We’re releasing today a new bugfix release. This is mainly important for Android and ChromeOS users where sometimes Krita would be very slow opening or creating a new image, or loading an image. Fixes Fixed an issue with banding when using the gradient map filter as a filter layer. BUG:463585 Only center paste into active […]

We’re releasing today a new bugfix release. This probably will be the last 5.1 bugfix release, since we’re updating our dependencies and builds after this. Next will be 5.2 with a ton of changes! Fixes Vector shapes not swapping the current fg/bg color (BUG:461692) Fix a crash when using “Paste into Active Layer” (BUG:462223) Layer […]

Today we’re releasing Krita 5.1.3. This is strictly a bug fix release, but we recommend updating to everyone. There are also performance improvements because we updated some of the libraries we use! Note that we have skipped 5.1.2 because of a last-minute bug fix (with the exception of Android, where we are still on 5.1.2 […]

Today we’re releasing Krita 5.1.1. This is strictly a bug fix release. Two serious problems are fixed in this release: a slowdown in start-up time experienced by some people, and a crash when copying a vector layer. Other fixes are: Native macOS touchpad gestures should now work properly. BUG:456446 On Android, the application size no […]

Today we’re releasing Krita 5.1.0, a major new feature release! Highlights Even more operations can handle multiple selected layers. We’ve improved support for the WebP, Photoshop layered TIFF and Photoshop files, and there’s new support for the JPEG-XL file format. We’re now using XSIMD instead of VC, improving painting performance, especially on Android where vectorization […]

Today we release Krita 5.0.6. This is a bug fix release with two crash fixes: A crash when working with vector layers or vector selections and using undo a lot: BUG:447985 A crash deleting a vector layer with an animated transparency mask: BUG:452396 Krita is a free and open source project. Please consider supporting the […]

Today we release Krita 5.0.5, probably the last release before Krita 5.1.0 comes out, hopefully in June. Note on the numbering: you didn’t miss 5.0.3 and 5.0.4. Some stores, if they think a certain package isn’t good enough, insist you upload a package with an increased version number, and that happened twice with 5.0.2… Anyway, […]

Hot on the heels of Krita 5.0.0, we’re releasing the first bugfix release of Krita 5! It’s 5.0.2 because if you upload a beta with the version number 5.0.0 to the Windows Store, you cannot upload 5.0.0 final, but it has to be 5.0.1… So, don’t worry, you didn’t miss 5.0.1! This release contains the […]

Krita 5.0 is here! This is a huge release, with a lot of new features and improvements. Some highlights: The way Krita handles things like brushes, gradients and palettes, as well as tagging, has been completely revamped. The new system is much faster, uses much less memory and is much more dependable! Gradients have been […]

This is strictly a bug fix release. There are two changes: we fixed an issue with saving a .kra file with an embedded palette, which was broken leading to dataloss, and, for Windows, support for fractional HiDPI display scaling is now disabled by default. Download Windows If you’re using the portable zip files, just open […]