Hello Krita team and community!
Iāve recently started using Kritaās Comics Project Management Tools (Comics Project Management Tools) for my university graduation project. First off, thank you for this incredibly useful plugin! Iām assuming itās maintained by the core Krita team since itās bundled with Krita itselfāplease correct me if Iām wrong and point me in the right direction!
Here are the key points I encountered:
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A āClean Upā feature for physical files. I noticed that removing a page from the project list doesnāt delete the actual .kra file from my disk. These files can be very large, so a built-in way to find and remove these āorphanedā files would be incredibly helpful for project hygiene.
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In-plugin notes field for pages. Currently, adding notes requires a trip to File ā Document Properties. Having a quick and dedicated field for page-specific comments right inside the CPMT docker would feel much more integrated.
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Decouple the internal Page ID from a user-editable name. Currently, the automatically generated āpage nameā acts as a unique internal ID. It would be great if this technical ID could be hidden from the main UI (and perhaps restricted to ASCII for compatibility). Then, we could have a separate, freely editable field for a āPage Nameā or āDisplay Nameā that is shown to the user in the list. This would make organizing and identifying pages much more intuitive.
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More direct export formats (PNG, JPG, WEBP, PSD). While the current export targets comic formats, directly exporting to common image formats and, crucially, PSD (a requirement for my school submission) would be a huge workflow booster.
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Persistent UI State and Settings.
Currently, there are a couple of issues with the pluginās UI state not being remembered:
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The docker panel is unusually wide when Krita starts up without any documents open.
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The slider that controls the thumbnail size in the docker is reset every time Krita restarts.
It would greatly improve the user experience if the plugin could remember its interface state, including the docker width and the thumbnail preview size, across sessions.
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āOpen Projectā should remember the last directory. It would save a few clicks if the āOpen Projectā dialog could start in the last folder I used, instead of resetting each time.
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Option to export a structured .kra file sequence. It would be incredibly useful to have an export option that can process and output the .kra files themselves. This would generate a clean, sequentially numbered set of .kra files in the export directory, reflecting the logical page order defined in the project.
This is different from just copying files because it could leverage the pluginās knowledge of the project structure. For example, it could:
- Rename files to a consistent pattern (e.g., ProjectName_001.kra, ProjectName_002.kra).
This feature would be a lifesaver for creating clean archives, preparing files for submission, or simply having a well-organized backup of the final page sequence. It bridges the gap between the pluginās logical view and the physical file system in a very practical way.
Thank you for your time and for building such a powerful tool! These are just my thoughts as a new user diving into comic creation with Krita. I hope this feedback is helpful!