StellarCanvas — This StellarCanvas manual is adapted from the Krita documentation. Because StellarCanvas includes HarmonyOS-specific changes, some features, interface details, and behavior may differ from this manual.

User Manual

Discover StellarCanvas’s features through an online manual. Guides to help you transition from other applications.

Contents:

• Getting Started
  • Installation
  • Starting StellarCanvas
  • Basic Concepts
  • Navigation
• HarmonyOS Adaptation
• Introduction Coming From Other Software
  • Introduction to StellarCanvas coming from Photoshop
  • Introduction to StellarCanvas coming from Paint Tool SAI
• Drawing Tablets
  • What are Tablets?
  • Supported Tablets
  • Drivers and Pressure Sensitivity
  • Where it can go wrong: Windows
  • Wacom Tablets
• Loading and Saving Brushes
  • The Brush settings drop-down
  • Making a Brush Preset
  • Sharing Brushes
• Mirror Tools
  • Mirroring along a rotated line
• Painting with Assistants
  • Types
  • Setting up StellarCanvas for technical drawing-like perspectives
• Working with Images
  • What do Images Contain?
  • Metadata
  • Image size
  • Author and Description
  • Cropping and resizing the canvas
  • Resizing the canvas
  • Saving, Exporting and Opening Files
• Saving, AutoSave and Backup Files
  • Saving
  • AutoSave
  • Backup Files
• Templates
  • Animation Templates
  • Comic Templates
  • Design Templates
  • DSLR templates
  • Texture Templates
• Introduction to Layers and Masks
  • Managing layers
  • Types of Layers
  • How are layers composited in StellarCanvas?
  • Inherit Alpha or Clipping layers
  • Masks and Filters
• Selections
  • Creating Selections
  • Editing Selections
  • Removing Selections
  • Display Modes
  • Global Selection Mask (Painting a Selection)
  • Selection from layer transparency
  • Pixel and Vector Selection Types
  • Selection Action Bar
  • Common Shortcuts while Using Selections
• Python Scripting
  • Managing Python plugins
  • Introduction to Python Scripting
  • How to make a StellarCanvas Python plugin
• Tag Management
  • Adding a New Tag for a Brush
  • Assigning an Existing Tag to a Brush
  • Changing a Tag’s Name
  • Deleting a Tag
• Soft Proofing
  • Out of Gamut Warning
• Vector Graphics
  • What are vector graphics?
  • Tools for making shapes
  • Arranging Shapes
  • Editing shapes
  • Working together with other programs
• Working with Text
  • Overview
  • Creating A Decorative Header
  • Curving And Per-Character Positioning
  • Comics
  • Vertical Text
  • Right To Left Text
  • Text Term Glossary
• Snapping
• Animation with StellarCanvas
  • Workflow
  • Introduction to animation: How to make a walk cycle
• Japanese Animation Template
  • Basic structure of its layers
  • Its layer contents
  • Basic steps to make animation
• Gamut Masks
  • Selecting a gamut mask
  • In the color selector
  • Editing/creating a custom gamut mask
  • Importing and exporting
• Supporting StellarCanvas
  • Donation methods
  • Donation benefits
  • Privacy notice
  • Illustration list