Goodbye Photoshop, Hello Krita! Featuring RED GIRL 

I haven't investigated vector tools in Krita at all yet. I've been using Affinity Designer for vector. They have a vector brush engine. Every single stroke is a vector. Which means you can change the brush tip *after* making a mark. You can also change the shape of the mark, as it's just a series of editable points. It's pretty amazing! But yeah, Krita has come a LONG WAY since I last used it. Leveled up very similar to Blender. Now they make a perfect duo.

@@SourPlanet I never tried affinity, it sounds like what clip studio paint does! Every stroke of brush is vector, you can change size, type of brush, pinch it in midway unlike raster layer, it was awesome feature! Yes! Open source community really awesome, what they have achieved so far make them even more competitive in properiarty program. Blender is great Krita catching up Godot too

Photoshop really has moved in Stockholm Syndrome territory. They were on top for SO LONG that people can't imagine anything else being good. Same for Wacom tablets. It's totally possible to get a Cintiq alternative for under $200 and a free painting app, and use it for pro work. It's my hope that people will see that and continue to ditch Photoshop. Their stance on AI is untenable, imo.

@@SourPlanet 100% agree!!

@@Artist1974CH 🙌

Love me some Clip Studio. My favorite paid app for sure. Krita brush engine is super fun. Whatever it lacks from Photoshop it more than makes up for in actual usability. I haven't messed with Filters at all yet. I'll check 'em out!

@@SourPlanet dont even get me started on ai.

@@alex_oiman 100%. That topic is so infuriating that if I bump into someone who isn't also immediately ready to go to war over it, I'm taking them to war on the spot. The line is in the sand and anyone who knows anything has been on the right side of it for a while now.

@@SourPlanet infuriating and depressing at the same time. commissions have dropped drastically and i'm seriously looking to change fields to 3d. also. i've just noticed i originally replied in the wrong comment thread.

@@alex_oiman I totally understand. Switching career paths myself. I work with a lot of students and a lot of them are having similar concerns for sure. I don't feel like there's a good answer currently. The players in tech are embracing oblivion and ignoring the ramifications, as always. I think our tiny little gain is that art for arts sake is making a comeback in a big way. Of course we have to ignore massive problems to even see that... but it's there, and we can face it for some relief.

Krita got *really* good with the last update. I've just started recording my new Krita based videos the channel. So more coming!

@@SourPlanet nice! I'll check the out for sure.

I could definitely see that. Krita is a very "slim" app. Blender is the same way. They whittled down the feature set to be robust yet not bloated - and kept the interface uncluttered.

Thanks man! Nice of you to say. I've had construction in my building that's so loud I can't record 😭 Supposed to be done this month tho.

You'll see it from me, at least! I've been using it for several personal projects and I'm dropping all the assets and images in the next few weeks.

Oh yeah? I had no idea. I very rarely do animation but I'll definitely check that out.

@SourPlanet Its quite a bit better than the photoshop timeline I’ve found. Especially for drawing and layer handling. Dermot O Connor has great videos showing how use the timeline to traditionally animate in Krita

I also jump back and forth.. and totally agree about the lasso fill thing. Every program should have that tool. It's simply incomparable. I'd probably pay the cost of CS just to have it in Krita ha.

Aw, thanks. That's very kind of you 🥹

Thanks! I'm always down for a chat. Find me on Instagram: sour_planet

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I wanted to go for a free app. I love Clip Studio too, and I'll definitely be putting out videos for it as well.

I mention it briefly in the video. I have tried Gimp a few times over the years. It's never felt right for me. I gave it one last shot and simply couldn't get pressure sensitivity working correctly on either my laptop (Wacom EMR) nor my workstation (XP-pen). Figured if it was meant to be it woulda been by now. Krita, on the other hand, went smoothly right from the getgo. So I took off running with it and decided to permanently shelve Gimp.

@SourPlanet Understandable I also tried gimp but for some strange reason it like having being used to Fruit Loops and downgrading to fruit rings, an off-brand cereal.

@@TacoBear_Studios baha I'll try not to steal that analogy but it's pretty damn good.

@@JuhoSprite I just copied the way the official account says it. Personally, I can't seem to stop pronouncing it "Kreeta" 🤷

@@SourPlanet maybe its kreehetahiha