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-Krita
+======Krita ======
+[[http://krita.org|Krita]] is a digital paint programme that concentrates on life-like material emulation.
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+===== Strengths [Weaknesses] =====
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+**Intuitive**
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+There are advanced features in Krita, but the basics are pretty straight-forward; start the application, select a brush, start drawing, and produce great results.
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+**Beautiful**
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+Krita is so good at what it does that it can usually make even the most rudimentary illustrators look good. (This is taken from personal experience.)
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+===== Weaknesses [Strengths] =====
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+**Complex**
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+Krita is unquestionably a highly configurable and feature-laden application. If you are looking for a sketchpad with two or three basic functions, this might be overwhelming.
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+=====Install=====
+[[http://krita.org|Krita]] comes pre-installed on Slackware.
+=====Usage=====
 When you launch Krita, you'll see all the options regarding what kind of document you'd like to start with. As you become more familiar with Krita, these options will be useful, but for now just start with a blank document using the default settings.
-  The interface of Krita is designed especially so that the artist can continue to paint or draw even when a change of brush or colour is needed. If you're using a Wacom pen, hover over the canvas and press the top pen button. If using a mouse or trackpad, press the right mouse button. This brings up a quick-access HUD at the position of your cursor, giving you instant access to a set of brushes and erasers, a smudge tool, a colour picker, and the most recent colours you have used.
+  The interface of Krita is designed especially so that the artist can continue to paint or draw even when a change of brush or colour is needed. If you're using a [[wacom|Wacom]] pen, hover over the canvas and press the top pen button. If using a mouse or trackpad, press the right mouse button. This brings up a quick-access HUD at the position of your cursor, giving you instant access to a set of brushes and erasers, a smudge tool, a colour picker, and the most recent colours you have used.
-All of the brushes are available from Krita's Brush Presets palette. You can modify these presets and make your own brushes with the Edit Brush Settings button in the top toolbar. Sliders for brush opacity and size are also available in the top toolbar.
+[{{ krita_hud.jpg | The Krita heads-up display is never more than a right-click away. }}]
-Krita is appropriate for both painting and sketching, and depending on which of those disciplines you want to emulate, your workflow will be different. If you're emulating the painting process, your first step might be something like laying down a base layer. The brush presets called Bristles_Wet or Block_Bristles at a large-ish size setting are particularly well-suited for this. It gives the canvas a textured look, and serves as a good base layer for the rest of your work. If you're sketching, start with a small pencil size so that you can ink over it cleanly later.
+All of the brushes are available from Krita's **Brush Presets** palette. Modify these presets and make your own brushes with the **Edit Brush Settings** button in the top toolbar. Sliders for brush opacity and size are also available in the top toolbar.
+[{{ krita_toolbar.jpg | Brush setting buttons located along the top of the Krita window. }}]
 Krita uses layers, so as you build up your composition, you can switch over to new layers to avoid being too destructive to previous work. Unlike many other graphic applications, Krita has different kinds of layers. The most common you'll use is the paint layer, which is a layer meant to be drawn upon. You may also find a use for Group layers as a method of organising your work.
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 ====Erasing====
-There are dedicated eraser tools in Krita, but any brush can also become an eraser. In fact, a common technique in art classes has often been to start students out with a solid canvas and have them erase their way to a picture. With Krita, make any brush into an eraser sing the erase icon in the top toolbar. Don't forget to toggle he eraser back off when you're finished!
+There are dedicated eraser tools in Krita, but any brush can also become an eraser. In fact, a common technique in art classes has often been to start students out with a solid canvas and have them erase their way to a picture. With Krita, make any brush into an eraser using the **Erase** icon in the top toolbar. Don't forget to toggle the eraser back off when you're finished!
+====Effects====
 In addition to life-like material emulation, Krita also provides a good set of digital effects to help you put some glitzy finishing touches on your work. There are, of course, the usual filters found in, predictably, the Filters menu in the top menu, but Krita now also supports the popular GMIC image processing filters.
-GMIC is an open and full-featured framework for image processing, and being an open framework it is easily integrated into any graphical application. It gained a lot of popularity from its GIMP plugin, but is actually much more tha just a plugin set. It's an extensive command set so that users themselves, provided the user has an interest and talent for scripting, can write their own processing pipelines for all kinds of interesting effects.
+GMIC is an open and full-featured framework for image processing, and being an open framework, it is easily integrated into any graphical application. It gained a lot of popularity from its GIMP plugin, but is actually much more that just a plugin set. It's an extensive command set so that users themselves, provided the user has an interest and talent for scripting, can write their own processing pipelines for all kinds of interesting effects.
 Krita now ships with GMIC support, so try some of the filters out on a layer that needs a little something extra. GMIC effects must be applied to layers and will not work on a layer group. Whether you're doing work with digital oil paints, watercolour, or pencils, pens, or chalk, Krita probably has the preset you're looking for. Being a KDE application, Krita tends also to allow you to customise everything and anything. If you're looking for flexible, powerful, and efficient digital illustration tools, then Krita is probably a tool you'll want in your kit.
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+**See Also** \\
+[[mypaint|MyPaint]] \\
+[[gimp#gps|Gimp Paint Studio]] \\
+[[inkscape|Inkscape]]
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