About Krita
Krita is a full-featured digital painting application designed for artists. It is ideal for creating illustrations, comics, animations, concept art, and storyboards. Krita offers a range of common and innovative features to make painting more enjoyable and productive.
Key Features
Innovative Painting Tools:
- Brush Engines: Enjoy great brush engines for sketching and painting.
- Stabilizers: Use stabilizers for freehand inking.
- Assistants: Construct complex scenes with the help of assistants.
- Canvas-Only Mode: Paint without distractions using the canvas-only mode.
- Clone Layers and Layer Styles: Utilize clone layers and layer styles for effective painting.
- Filter and Transform Masks: Perform non-destructive editing with filter and transform masks.
- File Support: Krita supports all widely-used file formats, including PSD.
Animation and Project Management:
- Animation Support: Animate with onion skinning and other tools.
- Storyboarding and Comic Book Management: Manage comic book projects and storyboards efficiently.
- Python Scripting: Customize and enhance Krita's functionality with Python scripting.
Additional Tools:
- Powerful Filters and Selection Tools: Enhance your artwork with many powerful filters and selection tools.
- Colorizing Tools: Utilize various colorizing tools for vibrant art.
- Color Managed Workflows: Maintain color accuracy with color-managed workflows.
- Flexible Workspaces: Customize your workspace to fit your creative needs.
Beta Release Note:
- Not Suitable for Real Work Yet: This is a beta release and may not be suitable for professional work.
- Optimized for Big Screen Devices: Currently optimized for tablets and Chromebooks, not available for phones.
Why You'll Love It
- Comprehensive Features: Access a wide range of tools and features for digital painting and animation.
- Customizable Workspaces: Tailor your workspace to suit your artistic preferences and workflow.
- Innovative Tools: Enjoy advanced tools like brush engines, stabilizers, and assistants for enhanced creativity.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: What types of artwork can I create with Krita?
A: Krita is ideal for creating illustrations, comics, animations, concept art, and storyboards.
Q: Does Krita support animation?
A: Yes, Krita supports animation with features like onion skinning and other animation tools.
Q: Can I use Krita for non-destructive editing?
A: Yes, Krita offers filter and transform masks for non-destructive editing.
Q: Is Krita available for phones?
A: Currently, Krita is optimized for big screen devices like tablets and Chromebooks and is not available for phones.
Version History
v5.2.9 ---- 30 Jan 2025
Bug fix release version.
- Add shortcuts to bezier curve and freehand path
- Fix original offsets not being accounted for when copying from another document (Bug 490998).
- Fix updates when copy-pasting multiple nodes into a new document.
- Fix infinite loop when trying to update pass-through nodes (Bugs 493774, 493830, 493837).
- Fix Photobash Crash.
- Bug fix: Added A1 and A2 sizes when creating a document.
- Fix a crash when trying to merge down a layer created after a reference image addition.
- Possibly fix saving EXR files with extremely low alpha values.
- Fix infinite loop when a clone layer is connected to a group with clones.
- Dynamic brush tool shouldn't load the saved smoothing configuration (Bug 493249).
- Fix bogus offset when saving EXR with moved layers.
- Try to keep color space profile when saving EXR of incompatible type.
- Fix crash when re-importing the same resource, but changed (Bug 484796).
- Fix range of Saturation and Value brush options (Bug 487469).
- Check pointer before dereferencing. (Bug 479405).
- Fix loading .kpp files with embedded top-level resources (Bugs 487866, 456586, 456197).
- Fix a crash when trying to clear scratchpad while it is busy (Bug 488800).
- Fix the current preset thumbnail to be present in the preset save dialog (Bugs 488673, 446792).
- JPEG XL: Fix potential lockup when loading multipage images.
- Set the correct shortcut for zoom in in the action file (Bug 484365).
- Fixed: some tools is interrupted by recorder. (Bugs 488472, 477715, 484783)
- Make sure that the text tool is not interrupted by the recorder (Bug 495768).
- Recover "Clean Up" button in the Krita's Recordings Manager (Bug 455207).
- Fix a possible saving lockout due to incorrect ownership of the saving mutex (Bug 496018).
- Fixes to the unit spinboxes, a new context menu has been added to change the unit.
- Make vector and raster selections to behave in the same way when creating tiny selections (Bug 445935).
- Fix unclosed paths when intersecting two rectangular selections (Bug 408369).
- Fix crash when closing Krita while Calligraphy Tool is active (Bug 496257).
- Fix following existing shape in the Calligraphy Tool (Bug 433288).
- Fix "Copy into new Layer" action when working with vector layers (Bug 418317).
- Make sure that eraser button is properly initialized on Krita start (Bug 408440).
- Fix focus issues in Canvas Size dialog (Bug 474809).
- Disable snapping to image center by default (Bug 466718).
- Change case of AppImage packages: .appimage -> .AppImage (Bug 447445).
- Make sure that point-based snap points have higher priority than line-based ones (Bug 492434).
- Implement canvas decorations for Snap-to-guides feature.
- Don't allow lowering/raising a mask into a locked layer.
- Fix display profile conversion flags to be updated on settigns change (Bug 496388).
- Switch color history in the popup palette to use last-used sorting (Bug 441900).
- Add Unify Layers Color Space action.
- Fix incorrect action text for "Paste Shape Style" (Bug 497035).
- Fix backward compatibility of Per-Channel filter (Bug 497336).
- Fix rendering of the warning icon in the composite op selector.
- Simplify path point and control point move strategies.
- Fix an assert when modifying Mesh Gradient on a shape (Bug 496519).
- Fix aspect ratio of Resource Manager tooltips.
- Improve rendering of pattern thumbnails.
- Fix artifacts when painting under a gaussian blus layer in WA-mode (Bug 434938).
- Fix an assert when undoing merging of locked layers (Bug 497389).
- Remove ignoring of the mouse events in KoPathTool (Bug 411855).
- Use traceback instead of cgitb (Bug 497859).
- Fix ambiguous "break path" shortcut in Shape Edit Tool (Bug 429503)
- Add position indepndent property to libraqm.
- Fix python Py_SetPath() deprecation by always using qputenv().
- JPEG XL export: Fix unable to set EPF value to -1 (encoder chooses).
Updated G'MIC to version 3.5.0
- AppSize120.43M
- System Requirements5.0 and up
- Is there a feeFree(In game purchase items)
- AppLanguage English
- Package Nameorg.krita
- MD57dc80ad987fccd317338b959e87067c5
- PublisherStichting Krita Foundation
- Content RatingTeenDiverse Content Discretion Advised
- Privilege19
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