# Blender Krita Link: plugin for texture editing in krita **URL:** \ **Category:** Plugins and Scripts\ **Created:** [February 7, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980 "2024-02-07T12:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/21 "2025-02-06T14:11:23Z")
Happy to hear that, I created the plugin mostly for creating stylized models in blender so its nice to see that use. As for the crashes, if you can reproduce them I would recommend you to submit an [issue](https://github.com/heisenshark/blender-krita-link-plugin/issues/new/choose) with system info, krita and blender versions and logs of both programs so I can work on fixing it as its basically core feature of the program. ---
**Author:** ![chronologicaldot](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/chronologicaldot/32/234518_2.png) [@chronologicaldot](https://krita-artists.org/u/chronologicaldot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/22 "2025-04-25T01:30:36Z")
This looks like an awesome plugin! However, as I’m on Linux, I see it requires recompiling Krita from source. I’m curious about why this is and if it’s possible to just have a purely Python extension. ---
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/23 "2025-04-25T03:48:29Z")
> [@chronologicaldot](#): > > recompiling krita compilation is not really required as I provide .so files inside releases so you can place them in krita installation folder(appimage stuff probably or smh) but then those files are used only to create selections in krita. you can just install python part and the core functionality will work. As to why there is need for c++ code, krita python api is pretty lacking in terms of creating selections that are not rectangles so I found another way. ---
**Author:** ![Oleksandr\_Gubanov](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/oleksandr_gubanov/32/142922_2.png) [@Oleksandr\_Gubanov](https://krita-artists.org/u/Oleksandr_Gubanov)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/24 "2025-06-15T01:25:25Z")
![image](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/b/d/bd5d2a8a2b91b6fb441cbc39d14860ce7c4e78b2.png) Error Blender 4.4.3 Krita 5.2.9 After pressed save UV. Very grateful for your addon. Will be glad if you take this error into account and fix it in the next patch. ---
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/25 "2025-07-23T20:41:51Z")
new release, maybe it got fixed > **[Release 0.3.1 · heisenshark/blender-krita-link-plugin](https://github.com/heisenshark/blender-krita-link-plugin/releases/tag/0.3.1)** > > Notes: > fixes: > > fixed the panel in blender 4.4+ > fixed uv rendering with reference images #19 > > Installation > import BKL\_blender\_part.zip as described in the readme > import BKL\_krita\_part.zip zip using ... ---
**Author:** ![Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/zer0frost/32/231258_2.png) [@Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/u/Zer0Frost)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/26 "2025-09-25T12:28:10Z")
I migrated to blender 4.5.3 LTS and had to download 0.3.1 of Blender-Krita link because krita started showing some errors. After successful reinstalation everything is working well. I found little error in Readme on github in **Krita Part** - Place `KritaBlenderLink` and `KritaBlenderLink.desktop` in the `/pykrita/` directory. Should be (USERNAME)\AppData\Roaming\krita\pykrita directory. Other than that i had no luck with recreating crashes using send on draw. Thanks again for amazing plugin! ---
**Author:** ![Hilder\_Lopes](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/hilder_lopes/32/201810_2.png) [@Hilder\_Lopes](https://krita-artists.org/u/Hilder_Lopes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/27 "2026-03-11T06:04:07Z")
It seems to be a very useful plugin, but it’s extremely complicated. I didn’t understand the manual compilation part. Could you ever make a video tutorial explaining it step by step? I really want to use this, but it’s difficult to understand. Thank you for your incredible work! ---
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 7:59am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/28 "2026-03-11T07:59:47Z")
Manual compilation is not required, its for advanced users. you just need to unpack the files into krita installation folder, and this step is not required to use most of the features(it only adds option to create selection right from the blender uv map), you can skip it. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/zer0frost/32/231258_2.png) [@Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/u/Zer0Frost)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/29 "2026-03-24T22:57:50Z")
Is this plugin compatible with Krita 6.0? I couldn’t make it work on Standalone package of Krita 6.0. ---
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 5:31am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/30 "2026-03-25T05:31:39Z")
For sure it does not yet, the krita 6.0 started to use qt6 which changed some things with how ui is done in plugin/whole program. But I am working on it. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/zer0frost/32/231258_2.png) [@Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/u/Zer0Frost)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/31 "2026-03-26T14:00:43Z")
I assumed that much. Good to hear youre planning to eventually update your amazing plugin 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/32 "2026-03-27T01:44:15Z")
> **[GitHub - heisenshark/blender-krita-link-plugin at 6.0](https://github.com/heisenshark/blender-krita-link-plugin/tree/6.0)** > > simple way to edit blender textures in krita, alternative to using blender image editor - heisenshark/blender-krita-link-plugin here, I created new branch just for the 6.0, if you replace right files it should work. I don’t know why but on my pc the appimage version of krita has problems with shared memory so crashes on unlinking may happen(I am quite sure its just a krita bug) maybe extract the appimage if you are using it. ---
**Author:** ![HoriNotCode](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/horinotcode/32/104127_2.png) [@HoriNotCode](https://krita-artists.org/u/HoriNotCode)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 6:24am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/33 "2026-05-31T06:24:45Z")
I have a question: when I use the plugin, the UV in Krita appears much smaller than the actual UV. How do I fix this? 😔 ![Screenshot 2026-05-31 012335](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/b/8/b8cceb6755fd44d8347d0ec5567d00d549e170ed.png) ---
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/34 "2026-05-31T14:57:14Z")
Seems like an old issue due to my mistake(the image dpi was assumed to be 72), try the 6.0 branch(linked above) in newest version of krita. The bug has been fixed at least for me. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/zer0frost/32/231258_2.png) [@Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/u/Zer0Frost)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/35 "2026-08-23T11:07:48Z")
I have the same issue as \*\*HoriNotCode using Krita 5.3.2 and 5.3.3 while using master branch. 6.0 branch doesn’t work in 5.3.2/3 This issue does not appear while using master branch in Krita 5.3.0. Krita 6.0 turned out to be very unstable so im back to using 5.3.0 for Blender Krita link and 5.3.3 for daily painting.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/36 "2026-08-23T12:26:18Z")
Updated 6.0 branch, should probably work in 5.3.x versions right now. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/zer0frost/32/231258_2.png) [@Zer0Frost](https://krita-artists.org/u/Zer0Frost)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/37 "2026-08-23T14:40:26Z")
Tested and it works so far! thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sad\_Tea](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sad_tea/32/182_2.png) [@Sad\_Tea](https://krita-artists.org/u/Sad_Tea)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/38 "2026-09-14T21:53:51Z")
Thank you, working with textures in Krita has become much more enjoyable! 😳 It’s a bit of a pity that uv selection addition doesn’t work in version 5.3, but even without it, this is a very useful add‑on. ---
**Author:** ![Blind\_Immersion](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/blind_immersion/32/87272_2.png) [@Blind\_Immersion](https://krita-artists.org/u/Blind_Immersion)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 2:54am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/39 "2026-09-17T02:54:01Z")
This is a super useful tool but I ran into an issue pretty quickly. At first everything was running smoothly, I was able to connect and change the main color of my texture, but then Krita crashed and now it can’t connect anymore. ---
**Author:** ![heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@heisenshark](https://krita-artists.org/u/heisenshark)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2026, 7:51am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980/40 "2026-09-17T07:51:43Z")
Ok, what versions of blender, krita and operating system are you using? Please run krita and blender in command line, connect them trough port 65444 and share the output here. [Previous page](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980.md?page=1) [Next page](https://krita-artists.org/t/blender-krita-link-plugin-for-texture-editing-in-krita/83980.md?page=3)