[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":146},["ShallowReactive",2],{"en-post-110":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":12,"extension":139,"meta":140,"navigation":141,"path":142,"seo":143,"stem":144,"__hash__":145},"content/post/110.md","110",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":126},"minimark",[9,13,18,32,36,39,43,57,61,64,68,71,75,81,85,90,94,97,101,108,114,120],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Krita is a free and open source professional digital painting application maintained by the KDE community and the Krita Foundation. It targets illustrators, comic artists, and concept artists, with a brush engine, layers, animation, and stylus support, and it requires no registration, shows no ads, has no trial period, and does not restrict commercial use. Licensed under GNU GPL v3 with source hosted on KDE Invent and mirrored on GitHub, it runs on Windows 8.1 and later. Compared with expensive commercial painting software, it puts professional grade painting power into everyone hands for free, and is one of the most mature entries in the open source creative toolbox.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"what-krita-is","What Krita is",[10,19,20,21,26,27,31],{},"Krita has a clear identity, it is a professional tool for people who draw, not a general purpose image editor for quick touch ups. From brushes and canvas to animation, everything is designed around a digital painting workflow, and it is especially friendly to illustration, comics, and concept design. If you already use ",[22,23,25],"a",{"href":24},"/post/81/","What Is GIMP and How to Use It"," for image manipulation, treat Krita as the painting focused complement, and when you need 3D modeling see ",[22,28,30],{"href":29},"/post/89/","What Is Blender and How to Use It",", since the three cover different jobs.",[14,33,35],{"id":34},"main-features","Main features",[10,37,38],{},"First, a professional brush engine with dozens of customizable brushes supporting stylus pressure, tilt, and rotation, fit for sketching, coloring, and impasto. Second, layers and masks, with layer groups, clone layers, transparency masks, and filter masks for non destructive editing. Third, animation tools, with a built in frame animation and timeline, and export of animation and timelapse. Fourth, vector and text, supporting vector shapes, text tools, and drawing aids like rulers and perspective guides. Fifth, multi platform formats, on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, compatible with PSD, PNG, EXR, TIFF, and more. Sixth, a resource community with a built in resource pack manager for downloading brushes, gradients, and texture extensions.",[14,40,42],{"id":41},"how-to-install","How to install",[10,44,45,46,51,52,56],{},"Download at ",[22,47,48],{"href":48,"rel":49},"https://krita.org/download/",[50],"nofollow"," , which auto detects your system and offers an exe installer or a zip portable build. Official site ",[22,53,54],{"href":54,"rel":55},"https://krita.org/",[50]," . It is also available on Microsoft Store, Steam, and Epic, where the paid versions are functionally identical and only fund development. The steps are open the download page, click to get the Windows 64 bit installer krita-x64-X.X.X-setup.exe, double click to run, follow the wizard to pick language and path, and it installs the Windows Explorer thumbnail extension by default, then launch from the Start menu. With the Windows package manager you can install in one line, winget install KDE.Krita.",[14,58,60],{"id":59},"how-to-use-it","How to use it",[10,62,63],{},"After launch create a new canvas via File > New, set size and resolution (300 DPI for print) and confirm. Pick the brush tool from the left toolbar and choose a brush from the right preset panel, then paint with a stylus or mouse. Manage layers in the bottom right panel, toggle visibility with the eye icon, and right click to add a mask. Drag a reference image into the window as a temporary reference layer. When done, File > Export to PNG or JPG, or File > Save to keep the native kra project file.",[14,65,67],{"id":66},"things-to-watch","Things to watch",[10,69,70],{},"Krita wants a reasonable amount of memory and GPU, with at least 4 GB RAM recommended and 16 GB better, plus an OpenGL 3.0 or Direct3D 11 class GPU. Newer versions dropped 32 bit Windows, so older machines need a 64 bit system. A few antivirus tools false positive the installer, so verify the SHA256 published on the site or add the app to the allowlist. kra is a proprietary project format, so export a common image format before handing files to clients. The zip portable build does not provide Explorer thumbnails, and you need a separate Shell extension for that.",[14,72,74],{"id":73},"download","Download",[10,76,77,80],{},[22,78,48],{"href":48,"rel":79},[50]," (auto detects system for exe or zip), also on Microsoft Store, Steam, and Epic.",[14,82,84],{"id":83},"official-site","Official site",[10,86,87],{},[22,88,54],{"href":54,"rel":89},[50],[14,91,93],{"id":92},"advanced-tips","Advanced tips",[10,95,96],{},"After getting started, organize your brush presets and pin the few you use most to the top of the brush panel to cut down on searching. Turn on OpenGL acceleration for the canvas view so panning and zooming on large canvases feel responsive. The animation feature is worth trying, where you draw frame by frame on the timeline and export a GIF or short video clip directly, good for simple animated emotes or demo motion. With an external drawing tablet, set the pressure curve in the calibration to match your hand, so light and heavy strokes feel natural and long sessions are less tiring.",[14,98,100],{"id":99},"faq","FAQ",[10,102,103,107],{},[104,105,106],"strong",{},"How to choose between Krita and Photoshop?"," Krita is free, open source, and painting focused, great for illustration and comics, while Photoshop is broader but paid. With a limited budget or a preference for open source, Krita handles most painting work.",[10,109,110,113],{},[104,111,112],{},"Does it work with a pen display?"," Yes. Krita supports stylus pressure, tilt, and rotation well, and after calibration in device settings you get a paper like experience.",[10,115,116,119],{},[104,117,118],{},"Can others open my kra file?"," Export PNG, JPG, or PSD before delivery. kra is only for editing inside Krita and need not be sent to clients.",[10,121,122,125],{},[104,123,124],{},"Does the tablet sync with desktop?"," Krita has an Android version, and kra projects can be moved between desktop and mobile to continue editing, though complex brushes and filters may stutter on low end devices.",{"title":127,"searchDepth":128,"depth":128,"links":129},"",2,[130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138],{"id":16,"depth":128,"text":17},{"id":34,"depth":128,"text":35},{"id":41,"depth":128,"text":42},{"id":59,"depth":128,"text":60},{"id":66,"depth":128,"text":67},{"id":73,"depth":128,"text":74},{"id":83,"depth":128,"text":84},{"id":92,"depth":128,"text":93},{"id":99,"depth":128,"text":100},"md",{},true,"/post/110",{"description":12},"post/110","wS_k0zJVQdOD-Nb55c9nh2UnT5BsPNgCRo-VDZ0pVUg",1794378304573]