Krita is a trademark owned by the Stichting Krita Foundation. This page outlines the policy and guidelines of the Stichting Krita Foundation for the trademark and the logo we use to identify Krita.

The following information helps ensure our mark and logo are used in approved ways, while making it easy for the community to understand the guidelines. If you have any questions about the use of logos or trademarks that are not addressed in these guidelines, feel free to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The purpose of this policy is to protect the public, by ensuring that the identity, provenance, and open-source nature of Krita remain clear. Throughout this document, the "Marks" refers to the Krita name and logo, individually or together.

Guidelines for Using the Marks

1. You may use the Krita Mark without prior written permission for the following purposes (subject to the other sections):

   1. To refer to the Krita software in substantially unmodified form ("substantially unmodified" means built from the source code provided by the Krita project, possibly with minor modifications including but not limited to: the enabling or disabling of certain features by default, changes required for compatibility with a particular operating system distribution, or the inclusion of bugfix patches);

   2. To identify Krita as a distinct component of a software offering;

   3. To refer to the Krita project itself, its products, or its protocols.

2. You may use "Krita" as part of the name of a product designed to work with Krita, so long as the name as a whole (via its other components) clearly and unambiguously distinguishes the product from Krita itself, and the general presentation of the product does not imply any official association or identity with Krita. Because it would be awkward to attach a trademark symbol to a portion of a larger name whose other portions might themselves be trademarked, the requirement to display the symbol is waived for this circumstance.

3. You may not use the Marks in the following ways (without prior permission):

   1. In any way likely to cause confusion as to the identity of the  project, the provenance of its software, or the software's license;

   2. In any way that indicates a greater degree of association between you and the Krita project than actually exists;

   3. In any way that implies a designated successor to Krita (e.g., "Krita NG" would be bad).

4. The Stichting Krita Foundation reserves the sole right to:

   1. Determine compliance with this policy;

   2. Modify this policy in ways consistent with its mission of protecting the public;

   3. Grant exceptions to this policy, of any kind and for any reason whatsoever, other clauses notwithstanding.

If you have questions about using the Marks, or if you think you should be able to use the Marks for any purpose not allowed by this policy and would like permission for that use, please contact the Stichting Krita Foundation by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

The 2013 Libre Graphics Meeting is over and everyone has returned home and gone back to the drawing board or the keyboard. Krita has been very well represented at this LGM with three artists and a coder, giving three presentations and two awesome workshops!

The Medialab Prado venue was pretty much perfect: hacking space, auditorium, workshop space, open until late, and an endless supply of good coffee. The presentations were life-streamed, but there appear to be no recordings available yet.

(Image by Timothee Giet)

So what happened?

First, Timothee Giet gave his workshop on Krita Sketch. Unfortunately, what with slow network, it turned out to be quite hard to make sure everyone had Krita Sketch on their systems, so in the end, the workshop became more an "install and get introduced to Krita" workshop, which was pretty cool, too -- since the workshop was early on Thursday, and it meant many people had Krita on their system for the rest of the week!

That evening (or afternoon, for the Spanish among us, the days were long this year, with presentations going until well after Dutch dinner time!), Boudewijn presented the Krita Foundation. As regular readers of Krita news know, the Foundation was created to support Krita development.

This was closely followed by Timothee Giet speaking about Krita Sketch, how the project came to be, the goals, the gui design and his role in the development. This is what Krita Sketch looks like these days, and an update on Intel AppUp is expected soon!

The next day, Ramon Miranda gave a lightning talk on the Muses DVD he is preparing. Slated to be ready for Akademy in Bilbao (Ramon's hometown), the dvd promises to be wonderful, not just teaching Krita, but teaching the fundamentals of digital illustration. Pre-order your copy now!

The pre-order price is just €27.50, including shipping. The DVD is expected to be ready for presentation at Akademy 2013 in Bilboa, Spain, July 13th.

Muses: Painting with Krita DVD

Special pre-order price including shipping and V.A.T: €27.50

Or read more about in the bilingual (Spanish/English) Flyer we handed out at LGM!

Also on Thursday, David Revoy gave his Krita workshop. starting with the basics of calibrating your tablet and creating an ergonomic setup, David continued teaching the fundamentals of underpainting (make sure you use only one, big, round brush, work in grayscale, never use the extrems of value available, switch between eraser and normal all the time, paint values, not symbols and remember this: it's painting that's a hard skill you need to work on, applications are easy to learn), and then coloring and detailing. There were some very pretty things made during this workshop!

