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Krita 4.3.0
- loopz 6y agoI find this drawing program simpler to use than GIMP, while having lots of advanced functionality and maturity.
- Santosh83 6y agoGIMP is a general image editing software while Krita focuses quite specifically on digital painting and art, so it is not surprising that you find it more ergonomic for drawing.
- app4soft 6y ago> GIMP is a general image editing software while Krita focuses quite specifically on digital painting and art AzPainter is one more app which focuses quite specifically on digital painting and art.[0] [0] https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter/wiki/Tutorials https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter/wiki/Tutorials
- pjmlp 6y agoYep, https://alvinalexander.com/gimp/gimp-how-to-create-draw-circle-in-gimp-tutorial/ https://alvinalexander.com/gimp/gimp-how-to-create-draw-circ...
- FeepingCreature 6y agoAlternately: Select circle brush, set outer size, paint circle, set inner size, erase circle. Not that the UI isn't terrible.
- mkl 6y agoHow do you align the centres doing it that way? Carefully watch the pixel coordinates in the status bar? Edit: Simpler than this or the linked instructions is to use the Ellipse selection tool with shift to select a circle, then do Edit > Stroke Selection. Still pretty wacky.
- aoloe 6y agoOne of the recent features I most love in Gimp is "/" to search through the commands. (More and more graphics programs are adopting it.) Once you're used to it, you can create the ellipse selection and type "/stroke"... I guess that unless the Gimp developers change their mind and allow for vector drawing inside of Gimp, it's as comfortable as it can get...
- mschuetz 6y agoI don't to digital painting and art and I still prefer Krita. Although prefer is the wrong term, I despise GIMPs botched, unituitive and cumbersome UI so much, I'd rather code a figure in html/javascript and canvas or svg, before I'd use GIMP. Krita on the other hand is relatively nice to use.
- zelphirkalt 6y agoInitially it took some getting used to Gimp, but that was years ago, when I had not used any GNU/Linux distribution and was still a Windows XP user. Now I find Gimp's UI actually pretty logical and everything has its place. Not sure what people talk about when they complain about Gimp UI. Perhaps you can shed some light on the details you do not like?
- mschuetz 6y agoIt's been many years since I've used it the last time but I can remember that even the simplest tasks required googling and actively remembering how they were done because nothing was intuitive or logical. And the layer system was virtually unusable, I couldn't figure it out. In Krita or inkscape, the UI just makes much more sense so they are not as infuriating to work with.
- tux1968 6y agoThat was my initial feeling about GIMP when I first tried to use it years and years ago. After many false starts and head scratching, the logic of it finally sunk in and now I find it pretty straightforward and logical. You just have to find a way to get over the very frustrating hump of understanding its basic design. But if all your needs are met by a program that doesn't demand that initial investment, all the better.
- HenriNext 6y ago> I despise GIMPs botched, unituitive and cumbersome UI so much Btw there is a new fork of GIMP, called "Glimpse" [1], that tries to improve the UI. Their first release was just a re-branded GIMP, but maybe they'll get something done someday. https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse
- jcelerier 6y agoeven for simple photo cropping / transformation and adjusting brightness / contrast, Krita has a much better UI
- ubercow13 6y agoKrita is nice to use, but for simple things I find Gimp's filters more useful. It now has much better scaling filters than Krita and the colour adjustment filters are useful, especially colour temperature adjustment and auto white balance I use a lot. Also some aspects of Gimp's UI are still superor, for example some filters in Krita only allow adjusting the parameters using text boxes, where in Gimp you can use a slider to interatively adjust each parameter with the mouse.
- jcelerier 6y agoregarding the colour adjustments what do you think of G'MIC ? It integrates quite well in both GIMP and Krita and all the filters can be edited easily with sliders / text boxes / etc..
- ubercow13 6y agoG'MIC is extremely useful and the algorithms in it seem very high quality. Indeed it works great in Krita does make up the difference for the most part, though I don't think it directly replaces the examples I mentioned in Gimp that I like, for example I can't see a generic scaling filter in there. I'm not sure it has a colour temperature adjustment specifically, either.
- unixhero 6y agoConfirmed. I also think so.
- II2II 6y agoI find the two programs complement each other: Krita is amazing for creating artwork, while GIMP's strength lays in image manipulation. Which ever you prefer, open source developers have created some great graphics software (and these two are far from the only examples).
