Fire Alpaca Tool Box

Some of my tips and tricks for Fire Alpaca in a nice collection.

(NOTE: This guide will slowly grow as I discover more tricks and it's currently under construction).

Prologue - Capt. Kyoraku and The Twins

Yes, I do have a YouTube channel, a LiveJournal, a Deviantart, and Tumblr accounts, but like this guy, Captain Shunsui Kyoraku (from Tite Kubo's Bleach). I am at times too lazy to post up stuff, like updating this guide and making tutorials based on this guide to post in the other places that I have a social media presence. So pray that I am just working to add more pages behind the scenes, but video games and life caught me off guard. Just don't be surprise if I take long to add to this guide.

Introducting Fire Alpaca

Probably a bad example for visual imagery. (Try not to get distracted or outright annoyed)


Be aware that Fire Alpaca and Medibang Pro are twins but with slight differences, like Hikaru and Kaoru presented here. So, any Medibang Pro tutorial can be use for Fire Alpaca and vice versa. Due to their similarities and undiscovered potentials. I say this because I use to used both.

Though according to a Fire Alpaca fan blog in Tumblr, FA gets updates, cool features weeks and even months earlier to Medibang Paint Pro (like the mesh transform features). For example, getting cool stuff, like tools to make gifs (and maybe full videos). Some of what MPP has over FA that stood out to me is some sort of cloud saving, the fact that one has an option to just easily upload their art at Art Street immediately, and having a mobile phone app.

Don't Forget To

Other Guides Made By Me

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2645254605

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3017773963

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3059073463

PachirisuGrrl33's Guide Library

Here's where all of my guides, including this one, are located.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2361061329

And the family unfriendly version:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2812378320

Army Of Tablets

Note: Let me know if there's a tablet that's not on the list.

Second Note: Most of these tablets are Windows/MacOS compatibility only, there's no Linux compatibility yet.

Off topic: Despite the fact that both my tablets still work up to this day (of posting) and I highly recommend them, Wacom phased these guys out in Flash Step/light speed, accessories and Drivers included. So, good luck finding the Intuos Comic now.

FireAlpaca is compatible with most drawing tablets, so, here's a handy list.

Windows

Graphics Tablets/Mouse Replacement

• Addesso
  ** Addesso CyberTablet Z8
  
• Genius
  **Genius 8x6 (Note: May need: no other tablet drivers to be installed and requires a USB connections on).
  ** Genius Easy Pen i405 (Note: Turns Pen Flicks off under the Pen and Touch settings.)
  
• Acer Aspire R7 (Note: Needs N-Trig Drivers.
  
• XP-Pen
  ** XP-Pen Deco Mini 7
  
• Wacom (most)
  ** Intuos Comics.
  ** Bamboo Create.
  ** One
  ** Graphire4
  ** Intuos Tablet Range
  ** Intuos Pro Tablet Range
  
• Huion (most of them, except for the Kanvas tablets (The list that I am following is from 2017 and I don't know if they now work).)
  ** Huion 1610/H610Pro
  ** Huion H20
  ** Huion New 1060 Plus
  
• Monoprice
  
• Ugee
  ** Ugee M1000L

Monitor Screen Tablets

• Artisul
  ** Artisul D13
  
• Wacom
  ** Cintiq 13HD
  
• XP-Pen
  ** XP-Pen Artist Display 10S
  ** XP-Pen Artist 24 Pro
  
• Yiynova
  ** Yiynova DP10U
  
• Huion
  ** Huion GT-220

Tablet PCs

• Asus
  **Vivotab Note 8
  
• Lenovo (Note: Use Lenovo's website to download the much needed Wacom drivers.)
  ** ThinkPad 10
  ** Thinkpad Helix 2
  
• Surface Pro
  ** Surface Pro 2 or older (Note: They need Wacom drivers).
  ** Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4 (Note: They need the N-Trig Wintab drivers (64-bit)

Mac

Graphics Tablet/Mouse Replacement

• Huion
  ** H420
  ** H610
  ** New 1060 Plus
  
• Wacom
  ** Cintiq Companion Hybrid
  ** Bamboo Craft Pen and Touch
  ** One
  ** Bamboo Pad
  ** Intuos Draw
  ** Intuos Pro 3

