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First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Post by mackrevinack »

mbeex wrote: post #10
Mirioron wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish more parents bought their kids drawing tablets. Kids try out all kinds of things, but it's hard to try out something that you don't have the equipment for. Sure, drawing on paper is a possibility, but it's not quite the same thing as digital art that tends to be much easier to share and get feedback on.

The leading brand is quite expensive (at least here in Germany), especially when it comes to reasonable sizes (A4/letter). I've been putting this off for years. Finally - a few months ago - I aquired something remarkable cheaper, a chinese Gaomon M106K. It turned out, it is not cheap at all in the other sense of the word. Good quality and support at least for my use case (a bit different, handwritten formulas and som…

what kind of price are we taking about? because a second hand surface pro 3 is probably cheap these days and could be used for a lot more than a wacom tablet, playing music, watching videos etc

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Post by illuminated »

hellozee wrote: post #20
illuminated wrote: post #2

Congrats for the release! I love Krita. Actually, my kids love it so much. I've had a Wacom tablet for years and thanks to Krita my kids are expanding their artistic skills rapidly. I wish the people behind it all the best!

https://krita-artists.org/c/artwork/5/l/top

Thanks for the link, looks great!

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Post by mkl »

omnimus wrote: post #19
mbeex wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The leading brand is quite expensive (at least here in Germany), especially when it comes to reasonable sizes (A4/letter). I've been putting this off for years. Finally - a few months ago - I aquired something remarkable cheaper, a chinese Gaomon M106K. It turned out, it is not cheap at all in the other sense of the word. Good quality and support at least for my use case (a bit different, handwritten formulas and som…

Nobody wants A4 tablet trust me its not worth it. Ive seen so many pros replace them with A5 or even A6 because its better and more convinient. On the other hand any other brand than the leading brand is truly terrible.

I do! This doesn't make sense to me. I have a Galaxy Note 12.2, and it's great, but bigger would be better (it's not quite A4). I also have a 12"×9" Wacom Intuos, 12" Surface Pro, 15" Surface Book 2 from work. All of those would be even better bigger (but the work laptop wouldn't fit in my backpack any more). I have a small Wacom tablet too, and it's too small to be very useful.

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Post by mkl »

abrookewood wrote: post #13

Just reiterating the same point - Krita plus a drawing tablet is a perfect combination for kids. It handles both drawing and animating really well.

The symmetry drawing mode is amazing for kids to play with. Any scribble becomes instantly pretty.

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Post by illuminated »

toastal wrote: post #8

People really should give Krita a go if they want escape the Adobe bubble. I was really impressed with it for drawing over GIMP.

I completely agree with you on this. I was considering GIMP as the only relevant substitute for Adobe until I've played a bit with Krita. Really amazing piece of work.

Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store

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Post by mbeex »

omnimus wrote: post #19
mbeex wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The leading brand is quite expensive (at least here in Germany), especially when it comes to reasonable sizes (A4/letter). I've been putting this off for years. Finally - a few months ago - I aquired something remarkable cheaper, a chinese Gaomon M106K. It turned out, it is not cheap at all in the other sense of the word. Good quality and support at least for my use case (a bit different, handwritten formulas and som…

Nobody wants A4 tablet trust me its not worth it. Ive seen so many pros replace them with A5 or even A6 because its better and more convinient. On the other hand any other brand than the leading brand is truly terrible.

> Nobody wants A4 tablet trust me its not worth it.

Why should I do so when I have my own experience?

> On the other hand any other brand than the leading brand is truly terrible.

So you've tried them all? Not to talk about the use cases...

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