#krita 5.2.14

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A Cheat Sheet for Krita on Android Tablets (Part 2)

Part 1: Touch Interface Notes

SIMPLIFYING THE INTERFACE FOR A TABLET:

Settings → Configure Krita → Canvas-only Settings

I'm still experimenting with my set up, either:

-Hide everything but Toolbars for maximum drawing space, so tick everything but Toolbars.

-Or keep the full Toolbox, and the Dockers if you want more than one Docker available within one-click while in Canvas-only mode, so tick everything but Toolbars, and Toolbox & Dockers.

We’ll go into that more below.

If you want to configure what Dockers you see, go to Settings → Dockers

Tick and untick as you please, and arrange away. I keep some dockers visible out of Canvas-only mode for easy access so I can switch easily in and out while I draw with a single four-finger tap.

Settings → Configure Toolbars → mainToolBar / editToolBar / BrushesAndStuff

In Krita v5.2.14, you have 3 Toolbars you can configure with pretty much anything from the Toolbox and the Main Menus. These toolbars stretch across the top line underneath the main menus.

In Krita v5.3 you have an additional 2 customizable Toolbars - but they're a little buggy still, so I recommend mainly relying on the main 3 from 5.2.

But the real big gain in function in 5.3 is that you can add a docker button, giving you access to any of the dockers with the click of a button. Unfortunately, you can’t seem to add multiple docker buttons, just the one (so close to complete customization, but so far!). But for me, it completed the set of tools I really needed from the Toolbar (5.2 was missing easy access to layers).

Once you have your Toolbars set up to your liking, make sure you have them displayed under Settings → Toolbars Shown.

Settings → Configure Krita → Colour Selector Settings

Click on the colour picker triangle in circle to change from the triangle to another type of colour picker.

This is subjective, but I recommend switching from Krita’s default triangle colour picker to a square version. In terms of colour theory, a triangle does correspond better to Hue, Value and Saturation, but in terms of screen real estate on a tiny patch of colour on my tablet screen, I’m better able to pick colours on the square. There’s also a separate section to change this for the Pop-up Palette (Settings → Configure Krita → Pop-up Palette → Colour Selector → Wide Gamut Selector)

I also like to put the colour history horizontal rather than the default vertical. (Colour Selector Settings → Colour History → Layout → Horizontal). It’s also useful if you want to look at the settings if you want separate colour histories per file, and how big a history. The shade selector is kind of a fun tool for warm-cool colours, but I have landed on turning it off to save space. (Colour Selector Settings → Shade Selector → Type → Do Not Show)

Save all your interface changes into a new workspace Window → Workspace → New Workspace

So, as an example of what you can do....

This is the default Krita workspace:

This is my current simplified workspace in Krita 5.3 (so much room for drawing!):

I have the docker button set primarily for one-click access to layers, but I can access these other dockers through it quite quickly too.

And an alternative layout with immediate toolbox access, that works for my tablet in both horizontal and vertical orientation (the toolbox will scroll for any overflow, but the toolbars will not):