Monitor Screen Tablets

(Coming Soon)

Tablet PC

(Coming Soon)

Magic Wand Tool - Credits

This is not the end of the guide

Gear

• Fire Alpaca SE
  
• Official Steam app
  
• My Android phone
  
• Medibang Paint Pro (Mobile app)
  
• Wacom Intous Comic drawing tablet

Sources

What's The Difference Between Medibang And FireAlpaca? (Tumblr)[fpacatuto.tumblr.com]

Meme Templates

The Crying Anime Girl Template[imgflip.com]

Screenshot Credits

• Hitachiin Twins Comp 1
  
• Shunsui And Stark AMV The Lazy Song
  
• Among Us (gameplay footage)

My Fanarts

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2901514030

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2618805855

Language Portal

My reaction to over watching too many French vids.

English

You are here.

French

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2366215217

Japanese

Coming Soon.

Spanish

When I restart learning Spanish.

Size Does Matter

So, ya want to move a certain area, enlarge it, or shrink it? For example, this image here, it's too small for me.


You go to Select and click the Transform.


Square boxes should appear in the corners and such, use these to adjust how you want the image to be, even rotating it. Here I just want to make the image a bit big.


Now when you're done adjusting the size, go to the lower right hand corner to click Ok to confirm that this is the size that you want. Here I enlarge the image a bit.


Here's how the final result should be.

Lassoing The Alpacas - How To Use the Lasso Tool

Now how to crop, you click on the Lasso button on the left side area.


The area that you want to cut should be surrounded by the lasso area, while the background is high lighted in a purple area.


Now click on the Move tool, this will select the area that you can move around.

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Fin


Additional Tips

To deselect, click on the Select tool and click on the background, the grey area behind the canvas.

Transforming The Alpacas - The Transform Tool

As one can see, the image is too big for the canvas.


Go to the upper left corner of FireAlpaca's toolbar, then to Select and good down and click on Transform.


Adjust as you see fit.


Lastly, click the "Ok" button that's at the bottom right corner of the screen.

Square Dancing - Easy Square Crop

Here's how to make a basic square via cropping.

Click on the Select Tool (The square with the broken lines outline).


Go to Edit and scroll down until you find Crop.


After clicking the crop, a button will appear, asking if you want to "Delete Cropped Area?"


Click on Yes and get the desired shape.


Tip: This can also work with other shapes, like circles and whatzits.

Lassoing More Alpacas - The Transforming Tool

Here's another lassoing demonstration, here I use the Lasso to draw an outline around Tutenstien.



Then I use the SelectEraser or the SelectPen to help me reach the nooks and crannies. That way, I can fix up Mummy Boy.

Just don't confuse the Eraser and the SelectEraser tools, 'kay.

Once I am done with fixing the image (in this case, Tutenstein) to my liking. I go back to the Select options and click on Inverse.


I go back to Select options and click on Transform.


I can now move Tut.


Additional Tips
Begone Background

Getting rid of the background is similar to the first steps, after clicking on Inverse, use the Eraser button. Instead of the Transform button.


Lastly, I manage to erase parts of the background without disturbing Tut.

Bold And Hip

One of the ways to make bold linearts, is use the Wand Tool and click on the line art.


Then go to the Select area and click on Expand, after adjusting the number to thicken the lines,


Click Ok on the pop up.


It should look like this.


Then click on the Paint Can, use it to fill in the blank area, and you will get thick outlines.

Stamp Maker - Deviantart Exclusive

First decide what message that you want to say in your stamp.
Next, search in Deviantart what type of size template that you want to use, after finding it,
you download a template, it's tedious to search for a blank stamp template. So, it's better to look at clubs, like DeviousSTAMPS and Stamp Heaven, which has resources and templates.



Here's the resources for both clubs:
DeviousSTAMPS - Templates[www.deviantart.com]
Stamp Heaven - Resources And Templates[www.deviantart.com]

Now here's where the fun begins.
Open the stamp template in Fire Alpaca as a new project.

Next bring in your image by "Opening it as a new layer."

