Any Advice On How To Make The White Outline or Offset For Stickers

[wynter57]

Hi there. I’ve used Photoshop for a decade or more, Illustrator for a few years and each one is different with how to create that white sticker outline. None of them are super easy and have their quirks. I’ve watched YouTube videos about how to do this on Krita but truly it’s a big PITA, there just has to be an easier way.

The ONLY software I’ve used that actually makes it easy is Cricut Design Space, but that’s a PITA also due to when it downloads to your computer, you have to dig through a bunch of files to find a file that’s named with a bunch of numbers.

So, if a crappy little software like Cricut Design Space can make the job of outlining stickers so easy, why can’t it be just as easy with Krita and the other programs? Or hey, maybe it is but I’ve not yet used Krita enough to figure out an easier way than the YouTubers have shown.

I am really hoping that you awesome Krita Artists here will know the easiest and fastest way to get this done.

Thank you in advance, I look forward to learning lots from you all.

[Grum999]

Hi

@wynter57

PITA

PITA?

Sorry, I’m not a native english speaker?

@wynter57

So, if a crappy little software like Cricut Design Space can make the job

It’s super nice for the people who worked on this software…

@wynter57

why can’t it be just as easy with Krita and the other programs?

You can do it in 3 click in Krita…

Grum999

[AhabGreybeard]

Pain In The Arm (Very close)
Probably Intended To Annoy
Perhaps Insufficient To Achieve

I almost forgot - right-click → Layer Style → Stroke

[Grum999]

Google translate:

Grum999

[Grum999]

Here an example:

Grum999

[wynter57]

Haha, the first one was my meaning for PITA and trying not to cuss and offend folks lol.

Now, I have done it with stroke and that’s what the YouTube tutorials show. That’s fine if just for words, but when you are using png images and text together, you do the stroke, then you have to do a bunch of other steps and go back to the layer with the stroke and fill in all the little holes left by the stroke. That’s a no-no when creating files to use a die cutting machine, all those little holes will be seen as something to cut out when you don’t want that on your stickers. I was just wondering if there were any faster and easier ways than just the stroke. This makes you have to create all these extra layers and such and if one is going to be making LOTS of stickers, this is too time consuming.

I appreciate your help and of course if you are not into stickers or die cutting machines that is not something I would expect you to know about. By the way, you are quite funny.

Thanks so much.

[wynter57]

Haha, it’s an acronym for Pain In The A$$.

[KnowZero]

Can you provide a picture of what you mean?

Do note, you can put a layer style on a group, which would put an outline on the entire thing as a whole.

Edit: Also, Krita has Stroke selection under Edit

[Deif_Lou]

@wynter57

you do the stroke, then you have to do a bunch of other steps and go back to the layer with the stroke and fill in all the little holes left by the stroke. That’s a no-no when creating files to use a die cutting machine, all those little holes will be seen as something to cut out when you don’t want that on your stickers.

I guess something like the “enclose and fill” tool would help here. It is still an additional step but will allow to just select a rough region and then it can fill every closed transparent region inside that (that’s only one option you can select to stablish what to fill):