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TECHIPEDIA (KRITA)
Hello Children, today we will learn about a new
software Krita. It is used for image creation and
image manipulation.
Krita is an open-source program used for digital painting and 2d animation also known as a
raster graphics editor. It can run on different operating systems such as Microsoft Windows,
MacOS, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android. It offers high quality of digital printing as well as raster
graphics editing.
MANIPULATING THE KRITA
Let’s know all the shortcuts we need to know to draw and move around the Krita.
Function How to do it?
Hold down the Spacebar key to turn your cursor into a hand. Now drag
Panning
your pen around to move the Krita left, right, up, or down.
Hold down Spacebar + Ctrl to turn your cursor into a magnifying glass.
Zooming in/out Now drag your pen up and down to zoom your Krita in and out. You can
press 1 to reset your canvas back to 100%.
Hold down the Ctrl key to turn your cursor into an eye dropper. Now tap
Colour Selecting the pen on the Krita, the colour that is underneath will be picked up for
you to use.
Activate the Freehand Brush from the Toolbar. Now hold down Shift +
Changing brush drag your pen left or right, your brush size will adjust until you lift your
size
pen.
SELECTION TOOL
Selection tools are used to select those areas of an image that we wish to modify.
Rectangular Selection Tool
Rectangular Selection tool makes a rectangular selection. To use the Rectangular Selection tool,
follow the given steps:
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