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Krita – The Fascinating Graphic Design Software – Review 2020

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Krita – The Fascinating Graphic Design Software – Review 2020

In this article, we will review the free open-source drawing and Graphic Design Software – Krita. We have considered many people’s user experience in writing this article. I am sure you would be keen to see how this little free program compares to the big players in the market.

About the App

Krita is a free open source digital painting and drawing program which is exclusively designed for both amateurs and professionals. It began life as a free photo editor but since 2009 the team has focused their efforts on digital drawing and painting. According to many user reviews, it can be described as an alternative to the classy Adobe Photoshop.

You will have the following impressions when you first open this fascinating application:-

  • The program loads up really quickly.
  • It has a very nice modern and fascinating UI with a good layout.
  • Has got some really cool brushes panel with nice thumbnails for you to understand its use.
  • It has a very similar UI layout to Adobe Photoshop.
  • Has a nice and smooth zoom slider allowing you to look into the details precisely.
  • It is dedicatedly designed for drawing and painting.
  • It has a few basic vector tools which are nice and easy to use.

Overview

Along with its wonderful interface, it also has some basic animation abilities. It has the ability to produce classic cell animation. The animations are with onion skinning and key-frames. 

Onion Skinning allows you to see the next or previous frame of the animated character. The frames are visible but semi-transparent. This helps you to trace over the previous drawing and eases your workflow.

In general, the program feels very much like Photoshop. The layout structure is almost similar and the keyboard shortcuts are also very similar to the Photoshop shortcuts. This similarity makes it easier for you to learn. You can easily get accustomed to it. This is a good thing because if it had too steep a learning curve it would put some people off. Beginners can also start using it and increase their skill-set.

If you are using it for the first time and jump straight in with no conclusion, it will feel like an imaginary lite version of Photoshop like Adobe Paint or something.

As an artist tool, it has been providing an innovative solution for concept and texture artists, illustrators, and VFX artists in the filmmaking and media industry. The software is also ideal for the graphical interface of the games. 

Though Krita uses traditional painting techniques, it has the capability to replace Corel Painter. It innovates them by offering creative tools that work smoothly with any graphic tablets. This painting program offers you tools named:

  • Smoothing
  • Mirroring
  • Pressuring
  • Transforming
  • Layering
  • Color mixing
  • Colour Blending

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