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Krita: A Free Alternative to Photoshop

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  • VGMooseV Offline
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    The app Krita is a nice alternative to Photoshop for making digital art. It can be downloaded here for Mac/Windows/Linux.

    Image of how the interface looks:
    krita_ui

    I started learning how to use Photoshop in school, but it was always frustrating to come home and be unable to use it for other stuff, and being stuck with MS Paint or Preview. The school had a license deal, and I would've had to pay for it for my own use. Later I did pay for Photoshop for a while, but now I just use this instead!

    A starting tutorial is here: https://docs.krita.org/en/tutorials.html But a fair amount of basic Photoshop-style stuff works, such as dealing with layers and blending options.

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    • VGMooseV VGMoose

      The app Krita is a nice alternative to Photoshop for making digital art. It can be downloaded here for Mac/Windows/Linux.

      Image of how the interface looks:
      krita_ui

      I started learning how to use Photoshop in school, but it was always frustrating to come home and be unable to use it for other stuff, and being stuck with MS Paint or Preview. The school had a license deal, and I would've had to pay for it for my own use. Later I did pay for Photoshop for a while, but now I just use this instead!

      A starting tutorial is here: https://docs.krita.org/en/tutorials.html But a fair amount of basic Photoshop-style stuff works, such as dealing with layers and blending options.

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      Koo_Hyunho
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      @VGMoose me and Proxzi use that for drawing too lmao ( i have a digital tablet heh-)

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        Lets see your work .. that would be cool.

        "Don’t waste your words I don’t need anything from you / I don’t care where you’ve been or what you plan to do." - Ian Brown

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        • Koo_HyunhoK Offline
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          i dont have any on my switch bc yknow- but i would! I could ask Proxzi to send some

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          • Koo_HyunhoK Koo_Hyunho

            i dont have any on my switch bc yknow- but i would! I could ask Proxzi to send some

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            @Akaza but it'd be paper cuz i cant access my computer-

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              cool cat

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              • Koo_HyunhoK Offline
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                yus

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                • lollapaloozaL Offline
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                  I have some digital art-pieces that I've drawn on my laptop with the touchscreen and stylus.

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                  • VGMooseV VGMoose

                    The app Krita is a nice alternative to Photoshop for making digital art. It can be downloaded here for Mac/Windows/Linux.

                    Image of how the interface looks:
                    krita_ui

                    I started learning how to use Photoshop in school, but it was always frustrating to come home and be unable to use it for other stuff, and being stuck with MS Paint or Preview. The school had a license deal, and I would've had to pay for it for my own use. Later I did pay for Photoshop for a while, but now I just use this instead!

                    A starting tutorial is here: https://docs.krita.org/en/tutorials.html But a fair amount of basic Photoshop-style stuff works, such as dealing with layers and blending options.

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                    @VGMoose I must say,the interface might be daunting for beginners so,hi beginners,I'm a random internet so-called expert and I say art beginners should use sketchbook (not pro its annoying get the other one off the ms store) because its simple.
                    Personally,I quite like the sound of Krita but I've heard its resource-hungry.

                    -Lea ^^-♪

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                    Ash Ketchum・1997-2023

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                      It's true, I haven't actually used any of the more drawing focused features, just as a Photoshop replacement. For tablet drawing I usually use Procreate on an old iPad with a stylus.

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                        @VGMoose
                        I use GIMP mainly bc its FOSS and when I learn anything C-related I could make a fork to put on my github so its less boring.

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                        • Koo_HyunhoK Offline
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                          i just got a stylus today and i drew something that im extremly proud of ^^

                          Probably one of the oldest active people

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                            Oh! Nice Like photoshop

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