# Krita-tip Video Series **URL:** \ **Category:** Tutorials\ **Created:** [February 13, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825 "2022-02-13T20:24:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/1 "2022-02-13T20:24:40Z")
I find Krita to be a treasure trove of hidden gems! I want to share some of these gems with more users through a series of short text-and-music based videos that quickly highlight some of my favorite features. The videos are aimed at people that have used Krita for a little while but has yet to find some of its lesser known or powerful features. I will start the project by making 5 small videos with some of my favorite tips, see if the format and information in them are useful and make more after that if it’s the case! These might come at a snail’s pace as studying takes a lot of my time, but I hope the ones that I release will be helpful for some 😊 **Some of the planned tips are:** Overlay Blending Instant Preview Brush Hotkeys Seamless cloud-syncing brushes and resources G’MIC and my favorite filters there Non-destructive Gradient Maps And others! Here is the first video in the short series. I have seen many people talk about how they cannot switch from Photoshop to other programs because there is no liquify or similar. The thing is that Krita most often has these features but people often assume it doesn’t, so in this first video I want to highlights one of Krita’s most important but sadly unknown features: https://www.youtube.com/embed/O2JWDC3nQiU?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLposyT0EEQaMybshO-c3bcXRpdbUleIQ4 ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/2 "2022-02-13T21:40:03Z")
Thank you @Rakurri🙂 It’s a good idea to make a series of ‘short and sweet’ tip videos which will probably be more useful than the longer and detailed tutorials, especially for people who already have experience with digital painting/editing. I’ll look forward to seeing more. ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/3 "2022-02-13T22:57:48Z")
Thank you very much! 😊 Happy to hear that! I think there are many good beginner tutorials already, and there are many great in-depth longer videos, so I hope I hit a space that is less occupied and for existing users. I wish I had more time to "mass produce these though haha, then they could be be even more useful, but for now it will probably be far between each video, so I start with my absolute favorites! ---
**Author:** ![Reitei17](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/reitei17/32/55419_2.png) [@Reitei17](https://krita-artists.org/u/Reitei17)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/4 "2022-02-13T23:07:39Z")
Yay yay i needed tips videos like these. ---
**Author:** ![sooz](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sooz/32/93244_2.png) [@sooz](https://krita-artists.org/u/sooz)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/5 "2022-02-14T00:31:56Z")
Thank you so much! I love finding out about lesser-known features. And shorter is better than longer – although I would never complain if someone took the time to make a tutorial and it was really long. I would still be appreciative. ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/6 "2022-02-14T19:32:54Z")
> [@Reitei17](#): > > Yay yay i needed tips videos like these. Happy to hear that @Reitei17! 😊 Thank you > [@sooz](#): > > Thank you so much! I love finding out about lesser-known features. And shorter is better than longer Thank you @sooz, so happy to hear that! I hope to make some that are even shorter too! My goal is kind of having many catchy titles that makes people go “Whaaat Krita can do that?!” and is more about showing what things are possible rather than showing them much in-depth! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/7 "2022-02-18T20:01:31Z")
New video about the wonderful Overlay Mode on Color Smudge Engine brushes! 😁 [Krita Tips - Smudge Multiple Layers - YouTube](https://youtu.be/F3bJbaYHhDA) ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/8 "2022-03-19T16:15:20Z")
Here is a new batch of Krita-Tip videos! 😁 Thank you for all the support on this series so far, it makes me glad so many find them useful! I appreciate it a ton ❤ # Super Fast Smudging! [![](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/2/e/2e7eb0c071f6941fabff5ccc24014ff89ac59a6a.jpeg "Krita Tips - Super Fast Smudging!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oct5rbe0zEQ) # Gradient Maps [![](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/a/8/a82a2198f9bf123a2b2b82b4a5d381b806a2d819.jpeg "Krita Tips - Gradient Maps") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSzhpcQNQcU) # Assign ANY brushes to hotkeys! [![](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/d/fd2ae36fb93bfd2938ca3231b953d206908d4e1e.jpeg "Krita Tips - Assign ANY brushes to hotkeys!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp4euYCjlgw) Many more to come! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/9 "2022-03-19T18:56:36Z")
Neat trick to reallocate the default number key actions (canvas input settings) so you can use all of the numbers for rapid brush selection 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/10 "2022-03-19T19:14:42Z")
