Feedback as a non-Krita artist

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@isomizu

A lot of this comes down to simple QoL features and the overall feeling of the app, but for some reason, the main direction Krita development usually takes is extremely misguided and time consuming, typically adding a lot of complex and technically mindblowing features (which typically bring a lot of new bugs, and therefore additional work), instead of focusing on optimizing the actual experience of using the app, you know, improving what’s already there.

@Weblure

Again, missing the OP’s point. Krita already has plenty of bells and whistles. The main issues are with the core of the program itself—the lack of optimization, basic customization, a decent UI that’s easy to use without having to switch between holding your pen and using the mouse, and a bunch of bugs and general jankiness that makes using any of Krita’s tools a chore. These are fundamentals, not features.

In fact, most “fancy” functions are provided by unofficial volunteers, which is very common in open source software.
As far as I know, official developers have been working hard to fix errors and optimize performance:

5.0 resource system rewriting not only fixes the error that users of other languages cannot create resources in non English, but also makes krita’s startup and reading resources faster

Lager based brush editor backend facilitates GUI changes in the future

The reset of the text tool modifies the rendering method of the text. Before that, the text tool cannot be used for right to left or vertical text

The built-in GMIC optimizes the performance of some systems, as well as errors in previous connection

Modernization of animation tools and support of animation audio

Android version optimization and bug repair (UI changes need to wait until after QT6)

……

These developments are not very interesting and usually take most of the time.

Enclose and Fill Tool Proposal

Maybe that’s because i’m not in the team and I don’t have to deal with all the really hard things, like fixing bugs, mantaining code, making things faster, dealing with different plattforms, and so on. I’m sure the official developers also want to implement several ideas they have in mind, but there are a lot of things that need to be done that are not directly apparent to the users, and the official team is small (very small). I’m just an artist by training who knows to code (self taught) so …

The optimization you need may need to rewrite some part of the code, which needs to be done step by step. With limited staff, you may need to wait for a while.You used krita six years ago, but in fact, krita was not very good at that time: if I remember correctly, there were only two full-time developers at that time, and in 2017, it fell into an economic crisis. Now krita is getting better and better. A critical point like blender will come one day.