Go to "Select" and click on "Transform" to change the image's size, after getting the size that you want, click the "Ok" button in the bottom.


Now click on "The Lasso" and draw around the character/object (for example this jelly bean). Also, you can continue to do this process to fix or resize as many times as you like to get it the way you want. Once it's highlighted, you go to "Select" and click on "Inverse". The purpose is to erase the background.


Click on the "Eraser" and start erasing the background/stuff that you want to get rid of.

Once you're finish with the erasing, just click on the Lasso again to "Deselect".

Here's the finished stamp, I just added text for the finishing touches.

PRP/Guide Icon /Group Avatar - Steam Exclusive

First open Fire Alpaca, click new and enter the dimensions of what ya want to do:

Icons	Dimensions
Guide	195 x 195 px
Profile Pic	184 x 184 px
Group/Curator	184 x 184 px

After figuring out what ya want to do, just either go to File and Open As New Layer, so, you can select a picture for your icon and you can edit it.


Or press the PrtScrn/SysRq (Windows)/ button to take a screenshot of your computer screen.


Then paste or open the image into the icon.


I added did the "PrtScrn" method earlier.

Now ya need to move, change the size, or draw on it. After a lot of creativity, your icon is ready to be Export-ed.

This is one of the finish products.

It all depends on what ya want to do, the icons can take a while, because you're drawing it or take a few minutes, like editing, using the Transformation tool and such.

Micro-Actions - Tiny Tips

These are the tips that don't require chapter long tutorials.

If one is making the jump from MediBang Paint to Fire Alpaca, don't worry, their files are compatible, since they share the .mpd file types.

To Infinity...


Click the picture, it will show that you can go beyond the designated bar number (which is 150), just like VRoid. Meaning that you can make your brushes and erasers Ayers Rock size, if you want.

Gifs And The Like

Now, here's how I use to make Deviantart animated stamps, but as ya can see this is a method that I never done before, but the mindset is similar.

When you first start out you will notice that the layers are different they're called frames now.

When I animate I get rid of "Frame 2" and "Frame 3", my main focus is with "Frame 1", that's what I use. Now I just work with that layer until it becomes what I want. Next, I duplicate "Frame 1", change it/move it a bit, duplicate, until ya get what you want. Ya can see this process here, despite it being finish.

Don't worry about that weird pink outline, that's the "Onion Skin".
You can click on the "Frame (Number Here)" to check on the folder to do your tweaking.



Note:I hardly use Fire Alpaca's Animation mode, when I do, it's mainly for Deviantart Stamps. Nothing at this level.

Click on "Export as Animated Gif" or "Export as APNG," a question will come up to ask about the fps (Frames Per Second), click on the correct one. After that you're done with your gif.

Note About APEG: This is one of the versions were one can turn your work into transparents.

Tip: There's two methods to check if the gif/tiny animation is good. The only method that I use is using "Export", which I keep on using, until, I finally get the gif/animation that I want. The other method is using Tumblr to check your gif/animation, but I don't know how to do that.

[🦈Da Great Magician Aike🐙]

Look up YT tutorials.

[🦈Da Great Magician Aike🐙]

I think I haven't figured out how to do that. Sorry.

[Hut Rocker]

hi, i have a question,

iam still in process of learning to use this programm,

but how can i transfer a layer of a Project, lets say "project A" to another "project B"

or is it not possible tot do so?

[🦈Da Great Magician Aike🐙]

Good that you are able to solve your problem and get back to using your tablet.

[whisper_whistle]

i did and nothing happend, the best fix i found for the problem was just downloading the driver for my last tablet and it somehow works.

[🦈Da Great Magician Aike🐙]

Did ya update to the latest drivers (or restart the whole computer)? Because sometimes that's usually the case, I have experience something similar. My Wacom's buttons don't work when there's a new update on Wacom's end, but everything else works. Until, I go to their site and snag the latest patch.

[whisper_whistle]

I use a Artist 13.3 pro XP-Pen Tablet, the shortcut keys refuse to work with firealpaca SE, and any other steam software, everything that isnt steam works fine, does anyone know how to fix this?