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Krita 2.8 Released

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-it-out dept.

JDG1980 writes "Krita, an open-source graphics editor, has been around since 2005, but no stable version existed for Windows users — until today. With the release of Krita 2.8, full and stable support for Windows users is finally a reality, thanks to input from KO GmbH and Intel. Krita brings some things to the table that GIMP does not: 16 bit per channel color support, adjustment layers, and a name that won't set off red flags at HR, just to list a few. You can download the Windows version here. Might be worth looking into, if you're tired of the lack of progress on GIMP and don't want to pay monthly "cloud" fees to Adobe."

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  1. Why so Anti-Gimp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Krita is not competing with Gimp. Gimp is an image manipulation program like Photoshop. Krita is an image creation software like Illustrator. They are slightly different categories of software. Has the author, JDG1980, even looked at Krita's website? Since the author clearly has not read the site, please read "What are Krita's Development Goals?" for yourself here.

  2. GIMP has 16 and 32 bit editing support since 2.8 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    So I don't know if the author entirely knows what he's writing about.

  3. Re: tired of the lack of progress on GIMP by postglock · · Score: 5, Informative

    GIMP is very feature-rich already and to me seems to be in the stage where change is more incremental.

    The single feature that prevents my wife from moving from Mac/Photoshop to Linux/GIMP is the lack of adjustment layers. This is the ability to non-destructively modify brightness/contrast/colour/etc. In GIMP, if you edit the contrast, then edit in another way, there is no way to re-manipulate the contrast again without losing information. As per the summary, Krita does have this capability. Apperently it's in development for GIMP.

  4. Krita is used for "digital painting". by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the top of the Krita documentation page: "The first thing to remember is that Krita is a 2D paint application. Photoshop, for example, is an image manipulation program. Krita has tools that are relevant to digital painting -- concept art, creation of comics and textures for rendering." [Edited for clarity.]

  5. Full suite by jones_supa · · Score: 5, Informative

    GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, Darktable, Krita.

    Complete amateur/semi-professional graphics artist toolkit.

    Free of cost. Source code also available. Enjoy.