The only intention of listing down Krita Shortcuts is very clear, to help you increase productivity and work as fast as possible. Krita is a 2D Paint application program. GIMP is an alternative to Krita hence we have listed GIMP shortcuts as well on our website.
Below listed are Krita Shortcuts for Windows users. Download Krita Shortcuts for Windows users in PDF form.
Most used Krita Shortcuts
Action Krita shortcuts
Open
Ctrl + O
New
Ctrl + N
Copy
Ctrl + C
Paste
Ctrl + V
Copy merged
Ctrl + Shift + C
Cut
Ctrl + X
Undo
Ctrl + Z
Redo
Ctrl + Shift + Z
Select all
Ctrl + A
Deselect
Ctrl + Shift + D
Save
Ctrl + S
Save as
Ctrl + Shift + S
Save incremental
Ctrl + Alt + S
Save incremental backup
F4
Export
F5
Print
Ctrl + P
Quit
Ctrl + Q
Close
Ctrl + W
Help
F1
Zoom Shortcuts
Action Krita Shortcuts
Zoom in
Ctrl + +
Zoom out
Ctrl + –
Zoom 1:1
1
Zoom to fit
2
Zoom to fit the width
3
Colour Shortcuts
Action Krita Shortcut keys
Increase opacity
I
Decrease opacity
D
Fill with the foreground color
Shift + Backspace
Darken colour
K
Brush tool
B
Show common color
C
Lighten colour
L
Color balance
Ctrl + B
Swap foreground or background colors
X
Show color history
H
Painting Shortcuts
Action Krita Hotkeys
Eraser mode
E
New paint layer
Insert key
Clear
Delete
Fill with background-colour
Backspace
Pick layer
R
Activate next layer
Page Up key
Activate the previous layer
Page Down key
Gradient tool
G
Move tool
T
Multi brush
Q
Colour pick
P
Merge down
Ctrl + E
Rect. selection
Ctrl + R
Transform tool
Ctrl + T
HSV or HSL adjust
Ctrl + U
Invert
Ctrl + I
Duplicate layer
Ctrl + D
Levels
Ctrl + L
Display selection
Ctrl + H
Wrap-around mode
W
Switch to the previous preset
/
Set or Reset Shortcuts
Action Krita Hotkeys
Palette
F
Elliptical selection
J
Increase brush size
]
Decrease brush size
[
Previous fav preset
,
Next fav preset
.
Switch to the previous preset
/
Reset picker – BW
D
Rotate Shortcuts
Action Krita Hotkeys
Rotate right
Ctrl + ]
Rotate left
Ctrl + [
Rotate right
6
Rotate left
4
Rotate reset
5
Reset canvas view
Ctrl + ‘
Pan & Canvas Shortcuts
Action Krita Shortcut keys
Pan left
Left Arrow key
Pan right
Right Arrow key
Pan up
Up Arrow key
Pan down
Down Arrow key
Canvas only mode
Tab
Toggle fullscreen
F11
Others Shortcuts
Action Krita Shortcut keys
Colour selector
Shift + I
Set mirror axis
Shift + R
Hide tip toolbar
Shift + H
Show dockers
Shift + B
Minimal shade selector
Shift + N
Mypaint shade selector
Shift + M
Undo polygon selection points
Shift + Z
What’s this
Shift + F1
Flatten image
Ctrl + Shift + E
Total refresh
Ctrl + Shift + R
Full-screen mode
Ctrl + Shift + F
Desaturate
Ctrl + Shift + U
Invert selection
Ctrl + Shift + I
Deselect
Ctrl + Shift + A
All the above Krita shortcuts are used to enhance working efficiency and save some working time. Many consider Photoshop over Krita since Photoshop has more features. But Krita has tools that are relevant to digital printing. Hence, you must check out Photoshop Shortcut Keys as well.
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