Takiro
February 13, 2026, 6:34am
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You can use the forum search and find that topics like yours have been created multiple times already. All of them attracting personal opinions and yielding no results beyond that. This is going to be just another one, that’s probably why no one really wants to reply anymore because everyone has brought their opinion to the table already, multiple times, long ago.
To name just a few:
Seriously, why would anyone use any other programs when Krita is straight up better in so many ways, for FREE?
Krita’s clone layers alone is better than Photoshop’s smart objects, it allows you to edit the layer on your current project instead of having to open up a separate file, you can even clone a group as a single clone layer, plus if you want a smart object equivalent, you have file layer as well. Krita’s transform masks provide none destructive transform for normal rasterized layers, unl…
Every time I try to answer this thread, it ends up wayyyy too long. So, I’m going to just write the summary, and if you want me to elaborate on anything, please just ask, I don’t want to write too long needlessly.
There are plenty of UI/UX threads on this forum, let alone all places with Krita community, like old forum, reddit (earlier, when I was still visiting), IRC, bugzilla etc. In fact, now that this forum exists, most of the time when I work on something, I ask here for feedback or disc…
If you’re an artist and your workflow consists of free and open source software, you may already know how rich and efficient it is to work with these tools. Krita, GIMP, Inkscape is getting enhanced every day, and they are helping many people to get their job done without costing much or nothing.
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But it isn’t only costs that makes open source software like Krita a better choice for creative people and companies but there are hundreds plus other reasons.
These programs (Krita, Inkscap…
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