Thankyou! 😁 Yeah I think having them freed up to brushes or other things is great. I never tend to use the default number, almost to the point that I personally think they could almost be considered to be unmapped by default? My opinion I think Ctrl + 1, Ctrl + 2 and so on should be the canvas input shortcuts and 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on should be up to the users, but that’s could be just me being more of a power user than most users/users new to the program. What I love about Krita is how customizable it is, so I am extremely grateful to the devs that most things are not “hard-coded”, and easy to customize and share 😁 ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/11 "2022-03-19T19:34:59Z")
Ctrl+Alt+n needs two hands or one large hand with the fingering skills of a concert pianist. Many new users don’t know about the difference between Keyboard shortcuts (easy) and Canvas Input settings (confusing) and the isolation between them. You should make a tutorial video about that 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/12 "2022-03-19T20:00:27Z")
That sounds like a helpful tutorial of one of the most important Krita knowledges -and- the perfect way to plug my free [Rakurri Shortcut and Navigation Set for Krita](https://krita-artists.org/t/rakurri-shortcut-and-navigation-set-for-krita/34787) to more people hahaha I might consider it as a “how to change navigation” in Krita, or maybe mention it in the video I plan on “how to colour pick on only the selected layer” where it’s added in the Canvas Input Settings! Thank you for the suggestion. I don’t think I have ever used Ctrl + Alt + N and I can’t find it, maybe I have unmapped it? Haha and yeah, I can feel the pianist feeling with some shortcuts. There are some shortcuts in Krita that I find hard - the most prominent example is **[** and **]** for brush size, which is particularly hard for me to reach as they don’t exists on Norwegian keyboards 😅 (I set them to A and S) ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/13 "2022-03-19T20:54:58Z")
> [@AhabGreybeard](#): > > Ctrl+Alt+n needs two hands I mean where ‘n’ is a number, i.e. the default ten brushes shortcuts. ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/14 "2022-03-19T20:59:03Z")
Ah haha thank you for clarifying! 😁 Yeah, the kind of hard-to-reach defaults for Ten Brushes defeat some of the purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/15 "2022-04-25T01:22:20Z")
Here is the two latest videos in the series: [![](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/6/f66207f35b16055b16330e08b76ad0e129415554.jpeg "Krita Tips - Super Easy Built-in Timelapses!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pRHd6Mj5Nc) [![](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/2/f244e7dbeb338528fddba35e446b2d72522cabc9.jpeg "Krita Tips - Quick Straight Lines!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq4yj4JwtKg) The videos have gotten combined more than 4000 views so far - I am blown away! Thank you so much for watching and for the support! 🤩 ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/16 "2022-04-25T07:19:01Z")
Hi @Rakurri and thank you for two more tasty bite-sized tips 🙂 I was wondering if you could splice them all together into one longer video, maybe when there are a few more added to the series That way, someone could download it and watch them offline. ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/17 "2022-04-25T11:17:49Z")
Thank you! Happy to hear ❤ I kinda want to make a giga-compilation when I have gotten a ton of them. So that might be years from now. Though if you want an offline version I can gladly put them all together and send to you, that shouldn’t take long as I have them all in a folder! 😊 I also want to make a compilation of many mini-tips in one video in the summer. Quick ones that would have been almost too quick for a video, simple things like scaling brush with shift, new layer from visible, hiding selection outline and so on. The plan is a ton of useful tips, and showing a ton of them quickly I hope that some are new to the viewers! ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/18 "2022-04-25T11:22:40Z")
> [@Rakurri](#): > > Though if you want an offline version I can gladly put them all together and send to you, Thank you for that kind offer but there’s no need. I’ll wait for the giga-release 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/rakurri/32/78071_2.png) [@Rakurri](https://krita-artists.org/u/Rakurri)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-tip-video-series/36825/19 "2022-11-14T01:29:14Z")
New batch of videos, Cloud Sync is from today, and I’ve been particularly excited to release that one! 😁 [![](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/0/9/092f2a317692881e2b6aba310aa35aff908adc15.jpeg "Krita Tips - Travel Between Savepoints!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q20UxiAelsQ) [![](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/3/a/3afcc1566d2c4576a25db209166f0f55cbb7e52f.jpeg "Krita Tips - Pick Colour From Current Layer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-gzj1AIdXA) [![](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/f/5/f50dac41b83d8eb61b16bd9f222c4df8c52564f8.jpeg "Krita Tips - Sync Your Brushes and Resources Across Devices!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXEtQXCby50)