Next, to “ mirror” the canvas, you can press the letter M on the keyboard, or you can also press Alt + M. You can also use 3 fingers to do “ panning“. If you are using an Android device, for example, or using a drawing tablet that supports “touch gesture”, you can use 2 fingers to rotate the canvas and also zoom.

There is actually another method to rotate the canvas, and that is by using “ touch gesture“. To reset, or return the canvas rotation to default, you can slide and snap this white circle, to the dark circle on top. Then drag and rotate this small white circle. That is by right-clicking while using the brush tool. Or you may also use the “ pop-up palette“. If you prefer to use the UI buttons, you can use this small circle at the bottom area on the “ status bar“. I explain all of these techniques visually in the following eBook. And press 5 on the keyboard to reset the orientation. If you prefer to use only the keyboard keys, without the mouse, you can press number 4 and number 6 to rotate the canvas around. Then click-drag with the regular left mouse button. If you prefer the Spacebar navigation technique, you can hold down the Spacebar key as well as the Shift key. You can hold down the Shift key, and then click drag with the middle mouse button.

If you prefer the “ middle mouse button” method. So now, how do we rotate the canvas? There are many ways to rotate the canvas in Krita. If I have to draw a horizontal line, I usually rotate the canvas around 90 degrees first. For me, drawing a line vertically from top to bottom is easier compared to drawing a line that extends horizontally. By rotating the canvas in a certain orientation, we can overcome our weaknesses, and create lines in the direction that we like or are good at. Whether it is left diagonal, or right diagonal, or perhaps vertical, or horizontal directions. This is because most people have a tendency to be good at drawing lines in a certain direction. The first method that artists often rely on when creating long lines or curves is by rotating the canvas, and/or by mirroring it. For this purpose, there are at least 4 methods that we can do in Krita: Or at least when making line art, we want to keep our hands steady. When making drawings or illustrations, we often need to make long lines or curves.

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