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Krita release notes are superb studies in how to create software product pages: lots of context, plenty of examples, clear explanations, both features and benefits, thanks and credits, and call outs to real world users. https://krita.org/en/krita-5-0-release-notes/ Kudos to the Krita team for the great upgrade.
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.
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...
How does Krita compare to Gimp at this point? (Since someone on the comments here said it can be a Photoshop drop-in replacement)
Moreover stability is important if you access it programmatically.
And yes, even that is not guaranteed by any means. It's just the area where Krita does not beat Gimp totally.
Krita release notes are superb studies in how to create software product pages: lots of context, plenty of examples, clear explanations, both features and benefits, thanks and credits, and call outs to real world users. https://krita.org/en/krita-5-0-release-notes/ Kudos to the Krita team for the great upgrade.
Those release notes are a project in their own right. You need a team just for that!
Upcoming Krita 5.1, that what's currently in the master branch on invent.kde.org, already has a bunch of new stuff...
How does Krita compare to Gimp at this point? (Since someone on the comments here said it can be a Photoshop drop-in replacement)
I think the only real advantage of GIMP at this point is its age and stability. Gimp was around 20 years ago and it is more likely to be there 20 years from now than Krita. EDIT: my error - Krita is much older than I thought. Moreover stability is important if you access it programmatically. And yes, even that is not guaranteed by any means. It's just the area where Krita does not beat Gimp totally.
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Those release notes are a project in their own right. You need a team just for that!
They were written by pretty much one person, who also fixes bugs, maintains the manual and help out the maintainer -- me -- with any tasks needed. We usually start the release notes for the next major version right after we released a major version, and try to keep up with what happens. Upcoming Krita 5.1, that what's currently in the master branch on invent.kde.org, already has a bunch of new stuff...
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.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Wife still uses Photoshop CS 2 on Windows, and I've basically told her that when her computer dies, she's getting Linux and open source software, or she's gonna have to figure out Windows 11 by herself and pay the subscription for Adobe. "Fine with Linux" she says, since it's installed on other computers in the house, "... but what can I use instead of Photoshop?". "Use Gimp, of course!" I say, and install it on her…