Hello, I can't seem to work out how to effectively animate using the transformation tools and layer groups.

The only way I have seen so far to create keyframes using move or transformations was to then paint a pixel onto the image... I also don't see how I can animate a layer group, do I have to animate each layer within the layer group separately with their own timelines?

Please advise.

You can animate layergroups or animate transformations. We're working on this, but it's taking a long time to get right. In 3.1 you will be able to animate opacity: https://docs.krita.org/Animation_Curves

I'm glad that you can use transformations and such but I don't seem to be able to work out how. I've tried just putting something down, making a frame, using the move tool and making another frame but it just clears the canvas. I can't seem to find out how to do it at all...

Thanks for the link, though, the manual should help me get familiar with other areas of Krita.

whatsthisthen wrote:I'm glad that you can use transformations and such but I don't seem to be able to work out how. I've tried just putting something down, making a frame, using the move tool and making another frame but it just clears the canvas. I can't seem to find out how to do it at all...

Thanks for the link, though, the manual should help me get familiar with other areas of Krita.

Sorry, my keyboard seems to not have detected 't from 'can't'. We are still working on this. :/

Oh, I see! That's a pity. I will export to another tool for now then, it would be troublesome to have to redraw for every frame. I'll keep my eyes on the animation tools as it matures, I appreciate that it's still early days. I recently decided I rather like Krita and it would be nice to have some solid animation tools to play with.

Out of curiosity, what exactly is the trouble with implementing the feature?

whatsthisthen wrote:Oh, I see! That's a pity. I will export to another tool for now then, it would be troublesome to have to redraw for every frame. I'll keep my eyes on the animation tools as it matures, I appreciate that it's still early days. I recently decided I rather like Krita and it would be nice to have some solid animation tools to play with.

Out of curiosity, what exactly is the trouble with implementing the feature?

Well, you can transform each individual frame as long as you copy them. The problem with getting transform masks to tween is that they don't cache right. Bad caching == slow as hell animation playback, and possibly export trouble.