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Re: Krita 5.0

#31

Post by bitbang »

oAlbe wrote: post #16
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.

Seriously? I can understand people having trouble adapting to a different layering model, but cropping? If over 10 years you haven't been able to figure out

Image -> Crop to selection

then either it's a real accomplishment they you can cloth yourself in the morning, or this is just willful ignorance.

Re: Krita 5.0

#32

Post by hallarempt »

hallarempt wrote: post #25
jasfi wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

We sponsor Ramon Miranda, a professional digital artist and art teacher, to create the content for the Krita youtube channel.

(Not sure why that post didn't have a reply link...)

Re: Krita 5.0

#33

Post by hallarempt »

geokon wrote: post #27

Is this a good choice for drawing vector graphics? (Inkscape is a bit clunky.. or maybe I'm just not good at using it)

Krita has vector layers, but it's not the absolute focus: the purpose of vector layers is adding frames for comic books, text, speech bubbles and the occasional other bit of clipart.

Re: Krita 5.0

#34

Post by archerx »

bitbang wrote: post #31
oAlbe wrote: post #16

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.

Seriously? I can understand people having trouble adapting to a different layering model, but cropping? If over 10 years you haven't been able to figure out Image -> Crop to selection then either it's a real accomplishment they you can cloth yourself in the morning, or this is just willful ignorance.

Maybe Gimp has one of the worst UI/UX ever made? I still stand by my theory that gimp was made as a troll program to see how far people will defend opensource no matter how objectively bad it is to use.

Re: Krita 5.0

#35

Post by fault1 »

hallarempt wrote: post #26
sharikous wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Krita was started in the previous millenium, too. I've been Krita's maintainer since 2004... If I have to think about what I did with my life, https://krita.org/en/about/krita-releases-overview/ comes to mind :-)

Wow, this guy really sounds like a winner: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Freiherr_von_Grave...

Re: Krita 5.0

#36

Post by mschuetz »

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)

I've never been able to do anything meaningful in GIMP, but Krita is relatively nice to use. It's much more intuitive than GIMP, and even things you have to look up and learn are easier to get used to and remember, because the UI actually makes sense.

Re: Krita 5.0

#37

Post by pessimizer »

archerx wrote: post #34
bitbang wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously? I can understand people having trouble adapting to a different layering model, but cropping? If over 10 years you haven't been able to figure out Image -> Crop to selection then either it's a real accomplishment they you can cloth yourself in the morning, or this is just willful ignorance.

Maybe Gimp has one of the worst UI/UX ever made? I still stand by my theory that gimp was made as a troll program to see how far people will defend opensource no matter how objectively bad it is to use.

As somebody who uses Photoshop for a living, I prefer the GIMP. The GIMP falls down on a few major features, not on usability. I can also see how Photoshop as the standard has broken people's brains so much that the concept of "intuitive" becomes entirely lost. It's not as bad as Illustrator, but features are just randomly thrown everywhere; the only reason I'm fast at it is from hard-won experience.

It's impossible to paint "Image -> Crop to Selection" as hard to find. The menu is at the same place it is in almost every other program one uses, at the top of the window.

Re: Krita 5.0

#38

Post by geenat »

Nice. A line-height adjustment was added to the text tool. Non destructive layer styles. Layer previews.

Krita is honestly fairly competitive for design now since last time I've used it.

Re: Krita 5.0

#39

Post by jasfi »

hallarempt wrote: post #32
hallarempt wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

We sponsor Ramon Miranda, a professional digital artist and art teacher, to create the content for the Krita youtube channel. (Not sure why that post didn't have a reply link...)

That's great that your Open Source project can sponsor contributors!

Re: Krita 5.0

#40

Post by billfruit »

archerx wrote: post #34
bitbang wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously? I can understand people having trouble adapting to a different layering model, but cropping? If over 10 years you haven't been able to figure out Image -> Crop to selection then either it's a real accomplishment they you can cloth yourself in the morning, or this is just willful ignorance.

Maybe Gimp has one of the worst UI/UX ever made? I still stand by my theory that gimp was made as a troll program to see how far people will defend opensource no matter how objectively bad it is to use.

As someone who never used Photoshop before I find Gimp's UI functional and nothing worth complaining about. Especially I like the MDI interface with each widget being a seperate window.
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