Hi,

Firstly, congratulations to the development team on getting this great software out!

I am a Linux user but primarily use Gnome and didn't know about this software until recently. Oddly, I am posting in the "Krita on Windows" forum, right? Because recently I have had to switch to Windows for various reasons, and I was glad to see that Krita is available for Windows too.

OK, my questions and problems here:

1 - Hotkeys are very important for me and I like to use the numpad. But there is a problem when I try to set some hotkeys on the numpad. If the '6' key is default to rotate and I also set it to 'increase brush size' then when I use this key it will do "both" rotate and increase brush size....? Is this a bug or a feature? Is there a work around?

2 - As I have read multiple times in other locations, there is a feature in GIMP which is really great and I would like to see it in Krita too. The feature is the ability to hold the shift key while in draw/paint mode and draw straight lines. This feature is really invaluable. Can you tell me where I can push the request for this feature? It seems the shift key is not being used otherwise in draw mode now so I think it is doable?

3 - I am also an application developer. I see the source for Krita is available. Can I compile on Windows? on Gnome? What language is Krita written in and is the learning curve for development in Krita very steep? Any information on this appreciated, I will try to download the source and have a look today.

Thank you very much for your time and any answers you might have are all appreciated!

Hi!

1. im not sure about hotkeys, maybe someone more knowledgeable can answer this one
2. this feature was added during the krita kickstarter, i think the shortcut is 'V'
shift is used to change brush size. you can submit bug reports and feature requests here: https://bugs.kde.org/
3. Krita is written in C++ and Qt. I believe it can be compiled on windows, though it is a major hassle. More information can be found here: https://krita.org/get-involved/developers/

Good luck!

Yes -- building Krita on Windows or OSX is a major hassle indeed. On Linux, it does't matter which desktop environment you use, I use KDE and Gnome interchangeably. See http://www.davidrevoy.com/article193/bu ... x-for-cats

Thanks everyone for your replies. I still can not find a hotkey to help draw lines on the fly with the draw tool. I found a polygon drawing tool which is pretty useful but still not quite the same. I guess I will use that for now.

Also does anyone know if there is a hotkey to switch back into freehand draw/paint mode? For example, if I am in select mode and I want to flip back into draw mode, is there a hotkey for that?

About the numpad, For now I just decided to move my hotkeys over to the regular keyboard area, but it's a bit cumbersome because I am left handed and thus I like to use the right most side of the keyboard with my free hand.

Thanks for the tips on development. I'm glad it's C++, a favorite language of mine Maybe I can fix that numpad hotkey problem myself!

randomartist wrote:Thanks everyone for your replies. I still can not find a hotkey to help draw lines on the fly with the draw tool. I found a polygon drawing tool which is pretty useful but still not quite the same. I guess I will use that for now.

Also does anyone know if there is a hotkey to switch back into freehand draw/paint mode? For example, if I am in select mode and I want to flip back into draw mode, is there a hotkey for that?

About the numpad, For now I just decided to move my hotkeys over to the regular keyboard area, but it's a bit cumbersome because I am left handed and thus I like to use the right most side of the keyboard with my free hand.

Thanks for the tips on development. I'm glad it's C++, a favorite language of mine Maybe I can fix that numpad hotkey problem myself!

I am pretty sure the shortcut for that is V, when you're using the brush. It's only available in versions after 2.8 though. To select brush tool, it's B.

Thanks everyone for your help!

ramskulls, the 'B' key works for switching to paint mode, that's great! I just had to turn it back on in hotkeys.

About the 'V' key, This does not work for me and I can not find the setting in the hotkeys options. There is a hotkey to switch to line drawing mode with current brush, however this is a bit different from GIMP's feature which I am trying to replicate. The concept is that when you hold the 'shift' key down in GIMP while in brush mode, it will draw a line "from the last place your brush touched the canvas". This is a great feature because you can either draw continuous polygon shapes, or, hop to any part of the canvas and start drawing new lines without having to switch between keys or mouse.

I am using Krita 2.8.3 and such a feature does not seem to exist still. Maybe it's because of the Windows version is different?

Switching to the line tool is a reasonable alternative, but I'll just have to start each new line "at the end of each last line" which requires significantly more concentration to get things perfect. Of course the polygon tool takes care of this, but again that is not the same because you get stuck in that polygon mode until 'shift and mouse click' so I have to keep juggling the mouse, the pen, and the keyboard. It is a very subtle difference, but very annoying one once you are used to having that exact feature.

By the way, the reason I switched to Krita from GIMP was because GIMP in Windows 7 has 101 bugs. Krita has been stable and great to work with thus far, but the adjustment is a bit annoying and unfortunately there are many features which still stifle my work. I am trying to make comics which obviously requires a ton of drawing and a lot of text work, and so now "text" becomes a problem too as that seems to be "work in progress" under Krita. Just one or two steps forward and Krita will be a perfect solution for me though. This is a great product and I hope the developers are being well supported. I'm in a financial jam myself these months otherwise I'd be donating.

Does anyone know if Krita can make multiline, wordwrap-style text? It seems I have to do one line of text at a time. Otherwise Krita's artistic text feature seems great thus far.

The feature was added during the kickstarter so you have to be running one of the 2.9 builds to try it. The beta 2 build is out now, and you can choose the zip file so you can try it out without losing your stable version. I don't really use the text tool on Krita, so I can't really help with that, sorry. Maybe someone will come along and help with your text question. Have a good day!

*edit: typo got caught in word filter

You can select single or multiline text in the text tool. Keep in mind that we're not exactly happy with the text tool. One day, it'll have to be completely rewritten...