[HN Gopher] First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
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First Krita Beta for Android and ChromeOS in Play Store
Author : reddotX
Score : 303 points
Date : 2020-05-23 09:55 UTC (13 hours ago)
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| haunter wrote:
| >Unlike the Windows and Steam store, we don't ask for money for
| Krita in the store, since it's the only way people can install
| Krita on those devices, but you can buy a supporter badge from
| within Krita to support development.
|
| I wish more free software projects would do that. You can
| download Krita for free but if you want to support the project
| you can buy it from Steam or Windows Store.
| LegitShady wrote:
| If you know about the project you can donate the money to them
| directly to avoid Steam/Windows taking a cut, but for lots of
| people who dont want to worry about updating their software it
| gives you something in return for the donation.
| bobajeff wrote:
| Congratulations, on finally having a tablet version of Krita. I
| think years ago they planned to make one for Windows Phone but we
| all know what happened there.
|
| Looking forward to the phone version.
| jononor wrote:
| Congrats Krita team for Android tablet release!
|
| I bought a pen tablet with screen recently, the Gaimon PD1161.
| Incredibly cheap compared to the Wacom Cintiq, and it works great
| with Krita (on Windows). My girlfriend uses it all the time now:
| https://www.youtube.com/user/PapillonMarianne/videos
| Maha-pudma wrote:
| I'm interested in starting drawing on my computer. What tablet is
| best for Linux?
| boudewijnrempt wrote:
| Wacom. The very, very best is a second hand Wacom Intuos 3, if
| you can get a few spare pens. That's before Wacome started
| adding all kinds of smart interpolation curves to the tablet
| hardware itself. My Intuos 3 is eleven years old and going
| strong. We got it back then:
| https://dot.kde.org/2007/11/16/art-tablets-krita
| chrismorgan wrote:
| I'm curious: what do these smart interpolation curves do, and
| why do you consider them bad?
| boudewijnrempt wrote:
| They change the inputs to the painting application in a way
| that the user cannot influence; the app no longer gets the
| raw hardware take, but something that's "improved" and
| "smoothed out". And that's limiting. We can do our own
| smoothing, thank you very much, and leave the amount to our
| user's discretion.
| out_of_protocol wrote:
| According to screenshots Android version is tablet only. Also,
| store says "device incompatible" (Samsung S8+)
| izacus wrote:
| This is explicitly mentioned in the FIRST sentence of the
| article.
| hellozee wrote:
| Android Tablets and Chromebooks, the ui isn't much usable for
| smartphones
| illuminated wrote:
| It's a pity it doesn't work on Samsung Galaxy Note devices.
| With the "built in" pen it would be a spot on despite the
| smaller screen size.
| illuminated wrote:
| Congrats for the release!
|
| I love Krita. Actually, my kids love it so much. I've had a Wacom
| tablet for years and thanks to Krita my kids are expanding their
| artistic skills rapidly. I wish the people behind it all the
| best!
| hellozee wrote:
| <3, do check this out, https://krita-
| artists.org/c/artwork/5/l/top
| illuminated wrote:
| Thanks for the link, looks great!
| renewiltord wrote:
| Does the pressure sensitivity work well for you in Krita?
| Mirioron wrote:
| I wish more parents bought their kids drawing tablets. Kids try
| out all kinds of things, but it's hard to try out something
| that you don't have the equipment for. Sure, drawing on paper
| is a possibility, but it's not quite the same thing as digital
| art that tends to be much easier to share and get feedback on.
| illuminated wrote:
| I am constantly amazed at what they are able to do with it. I
| was just a minute ago explaining to my younger daughter the
| concept of layers and the first thing she did with it was to
| separate an object to which she wanted to apply a special
| filter. Without even thinking about it.
| kitsunesoba wrote:
| This takes me back to when I was 12 and discovered layers
| in Photoshop 6. Having always been frustrated with my
| drawings being all matted together in
| Paint/ClarisWorks/etc, layers blew my mind and hooked me on
| the concept of digital art.
|
| Layers are a great example of how simple tools can act as a
| multiplier for creativity and inspiration.
