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Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by imachine1980_ » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 1:54 PM UTC

01walid wrote: post #8

How does Krita compare to Gimp at this point? (Since someone on the comments here said it can be a Photoshop drop-in replacement)

It depends gimp have more photo editing features but is a mess, and krita is more of painting app who have features of photo editing( more than not professionals tends to need)

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by scriptproof » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 1:59 PM UTC

I looked at the script language, SeExpr. Look like PHP with math functions. Is this really better than what we have in HTML Canvas?

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by lmm » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 2:00 PM UTC

01walid wrote: post #8

How does Krita compare to Gimp at this point? (Since someone on the comments here said it can be a Photoshop drop-in replacement)

The things I noticed: Nicer UI. Better colourspace support. Less good tablet support.

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by MegaDeKay » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

unixhero wrote: post #5

udbhavs wrote: post #4

How does it compare to Photopea for beginners? Is it similar enough that I could follow along tutorials meant for Photoshop? Edit: It looks like it's oriented more towards painting than photo editing

I don't find your blanket statement accurate. It is suitable for both applications, painting and photo editing. I have used it strictly for photo editing professionally and privately and it works flawlessly. Highly recommended. I use the knowledge I have from my Photoshop days and apply them in Krita, no issues there. For me it is a Photoshop drop-in replacement.

This is really good to know. Years back they decided on making the program a painting app first and foremost so, not being an artist, I didn't really follow its progress. Knowing now that it does a solid job at photo editing tells me it is time to give it a second look.

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by hallarempt » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 2:14 PM UTC

scriptproof wrote: post #12

I looked at the script language, SeExpr. Look like PHP with math functions. Is this really better than what we have in HTML Canvas?

It's completely unrelated? SeExpr is a language for generating pixels in interesting ways, originating with Disney. Generic scripting is provided through Python, but SeExpr is fun for fill/generator layers.

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by oAlbe » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 2:16 PM UTC

01walid wrote: post #8

How does Krita compare to Gimp at this point? (Since someone on the comments here said it can be a Photoshop drop-in replacement)

To me, the thing that brings me back to Krita over and over is that fact that it's intuitive to use. I've been trying to use GIMP for the past 10 years and still have no idea how to resize an image/canvas or where the heck the crop tool is. In Krita those things are exactly where I end up looking for them.

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by hallarempt » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 2:16 PM UTC

chobytes wrote: post #9

When I tried Krita a few years ago I couldn't imagine using it over things like Clipstudio yet. I am really rooting for Krita though, so Ill probably give it another shot soon.

Clip Studio still has a number of features we don't have yet, but we're regarding it as our main competitor. Now 5.0 is out, we will start looking at fun features again, and we've already made a little list of things CSP has that we want for Krita, too...

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by rbanffy » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 2:18 PM UTC

I love that, if you are on Windows, there are official paid versions that help support the development of the app. IIRC, it’s on the Microsoft and Steam stores.

And, of course, you can donate too.

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by cturtle » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 2:19 PM UTC

> With in-stack transform, the blending modes and overlapping layers are composited on top of the transform preview. This was a feature funded by the Blender Institute.

Great improvement, and it’s wonderful to see support from another open source project.

Re: Krita 5.0

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Post by CanceledAccount » Thu, Dec 23, 2021, 2:19 PM UTC

Kliment wrote: post #10

01walid wrote: post #8

How does Krita compare to Gimp at this point? (Since someone on the comments here said it can be a Photoshop drop-in replacement)

There's exactly one thing I still prefer to do in Gimp - splitting a single image into multiple images, one per RGBA/HSL channel. There's also some image formats that Gimp supports that Krita does not. But that's it. There's nothing else I miss, and Krita is just incredibly far ahead on usability.

Krita’s Python API should have everything you need to do this automatically.