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Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by blorenz » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 7:39 PM UTC

blt wrote: post #15

Lerc wrote: post #5

Will have to check it out to see if it has my most-longed-for feature. The ability to nudge the selection by a single pixel with the arrow keys.

I'm not familiar with the project but this sounds like a good first contribution, if you want to get involved as a developer :)

I'm not familiar with the project either, but ensure it is a feature they intend to accept into their project before you commit the energy into developing it. I have had a weekend that was devoted to naught because it wasn't aligned with the vision or roadmap.

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by parlortricks » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 7:41 PM UTC

danShumway wrote: post #13

anthonybennis wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's limited vector painting tools are what keep me in Clip Studio. It's the first thing I look for with each Krita release.

I suspect it's probably going to be a while unfortunately. I'm all-in on Open Source, there's no way I'm moving back to CSP, but the lack of vector drawing in Krita has driven me to learn more about Blender grease pencil. It's got both some really amazing features and some frustrating limitations as well. Truthfully, CSP is also not quite everything I would want out of vector tools, it's just closer. What I've been i…

For vector art have you looked at Inkscape?

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by danShumway » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 7:47 PM UTC

parlortricks wrote: post #22

danShumway wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suspect it's probably going to be a while unfortunately. I'm all-in on Open Source, there's no way I'm moving back to CSP, but the lack of vector drawing in Krita has driven me to learn more about Blender grease pencil. It's got both some really amazing features and some frustrating limitations as well. Truthfully, CSP is also not quite everything I would want out of vector tools, it's just closer. What I've been i…

For vector art have you looked at Inkscape?

I have, I couldn't get into it. Might have been a learning curve issue; Grease pencil also had a giant learning curve and I've only recently started to feel more comfortable with it.

But I just found Inkscape really awkward and clunky to use for any kind of illustration or free-drawing. I think Blender in some ways might have an advantage there because there are enough obvious cool features with Grease pencil (3D integration, rendering pipelines) that it provides more motivation to get past the "how the heck am I supposed to draw comfortably in this" hurdle. And it needs those motivators, Grease pencil is not comfortable to draw in without changing some settings and learning more about the general Blender interface; it's got a huge barrier to entry.

It's possible I could get Inkscape configured and comfortable to use, but I just didn't have enough reason to get over the hurdle. Or maybe it is actually too clunky to use more like a painting app; but I want to give it the benefit of the doubt since I'm less familiar with it.

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by anonymous344 » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 8:46 PM UTC

what? is this free?

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by snapetom » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 9:06 PM UTC

anonymous344 wrote: post #24

what? is this free?

Open source drawing program. Not too shabby, but clearly some people here have opinions about it.

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by CuriousCosmic » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 9:14 PM UTC

Gloomily3819 wrote: post #16

Another UGLY color selector pallet. Just give me a normal HSL slider ffs

there is a slider color selector though? Caveat that it's an HSV slider rather than an HSL one.

https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/dockers/specific_...

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by singularity2001 » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 9:24 PM UTC

Any good reasons why they don't put it on get up to get many more contributions?

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by mkl » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 9:26 PM UTC

danShumway wrote: post #23

parlortricks wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For vector art have you looked at Inkscape?

I have, I couldn't get into it. Might have been a learning curve issue; Grease pencil also had a giant learning curve and I've only recently started to feel more comfortable with it. But I just found Inkscape really awkward and clunky to use for any kind of illustration or free-drawing. I think Blender in some ways might have an advantage there because there are enough obvious cool features with Grease pencil (3D int…

Inkscape is good for many things, but not for painting.

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by neonnoodle » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 10:05 PM UTC

danShumway wrote: post #23

parlortricks wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For vector art have you looked at Inkscape?

I have, I couldn't get into it. Might have been a learning curve issue; Grease pencil also had a giant learning curve and I've only recently started to feel more comfortable with it. But I just found Inkscape really awkward and clunky to use for any kind of illustration or free-drawing. I think Blender in some ways might have an advantage there because there are enough obvious cool features with Grease pencil (3D int…

The energy you can muster to go back and learn more Blender will pay off in the long term imo.

Blender is like the Swiss Army knife program of my dreams.

Re: Krita 5.2

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Post by hju22_-3 » Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 10:05 PM UTC

Ruq wrote: post #18

Android Tablet with Krita is the goat...I have an S9 which comes with a pen...

Have you used an iPad for drawing before? I'm curious how they compare. I looked at Android options way back when, but it wasn't particularly developed around that time.