Rogudator's Comic Panel Generator

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I’ve decided to make seperate topic dedicated to my first plugin. (I’m still a little bit confused about naming in Krita. Should I call it a docker?)

I’ve made a video on youtube showing the plugin: Plugin for Krita to Make Comic Panels faster! - YouTube
I tweeted it: https://twitter.com/rogudator/status/1494653979053244418
Made a post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/krita/comments/svh7gh/ive_made_a_plugin_for_krita_to_make_comic_panels/
And uploaded (updated) code to github: https://github.com/rogudator/rogudators_comic_panel_generator
Also made page on gumroad just in case: Rogudator's comic panel generator for Krita

I’ll add to video description a link to this topic hoping it would the main place to discuss it.

I remember that I should make commit to add the plugin to resources page of documentation, and I did it. Waitng for approval.

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Is there any plugin or addon that adds CSP-like comic panel tool?
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and btw sorry for dissapearing :cry:

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I just hope you didn’t have a hard time during this difficult times, but you are here again, that’s what matters! So, welcome back!

There are plugins with Docker and without Docker, and the docker thing in Krita is not a Krita specific thing. The Docker functionality itself is provided by the API and there will be a change of API towards another system in the future, but only because Docker is probably better to handle there - if I understood it correctly.

Michelist

Edit: Grammar

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I like the flexibility this plugin gives with comic creation.
However, Krita’s current limitations force me to still use a very “classic” way to design the panels.
And to benefit from it, I must use a layer group, apply stroke rendering to it, and stack up many vector layers. It’s slower to design panels, but you have almost full control.
One advantage is that, with this method, you can work and follow comic guides, using a print template.
The following picture illustrates this :

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After following Pretentious Philosophers’ tutorial, I thought I’d be able to put all my vector shapes on one layer myself. But it was a dream, I simply faced flexibility limitations.
Anyway.
Great plugin nonetheless.
Someday, we’ll have a comic manager just like in CSP, or even better.

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For some reason, the plugin is having a script error every time I open Krita. Sometimes, it won’t even let Krita boot up properly. Is it just something with the latest version of Krita or did I do something wrong with the installation? Please help.

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:slight_smile: Hello @Aztec1O1 and welcome to the forum!

Unfortunately, you did not name the important information that could help us to help you better. If you had told us your operating system and the exact three digit version-number of Krita you use (yes, I see you state to use the latest version, but I’ve seen and heard it too often …), it would have helped much.

You will need a version before Krita 5.2.0, I just checked it using Krita 5.2.3, 5.2.5, 5.2.6 which had issues, then I grabbed 5.1.3 and 5.1.5 and using them it worked. So it seems to be broken between 5.1.5 and 5.2.3 and if I had to guess, I would guess it will not work with 5.2.0 either.

So, what can you do? Please go to

Where you have to pick out the version for your OS by yourself. If you use Linux or Windows, you can use that version together with your current installation of Krita on your computer, but usually not at the same time (therefore you would need to use different accounts).
If you use Windows, then it will be the krita-x64-5.1.5.zip, that is the portable version. You have to unzip it to a location of your choice, maybe the desktop or your downloads’ folder, then you’ll find three links (krita.lnk, krita-animation.lnk, krita-minimal.lnk) in the unzipped folder krita-x64-5.1.5, from which you can start Krita.
Krita will then use the settings and resources you use for your current installation, so it will be the same Krita, only in a different version. After you created the panels you want, you can save them to disk and when you then open your current Krita you’ll even see the panels you just created with 5.1.5 in your current version, because they really use the same settings and resources, not a copy of them.

For Linux, you can separate the different versions of Krita using an own home-folder for each AppImage, an explanation should be easy to find using the forum search (the magnifying-glass symbol in the upper right of every forum page).

Michelist

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First: I apologize for the lack of info, I’ll keep it in mind.

Second: Thank you for the quick response and the help.

Third: I tested it with 5.1.3 on Windows and it works. So, again, thank you very much for the help :laughing:

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