YESSSSS ive been saying this for the last two years. as a professional GD, shit like GIMP DOES NOT come close to the power that I can get out of Krita. But because Krita's marketing is focused on painting, people overlook it. But holy shit, does Krita really take PS to town with its parity of features. One of the big things Krita can do that GIMP cannot, you did not even touch on: smart objects. Like photoshop, Krita, can be used to make templates where you can have layers that are other editable files. this is really important for production work.

Krita rocks! When I dumped Adobe 8 years ago, I needed a high quality digital painting program and GIMP was just too slow with large file sizes. So I gave Krita a try and it runs circles around GIMP for painting/drawing. I still use GIMP for image editing, but Krita is great for art creation.

Finally some love for Krita. I always hated the gimp recommendations cuz technically it does the photo shop things but Krita looks. More like it and does a few things extra. Perfect for digital drawing imo

I use the Acly plugin with Krita as well to give Krita the equivalent of Photoshop's Generative Fill thanks to the use of Stable Diffusion running locally on your machine!

i love the variety of brushes offered in krita. 🥰

Krita is simply the BEST open source software for digital painting out there

your videos are getting better day by day, keep up, we support you.

With Krita it's important that you have GMIC which is in appimage or flatpak version. I also work with Inkscape alongside Krita where I copy-paste from one to another. Sometimes I use Blender, Figma and online AI tools (bg ai remover, dall-e and midjourney). From my experience, you can create ANY kind of design/art with Linux apps: Krita, Gimp, GMIC, MyPaint, ImageMagick and Blender!

YESSsSsS! Krita > GIMP I will die on this hill. People sleep on Krita because it is a “drawing app” but it can pretty much do anything that isn’t RAW photo processing. But If I wanted to deal with RAW I might still rather look more into stuff like Darktable or Raw Therapee than go GIMP… ugh

Wow, excellent video. I really like how you structured this! I feel informed.

I’ve been using Keira for a few years now for drawing and I love it! I never thought to recommend it to you like the solo because well like you said it’s for drawing not image manipulation. I love Keira so much I supported them by buying it on steam! Good content my man!

I love Inkscape and Photoshop. As someone who prefers open source software I use Inkscape privately and Photoshop for work related stuff, okay, sometimes I retouch some of my taken photos with them as this is the best use case for Photoshop. Never used Krita before, but heard of it, so might give this program a try soon. Thanks for sharing this video.

I love Krita! I mainly use it for digital art but it can be used for image manipulation as well.

Apart from the Qt interface which I heavily dislike, even as a drawing-centered raster editor, its UI/UX feels superior to GIMP. If it wasn't for PhotoGIMP, I would also be using Krita as my main graphics editor.

The open source area misunderstands standards. We don't use Photoshop or Office because we like Photoshop or Office. We use it because it's the standard. This might not be an issue in personal use, but for work it is. You don't get to choose what software you use. The company/customer uses the standard, you use the standard, because it's the standard. Only Blender has broken this paradigm because it was simply so much superior compared to alternatives, companies switched to it, so did the customers, and finally everyone. _Note: I fortunately don't have to use the cancer named Photoshop because Figma exists and it fulfills my job needs. I sincerely hope something else overtakes Photoshop so we can be done with Adobe._

I have found Photopea to be an excellent alternative to Photoshop. It is firstly completely free to use (like Krita) and secondly shares a very similar look and feel to Photoshop (unlike Krita). In fact, I find it easier to use than GIMP, especially since it has superior selection tools as well as incorporates adjustment layers.

I was actually needed a program that could do vector graphics a couple of weeks ago when I was modifying old flash games. Wish I would have known about this.

Yeah i actually loved krita since the first time i saw itt its the best Photoshop alternative i ever used

In my opinion, the question is not if Krita is better than GIMP, but if Krita is better or at the same level of Photoshop. Maybe GIMP is inferior to Krita, but it opened the ball back in the day. Nowadays, the free open source environment is full of improved software that can replace the older programs. What we need are programs that can replace the proprietary ones.

Ciao, i'm using The Gimp since late 1998, created my first desktop wallpaper under debian with it.. so here we go, in 2023 i've created my newest desktop wallpaper again with? the Gimp 😂 many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃

I use Krita instead of Gimp, the only problem I've had are few specific features, but overall I love it. Select by colour doesn't seem to work for me for example.

There's a problem: Krita is meant for Digital Painting, heck, even the devs themselves state it. the GNU Image Manipulation Program(GIMP) is meat for Image Manipulation. Krita is only suitable for you if you do Digital Painting, it also works for traditional animations, Story Board, Comics, and more.

Love the tux thumbnails 😂

Got an ad for photoshop just before this vid LOL

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Nice video but my curiosity is pretty strong; what Window decoration in KDE are you using throughout the video? It looks fairly similar to Colloid / Adwaita.

Krita InKscapenand Kdenlive are really great editors that can cover image, vectors and videos. I think KDE only needs an audio editor to cover every media content editor.

you should look at graphite on github, it's a nice alternative too, written in rust too.

Hi, I've been using PDN for 15 years and I'm looking for a drop in replacement as I don't like be locked to windows. What can you recommend? Edit: So After digging out I found out Gimp is the right tool for me to learn how to use. Glad theres plenty of options. Also i forgot to mention this but that thumbnail for this video is nice!

