

In 1999, Matthias Elter proposed the idea of building the software using CORBA around ImageMagick. The idea of building a Qt-based image editor was later passed to KImage, maintained by Michael Koch, as a part of KOffice suite. Since the interface is currently optimized for big screen devices (tablets and chromebooks) we are not making it available for phones yet.Early development of the project can be tracked back to 1998 when Matthias Ettrich, founder of KDE, showcased a Qt GUI hack for GIMP at Linux Kongress. This is a beta release of Krita and is not suitable for real work yet. Discover the full feature set of Krita at !

Krita supports animation with onion skinning, storyboarding, comic book project management, scripting in Python, many powerful filters, selection tools, colorizing tools, color managed workflows, flexible workspaces… And much, much more. Krita supports all the most used file formats, including PSD.

There are great brush engines for sketching and painting, stabilizers for freehand inking, assistants for constructing complex scenes, a distraction-free canvas-only mode for painting without bother, clone layers, layer styles, filter and transform masks for non-destructive editing. Krita offers many common and innovative features to make painting more fun and more productive. Whether you create illustrations, comics, animations, concept art or storyboards – Krita will be a powerful tool for you. Krita currently has 2x8 reviews with average vote value 2x9 Krita is a full-featured digital painting application designed for artists. According to Google Play Krita achieved more than 1 million installs. Android application Krita developed by Stichting Krita Foundation is listed under category Art & design.