- 29athrowaway 6y agoKrita feels just better than GIMP + MyPaint. Also works better on HiDPI.
- xvilka 6y agoGIMP stuck at GTK 2 which prevents them to work properly on modern hardware. I hope they release 3rd version soon. They should have made Kickstarter campaigns like Krita did.
- zelphirkalt 6y agoI'd definitely support this, but prefer Liberapay or other libre alternatives. It would suit free software projects better.
- o-__-o 6y agoGithub sponsers anyone?
- HenriNext 6y agoFunny that GTK was originally created for GIMP (GTK was acronym of "Gimp ToolKit"), and now they are 10 years behind the latest version of their own toolkit.
- coliveira 6y agoThis shows how crazy the GTK rewrite was. Not even GIMP was willing to rewrite its code to use the latest version.
- 29athrowaway 6y agoThere is a standalone MyPaint program that improves the HiDPI experience, but not having the rest of the features is wack.
- Maha-pudma 6y agoAre there any guides on how to get started with this?
- zakki 6y agoI found this YouTube a week ago: https://youtu.be/TH2EDTNjvBw https://youtu.be/TH2EDTNjvBw
- Maha-pudma 6y agoThanks, I'll give it a look. I can draw cartoons by hand but have never tried on a computer before short of trying with a mouse which never works.
- wiz21c 6y agoI've used Krita a few hours and it's very stable.
- zachruss92 6y agoKrita is one of my favorite open source projects. I discovered it by accident while learning about pixel art, it's quite popular for Indy game development. I really appreciate it's polished interface that is not always a priority in OSS.
- app4soft 6y ago> I really appreciate it's polished interface that is not always a priority in OSS. What you would say about AzPainter UI?[0] [0] https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter
- ubercow13 6y agoI love AzPainter, it's very reminiscent of PaintTool SAI on Windows. It's one of the snappiest programs I've ever used, it starts faster than vim. This is no doubt because it is written using its own simple UI toolkit. But it's significantly less powerful than Krita/Gimp and the UI is quite quirky sometimes, for example the way cropping works in the B version and the normal version are completely different. But I use it despite these things because I find it quite charming.
- app4soft 6y ago> I love AzPainter, it's very reminiscent of PaintTool SAI on Windows... and the UI is quite quirky sometimes To be honest, AzPainter2[0] (legacy version for Windows-only) had different UI & toolkit from actual AzPainter V2[1] (for Unix-like OS). Actual AzPainter V2 UI has modern look (single window & multi window mnodes; light & dark built-in themes), which could be customized additionally with user created themes.[2] > But it's significantly less powerful than Krita/Gimp It really depend on what you needs from painting app. AzPainter has wide range of features & is 10 times faster in comparison to Krita/GIMP. Also, if compare AppImage package size: AzPainter binary size is less than 3.0 Megabyte, where size of each binaries for Krita/GIMP actually reached near 200 Megabyte. There is wiki-page (WIP) with comparison of AzPainter Vs GIMP & Krita.[3] > for example the way cropping works in the B version and the normal version are completely different AzPainterB V2[3] is fully diferent from AzPainter V2 by design. [0] http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA033749/ http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA033749/ [1] http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/soft/azpainter.html http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/soft/azpainter.html [2] https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter/wiki/Themes https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter/wiki/Themes [3] https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter/wiki/Compare-AzPainter-vs-GIMP-and-Krita https://github.com/Symbian9/azpainter/wiki/Compare-AzPainter... [4] http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/soft/azpainterb.html http://azsky2.html.xdomain.jp/soft/azpainterb.html
- haunter 6y agoI wish more open source projects have a focus on the user interface. Krita is really good in that.
- lollerz 6y agoI like that there is a paid version through Steam and Windows Store just to support the developement. More FOSS projects should do that
- pjmlp 6y agoPaint.NET is also on the Store.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoAre there any additional features in those versions? I get the impression there are not, in which case I'd rather just donate, so Valve don't take a cut.
- o-__-o 6y agoWow I could understand that mentality about the Microsoft store, but steam? They are the most indie friendly platform. Maybe ppl still upset that HL3 was the biggest hoax since Duke Nukem Forever? But before I let you finish, TF2 hats and the steam platform were the two best things Valve ever did for the world.
