Import Animation
- Import Frames
  - Order
  - Timing
- Import video file

Import Animation

Krita has several options for allowing you to import an animation.

Import Frames

Frame import will import a list of images into an animation layer. This is a format that most other animation software can export, and thus very useful for interchange.

First let us take a sprite sheet from Open Game Art. (This is the Libre Pixel Cup male walkcycle 1).

We’ll use Image Split to split up the sprite sheet.

The slices are even, so for a sprite sheet of 9 sprites, use 8 vertical slices and 0 horizontal slices. Give it a proper name and save it as png.

Then, make a new canvas, and select File ‣ Import Animation Frames. This will give you a little window. Select Add images. This should get you a file browser where you can select your images.

You can select multiple images at once.

The frames are currently automatically ordered. You can set the ordering with the top-left two drop-down boxes.

Press OK, and your animation should be imported as a new layer.

Add images.

Add frames. You can select multiple frames in the file chooser.

Remove.

Remove the selected frame

Add hold frames automatically.

If a frame sequence has gaps, such as a sequence that has frames 1, 2 and 5, ticking this option will input empty frames at 3 and 4.

Order

Ascending vs Descending

Whether it will import the frames in order from lowest to highest (ascending), or from highest to lowest (descending).

Numerical vs Alphabetical

Whether it will use numbers or Alphabetical ordering for the frames.

Timing

Start at

The frame number to import at. Importing at 3 will have the resulting animation start at frame 3 within Krita.

Step

The amount of frames to input for each imported frame. For importing a 6 fps animation into a 24 fps animation, you will need to set this to 24 / 6 = 4. This will ensure the playback speed stays the same.

Source FPS

This displays what Krita thinks the fps of the input is with the current timing settings. You can use this to make sure that the input you made is correct with the FPS of your document.

Import video file

Video import allows you to import a sample of a video file as an animated paint layer.

Choose a video file

This will bring up a file chooser for you to select the file in question.

Preview

Gives a preview of the file to import.

Slider

Allows you to scrub through the file in question.

Frame Counter

Allows you to select the frame in question

Frame Switcher

Two buttons to switch per frame.

Video file info

Width

The width of the current file.

Height

The height of the current file.

Duration

The duration in seconds.

Frames

The total amount of frames

FPS

The frames per second.

Color Primaries

The name of the color space primaries Krita has detected. These will be used for the color profile with which the file imports. Only shows up on files where this data is detected.

Color Transfer

The name of the color space trc that Krita has found. This too will be used for the color profile. Only shows up on files where this data is detected.

Import Options

FPS

The FPS to import at. Importing 2 seconds of footage at 24 fps will import 48 frames, and at 60 fps, 120 frames will be imported.

Skip Interval

Same as Step in the Import Frames section.

Start at

Time code to start at.

Duration

Length of the imported animation.

Import into

Document to import the file into. Options are current document and new document. With new document, extra options become available on the second tab.

警告

Videos, because you usually only play them in a media player, are compressed in special ways. Because Krita is designed to allow you to draw each individual frame, this data gets uncompressed. What this means is that even though you can watch a video file on your computer, you likely cannot import all the frames into Krita. A warning will be displayed and inform you how many frames you can import with your current setup.