Krita 2.4 Beta release – Visual tour

Published    14th September, 2011

Krita 2.4 Beta1 is just released now.

This release includes many new features, enhancements and bugfixes. Some major news:

BRUSH ENGINES:

• Now you can manage presets in the preset editor
• Blending modes for painting can be saved into preset (including Erase mode)

• Opacity can be saved into preset
• New Flow parameter (similar to Photoshop Flow)

• Improved Sketch Brush : sensors available on density, line width and offset parameters

• New color sources (pattern, gradient, random…)

• New “Color Smudge” engine

• New Curve brush based on latest Harmony engine



• Favorite brush presets in right-click pop-up palette

DOCKERS:



• New history docker



• New Channel selection docker



• Specific color selector now has hexadecimal input



• New Image Docker to load reference pictures



• New Artistic Color selector with separated hue, saturation and light



• New “Task Sets” Docker to record a list of tasks and repeat it easily

CORE:



• New Blending modes for layers and painting (including photoshop-compatible modes)



• Toolbar shortcuts for Opacity, Flow and Size
• Save/Load Workspaces



• MultiHand tool (featuring mirror, symmetry and translate modes)



• Line tool now has pressure and tilt sensors available



• New feature in Image menu: Split an image in a set of rectangles



• Get Hot New Stuff (GHNS) to share brush presets, patterns and gradients



• New feature in View menu: “Show canvas Only” mode



• New feature in File menu: “Save incremental version”



• New Pipe mode for the Text-painting tool that spray letters on stroke

But this is only the visible top of the Iceberg! Look at the full changelog HERE or the announcement HERE for more details…