| illuminated wrote:
| I lost my PC graphics virginity with Corel DRAW (I don't
| remember the version). Man, it was so inspiring... I
| could never get used to Adobe Illustrator afterwards, it
| just did not seem logic after working with Corel Draw for
| years.
|
| They've recently published a revamped version with Mac
| compatibility and I bought it just for the sake of good
| old times, although I'm far from doing any graphic work
| anymore.
| m4rtink wrote:
| This is basically Wacoms fault - they sat on their patents
| basically only producing expensive high end devices,
| preventing others from providing high volume basic but cheap
| devices. This was the most apparent in the LCD tablet are
| where until recently was just the high end Wacom made Cintiq
| that was insanely expensive and nothing else.
|
| I believe that we lost at least one generation of digital
| artists due to this - not everyone can be productive by a
| non-LCD tablet and even those have been overpriced.
|
| Thankfully with the main Wacom tablet patents finally gone,
| the situation seems to be finally recovering, with many new,
| mostly Chinese, LCD tablet makers and a lot of people using
| high end Android and Apple tablets for drawing (which are
| still much much cheaper than what Wacom used to want for a
| simple LCD tablet display or for what it sells its bulky
| mobile studio devices these days).
|
| But to this day, we can still see the technical dept caused
| by Wacom blocking a whole area of HID devices for ~20 years -
| drivers for non Wacom LCD drawing displays are still a mess
| and there is a lack of quality drawing software, especially
| on Android.
|
| So good to se Krita helping to address at least one of these
| issues. :)
| egypturnash wrote:
| Wacom has been making cheap tablets for ages, I started
| with a $100 Graphire back around 2000, the specs and name
| for the low end tablet has changed but you can still get a
| tablet with a small working area for about US$100. You can
| get last year's entry-level tablet for even less; if you
| have any kind of art friend connections you could probably
| find one for the cost of shipping.
|
| There has been no lack of cheap non-screen drawing tablets,
| and I really think that there's nothing even resembling a
| whole generation of digital artists who done exist because
| of the lack of screen tablets. There's a FUCKTON of pro
| artists out there who were enabled by a cheap drawing
| tablet and a pirated copy of (insert art program here).
| bitwize wrote:
| There have been cheap tablets around for years, many of
| those work fine. I remember having a Kurta tablet in the
| late 90s that cost like $60 or so.
|
| For me the gating factor was Linux support: along that
| axis, there was Wacom (which had it), and everybody else
| (which didn't). These days, even though the kernel and X
| drivers are called "wacom", they support all manner of
| budget tablets under a variety of brand names (though you
| will want to check to see if a particular model is
| supported, and how well).
|
| LCD tablets are nice (albeit for a while it was cheaper to
| simply buy a tablet-based notebook computer than a Cintiq
| of equivalent size) -- but not having one doesn't prevent
| you from being proficient at digital art. Using a regular
| tablet is a great way to get started; the extra precision
| offered by an integrated LCD display extends your reach and
| productivity, it doesn't gate being able to produce at all.
| m4rtink wrote:
| From my experience using a non screen tablet makes the
| learning curve much steeper while a screen tablet feels
| much more natural due to people being used to seeing what
| they are drawing from writing and drawing on paper.
|
| I have seen this one some festivals where they set up a
| couple Wacom LCD tablet devices for people to draw on -
| there was a lot of interest and basically everyone was
| able to start drawing in a couple minutes. Seeing what
| you are drawing on the screen and not in front of you
| basically throws all the muscle memory people have from
| paper drawing and writing out of the window.
| mbeex wrote:
| The leading brand is quite expensive (at least here in
| Germany), especially when it comes to reasonable sizes
| (A4/letter). I've been putting this off for years.
|
| Finally - a few months ago - I aquired something remarkable
| cheaper, a chinese Gaomon M106K. It turned out, it is not
| cheap at all in the other sense of the word. Good quality and
| support at least for my use case (a bit different,
| handwritten formulas and sometimes some sketched diagrams).
| But my youngest kids use it for painting with Krita too.
| illuminated wrote:
| I got lucky years ago running into sales for a bluetooth
| version of the Wacom tablet (540WL) and the wireless option
| does somehow "sets you free" while drawing... But they are
| expensive, yes.
| omnimus wrote:
| Nobody wants A4 tablet trust me its not worth it. Ive seen
| so many pros replace them with A5 or even A6 because its
| better and more convinient.
