# Rigging tools **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [June 8, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/rigging-tools/8089 "2020-06-08T05:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/rigging-tools/8089/4 "2020-06-08T08:34:27Z")
This topic will probably be of interest to you: > [@Feedback Wanted: Help Us Improve Krita's Animation Tools!](https://krita-artists.org/t/feedback-wanted-help-us-improve-kritas-animation-tools/4171): > > Hey there. I’m Emmet. For a couple of years now I’ve been involved to varying degrees in the development of Krita and I’m posting today to let everybody know that we’ve just started working on a new project for Krita in 2020 to bring our animation tools to the next level. What is “Animation Next”? Since the release of version 3.0, Krita has developed into a potent tool for traditional animation. While a solid groundwork has been laid, the next step for Krita should be to focus on addressing re… If you need bones and rigging then you could have a look at Synfig Studio. There are YouTube videos about it of course. You can import .mp4 videos using a plugin called Animator Video Reference which will import the frames of an .mp4 file. This was developed by Scott Petrovic - (known as scottyp here) and can be downloaded from [https://github.com/scottpetrovic/animator-video-reference](https://github.com/scottpetrovic/animator-video-reference) Instructions/explanations and a url to a YouTube video are included in the download. If you do import a .mp4 video, every frame becomes a fully painted keyframe so expect to need lots of RAM to store it all. --- _[View the full topic](https://krita-artists.org/t/rigging-tools/8089)._