Export Krita Layers to Single Images

Question

When I have multiple layers in Krita, how can I export each layer as an individual image?

Answer 1

I know I am a bit late, but Krita 4.1.0 (released this june) does have such option.

Go to "Tools"->"Scripts"->"Export layers". There you can choose the folder and what to do with visible/invisible layers. The output image names are the layer names.

Answer 2

There is no direct export option, however when saving in the .tif format, you can easily convert to separate .png files using Imagemagick's convert.

If you save the following image:

in the .tif format without flattening:

and then convert to single images using:

convert layered.tif layers.png

you will then have the separate images:

Hopefully, installing Imagemagick won't be a challenge or two.

There also seems to be a script to convert from .ora, however saving as .org is very slow and a quick test of the script created results of much smaller resolution.

Answer 3

Another option is to save a file in psd format and then use other editors (gimp, etc.).

Answer 4

I just did it manually by figuring out the dimensions of my canvas and creating a new project with the same dimensions. Then I copied and pasted each layer one at a time from the old project into the new one and went to file > export > and saved each layer under a different.png file name.

This was an easy solution for me that didn't involve installing other software, and I luckily only had 3 layers so it just took a few minutes. I can understand that this would be tedious with many layers, but I just thought I'd throw my answer out there for anyone with a simple project.

Answer 5

Use File > Export > Spriter SCML - this command export all layers as files and all groups as folders