![]() The Gimp has its own brush format, which is easy enough to create and share. Scripting can be done in scriptfu or Python. You can add buttons for some important color-mod functions, and Gimp has tons and tons of plugins. The Gimp requires two, maybe three clicks. When it comes to modifying an overall image, go with the Gimp. In fact, changing menus and tab sizes themselves can be a little messy in Krita.īut the most annoying part about Krita’s GUI was that its options always seem to be hidden in a sub-menu or bring up a pop-up window which, oddly enough, leads to other pop-up menus, as if one couldn’t get the job done. There seems to be more liberty in the menu placement in Krita than in Gimp, but ordering tabs how you want isn’t allowed (as it is in Gimp). Like Gimp, its tabs can become free-floating menus which can be moved around and placed elsewhere. Krita has a tabbing system, though the “select menus” is unintuitive – you have to know to right-click in the right place. The Gimp is easier as far as the learning curve since it has menus that tell you all of the possible menus and lets you easily recover menus if you ever accidentally remove one. What’s nice about both programs is the ability to move stuff into tab groups. That said, I set up the tabs into one group as in the Gimp, though I was disappointed to find I couldn’t change the order. Krita started out as a single window (so that’s one plus over the Gimp), but stuff was crammed on the side menu. This customization optimizes my work flow. I changed my Gimp to using a single window and fit everything nicely into one set of tabs in the same column. Particularly for the Gimp on Windows, it’s like some weirdo got the idea that having three windows (one for canvas, one for tools, and one for misc) was a good idea. It’s almost as if both programs are trying to show you all that they can do at once. ![]() In Krita, it’s buried in menus.īoth the Gimp and Krita have an irritating starting interface. In Gimp, it’s easy: One button and a panel of settings. ![]() Then comes the time when you want to make a simple gradient. In fact, I’d say the choices are better than SAI, but more on that later. Krita, however, is like PaintToolSAI, giving you all kinds of presets for brushes. While I’ve rearranged my version of the Gimp to be single-window well-arranged, it can be a chore to change brush details. You want to work with a brush? The Gimp makes you find a similar brush, then choose the dynamics, and color, etc. ![]() It’s mostly because everything in Krita is based around a “presets” mentality. Krita features, on the other hand, seem to be a little tricky to figure out. Why? The Gimp features do exactly as you expect. But here’s a run-down comparison of the two.īoth the Gimp and Krita, being very feature-rich programs, have a bit of a learning curve. In fact, I’d argue that, in light of what Krita has to offer, Gimp may be considered the best for image editing and not for art creation. Krita is a cross-platform open-source free software tool for digital art. ![]() But SAI has an unrelated, nay, a mirror image in the FOSS world trying to do what SAI does in a better way: Krita. (Inkscape is the best free program for vector graphics in my opinion.) Some time ago, I analyzed Paint Tool SAI, comparing it with the Gimp, and the results are in. The Gimp is arguably the most popular free software for non-vector digital art and image editing. ![]()
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