Hi, just migrated from years of clinging to my old off line PS CS6. Does Krita have, or is there a places where to to install from ready to use filters? I have a huge collection for PS I bought from independent sources but can’t find documentation if they can’t be imported to Krita?
I like to treat my photos with filters.
Thank you.
Hello @vicarious1, and welcome to the forum!
Simply look in the menu filter and select the option Start G'MlC-Qt.
But your filters for PS don’t work in Krita. From the layer styles, you can use those whose functions are supported in Krita, some but not all are supported, which is more than the other way around.
Michelist
I dont want to be negative nancy but i should say if they are “photoshop file formats” they work with photoshop not other applications. And that also applies to PSD and ABR that still somehow find support despite all the hurdles. Adobe keeps scrambling the file formats so they are not supported by others on every other version so dont expect things to work. I suggest working to convert the workflow and those filters but not everything will have a direct equivalent not especially in the open source world.
I also agree ps cs6 was the last good ps.
The name ‘Photoshop’ gives a clue about its aims and purpose, i.e. modifying photographic images.
Krita is aimed at digital painting as its primary purpose.
As well as the GMIC filters, which are a ‘bolt on’ facility provided by the GMIC organisation, krita has its own filters that are straightforward and easy to use/understand.
As noted by @EyeOdin, It’s highly unlikely that you’ll be able to easily convert a Photoshop filter ‘plugin’ to be used in krita.
The filters in krita have ‘Presets’ that can be created and stored for personal use but they can’t be exported or shared easily, as far as I can tell.
You can ‘extract’ a filter preset from the kritarc settings/configuration file and store it yourself for saving/backup or later incorporation into another person’s kritarc file but that is not something that many people would want to get involved with. It’s not difficult but it’s messy.
Hello
WOW fantastic that is VERY impressive Thank you so much. What a discovery.
I was reading about G-Mlc-Qt but was very weary about having to write code etc NOT in my knowledge.
The way it works here is VERY impressive to explore.
Is there any repository/table that shows snapshots (thumbnails) of all these basics filter applications?
Thank you again
Thank you very much, yes I keep it. Somehow A manages to send in messages that attempt via the Internet to tell me this version is not supported anymore and blabla that it will be bloqued which I find outrageous as it was paid for. By having written back to them once in the beginning I somehow must have been hacked to make it difficult to continue using (from time to time)
I am not surprised how these corporations find ways to push and push again wanting to force us go to the newer online versions
I rest my case.
Thank you so much . After exploring just a tiny bit the GMIC filters they look amazing also
I have to learn how to make these presets.
Thank you again
I spoke with a friend who does a lot of image editing as a hobby, and he said that you can use GIMP for Photoshop filters. He also said that at least most newer filters should be supported and that you can use the GIMP 8BF plugin for older filters: https://github.com/chaudum/gimp-8bf-plugin.
And take this with a grain of salt: There is also supposed to be a PFP-8BF bridge plugin for GIMP, but he is still looking for more information himself and has not been able to find a URL or anything else about it yet, as he only recently found out about it himself. →
If that is this pluginbridge called plugin I found in an Adobe forum, I can’t say, I seldomly do image manipulation or use GIMP, and the last time I used PS is ~ 3 decades ago: Run 32 bit plugins in 64-bit Adobe Photoshop. →To be honest, I don’t think my find has to do with that GIMP plugin beside the word “bridge” in its name.
Michelist
Add/Edit:
About the repository you asked for: if there is one, then I don’t know about it.
And I also just had an idea about how to manipulate images in Krita using scripts. These are no filters, but, depending on your field of interests in image manipulation, I guess that you may find them very interesting.
This can be done with the help of layer styles via the so-called “SeExpr expression” scripts:
Krita already ships with a few of them, and if you want, I can provide a few links to ready-made seexpr-scripts importable as bundles.
If you have any problems or misunderstandings with the filter presets, you can create a new Support and Advice topic specifically for that subject.
If you’re deeply interested in processing your own photos, there is a free (and FOSS) application called Darktable. https://www.darktable.org/
Just do a Google search for it and you’ll find lots of information about it.
It does correction filtering and can handle RAW images from various camera models.
It also has a photo collection cataloguing and management feature.
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