The great thing about the Libre Graphics Meeting is, of course, getting together. There are developers, artists, thinkers, users. People are working on magazines, typefaces, music, generative art, illustrations, comics, layout tools and more. And it's a great place for teams to get together and start a cooperation initiatives, like the new brushpack resource specification, or ways Krita could integrate with the animation application Tupi or how the MyPaint brush engine could be integrated into Krita, Gimp or Tupi.

Let us all meet again, next year!

Next week, the Libre Graphics Meeting will happen again! This time in the Media Lab Prado in Madrid, and titled "Future Tools", it looks set to be an amazing experience. And with plenty of Krita content!

Timothée Giet will give a workshop on using Krita Sketch at 14:30, Thursday April 11th at the Libre Graphic Meeting in Medialab Prado‘s brand new building in Madrid city center.

Later that day, at 17:40, Boudewijn Rempt will introduce the Krita Foundation in a lightning talk. The Krita Foundation is essential for the future of Krita, we'll go through problems and challenges that the Foundation was created to cope with.

Hot on Boudewijn's heels, Timothée Giet will present the Krita Sketch project: Krita Sketch is touch-enabled tablet-oriented application derived from Krita. Timothée will discuss how the project happened and much more.

Then, on Friday, David Revoy will give a painting workshop with Krita. The main topic will be "speedpainting with Krita", so bring your laptops and tablets, and try to have the latest Krita installed! (Use David's scripts, for instance.) Place / Date / Hour: Friday 12 april 2013 at the Libre Graphic Meeting in Medialab Prado‘s brand new building in Madrid city center. Workshop will happen between 14h30 - 16h30 ( duration 2h ) in Room C.

All LGM long, Ramon Miranda will be around to answer questions about his "Muses" project, the second Krita training DVD, There will be ample opportunity for pre-orders on the spot, as well! Ramon speaks both Spanish and English, so grab the opportunity!

But, of course, you can also pre-order the DVD on-line:

The pre-order price is just €27.50, including shipping. The DVD is expected to be ready for presentation at Akademy 2013 in Bilboa, Spain, July 13th.

Muses: Painting with Krita DVD

Special pre-order price including shipping and V.A.T: €27.50

Following the succesful "Comics with Krita" DVD by Timothee Giet (now sold out!), and supported by the Krita Foundation, Ramon Miranda has started working on the second Krita training DVD: Muses. Let yourself be inspired by Ramon's Muses, and learn how to paint wonderful and evocative images from a professional artist.

The DVD will have more than three hours of HD video focused on creating digital illustrations from scratch to the final print, including

• An explanation of Krita's gui and the best way to setup Krita for maximum productivity and fun. Ramon will demonstrate a solid and productive workflow.
• Creating interesting new brush presets, working with layers, masks and filters. color in theory and practice and an introduction to styles in art.
• Creating an illustration from scratch: creating the ideas to begin with, sketching, getting into the flow, blocking, shading and values, painting a face, finishing the artwork with color and effects, printing considerations.

"Muses" will come with a full set of brushes and brush presets, icons ready to use with your own presets and much more. The voice over will be in English and Spanish, with unobtrusive pop-over messages for extra clarity.

Muses -- the color sketch for the projected DVD cover

You can pre-order the DVD now from the Krita Foundation. If you do not wish to use paypal, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for alternative payment methods. Pre-ordering the DVD will help support Krita development. Currently, Dmitry Kazakov is being sponsored by the Krita Foundation to work on improved mask handling, performance and much more. The contents of the DVD will also be released as Creative Commons.

The pre-order price is just €27.50, including shipping. The DVD is expected to be ready for presentation at Akademy 2013 in Bilboa, Spain, July 13th.

Muses: Painting with Krita DVD

Special pre-order price including shipping and V.A.T: €27.50

And everyone who pre-orders will be credited on the DVD, too.

Ramon Miranda is an illustrator from Spain who has been using open source tools professionally for a long time. He is well known for his instruction videos, his beautiful art and his work on Gimp Paint Studio.

If you are at the Libre Graphics Meeting in Madrid, you will be able to meet Ramon.