Krita 4.0.0 released with major features and improvements

The Krita development team has announced the release of Krita 4.0.0, the latest major release of free, cross platform supported, digital painting program developed by a group of artists who want to provide affordable art tools for everyone. This release introduces several new feature and improvements to take digital painting experience to the next level.

Krita 4.0.0 banner (Courtesy: Krita Website)

What is new in Krita 4.0.0 release?

Krita 4.0.0 is the major stable release of the project. Hence, it includes several cool improvements which include but not limited to better vector tools, SVG support, a new text tool, support for python scripting ..etc.

Some of the other notable changes in Krita includes

• A new splash screen created by Tyson Tan which shows Kiki among the plum blossoms. Of course, splash screen not an improvement in the productivity perspective, but it helps to create a really good impression on the product.
• The easy coloring of line arts with new Colorize Mask Tool
• Now, you can add masks to the brush tips which provides a better lively effect.
• The entire brush set has been redesigned in Krita 4. It also includes the brush set from Krita 3, however, it is kept as a separate package and is disabled by default.

You can read a detailed list of changes in Krita 4.0.0 release notes published by the project.

Where can I get Krita 4.0.0?

Being a cross platform supported application, Krita is available for Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS operating systems. 

For windows, Krita provides an application installer and a stand alone, portable alternative. Both these downloads are currently available for 64 bit systems only. Currently, there is no 32 bit alternative for windows.

There is a Krita 4.0.0 AppImage for GNU/Linux and dmg for macOS.

Krita 3.0 released with integrated animation support

The Krita project has announced release of Krita 3.0, latest stable release of full featured, digital painting application that make use of Qt framework. This release of Krita is a result of one complete year of development effort and so is a major release in it's history.

Krita 3.0 comes with a lot of new features including integrated animation support. Most of these features were funded by Kickstarter fund raising campaign organized last year.

Today the Krita team releases Krita 3.0, the Animation Release. Wrapping up a year of work, this is a really big release: animation support integrated into Krita’s core, Instant Preview for better performance painting and drawing with big brushes on big canvases, ported to the latest version of the Qt platform and too many bigger and smaller new features and improvements to mention!

Many of the new features were funded by the 2015 Kickstarter campaign. A big thank-you to all our backers! The remaining stretch goals will be released with Krita 3.1, later this year. And don’t forget that we’ve still got seven days in the current kickstarter campaign, We’re nearly funded, so there should still be time to reach some stretch goals this year, too!

See more features of this release in official release announcement and release notes published in Krita website.