Hi, I’m new to Krita and I’d really like to paint the sad dog from Futurama. It is said in various places that the Watercolor Set is a must have, but I don’t kniw how to install it. There’s no instructions and I couldn’t find anything searching for like two days.
The zip file contains two folders with a bunch of gbr (brushes) and kpp (presets?) files. I can import the brushes and presets via “Manage Resources…” and they show up in the list, but then what? How do I use them? Someone wrote to combine them to a bundle, but if I add them to a new bundle and click save, there’s nothing there next time I open it, even if I restart the program. That’s where I’m stuck. Could anybody help me with that? I really just want to learn to paint that dog.
When you imported the bundle with the resource manager then the brush presets should show up in the brush preset docker for selection and painting. However the bundle you linked is for Krita version 2.7 which is almost 10 years old. Current Krita version is 5.0.6 and the old bundle is likely incompatible with the current version. However, all the brushes are now in Krita from the start, from what I know.
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Hello @Taylor-eOS, and welcome to the forum!
It sounds like you have successfully imported/installed your first brush-set.
Now you have to create a canvas where you can paint on. You can do so by pressing Ctrl + N or in Krita’s Menu via “File” >> “New” or by clicking on the “New File” Button on Krita’s empty user-interface.
Now there is a dialog popping up where you can choose between various canvases. For the beginning, I would start with selecting a predefined canvas in this opening dialog. Click on the drop-down field “Predefined” and select a size you find appropriate, and because it is the first time let the other settings offered there untouched and click on the button Create. Now you will see your first canvas, select the brush tool out of the so-called toolbox and then pick a brush from your just imported watercolor brushes, or any other brush and begin to paint. Make yourself familiar with Krita, and if there are further questions then feel free to ask here in the forum or take a look into Krita’s manual, which is a well written companion to support you with most questions about Krita, and there will be questions, that is normal.
I would suggest that before you start with your sad dog, you first familiarize yourself a bit with Krita. And thus use that first canvas to try out brushes, or test other things that interest you in Krita. It’s just advice though, do what you feel is appropriate, have fun doing what you do.
And don’t forget to ask if there are further questions, or try the manual, don’t wait another two days if you get stuck.
Krita opens your browser with the manual if you click on F1 or go to:
Michelist
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That ‘collection’ of brushes and presets seems to be compatible with version 5.0.6 because I’ve just imported them.
They are in the Brush Presets docker with names starting with ‘X9A’.
The default ‘WaterC’ brush presets are also there and you may want to try those because they have been very well regarded.
You can use the Search box at the bottom of the Brush Presets docker to type in the start of their name to look for them.
Hello @Michelist
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Yep, this is absolutely correct. I did the same, and they show up and are usable.
Hello @AhabGreybeard
Michelist
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By the way, if you are interested in more watercolor brushes, I can recommend @Pesi’s bundle. You can find the forum topic here:
and here you can download this bundle. It’s free if you like, but you also have the option to pay a price you think is reasonable, as you like or can:
On the following forum page you will find a lot more brush sets and other resources for Krita:
Michelist
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Thanks for all responses. I seem to have been on an old version of Krita that got installed by the Linux Mint Software Manager, which did not have default watercolor brushes. In 5.0.6 there are plenty of them.
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As a Linux user, in most cases it is recommended to use the official AppImage from the Krita homepage instead of the package manager installable version. The problem is that the package managers almost always use the latest QT versions, not adapted for Krita, instead of the QT files adapted for Krita, if I understood and reproduced that correctly.
In a nutshell: Most support requests from Linux users in this forum are about the repository versions.
However, I don’t know if Linux-Mint is one of those unfortunate distributions, or if it is one of the few 100% working Krita repositories.
And another often forgotten component seems to be G’mic.
Michelist
This illustrates the importance of the following questions:
“Which version number of krita are you using?”
“Where did you get it from?”
“How did you install it?”
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I use Linux Mint too, in the manager you can choose which one you would like, i installed the one from flathub and this is krita 5.0.6
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