Welcome to the second edition of Krita’s monthly 'zine curated by the @Krita-promo team.
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- Development report
- Community report
- Featured artwork
- Tutorial of the month
- Ways to help Krita
- Notable changes in code
Development report
Upcoming changes
- The rewrite of the Brush Editor backend using the Lager library was completed. Right now it doesn’t have much impact on users, but it’s meant to make the code easier to maintain and add new features to in the future.
- The Cumulative Undo feature is being rewritten because the current implementation is very buggy. The new version, which is meant to be more stable and easier to understand, is currently in the testing phase. @dkazakov is asking for testers in Windows and Linux. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the thread to get the latest testing packages.
- The next Text Layout change is in the review stage: preserving whitespace and implementing wrapped text-in-shape.
- There’s work being done on potential new “Wet” Blending Modes, for smoother blending of transparent brushstrokes.
- There’s work being done to keep track of display monitors more accurately, so that Krita can apply the correct Display Color Profile to each display in a multi-screen setup.
Community report
- Once again we had phenomenal entries in the Monthly Art Challenge. @Elixiah’s self portrait was voted first place with @Sineater coming in as a strong second. It’s worth a look if you haven’t seen all the submissions yet.
- Our philosophical thread entitled “Why do you paint?” is still going strong. Thanks for asking such an engaging question, @Van.
- Have you introduced yourself? The current thread started off very slowly but has gained momentum with over 100 responses to date. You’re welcome to chime in.
Featured artwork
Scifi City by @Sophwen
Raven Omen by @Elixiah
Knight of Coins by @SylviaRitter
Tutorial of the month
Dynamic Figures with Krita by RamonM
Highly recommended and worth bookmarking because you’ll want to come back to this one again and again. @RamonM presents gestural drawing, foreshortening and overlapping, stick mannequin, forces, and a new set of brushes that you’re sure to love. By the way, have you subscribed to Krita’s YouTube channel?
Brush bundles (tilt and non-tilt), a PDF instructional guide and other materials are linked in the video description.
Ways to help Krita
Join the Promo Team!
In case you didn’t see this comment from @Raghukamath in the last edition:
“We still need help and volunteers for this as we are just a few people who write this. More hands will make it easier. So please join us or send us any suggestions or occasional help. For example you can suggest anything that we missed to include perhaps a new exciting plugin, a new brush set or a new tutorial, etc.”
Notable changes in code
Notable changes was compiled by @freyalupen.
(February 28 - March 27, 2023)
Unstable branch (5.2.0-prealpha):
Features:
- [Canvas Input] Add Select Layer canvas input actions for selecting layers under the cursor from a menu and selecting all layers under the cursor. [merge request, killy |0veufOrever, Deif Lou]
- [Fill Tool] Add option to use separate Opacity and Blending Mode settings for Fill Tools. [merge request, Deif Lou]
- [Android: Resources] Add options to Resource Folder setting to easily select default Internal Storage and SD Card locations. [merge request, Sharaf Zaman]
Bugfixes:
- [Templates] Reset metadata of a new document created from a template. This fixes an issue where documents created from a template would use the same recording directory. (BUG:447010) [merge request, Stephen Wilson]
- [Keyboard Shortcuts] Fix Reset Canvas Rotation shortcut behaving erratically. (BUG:459462) [merge request, Sharaf Zaman]
- [Reference Image Tool] Fix Link to Image not being enabled for drag-and-dropped reference images. (BUG:460058) [commit, Agata Cacko]
- [Vector Tools] Show the decimal places of vector object positions when using px suffix. (BUG:466582) [commit, Halla Rempt]
- [Layer Styles] Fix ‘Align with layer’ setting in Gradient layer style not being remembered. (BUG:456194);
Fix bug in Pattern Overlay layer style’s ‘Link with layer’ setting where moving the layer would move the pattern in the opposite direction, which may break files that used the broken behavior. [merge request, Agata Cacko] - [Layer Styles] Fix saving Texture Depth setting in Bevel and Emboss layer style. (BUG:464218)[commit, Agata Cacko];
Fix saving Highlight Color and Shadow Color settings in Bevel and Emboss layer style.[commit, Agata Cacko] - [Layers] Don’t let Move Tool move selected parts of a locked layer. (BUG:463110) [commit, Agata Cacko]
- [Popup Palette] Make sure rotation indicator in the Popup Palette updates when canvas is rotated by other means. (BUG:459801) [commit, Agata Cacko]
- [Touch Input] Fix cursor being stuck as panning cursor when triggering pan with touch gesture and keyboard shortcut at the same time. (BUG:456183) [commit, Sharaf Zaman]
- [Android: Usability] Fix drag-and-dropping actions in Configure Toolbars dialog. (BUG:462854) [commit, Sharaf Zaman]
Development build regression fixes (for bugs not present in Release builds):
- [Filters] Fix initialization of HSV adjustment filter sliders. (BUG:467517,BUG:467826) [merge request, Freya Lupen]
The latest changes are made available for testing daily in the following development builds:
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