|
| On the other hand any other brand than the leading brand is
| truly terrible.
| weego wrote:
| Actual pros replace them with cintiq or similar and are
| always larger than A4. I've never seen a full time
| designer move down size, because you lose fidelity at the
| same zoom level and are constantly fiddling with zoom
| which is a source of major frustration
| omnimus wrote:
| Of course you want cintiq as big as possible but not
| tablet. With A4 you get to a point where you have to move
| a lot around the table with hand in front of you while
| you are looking straight at your screen its just akward.
| You dont have space for keyboard etc.
| bsanr2 wrote:
| I can corroborate this. A full size tablet is not always
| ideal. Display tablets like Cintiqs benefit from larger
| size because you are drawing 1:1 on a screen. The size
| allows for comfortable viewing as well as full arm
| movements on a surface that resembles a drafting table.
| However, traditional graphics tablets require you to draw
| on a separate surface while looking up at a monitor. The
| screen is mapped to the tablet surface, so to move the 10
| inches on a 27" monitor to reach a button, you might
| instead only move your pen tip 1 or 2 inches. In this
| case, it's often easier to draw using small movements,
| and zoom in and out as required to work on structure or
| detail.
|
| Using a large tablet is like using a mouse with the
| sensitivity turned down. It quickly becomes frustrating
| having to move your arm around so much to manage the
| interface, especially when you don't have a direct
| connection between what you're looking at and touching.
|
| The difference is why someone might use a steno pad or
| moleskin journal rather than a full-size legal pad.
| mattkevan wrote:
| An illustrator friend bought an A3 Wacom years ago. It
| was so big that if you put legs on it it'd be a
| reasonable sized desk by itself.
|
| He ended up changing the mapping to only use a small
| portion near the front as he could barely reach the back.
| mkl wrote:
| I do! This doesn't make sense to me. I have a Galaxy Note
| 12.2, and it's great, but bigger would be better (it's
| not quite A4). I also have a 12"x9" Wacom Intuos, 12"
| Surface Pro, 15" Surface Book 2 from work. All of those
| would be even better bigger (but the work laptop wouldn't
| fit in my backpack any more). I have a small Wacom tablet
| too, and it's too small to be very useful.
| omnimus wrote:
| Touchscreens and Tablets are something very different.
| Sure you want as big screen as possible.
|
| I bet most people who switch to touchscreens never want
| tablet back. Many people prefer tablets over touchscreens
| because you don't have to slouch.
| sitkack wrote:
| I would be interested in seeing videos of how people draw
| with tablets and touchscreens. Esp drawing with a small
| A6 tablet.
| m4rtink wrote:
| Devices like the Galaxy Tab S6 are basically a very
| powerful Android tablet with low latency high precision
| pen input (also does pressure and tilt detectio) via the
| supplied S pen (uses basically the same battery free
| technology as Wacom tablets).
| egypturnash wrote:
| Yeah, I am a pro artist and I have played with screen
| tablets and I do not like the way they make me hunch over
| my work surface and ruin my back, I really like that I
| can have my screen at the proper height above my desk and
| my tablet at the most comfortable place on my desk. No
| slouching, no achy spine, no ending up with nose prints
| on the screen because I hunch closer instead of using the
| zoom capabilities.
| mbeex wrote:
| > Nobody wants A4 tablet trust me its not worth it.
|
| Why should I do so when I have my own experience?
|
| > On the other hand any other brand than the leading
| brand is truly terrible.
|
| So you've tried them all? Not to talk about the use
| cases...
| omnimus wrote:
| True i havent tried them all. Ocassionaly somebody around
| has some wierd brand and it has never been really good.
| But it might just be certain feeling wacoms have that is
| something acquired and might not mean it's better.
| jowsie wrote:
| It's possibly it's something the Wacom drivers is doing
| (smoothing, etc). There's a game called osu! where lots
| of people play with graphics tablets, and a lot of people
| use cheaper chinese (Gaomon) tablets, with open source
| drivers that let you emulate the smoothing of Wacom
| drivers.
