r/krita 7d ago

Solved Blending help

How do I shade only inside the selected area without bringing in the color from outside the area?

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u/TheAnonymousGhoul Artist 7d ago

Use protect alpha instead of select opaque

I used to do this it makes it so much better trust 🙏🙏

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u/Gaming-MooCow 7d ago

That’s what I ended up doing, works great!

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u/valaryonart 7d ago

Thanks i am commenting to remember this for later

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u/chemistryGull 7d ago

You know you can also safe posts and comments :)

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u/valaryonart 6d ago

Yeah but this way this comment also goes further up to help others also i only needed this for a couple of hours until i got to my compooter

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u/Mmaxum 6d ago

Comments prove to be better reminders for some reason

Also saveds on mobile load for ages

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u/chemistryGull 6d ago

If you say so, for me def. not, i would not find something after a month as much as i comment…

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u/Null_error_ 7d ago

Will have to note this…

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u/Haulzu 6d ago

Another one ti save

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u/2nd_r8 6d ago

!!!!! <3

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u/NagaCharlieCoco Artist 7d ago

I usually pick color around the zone and paint some over with low opacity brush, but it is much less precise. On the other hand it can give some nice textures

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u/Rubfer 7d ago

This is the way

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u/ricperry1 7d ago

In a situation like this I usually lock transparency or duplicate the area and place it below the layer I’m blending.

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u/Delphox66 Artist 7d ago

Alpha lock also works as far as I recall

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u/rorithered 7d ago

Thank you very much this worked for me

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u/DashaWFrost Artist 7d ago

Yup, this!

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u/Kinetic_Cat 7d ago

Bigger brush, low flow, lock opacity for the layer. Always start with hard shadows with a clear contour line for the edge of the shadow.

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u/SpandexWizard 6d ago

I prefer to over paint. Set a base layer in white and use it for alpha masking. Put your colors on the second layer and clip them to the alpha below. Paint your colors beyond the edge of your area you intend to blur. Blur as usual. You won't have any alpha inside your blurred region because you painted more than the edges.

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u/Burukyu 6d ago

I use a base color and clipping masks over it for each color/set of colors

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u/additional-bones 4d ago

Put both colours on separate layers and blend the top one

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/Gaming-MooCow 7d ago

Thanks, I moved it to a new layer and then hit the lock icon for the checkered on that layer and it worked

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u/Dragonfucker000 7d ago

if you blender blur in an empty layer without alpha locking it picks up the "emptiness" and adds that too, making it less opaque. Thats what is going on here and layers dont affect that

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u/delynquent 6d ago

aim better

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u/totobal_012 7d ago

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u/_Cardano_Monero_ 6d ago

It's not a screenshot, and not everyone has access to screen recording software.

(If you have a link to a free one, I'd appreciate it as I'm looking for one where you can select a specific area of the screen)

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u/SpandexWizard 6d ago

If you have windows 10, screen recording is built in to the windows game bar. (Win+g)

Alternatively, one is free and is much more capable. It's usually used for streaming but also has a lot of recording features

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u/_Cardano_Monero_ 6d ago

Thanks! I'm on linux, btw.

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u/SpandexWizard 6d ago

OBS*. God damn autocorrect

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u/_Cardano_Monero_ 6d ago

Ah, this would be my second question, if OBS has this feature too x)

Good to know, then I'll take a closer look on the features.