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Krita is a great replacement for photoshop.

hennell 2y ago
If you're creating digital art / painting. It's a good program, but it doesn't do everything Photoshop can (nor does it try to).
Gualdrapo 2y ago
Call me paranoid, but I think it's harmful for Krita when someone frames it as a Photoshop alternative - because it really isn't. It is a program targeted specifically at digital painting. Yes, it can do some "basic" image manipulation like Photoshop does, and even you can do some animation stuff too - but it doesn't intend to target everything image manipulation wise as Photoshop does. I for one as a graphic designer use more tools alongside it, as GraphicsMagick or Digikam's Showfoto, because there's some stuff that it's easier to do with them, or they can do some stuff Krita can't. People hears that Krita is "a photoshop alternative" in countless comments, blog posts and etcetera and can get frustrated when they find something is lacking. And they can be one of those people that bitch about FOSS because they couldn't manage to do that specific task they can with propietary software.
- hallarempt 2y ago
  Well, as Halla, the Krita maintainer, I kind agree. Image manipulation is not a goal. But for animation, we have a very specific goal. What we want to see is someone doing a looney Tunes like hand-drawn animation in Krita. And I've seen some, so mission accomplished!
- RobotToaster 2y ago
  > And they can be one of those people that bitch about FOSS because they couldn't manage to do that specific task they can with propietary software. I doubt they will bitch less if people recommend GIMP.
- shortformblog 2y ago
  I’ve used Photoshop for 25 years, a decade of that as a professional designer. I disagree. Krita is a worthy Photoshop alternative. It has things in areas software explicitly marketed as a Photoshop alternative does not have. Plus it feels intuitive, like Photoshop. I sort of feel like this shield is unnecessary and in some ways harms Krita, a great tool.
chongli 2y ago
Maybe if you use Photoshop for painting or art. If you're a photographer who mainly uses Photoshop to do RAW conversion and global adjustments to exposure/colour/saturation/sharpness with a bit of local dodging/burning/healing then Krita doesn't seem to be set up for that sort of workflow.
virtualritz 2y ago
> Krita is a great replacement for photoshop. No it is not. Krita was meant to be an OSS alternative to Corel (ex Fractal Design, ex Meta Creations) Painter [1]. And that's what it became, eventually. And quite a bit more. I've been using Photoshop and Krita since the first version of both of these DCC apps came out (and Painter too, btw). Professionally. I.e. for most of my adult life. Krita is a great paint app. It's not a Photoshop alternative. Photoshop is a great image manipulation app. It's not a Krita alternative. Krita absolutely is a Painter alternative. Painter is no longer a Krita alternative, if you need certain features (that's a topic for an entire blog post). [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Painter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Painter
- GeneralMaximus 2y ago
  Would it be accurate to say that Krita is a Procreate alternative?
  - virtualritz 2y ago
    I don't know Procreate well enough to answer this conclusively. But one thing I can say is that using a tablet with a pressure/angle/etc.-sensitive pen and a screen in front of you, is very different from drawing on paper. Which is very similar, as far as hand/eye coordination and motor memory go, to using a pen with a tablet or a tablet with a built-in screen (e.g. a Wacom Cintiq). I.e. if you own such a tablet and use it with Krita you may get something very similar to Procreate and call it an alternative. But if you just own a normal tablet and a screen, learning the hand-eye coordination usually takes six months, from my experience. That's not really related to the app when you compare desktop painting/image editing apps. But it matters when it's one of the main features (similarity to pen & paper as far as learning goes). As is the case with Procreate.
  - random42_ 2y ago
    Conceptually yes (and Krita might be more feature rich than Procreate), but Procreate is an iPad only app and Krita is not available on that platform, unfortunately.

If you're creating digital art / painting. It's a good program, but it doesn't do everything Photoshop can (nor does it try to).

Gualdrapo 2y ago

Call me paranoid, but I think it's harmful for Krita when someone frames it as a Photoshop alternative - because it really isn't. It is a program targeted specifically at digital painting. Yes, it can do some "basic" image manipulation like Photoshop does, and even you can do some animation stuff too - but it doesn't intend to target everything image manipulation wise as Photoshop does. I for one as a graphic designer use more tools alongside it, as GraphicsMagick or Digikam's Showfoto, because there's some stuff that it's easier to do with them, or they can do some stuff Krita can't. People hears that Krita is "a photoshop alternative" in countless comments, blog posts and etcetera and can get frustrated when they find something is lacking. And they can be one of those people that bitch about FOSS because they couldn't manage to do that specific task they can with propietary software.

hallarempt 2y ago
Well, as Halla, the Krita maintainer, I kind agree. Image manipulation is not a goal. But for animation, we have a very specific goal. What we want to see is someone doing a looney Tunes like hand-drawn animation in Krita. And I've seen some, so mission accomplished!
RobotToaster 2y ago
> And they can be one of those people that bitch about FOSS because they couldn't manage to do that specific task they can with propietary software. I doubt they will bitch less if people recommend GIMP.
shortformblog 2y ago
I’ve used Photoshop for 25 years, a decade of that as a professional designer. I disagree. Krita is a worthy Photoshop alternative. It has things in areas software explicitly marketed as a Photoshop alternative does not have. Plus it feels intuitive, like Photoshop. I sort of feel like this shield is unnecessary and in some ways harms Krita, a great tool.

chongli 2y ago

Maybe if you use Photoshop for painting or art. If you're a photographer who mainly uses Photoshop to do RAW conversion and global adjustments to exposure/colour/saturation/sharpness with a bit of local dodging/burning/healing then Krita doesn't seem to be set up for that sort of workflow.

virtualritz 2y ago

> Krita is a great replacement for photoshop. No it is not. Krita was meant to be an OSS alternative to Corel (ex Fractal Design, ex Meta Creations) Painter [1]. And that's what it became, eventually. And quite a bit more. I've been using Photoshop and Krita since the first version of both of these DCC apps came out (and Painter too, btw). Professionally. I.e. for most of my adult life. Krita is a great paint app. It's not a Photoshop alternative. Photoshop is a great image manipulation app. It's not a Krita alternative. Krita absolutely is a Painter alternative. Painter is no longer a Krita alternative, if you need certain features (that's a topic for an entire blog post). [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Painter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corel_Painter

GeneralMaximus 2y ago
Would it be accurate to say that Krita is a Procreate alternative?
- virtualritz 2y ago
  I don't know Procreate well enough to answer this conclusively. But one thing I can say is that using a tablet with a pressure/angle/etc.-sensitive pen and a screen in front of you, is very different from drawing on paper. Which is very similar, as far as hand/eye coordination and motor memory go, to using a pen with a tablet or a tablet with a built-in screen (e.g. a Wacom Cintiq). I.e. if you own such a tablet and use it with Krita you may get something very similar to Procreate and call it an alternative. But if you just own a normal tablet and a screen, learning the hand-eye coordination usually takes six months, from my experience. That's not really related to the app when you compare desktop painting/image editing apps. But it matters when it's one of the main features (similarity to pen & paper as far as learning goes). As is the case with Procreate.
- random42_ 2y ago
  Conceptually yes (and Krita might be more feature rich than Procreate), but Procreate is an iPad only app and Krita is not available on that platform, unfortunately.