|
| https://github.com/hawku/TabletDriver
| omnimus wrote:
| Super interesting never heard of this. I thought its
| software because hardware could be copied. Also the big
| difference are usually other things than
| movement/pointing its pressure and tilt where Wacom is
| pretty great.
| mackrevinack wrote:
| what kind of price are we taking about? because a second
| hand surface pro 3 is probably cheap these days and could
| be used for a lot more than a wacom tablet, playing music,
| watching videos etc
| StavrosK wrote:
| $50.
| mbeex wrote:
| Not for a Wacom with form factor >= A4. These have easily
| a price tag in the higher three-digit Euro range (and
| even more). Things like the A5 (!) Bamboo slate _start_
| at 100 EU.
|
| @parent Of course - I also switched for ebooks from a
| dedicated reader to a tablet. But I'm still missing the
| ability for reading in the full sun, power for two weeks
| w/o charging, easiness on the eyes.
|
| Similar - but harder to tolerate - things apply to a
| painting tablet. You cannot replace it simply by a multi-
| function device without losing quite a lot functionality.
| StavrosK wrote:
| I was talking about the GAOMON the GP mentioned.
| Moru wrote:
| The huion tablets are just as good if not better than
| wacom.
| mkl wrote:
| Unfortunately this crashes immediately on my Galaxy Note 12.2.
| hellozee wrote:
| Please open a thread on https://krita-artists.org/ so that we
| can help
| boudewijnrempt wrote:
| I'm surprised, speaking as the maintainer of Krita, to have a
| first video review already:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7oFUmVfiww :-)
| HMH wrote:
| The review mentions that the screen is a bit small for all of
| Krita and suggests that using something like a big iPad
| probably provides a better experience.
|
| As this is only about Android I thought of promoting my take on
| this problem. In fact I released a small program I use to take
| handwritten notes via iPad on my Linux system just a few weeks
| ago. It works on both Android and iOS and basically turns these
| devices into graphic tablets. You can take a look at:
| https://github.com/H-M-H/Weylus
| freedomben wrote:
| I bought a Wacom tablet to use with Krita and have been totally
| unable to figure out how to make it work. Every tutorial/video
| out there is for Windows and most of the settings that affect
| Krita are done in a windows setting area. I use Fedora/Gnome and
| don't have access to that level of settings (tho there are some
| settings available through Gnome via libwacom, which itself is
| awesome).
|
| Anyone using Krita with a Wacom tablet under Linux? How do you
| draw?
| verroq wrote:
| On Arch I've installed the Wacom drivers as outlined in the
| Arch Wiki as it just works.
| freedomben wrote:
| Have you tried it with Krita? It "just works" on all other
| apps I've tried it with (it behaves like a mouse), but Krita
| is doing something different. It completely ignores the wacom
| when focus is on the Krita window.
| verroq wrote:
| Yes Krita, pressure etc all work properly. You can check
| the wiki and the troubleshooting steps will apply all Linux
| not just Arch.
|
| https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wacom_tablet
| freedomben wrote:
| Cool, thanks I'll give that a try
| raghukamath wrote:
| Yes I am using Krita with wacom on Linux. On linux wacom and
| most other tablets are just plug and play. They just work.
| krita is just a click away from the software center.
| freedomben wrote:
| How did you configure Krita? I see almost nothing in the
| "tablet settings" section besides pressure. When Krita has
| focus and I draw on the tablet, it does nothing. Every other
| app treats the tablet like a mouse.
| willismichael wrote:
| On Linux I didn't have to do anything other than plug in
| the Wacom tablet, launch Krita, and start drawing.
|
| This page of the Krita manual has some troubleshooting
| suggestions specifically for Windows:
| https://docs.krita.org/fr/user_manual/drawing_tablets.html
| ur-whale wrote:
| Go in the system settings, there's usually a section
| dedicated to tablets.
| maelito wrote:
| Desktop Android just got better. Now we need a touch monitor with
| a good pen.
| thatjeffrin wrote:
| What are the best Chromebook and tablet to run this on?
| trashburger wrote:
| Awesome news. This part caught my attention though:
|
| >Unlike the Windows and Steam store, we don't ask for money for
| Krita in the store, since it's the only way people can install
| Krita on those devices, but you can buy a supporter badge from
| within Krita to support development.
