Krita RGBA Tech
Creative
digital painting brushes
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11 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.65.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 against
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Demo gif impressive
From 1 comment
Honestly, I’m most impressed by that fantastic demo gif.
Aeolun on HN
Questions
What does the brush do, does it create a normal map?
From 1 comment
So what does it do? Create a normal map while drawing?
Llamamoe on HN
How baked in is the light position?
From 1 comment
Memileo's results and your own are both incredible. Wow. How baked in is the light position? I'd imagine it's possible to rotate the light in editor but not change it's height…
itishappy on HN
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Photoshop
From 2 comments
Pretty neat tech - the RGBA brush engine in Krita is doing something fundamentally different from PS's basic alpha masks. Being able to encode directional data in the brush tip…
michael0x11 on HNPhotoshop and other painting software had "intelligent" brushes for a while now. These try to simulate stuff like paint mixing (even watercolor), opacity and texture.
short_sells_poo on HN
Rebelle
From 1 comment
Could you give me an example? I'd love to know more about the watercolour paint mixing. If you meant the "live tip" settings of Photoshop, you can do all that in Krita too, using…
draneria on HN