I recently found out about the krz format and how it doesn’t save the mergedpreview in order to save space, right now I’m working on a project that involves a lot of file layers and a large(-ish) amount of krita files so I decided that it was ideal for this use case, but when saving a pop-up came up reporting that the guides I had added to the image to properly align text couldn’t be saved in the Krita Archival Image Format, I saved it anyway slightly disappointed that they couldn’t be saved in this format but upon reopening the file I discovered that they were indeed saved. Given all this I think that compatibility with guides for this format is being misreported when saving, this is confusing and kinda annoying when working with a lot of krz files containing guides.
This has occurred both on the 6.1.0 beta and on stable versions so it doesn’t seem to be fixed or version specific.
I’m running arch linux with krita 5.3.3.
Please confirm if this is a bug (and not duplicated but I just didn’t find the original) so I can file a formal bug report.
Hello @IceDonut, and welcome to the forum!
Thank you for reporting this.
Can you tell us please which variant of Krita you use? Is it the AppImage or the repository, flatpak, snap, or whatever else version of Krita? And if you don’t use the AppImage, have already tested against the AppImage if this happens there too?
I’m asking because the AppImage is the only official version build by the devs of Krita, anything else are community driven projects which sometimes implement errors the official version doesn’t have.
Michelist
I have tested the package in the Arch repo, the flatpak, and the official AppImage (both beta next and stable) and the issue appears in all versions
Okay, then it is clearly a Krita thing.
Would it be okay for you when I move your topic into our development area, category Artists Feedback & Testing, so our devs can take notice of this? Because here I’m out of my depths and can’t help you further.
Michelist
Sure! should I also create a bug report in bugs.kde.org?
At least if there will be no reaction after Tuesday you can create it, because right now most of them have weekend. So give them a fair chance to react.
Michelist
It’s trivial to fix, the format just didn’t declare that it supports guides. Here is the fix https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/merge_requests/2939
Could you check whether this works? I’ve never used guides, so I might have missed something. The Linux AppImage build is here: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/jobs/5045350/artifacts/file/_packaging/krita-5.4.0-prealpha-a983f1de0c-x86_64.AppImage
It works ok now and does not give a false warning.