|
| I don't know about the Windows store because I don't use Windows,
| but doesn't the Steam store allow you to put up free tools? Godot
| Engine is available for free on Steam, IIRC.
| speedgoose wrote:
| Yes, what they mean is that on windows you can get krita for
| free outside of the windows store or steam. While on Android
| most users are stuck with the Google Play store because it's
| very difficult to use another store.
| MikusR wrote:
| You are thinking of iOS. On Android using a different store
| or sideload is easy.
| worble wrote:
| >On Android using a different store or sideload is easy.
|
| Asking users to use developer mode is not easy, and a huge
| barrier to entry that most would just not bother and
| download something else from the Play Store instead.
| noisem4ker wrote:
| Developer mode has never been required on Android. App
| sources are managed by regular settings (Android 8+).
| Before that, there was a single switch for all non-Play-
| Store sources.
|
| 1. User downloads an .apk using a browser
|
| 2. User tries to open it
|
| 3. Android prompts the user to allow the browser as a
| trusted source
|
| 4. User agrees by flipping a switch
|
| 5. Installation resumes
|
| 6. User enjoys the app
|
| https://developer.android.com/distribute/marketing-
| tools/alt...
|
| https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-
| to/android-101-sideload-...
| cesarb wrote:
| You forgot, and the users probably will forget too, to
| flip the switch back so that the browser is no longer a
| trusted source. That is, you've now increased the chance
| of malware being accidentally installed through the
| browser, since AFAIK Android will not prompt again until
| the switch is flipped back to "not allowed".
| yorwba wrote:
| Android won't tell you again that the source is untrusted
| and will directly show the installation dialog, but it
| also won't silently install a random APK, so in practice
| the risk of accidentally installing malware is not that
| high unless you have very fat fingers.
| jraph wrote:
| This is not a great substitute for installing through an
| app store because the app will not update automatically.
|
| This is, however, a great thing to have.
|
| A better substitute would be using F-Droid. By the way,
| some free software apps are not gratis on the Play Store
| but are on F-Droid.
|
| It can still be confusing to manage two app stores for
| some people, while installing an app from a downloaded
| executable is usual on Windows, so Krita probably did the
| right thing.
| StavrosK wrote:
| What you say echoes my experience, I see a lot of apps on
| the Play store say "pay 1.99 here or get it for free on
| F-Droid", which is fair. I usually even pay the money
| even though I have F-Droid installed, just to support the
| dev.
| noisem4ker wrote:
| Good question: why is Krita not on F-Droid? Probably a
| matter of time and effort, not a technical reason. I
| guess they sensibly got into the most visible
| marketplaces first.
| hellozee wrote:
| Exactly, it is on our plans, would take a bit of time.
| hellozee wrote:
| Not for chromebooks, unfortunately
| smitop wrote:
| You can sideload on Chromebooks if you enable developer
| mode. But enabling developer mode wipes all data on the
| system and displays a warning message on boot.
| lucb1e wrote:
| So Chromebooks only let you run software that a Google
| employee approved, unless you wipe your device to enable
| developer mode (which nobody, after using it for a while
| and then deciding to develop something, will want to do)?
| There is no other way to run some test code on it? I
| didn't know that and it seems strange (even Android is
| more liberal than that, and that's not a laptop) so
| genuine question.
| dgellow wrote:
| On desktop they went with free installers from their website
| and paid versions if you want the convenience of a store.
| That's a way to support the project.
| MikusR wrote:
| Krita uses Windows and Steam store for additional funding. It's
| freely available from website.
| trashburger wrote:
| Oh, if it's a funding related thing, then that's fine. The
| paragraph makes it sound like they can't put Krita up on
| those stores without requiring a fee.
| z3t4 wrote:
| Many ChromeOS devices do not support Android apps.
| varbhat wrote:
| Congratulations Krita.
|
| But, Play store is showing that "Device is incompatible" to my
| phone. Is this restricted to Tablets?
|
| Another suggestion. Can't Mobile compatible UI be created (using
| MAUIKIT/Qt) so that Krita can become best image software for
| phones too ?
| hellozee wrote:
| Yes only for tablets and chromebooks for now.
