Krita is a professional digital painting program that stands out as a full-featured application tailored for artists across various mediums. Whether you're crafting illustrations, comics, animations, concept art, or storyboards, Krita emerges as a powerful tool in your creative arsenal.

Krita boasts an array of both common and innovative features designed to enhance the joy and productivity of your painting experience. With exceptional brush engines for sketching and painting, stabilizers for freehand inking, and assistants that help in constructing complex scenes, Krita ensures a seamless creative flow. The distraction-free canvas-only mode allows for uninterrupted painting, while clone layers, layer styles, and non-destructive editing through filter and transform masks provide unparalleled flexibility. Krita supports widely-used file formats, including PSD, making it a versatile choice for professionals.

For those delving into animation, Krita offers onion skinning, storyboarding, and comic book project management. Additionally, it supports scripting in Python, hosts numerous powerful filters, and provides selection and colorizing tools. Color-managed workflows and flexible workspaces further enhance its capabilities. To explore Krita's comprehensive feature set, visit https://krita.org/.

Please note that this is a beta release of Krita, currently optimized for big screen devices such as tablets and Chromebooks. As such, it is not yet suitable for real work and is not available for phones.

Krita is developed by the Krita Foundation and Halla Rempt Software, and it is an integral part of the KDE community.

What's New in the Latest Version 5.2.3

Last updated on Jun 25, 2024

This is the third bugfix release for Krita 5.2.