tool 54. Grid Tool 55. Rulers 56. Chapter 6 - Adjustments, Filters, and Effects 57. Common Adjustments 58. Filters 59. G'MIC Filters 60. Layer Styles 61. Chapter 7 - Brush Editor Part 1 62. Brush Editor User Interface 63. Pen Capabilities 64. Sharing Custom Brush Presets 65. Chapter 8 - Brush Engines 66. Pixel Engine 67. Color Smudge Engine 68. Sketch Engine 69. Bristle Engine 70. Shape Engine 71. Spray Engine 72. Hatching Engine 73. Grid Engine 74. Curve Engine 75. Dyna Engine 76. Particle Engine 77. Clone Engine 78. Deform Engine 79. Filter Engine 80. Chalk Engine 81. Tangent Normal Brush Engine 82. Learning More About Brush Engines 83. Chapter 9 - Working with Color 84. Selecting Colors 85. Color Management 86. Color Models 87. Color Profiles 88. Converting Between Color Models 89. Soft Proofing 90. Color (bit) Depth 91. What Is CIE? 92. LUT Management (HDR Painting) 93. RAW Format 94. Chapter 10 - Vector Tools 95. Understanding Vector Objects 96. Creating Vector Objects 97. Anchor Point Tool Options 98. Calligraphy Tool 99. Text Tool 100. Vector Gradients and Patterns 101. Appendix 102. Why Open Source? 103. A Brief History of Krita 104. Krita Development Cycle 105. Krita on the Command Line 106. Document Metadata 107. Memory Performance 108. Finding Older Versions of Krita 109. Reset the Settings Back to the Default 110. Closing Thoughts 111. Index