|
| It uses Qtwidgets and mauikit qml so it would be a heck of a
| job to port that to qml
| edjrage wrote:
| Why not publish it for phones too? Something to do with UI
| polishing (widget arrangement, responsiveness)?
|
| I have a phablet (6+ inches, high resolution and DPI) with
| pressure-sensitive stylus and I'd love to see Krita running
| on it, even if the UI is not optimized yet.
| hellozee wrote:
| Yes, the UI isn't exactly the best thing even for tablets,
| so we refrained from releasing it for phones. Though you
| could always side load it once we have it in fdroid.
| ACosmicDust wrote:
| If your device supports OpenGL ES and is Android 6+ You can
| get signed APK for your phablet from here: https://krita-
| artists.org/t/making-and-testing-the-android-b...
| bitwize wrote:
| Tried it out. Loved it. I have one of those moderately expensive
| Samsung Chromebooks with its own pen, and the pressure
| sensitivity stuff works great. I can see myself building an art
| workflow around my Chromebook with Krita. Previously the only
| options on Chromebooks or Android were proprietary apps that had
| ads, including Autodesk Sketchbook which I used to love but they
| added ads, DeviantArt integration, and nerfed the UX.
|
| So getting an open source, full-featured alternative is fantastic
| for me.
| Ritsuko_akagi wrote:
| They have ads on autodesk sketchbook? When I had an android
| phone I paid for it and they made it free a few months later.
| Now I am on iphone and even the free apps have much less ads.
| bitwize wrote:
| It was years ago and I forgot what change they made. It was
| either ads or "sign up for a free account". Whatever it was,
| it pissed me off -- and enough others that Autodesk
| apparently walked it back.
|
| It only stressed to me the need for an open-source solution
| -- which Krita on Android fills nicely.
| mbeex wrote:
| Not a support forum here - but does someone know, if there are
| ways to resize UI fonts for the Windows Krita application without
| touching the Windows setting for the whole monitor?
|
| The only way still working for me is an arcane - in fact
| deprecated for a long time - Qt environment variable
| (QT_DEVICE_PIXEL_RATIO), that makes a difference for at least a
| portable Krita installation.
| LegitShady wrote:
| This is a big deal. If you use a display drawing tablet, the
| likelihood of it having the same resolution as your display
| monitor are becoming less and less, and if I can't scale krita
| on its own the UI becomes a mess.
| boudewijnrempt wrote:
| We're really dependent on the Qt framework here. And they've
| been messing around with hidpi support for ages, and never,
| ever get it really right. The current state, in 5.15 is still
| "fractional scaling, well, deal with one pixel gaps between
| decorations in widgets (like lines).
| hellozee wrote:
| Open up a thread here https://krita-artists.org/
| mbeex wrote:
| Problem is known for many years.
| v1k65 wrote:
| In the last 6 to 9 months I have been learning Drawing
| (Pen/Paper), Digital paining (Krita) and 3D modeling (Blender) in
| my free time.
|
| I must say, I had to try very hard to not explore Photoshop and
| other 3D tools, It wasn't easy when I see most professionals
| using Photoshop, 3DS, Maya, etc. From time to time i get
| frustrated with low quality Youtube's tutorials, numerous times I
| had to remind myself to have patience, and stick with Krita &
| Blender.
|
| Now I in love with Blender, and getting used to like Krita with
| Wacom table.
| toxicFork wrote:
| Aw, it does not work well on mobile phones, because the dialogues
| are cropped and unscrollable. I am going to keep an eye on it
| though, some apps like sketchbook are somewhat working but they
| are limited. Having krita equivalent for the phone would be
| awesome.
| hellozee wrote:
| The UI in the current form is not suitable for phones, but
| efforts are being made, :)
| ngold wrote:
| I have yet to find something that works better than medibang
| for all around doodling on phones and tablets. However, I'm
| excited to keep an eye on this as well.
| m4rtink wrote:
| AFAIK Ibis Paint targets Android smartphones, possibply even
| as their main target. They have various helper tools for
| finger based drawing and even their tutorial videos are dony
| by hand on a normal size smartphone (eq. not on an Android
| tablet with precize pen support).
| inetsee wrote:
| They say up front that this release is not appropriate for
| mobile phones.
| trynewideas wrote:
| For once I wish my phone _didn't_ support an external
| display, mouse, and keyboard.
