Hi @Katia_Dorosh , so here are some options that you can try. There can be some additional memory overhead for using multiple views, but it should be much smaller than opening two big documents (different kra files).
Krita is very flexible in how you can manage your canvas views. Essentially, you have these options:
- single window and tabbed document view - this means you can have only one document/view visible in your window, and you can switch between the tabs.
- single windows and multiple subwindow views - you can use it to open two documents or views side by side
- multiple windows and multiple subwindow views - the most flexible, your other view can be in a separate window.
Here’s how it looks. I created a 1600x12000 document and drawn some numbers to make it easier to see which part we are looking at. I opened two views of the same document (details at the end of the post) and put them side by side. The view on the left can be used to fit the comic to width, or any other zoom level that you need. The view on the right can be your main painting/editing view.
The subwindows are maximized by default, so you need to shrink them and you can use the option Window > Tile to lay them next to each other. From here, adjust them manually to your liking.
And here’s the other option, two Krita windows (note the titlebar is repeated, they are just next to each other). The one on the left is your “preview”, the one on the right is the editing view. I used an option to show only the canvas in the left window, to make the full use of the available space. Naturally, you could move either window farther apart, or to a second monitor, etc.
One issue I can see with this approach, is that it’s a bit annoying to scroll the view vertically, as Krita’s pan tool is inefficient for such a big image. Probably there’s a way to improve it, either with some key bind or a tweak that I’m not aware of.
If you are using the single window mode, you can use the overview docker (visible in my screenshot) to quickly navigate to any part of the document in the view that currently has the focus.
Lastly, here are some relevant settings:
- to switch to subwindow mode:
Settings > Configure Krita > General > Window > Multiple documents mode - switch to subwindows.
- to open a new view or a new window. On the menu bar:
Window > New Window or Window > New View > (your document).
- to enlarge the canvas view in the window without making it fullscreen:
Settings > Configure Krita > Canvas-only settings - uncheck “titlebar”.
Let me know if this helps or if you have any questions!