Which GIMP plugins would you recommend for photo editing (if you think it's necessary to install them in the first place)? Thank you for the video, btw! I wish I could learn how to use both right now, but I'll stick to GIMP since I'll focus on photo editing

I like how the world has forgot about painshop pro lol even tho they still put out updates to this day.

Personally I use Photopea, its just works. I tried GIMP, and its so hard to learn.

Krita is one of my favorite FOSS apps along with Inkscape.

For me, Krita has a much slower startup time, but I'm going to need vector graphics for my game, so I'll give it a shot and see how well I can learn it. From the half second interrogation of the menus, it appears as though Krita uses Python for scripting, and while I hate Python, I hate it less than LISP, regardless of which variant GIMP is using, because I hate all LISP's.

What? Kirta doesn't take anything from Gimp. I'm self prefers Gimp UI over Ps / Krita. Inkscape is for SVG. In gimp you can press "/" to show up Command Pallet - a pop up window that allows you to search in gimp menus. Command Pallet is also possible in Inksape by pressing "?" (shift + "/") For me every app should have command pallet.

I don't do any complicated editing so I'm fine with Photopea.

My only complaint about krita is that the text editor is a little clunky. This doesn't mean gimp is better, gimp is a tad dated. I like Medibang for it's text editing, for being simple and convenience focused, though you can do more in krita.

I dream one day Clip Studio Paint will be available on linux

GIMP is great and v3 is going to be better, yes Krita is extremely good and worthy! Inkscape, darktable and Blender are some of the best software out there!

while most professionals preffer photoshop over gimp for image manipulation i found that most people who draw preffer krita

long live to Photopea

I want to switch to Linux one day, so I've been looking for the alternatives for the apps I'm using. I've been using Photoshop for over 10 years. One of the most powerful tools in the psd is the content aware fill tool. If you're a digital artist that paints everthing then you might not need it. However if you do photomanupilation, it's a must-have sometimes. And since Krita doesn't have a such a thing. It's useless for me.

Gimp desperately needs an UI/UX designer to contribute with the project.

4:51 touhou hijack lol

I would love Krita if it had a GTK4 theme

What distro you use with Plasma?

Krita is great but computer versions of clip studio paint win for traditional art & comics.

What about Inkscape? How does it compare to Krita, since both are vector graphics software?

I believe you are pronouncing Krita incorrectly should be like Kreta. I love its user interface. It is highly underrated for its photo capabilities in the latest versions. Also, G'MIC filters are included by default in Windows. Stable Diffision plugin for AI capabilities comparable or better than Photoshop. Someone, please tell me what I can do in Gimp that I can not in Krita.

Unless Adobe finds someway to natively support Linux, had been using Krita as a good alternative. For game development and graphic design tasks, it's been been pretty good. The only downside I have with Krita is that when it comes to rendering stuff like Normal Maps, I have to go to GIMP to make one. GIMP on the other hand unless if it's something basic I have to do, I'm not using it... A feature I would like Krita to have is to import Photoshop drawing brushes, Clip Studio Paint found a way to import them.

I am waiting for a new RUST based new image editor that has AI tools that can rival Photoshop..

GIMP is based.

I use Pinta for light photo editing. It's all I need 99% of the time. Very easy. I really have no desire to put someone else's face on a photo of make otherwise fake ones, which seems to be the main use of Photoshop. Yuck.

While appreciating literally all other videos so far comparing DTP applications as a "layman" isn't exactly helpful. GIMP in no way replaces PS, as it's very foundation, ideology and outdated legacy origin inhibits any sort of replacement: Even most basic interface and procedures are usually overly complicated. I guess they "needed" to be so "different" to not only have an entirely different interface, application-design but also entirely different default shortcuts compared to PS. That's where "ego" and stupidity comes into play: How could anyone seriously think that would be a good idea, to impose complete usability and habitual roadblocks for anyone remotely professional to seriously consider or at least try out Gimp. They willingly "gimped" themselves from the get-go. Application-name meaning and conspiracy confirmed? Clearly seems like typical programmer "perspective", without a mere minute of at least some sort of practical/professional DTP consultation. Krita isn't comparable to classic raster-based image editor but Vector/Illustration, or technically more correct: a "drawing" application. It's matching "comparison" would be Adobe Illustrator, et al. You are literally comparing an apple with ... idk, a paperclip? The most direct, "free" (but not foss?) comparison would be web-app based "Photopea". That dev shows how it should be done; It's literally a very close recreation, including interface, shortcuts, functionality and everything. Sadly the focus on monetization or exposure to third-party ads doesn't exactly instill much confidence. Affinity products are unfortunately not much of an option either when it comes to the DTP suite or Indesign. Mediocre and "casual-oriented" at best. Nothing serious to be considerable for reliable, semi-professional use. Aside from misfocused Photopea and it's Advertisement focus/risk; The other indirectly related and very recommendable mention is foss "darktable" for RAW-development. It's procedural workflow blows anything PS, lightroom etc. out of the water when it comes to power, potential and efficiency. Hopefully Photopea just dies with their infested ads asap to hopefully become FOSS. So from a deeper, more practical perspective: Things are currently still not looking too great at all. Unfortunately. We need a serious, foss DTP suite for a meaningful majority to finally free their shackles from greedy subscriptions; Akin to Blender or Godot. Individuals and companies would surely provide reasonable, financial support.

GIMP is terrible, We need something better for Photo Editing that's not GIMP.

GIMP is literally identical to Photoshop without the pointless features

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