This sounds great for the kids. Does anyone have experience of the combination Wacom/similar with a (cheap) Chromebook?
You can ask people here, https://krita-artists.org/
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
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Developer mode has never been required on Android. App sources are managed by regular settings (Android 8+). Before that, there was a single switch for all non-Play-Store sources. 1. User downloads an .apk using a browser 2. User tries to open it 3. Android prompts the user to allow the browser as a trusted source 4. User agrees by flipping a switch 5. Installation resumes 6. User enjoys the app https://developer.and…
This is not a great substitute for installing through an app store because the app will not update automatically. This is, however, a great thing to have. A better substitute would be using F-Droid. By the way, some free software apps are not gratis on the Play Store but are on F-Droid. It can still be confusing to manage two app stores for some people, while installing an app from a downloaded executable is usual on…
Good question: why is Krita not on F-Droid? Probably a matter of time and effort, not a technical reason. I guess they sensibly got into the most visible marketplaces first.
Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
#43>Unlike the Windows and Steam store, we don’t ask for money for Krita in the store, since it’s the only way people can install Krita on those devices, but you can buy a supporter badge from within Krita to support development.
I wish more free software projects would do that. You can download Krita for free but if you want to support the project you can buy it from Steam or Windows Store.
Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Developer mode has never been required on Android. App sources are managed by regular settings (Android 8+). Before that, there was a single switch for all non-Play-Store sources. 1. User downloads an .apk using a browser 2. User tries to open it 3. Android prompts the user to allow the browser as a trusted source 4. User agrees by flipping a switch 5. Installation resumes 6. User enjoys the app https://developer.and…
This is not a great substitute for installing through an app store because the app will not update automatically. This is, however, a great thing to have. A better substitute would be using F-Droid. By the way, some free software apps are not gratis on the Play Store but are on F-Droid. It can still be confusing to manage two app stores for some people, while installing an app from a downloaded executable is usual on…
What you say echoes my experience, I see a lot of apps on the Play store say "pay 1.99 here or get it for free on F-Droid", which is fair. I usually even pay the money even though I have F-Droid installed, just to support the dev.
Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
$50.
Not for a Wacom with form factor >= A4. These have easily a price tag in the higher three-digit Euro range (and even more). Things like the A5 (!) Bamboo slate _start_ at 100 EU.
@parent Of course - I also switched for ebooks from a dedicated reader to a tablet. But I'm still missing the ability for reading in the full sun, power for two weeks w/o charging, easiness on the eyes.
Similar - but harder to tolerate - things apply to a painting tablet. You cannot replace it simply by a multi-function device without losing quite a lot functionality.
Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
#46Not a support forum here - but does someone know, if there are ways to resize UI fonts for the Windows Krita application without touching the Windows setting for the whole monitor? The only way still working for me is an arcane - in fact deprecated for a long time - Qt environment variable (QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO), that makes a difference for at least a portable Krita installation.
Open up a thread here https://krita-artists.org/
Problem is known for many years.
Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
>On Android using a different store or sideload is easy. Asking users to use developer mode is not easy, and a huge barrier to entry that most would just not bother and download something else from the Play Store instead.
Developer mode has never been required on Android. App sources are managed by regular settings (Android 8+). Before that, there was a single switch for all non-Play-Store sources. 1. User downloads an .apk using a browser 2. User tries to open it 3. Android prompts the user to allow the browser as a trusted source 4. User agrees by flipping a switch 5. Installation resumes 6. User enjoys the app https://developer.and…
You forgot, and the users probably will forget too, to flip the switch back so that the browser is no longer a trusted source. That is, you've now increased the chance of malware being accidentally installed through the browser, since AFAIK Android will not prompt again until the switch is flipped back to "not allowed".
Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
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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.
Actual pros replace them with cintiq or similar and are always larger than A4. I've never seen a full time designer move down size, because you lose fidelity at the same zoom level and are constantly fiddling with zoom which is a source of major frustration
Of course you want cintiq as big as possible but not tablet. With A4 you get to a point where you have to move a lot around the table with hand in front of you while you are looking straight at your screen its just akward. You dont have space for keyboard etc.
Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is not a great substitute for installing through an app store because the app will not update automatically. This is, however, a great thing to have. A better substitute would be using F-Droid. By the way, some free software apps are not gratis on the Play Store but are on F-Droid. It can still be confusing to manage two app stores for some people, while installing an app from a downloaded executable is usual on…
Good question: why is Krita not on F-Droid? Probably a matter of time and effort, not a technical reason. I guess they sensibly got into the most visible marketplaces first.
Exactly, it is on our plans, would take a bit of time.
Re: First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
True i havent tried them all. Ocassionaly somebody around has some wierd brand and it has never been really good. But it might just be certain feeling wacoms have that is something acquired and might not mean it's better.