Editing Krita - Seamless Texture Creation
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The final step of the process involves removing seams and, if you really want to be precise, removing exceptional features. Seams will be the obvious issue that breaks texture continuity, however, exceptional features on a texture, also contribute to see the pattern repetition and break realism. | The final step of the process involves removing seams and, if you really want to be precise, removing exceptional features. Seams will be the obvious issue that breaks texture continuity, however, exceptional features on a texture, also contribute to see the pattern repetition and break realism. | ||
− | Though the concept is very easy to grasp, this is the most demanding part of the process, as it involves using a | + | Though the concept is very easy to grasp, this is the most demanding part of the process, as it involves using a Clone tool. |
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You’ll notice that Krita’s clone tool isn’t an individual tool as it is in most image editing software as Photoshop, Affinity or Gimp. What happens is that Krita has a very powerful brush system and any of it’s brushes can be converted into a clone tool. | You’ll notice that Krita’s clone tool isn’t an individual tool as it is in most image editing software as Photoshop, Affinity or Gimp. What happens is that Krita has a very powerful brush system and any of it’s brushes can be converted into a clone tool. | ||
− | I’m not going to go deep into that regard though, as one of Krita’s brushes is the | + | I’m not going to go deep into that regard though, as one of Krita’s brushes is the Clone tool and it works very well. You just have to search for it, among the hundreds of brushes there are available like this: |
− | # On the | + | # On the Brush Presets Docker click on the dropdown list and find the Digital Submenu; |
− | + | # You’ll find the Clone Tool in the bottom of that List. | |
− | # | + | # To work with it you can leave default values and just change the size of the Brush in the Top bar or, if you want to be fast, by Holding Down SHIFT+Left Click and Drag the Mouse Left or Right to decrease or increase the Brush’s size. |
− | # To work with it you can leave default values and just change the | + | # You’ll also notice that the brush pointer has two circles. One is the actual Brush and the other represents where’s the clone being referenced on the image. To use the brush you must first find which part of the image to reference. To do that, you hold CTRL key and click on your image. |
− | # You’ll also notice that the brush pointer has two circles. One is the actual Brush and the other represents the | ||
[[File:Krita - Clone Tool.gif]] | [[File:Krita - Clone Tool.gif]] | ||
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=== Removing Seams === | === Removing Seams === | ||
− | In this case we’ll have a very difficult task ahead as we will have to break a huge color difference from the bottom to the top. | + | In this case we’ll have a very difficult task ahead as we will have to break a huge color difference from the bottom to the top. Using the clone tool we have to keep an eye on geometrical features in the image and try following them. |
− | + | Being careful where to pick the reference and how big should the Clone brush be, we can try figure out what should match what. This is a trial and error process where the only rule is: If it seems right it’s right. | |
− | Being careful where to pick the reference and | ||
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[[File:Krita - Working with the Clone Tool.gif]] | [[File:Krita - Working with the Clone Tool.gif]] | ||
− | ''NOTE: The tricky part on the image above was how to remove seams and | + | ''NOTE: The tricky part on the image above was how to remove seams and use one of the existing features to create the transition between colors. Sometimes it's not that easy, so choose your base images wisely or be prepared for extra work.'' |
=== Removing Prominent Features and Details === | === Removing Prominent Features and Details === | ||
− | + | However, zooming out, we can clearly see clear repetition arising on the most prominent features: | |
[[File:Krita - Repetition Features.jpg]] | [[File:Krita - Repetition Features.jpg]] | ||
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We should consider what to do with these as: | We should consider what to do with these as: | ||
* Imperfections matter for the quality of some materials. Without them the materials will be less interesting. | * Imperfections matter for the quality of some materials. Without them the materials will be less interesting. | ||
− | * | + | * However, on bigger buildings, those features might cause more harm than richness as the tiling they produce is obvious. |
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For the sake of this tutorial, using the clone tool again, we will remove them: | For the sake of this tutorial, using the clone tool again, we will remove them: | ||