Krita RGBA Tech
Creative
digital painting brushes
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How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
5 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Design: 3 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Krita has a nice, intuitive UI for painting
From 3 comments
Krita is a really nice project, really the most intuitive graphics program in the linux world
dddw on HNI appreciate Krita's UI design, though obviously it is focused on drawing/painting. In the graphics app space, Krita, Inkscape, and Blender are all competitive with commercial…
musicale on HNWow - I'm surprised Krita has been in development that long. It just qualitatively feels much more modern than GIMP. Maybe it's because I focus more on drawing making heavy use…
vunderba on HN
Objections
Krita can lag behind other software in places
From 1 comment
Thank you! I've been researching more about Krita vs other softwares, it might lag behind in places but they are really cooking when it comes to brushes in my opinion. (plus it…
draneria on HN
Alternatives named
GIMP
From 2 comments
Thanks for your work on this! Unrelated but if you haven't tried the open-source photoshop alternative Krita you are missing out. It's basically GIMP but unburdened by 30 years…
vunderba on HNI used to use both GIMP and Krita, but I switched over to Krita-only when many of GIMP's filters were bundled into the G'Mic plugin, which is now installed by default in new…
draneria on HN
Inkscape and Blender
From 1 comment
I appreciate Krita's UI design, though obviously it is focused on drawing/painting. In the graphics app space, Krita, Inkscape, and Blender are all competitive with commercial…
musicale on HN