Krita 4.1.0 Released

Three months after the release of Krita 4.0, we're releasing Krita 4.1!

This release includes the following major new features:

 

• A new reference images tool that replaces the old reference images docker.
• You can now save and load sessions: the set of images and views on images you were working on
• You can create multi-monitor workspace layouts
• An improved workflow for working with animation frames
• An improved animation timeline display
• Krita can now handle larger animation by buffering rendered frames to disk
• The color picker now has a mixing option
• Improved vanishing point assistant -- and assistants can be painted with custom colors
• Krita's scripting module can now be built with Python 2
• The first part of Ivan Yossi's Google Summer of Code work on improving the performance of brush masks through vectorization is included as well!

And there are a host of bug fixes, of course, and improvements to the rendering performance and more features. Read the full release notes to discover what's new in Krita 4.1!

Image by RJ Quiralta

Note!

We found a bug where activating the transform tool will cause a crash if you had selected the Box filter previously. if you experience a crash when enabling the transform tool in krita 4.1.0, go to your kritarc file (https://docs.krita.org/en/KritaFAQ.html#where-are-the-configuration-files-stored …) and remove the line that says "filterId=Box" in the [KisToolTransform] section. Sorry for the inconvenience. We will bring out a bug fix release as soon as possible.

Download

Windows

Note for Windows users: if you encounter crashes, please follow these instructions to use the debug symbols so we can figure out where Krita crashes.

• 64 bits Windows: krita-x64-4.1.0-setup.exe

• Portable 64 bits Windows: krita-x64-4.1.0.zip

• Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)

• 32 bits Windows: krita-x86-4.1.0-setup.exe

• Portable 32 bits Windows: krita-x86-4.1.0.zip

• Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)

Linux

• 64 bits Linux: krita-4.1.0-x86_64.appimage
• 64 bits Linux G'Mic-Qt plugin appimage.

(If, for some reason, Firefox thinks it needs to load this as text: to download, right-click on the link.)

When it is updated, you can also use the Krita Lime PPA to install Krita 4.1.0 on Ubuntu and derivatives. We are working on an updated snap.

OSX

• OSX disk image: krita-4.1.0.dmg

Note: the touch docker, gmic-qt and python plugins are not available on OSX.

Source code

• Source code: krita-4.1.0.tar.gz

md5sum

For all downloads:

• md5sum.txt

Key

The Linux appimage and the source tarball are signed. You can retrieve the public key over https here: 0x58b9596c722ea3bd.asc. The signatures are here (filenames ending in .sig).