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| onemoresoop wrote:
| Great work team Krita!
|
| I wish there was a mode conducive to less control and creativity
| a la ArtRage. I am not a professional digital artist and all the
| control that digital drawing platforms have encumbers my creative
| workflow. Any chance we'll get this in Krita? In ArtRage for
| example colors interact more like in real life and don't need to
| separate objects in layers but just paint over the way layers
| naturally happen.
| ur-whale wrote:
| Fantastic news.
|
| Just installed this on my Galaxy tab. It still has some rough
| edges, but it is miles ahead of all the drawing adware I had used
| so far.
|
| Oh and, thank you Krita developers: it actually feels like a
| desktop app (as in: you can load and save files, and there's an
| actual "exit" button").
| m4rtink wrote:
| Thanks a lot as well! Got Galaxy Tab S6 for drawing and the
| software available on Android has not really been that good
| when compared to what is available on desktop Linux with Krita,
| Mypaint and others. :)
| raghukamath wrote:
| Thanks for installing. Enjoy painting. With support and
| feedback from users it might get otpimized further
| hellozee wrote:
| don't forget to drop your feedback on https://krita-
| artists.org/
| toastal wrote:
| People really should give Krita a go if they want escape the
| Adobe bubble. I was really impressed with it for drawing over
| GIMP.
| illuminated wrote:
| I completely agree with you on this. I was considering GIMP as
| the only relevant substitute for Adobe until I've played a bit
| with Krita. Really amazing piece of work.
| deltron3030 wrote:
| Rebelle is also quite nice. They even have an HSLuv based
| color picker. Super underrated software only a handful of
| digital painting pros know about ;)
|
| https://www.escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/index.php
| mbeex wrote:
| To be fair, GIMP considers itself also an image processing
| software, not (or only partially) a painting program. At
| least, it emphasizes this aspect and it shows (yes it
| mentions also artistic usage).
|
| I'm using it this way as a tool (being a software writer in
| this industry), but the tasks belonging to it and those for
| Krita have a virtually empty intersection.
| bsanr2 wrote:
| Clip Studio Paint and Affinity are also well-regarded, though
| not FOSS. CSP in particular has great support and advanced
| tools like posable maquettes and perspective rulers.
| raghukamath wrote:
| While we (Krita) don't have 3D support yet, but we do have
| perspective and other kinds of rulers (assistants) support.
| There are lots of other features too like wrap around mode
| for seamless tile creation etc.
| bsanr2 wrote:
| For the record, I have all 3 installed. :) I find that
| they're useful for different purposes and that it's
| helpful to be able to tap into two feature sets and
| support communities.
| Youden wrote:
| I'm not an artist myself but I follow David Revoy, who [0] uses
| Krita and other open-source software extensively for his Pepper &
| Carrot comic [1]. His blog [0] is full of posts about how he does
| his work using open-source tools.
|
| There are plenty of fantastic artists who use Krita but I find
| him interesting because of how dedicated he is to using open-
| source software for all his work.
|
| [0]: https://www.davidrevoy.com/
|
| [1]: https://www.peppercarrot.com/
| nelaboras wrote:
| This sounds great for the kids. Does anyone have experience of
| the combination Wacom/similar with a (cheap) Chromebook?
| phaedryx wrote:
| I got my daughter a Huion tablet and a laptop in the Chromebook
| price range. It did take a bit of work to get everything
| working for her in Linux, but it works great. She loves it and
| draws a ton.
|
| I also bought a HP Spectre x360 recently. Krita works really
| well on it too.
| hellozee wrote:
| You can ask people here, https://krita-artists.org/
| amelius wrote:
| What development tools/framework did they use to write it?
| ACosmicDust wrote:
| Krita is primarily C++/Qt based. Qt does technically support
| Android. So any app written in it could work, but nevertheless,
| it was imperative to tweak Qt code to get Krita useable on
| Android. :-)
| abrookewood wrote:
| Just reiterating the same point - Krita plus a drawing tablet is
| a perfect combination for kids. It handles both drawing and
| animating really well.
| mkl wrote:
| The symmetry drawing mode is amazing for kids to play with. Any
| scribble becomes instantly pretty.
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