Krita offers many features, including industry standards and innovative designs, which make painting more fun and productive. Krita is used daily by artists all over the world from professionals, to students, to passionate hobbyists. Linux users can install Krita from their distribution’s repos, or grab the latest release from the Snap Store, Flathub, PPA, or by downloading the official Krita AppImage (which will run anyplace other Linux apps run).About This Software Krita is an open source drawing, painting and animation application designed for illustrators, concept artists, comic book creators, animators, game artists, matte painters and more. There are a number of ways to download Krita, including via the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 & 11, and (starting with this release) the Mac App Store on macOS - though the latest version is waiting to be approved on some platforms. Krita 5.0 is free, open source software available for Windows, macOS, and (of course) Linux.

Interactive ‘search actions’ (aka HUD) via ctrl + enter.

Enhancements across most core tools, layers, text, presets, etc.

Tons of animation tweaks, including new storyboard editor.

Import videos and GIFs as Krita animations.

The full Krita 5.0 release notes paint a richer picture of what’s new and improved in this release, with highlights including:

As someone who can’t draw so much as a circle, sped-up clips of artists creating leave me open-mouthed in awe.Īnd all of that is just ever-so slightly scratching the surface.

Krita 5.0 may even help you realise your ambition of being a viral TikTok or YouTube star as it now has a built-in recorder to create video clips out of your painting sessions.

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