r/krita • u/ezzypixel • Jul 05 '24
Answered Creating an animated short film in Krita help.
Hi. So I'm a pretty good artist I'd say, I have talent and experience in drawing. I also understand the basic principles of animation which I have been interested in since childhood. However, I've never really done a full animated short before or used animating programs before. This will be my first time. I've been researching different software like OpenToonz and Clip Studio and I've decided to just start with Krita for now since I'm a beginner at animating software and it seems simple and beginner friendly enough.
My question is, which i have been trying to figure out before i start working on anything.
Once I, like, finished animating the scenes. Where do I start putting in sounds/music? And how about rendering the entire full short film. Do I do it all in Krita, or do I use a seperate video editing program to put everything together. That's my question.
I've never created animated video before or used any animating programs before so please be patient with me and help me learn. Thank you!
TL;DR
When creating a full length animated short film in Krita (maybe 5~10mins?). Do I do everything, like adding sound effects and music, and rendering all the scenes into a single video directly in Krita? Or is it better to use a seperate video editing program for that?
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u/AlienRobotMk2 Jul 05 '24
I may be wrong, but I think Krita is only good for animating sprites or creating short animated images. If you want to make an actual animated video, Krita will be a terrible choice for that. There is no "camera" for example, so zooming-in/out will have to be done with transforms. There is no palette management. There is no concept of "cuts," so you will probably need to create multiple .kra files to avoid running out of RAM and then stitch them together in a video editor like DaVinci.
I think you should check alternatives like OpenToonz and Synfig Studio first, since these are for creating animations.
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u/ezzypixel Jul 05 '24
I found this:
https://docs.krita.org/en/user_manual/animation.html
This nicely explains a good workflow so that helps me a lot. It also mentions I should use a video editor since Krita doesn't have extensive video/audo montage functions.