Krita
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Krita 2.8 running on Trisquel GNU/Linux 6.0
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| Developer(s) | KDE |
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| Initial release | 21 June 2005 |
| Stable release | 3.1.1 (14 December 2016) |
| Preview release | 3.1.0 RC 1 (30 November 2016) |
| Repository | projects |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C++, Qt |
| Operating system | Unix-like, Windows,OS X |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | GNU General Public License v2 and above |
| Website | krita |
Krita is a raster graphics editor based on Qt 5 and the KDE Frameworks 5. Krita is designed to be a digital painting application. It has been influenced to some extent by software like Corel Painter and SAI. Krita packs with some key features different from most of its kind, including the ability to work with both bitmap and vector illustration. The developers also strive to simplify user interaction and focus on features more relevant to painting and drawing.
Krita is a free software distributed under GNU General Public License version 2 and above. It was initially released as a part of KOffice version 1.4.0, on June 21, 2005.
Krita's vision is defined on the official website as:
Fields of painting that Krita explicitly supports are concept art, creation of comics and textures for rendering. Modelled on existing real-world painting materials and workflows, Krita supports creative working by getting out of the way and with snappy response.
A README file accompanying Krita's source code states:
The first of four Hindu periods contained in the great Yuga, when the genius of Truth and Right, in the form of bull, stood firm on his four feet, and man gained nothing by iniquity. In the Mahabharata, the name 'krita' is used in a context where this can be translated with 'perfect' – the perfect age. Krita is Swedish for crayon and rita means "to draw".
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