![]() These are the handlers though they may be called different things in different software. ![]() When you create a curved point you will notice the point now features two little antennas. You can also click and drag to select multiple points at a time. This allows you to turn corners into curves and vice versa. This tool can move the points of the shape around and if you right click on the point you can change the type of point. To move the points around you now need to use the edit shape tool. You can shift and click to create an open-ended shape. If you click once you will create a line point which has straight lines connecting each dot and if you click and drag you will create a bezier point (curved).īezier and curve are kind of interchangeable words they mean the same thing.Ĭlick back on the original point to complete the shape. Select the Bezier curve tool and draw a basic shape. This is basically a polygon snap tool, it is a point to point shape maker. Krita has a few shape tools like pre-made shapes etc but to keep it simple I will use the bezier curve tool. If you do not create a new vector layer the shape will instantly flatten and you will be unable to edit the shape. Start a new file, and create a new vector layer. If you resize your canvas, the vector shapes will always stay sharp. And it probably took way longer than it needed to so if you want to learn from my mistakes, read on.Īlthough Krita uses a pixel-based canvas the rules of vector shapes still applies. This is exactly how I figured out how to use Krita’s vector tools. I nearly always just dive in and think F’ it I will figure this out. ![]() I am one of those irritating types of people who never ever follow instructions or guides. It was created with vector graphics and if I wanted too I could print it as large as a billboard and it would still be in perfect resolution.īecause vector graphics are mostly dots and lines they have very small file sizes, when compared with pixel images. These points are like points in space and no matter how big I scale up the square, it will always be in perfect resolution.Īs you can imagine this makes vector graphics perfect for logos take for example my MonstaBot symbol. What does this mean? If I created a basic square with vector graphics I would have 4 points for the 4 corners of the square. VectorĪ vector image is made up of points and lines kind of like a graph, the distances between the points are relative. This is because a pixel image is always limited by the original resolution it was made with. If you scale up a pixel image you will end up with a chunky pixelated image. ![]() The number of tiles or pixels determines the maximum resolution of the image. Think of a pixel image like a mosaic, from a distance you see a nice picture but when you get up close you can see the individual tiles. In case you are not yet ware Krita is free so go grab it! Kritaįirstly, in case you are not familiar with vector graphics allow me to explain the differences: Vector vs Pixel Graphics Pixels Krita, fortunately, has enough vector tools to make it practical for certain tasks. Anybody who has used Illustrator will know there is a tonne of features and tools you almost never use. Krita has a very limited vector tool set compared to illustrator but it can do the basics. I approached Krita from the point of view of somebody who might use Adobe Illustrator. In this article, I will show you the basics of creating and editing vector shapes in Krita.
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