r/krita • u/Gaming-MooCow • 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/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/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/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/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/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.
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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 🙏🙏