In this increasingly "Software as a Service" world, it's nice to have a good alternative where you actually own the software you are using. Being FOSS is just icing on the cake. Huge respect to the team behind Krita, and the KDE community as a whole.
Note the red message about how to run the installer on Windows despite the SmartScreen popup.<p>Microsoft <i>really</i> needs to do something about the whole SmartScreen mess if even properly signed, popular and trusted open source tools like Krita require such a "how to get around the SmartScreen popup" note in their installation instructions.
It's awesome that the Linux version is distributed right on the website as an AppImage next to the Windows and MacOS downloads. I very much appreciate software that doesn't require me to wait for a third party maintainer to get around to building it for every distro or require me to add a new repo to a config file somewhere just to use the latest version.
Has anyone tried the Android beta for tablets? How good/bad is it? I'm curious to try it out but I don't have a tablet at the moment.<p>[0] <a href="https://krita.org/en/item/first-krita-beta-for-android-and-chromeos-in-play-store/" rel="nofollow">https://krita.org/en/item/first-krita-beta-for-android-and-c...</a><p>[1] <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita&hl=en_US&gl=US" rel="nofollow">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.krita&hl=e...</a>
This update looks terrific. One nitpick: Krita should have a high-res logo in their navbar. I could see it being a slight turnoff for potential adopters looking for a professional art program.
Is Krita good for vector art? I often use InkScape to touch up or modify icons, but have found InkScape's UI to sometimes completely bug out. (besides looking generally bad).<p>Is Krita an alternative to InkScape?
a bit off topic, but know any easy to use vector art program for kids?<p>Really looking for something my kids can get into!<p>Krita supports vector layers, but it's for simple shapes/text overlays