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Explore More
Krita— A Painting Program
Krita is a free and open-source painting program. It is mainly used for making digital paintings and
for creating 2D animations. It is very useful software for artists who like sketching and scribbling.
It is an affordable art tool for everyone that has support on most of the latest operating systems
like Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and Chrome OS. The latest version of Krita is 5.2.x which was
released in December 2023. You can download Krita from the following link:
https://krita.org/en/download/
FEATURES OF KRITA
Some of the important features of Krita are as follows:
It supports several types of file formats like BMP, PNG, JPEG, PDF, TIFF, etc.
It supports various color models, except indexed color models, like RGB, CMYK, Grayscale, YCbCr,
etc.
It supports layers and masks.
It provides various types of tools like vector tools, raster tools, guidance tools, canvas tools and
selection tools.
GETTING STARTED WITH KRITA
After installing Krita, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Click on the Start button from the Taskbar. The Start menu appears.
Step 2 Scroll down for Krita and click on it. The Krita application window opens.
Step 3 Select the File New option form the menu bar. The Create new document dialog
box appears.
Step 4 Click on Create button. A new document is created and opened in Krita application
window with the following components:
Menu bar
Toolbar
Toolbox
Work Area Panels
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