- vimslayer 6y agoI didn't read parent comment as "Microsoft and Valve are bad and I don't want to give them a dime, ever". I read it as "I want to direct 100% of my donation to the project I'm looking to support, Krita". Which sounds reasonable.
- Kye 6y agoMicrosoft only takes 5%. That's a good deal for the ease of installing and updating.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoValve take a significant cut, even for independent titles. Apparently it's 20% to 30%. Why wouldn't I just donate directly to the Krita project? https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18120577/valve-steam-game-marketplace-revenue-split-new-rules-competition https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/30/18120577/valve-steam-gam...
- laputan_machine 6y agoKrita is absolutely incredible FOSS, really well polished, feels a joy to use, very intuitive. There are a few quirks, such as changing the colour of a vector, you have to 'stroke' it (i.e. turn it into a raster) with a particular colour -- the feedback loop for this is fairly painful, but admittedly there's lots about the software I don't know, so there may be a better way.
- natex 6y agoYou can easily change color of a vector (stroke or fill) in the Tool Options docker.
- Kye 6y agoIt would be cool if Krita's continued excellence encouraged other user-facing open source to focus on usability. They could push software to be better the way Ubuntu's 6 month release cycle and focus on desktop usability/stability pushed Linux in general to get better.
- aaanotherhnfolk 6y agoMy favorite in this space has always been Paint.net, but it is Windows only. I tried Krita a couple years back and it was too buggy to become my OSX alternative. But reading in this announcement that they've spent a year focusing on bugfixes warrants giving them another try.
- dgellow 6y agoIf you find that Krita doesn't work for you, you may want to try MyPaint, it's also a cool open source project
- morganvachon 6y agoThere is a Linux-first clone of Paint.net called Pinta[1], but development stalled a few years ago[2] and the lead developer was asking for contributions to the codebase as of six months ago[3]. It has since been pulled from several distros' repositories, though it can of course still be built from source. It was a fantastic alternative to Paint.net when it was in development, but the last official release was quite buggy. Thankfully, work has resumed on it[4] and hopefully it will have another stable release soon. [1] https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/ https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/ [2] https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/releases/1-6 https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/releases/1-6 [3] https://communiroo.com/PintaProject/pinta/discussions/370/pinta-was-great-now-non-functional https://communiroo.com/PintaProject/pinta/discussions/370/pi... [4] https://launchpad.net/~pinta-maintainers/+archive/ubuntu/pinta-daily https://launchpad.net/~pinta-maintainers/+archive/ubuntu/pin... On the other side, I can say that Krita has definitely improved over the years; it's stable enough now for me to use at work as a Photoshop alternative on Windows (though I still do most light editing in Paint.net).
- tti 6y agoPaint.net’s my favorite too, I wish more software animated the selected area and had their interface in small windows.
- mekkkkkk 6y agoKrita is an excellent piece of software. A year ago I transitioned from the Adobe suite to FOSS. To replace Illustrator, Inkscape was perfect, but it took a while before I found a good Photoshop replacement. Tried GIMP, Paint.NET and Seashore. All of them had issues either with stability, feature set or UX. When I finally tried Krita, my search was over. Even if it is clearly aimed at digital painting (which I don't do a lot) it is great for general bitmap tasks. And incredibly stable. It just feels like premium software. On some level it is subjective of course, but I think everyone should give it a try. Thanks Krita!
- distances 6y agoI've always thought Krita is a painting app. My image editing needs are pretty modest developer tasks: cropping, scaling, exports to different formats, occasional curve edits on photos. So no painting, just editing mostly designs, sometimes photos. I've really been pretty happy with Gimp. Would Krita also cover these tasks?
- nacs 6y agoAbsolutely. Krita easily has all of these features and more. I honestly don't like how it calls itself "just" a drawing/painting program as it seems to be just as capable as Photoshop if not better. Also waaay better UI/UX than GIMP. Give it a go.
- distances 6y agoThanks! I will. I'm already using a KDE based system so being Qt app Krita would fit in just nicely.
- abrookewood 6y agoKrita is absolutely brilliant and works really well with drawing tablets.
- wickerman 6y agoI do all my illustration work on Krita. I absolutely love it, after spending most of my career working on photoshop. I use a Cintiq Wacom tablet on Linux Mint and it works wonders.
- gcmrtc 6y agoMe and my daughters love Krita. Even with a cheap pen tablet it's a lot of fun. I set up a monthly payment of 1€, a small contribution to its development.
- natex 6y agoMy kids use it too. Looking forward to the new watercolor brushes.
- whatsmyusername 6y agoThe only thing preventing us from pushing Krita instead of GIMP on laptops is the anime startup splash.
- boudewijnrempt 6y agoWell, if that is SO important, you can, on windows, create your own .lnk file adding the --no-splash startup option, on Linux add it to the .desktop file and on MacOS do whatever people do on MacOS. But honestly... I cannot imagine any environment where Tyson's Kiki splash images are a real problem.
- zanny 6y agoJust FYI folks this is quality assurance, when one of the main devs is replying to the bottom comments on the HN thread.
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- Shared404 6y agoHonestly, I really like them.
- whatsmyusername 6y agoI like the splash screens too. But they're also not professional. If I'm showing something to the big boss, and the first thing they see is an anime splash screen, he's going to look at me funny. GIMP I don't have that problem. Yeah I 'could' mess with custom shortcuts for all of our devices, but why (also irrelevant since we're all OSX)? GIMP serves well enough and it's one other thing I don't have to do.
- raghukamath 6y agoI am sorry for you, you have a boss who judges book by its cover. Well you can always call him after the program is started and show him how it works :) that may change his mind if he is really wanting to change it that is.
- jakobdabo 6y agoCan anybody give a recommendation? What would be the best Free tool for a kid interested in Modern Art [1] (generally abstract, she likes the works of Wassily Kandinsky and Mark Rothko, for example), who'd like to learn to do something like that digitally? Is Krita good for that? Thank you. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_art
- pkaye 6y agoKrita has a lot of brush effects she would be able to use (like oil, chalk, watercolor) however you want to use a graphics tablet to use it in a natural and intuitive manner.
- jakobdabo 6y agoThanks! Can you recommend a nice tablet with a quality display? She's obsessed with colors, color-mixing, tones, shades, etc., so I think a display with a broad and accurate gamut is a must-have for artists.
- pkaye 6y agoThere is a list of supported tablets on the Krita website. I think Wacom and Huion are the most popular. Wacom is mainstream and well supported but more expensive. https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/list_supported_tablets.html https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/list_supported_ta... Also check out David Revoy. He has a great deal of tutorials using Krita. https://www.davidrevoy.com/categorie3/tutorials-brushes-extras https://www.davidrevoy.com/categorie3/tutorials-brushes-extr... In terms of displays, I just use a high quality IPS monitor. Some people use tablets with screens because I have no experience with that.
- indymike 6y agoI use a laptop with a 16" pen enabled 4k display. Works like a champ, and is super portable... and folds into a tablet for even better drawing ergonomics.
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- Borlands 6y agoAmazing piece of software, with pleasant UI and really great funcionality.
- beering 6y agoKrita is awesome now, but it definitely wasn't showing great promise back in its early days. Years and years ago, it was meant to fill in the image-editor hole in the KOffice app suite. Basically, it was trying to be GIMP-but-KDE even though it was doomed to have fewer development resources because GIMP already existed. I tried to use Krita back in its KOffice days. It felt like a bunch of toolbars slapped together around an a basic image editor, and it was unstable and missing features. Imagine my surprise when it reappeared years later and looked and felt like a completely different program. Around 2009 (according to Wikipedia) they decided to focus on one particular niche - digital painting, and the goal went from "be GIMP but for KDE" to "be the best digital painting program" and it's been a night and day difference.
- boudewijnrempt 6y agoI started working on Krita end of 2003; long after the application was added to KOffice and had gone through the KImageShop and KRayon names. It could do nothing but load images... In 2004, people had joined me to hack on it. We had the first release in 2005, and honestly, if it hadn't been for Krita... KOffice 1.5 would not have been released. After 1.6 we realized we needed a new direction, though... And I never was the first maintainer of KImageShop/Krayon/Krita, of course.
- kinow 6y agoIt would be fun to see some screenshots with the evolution of Krita.
- DEADBEEFC0FFEE 6y agoI only recently discovered Krista, during the pandemic my son was not at school. I wanted to encourage some creativity and had a old pen tablet. What an amazing software. Thank you.