<s>
Krita	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
raster	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
editor	I-Application
designed	O
primarily	O
for	O
digital	O
art	O
and	O
2D	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
features	O
an	O
OpenGL-accelerated	O
canvas	O
,	O
colour	O
management	O
support	O
,	O
an	O
advanced	O
brush	O
engine	O
,	O
non-destructive	O
layers	B-Algorithm
and	O
masks	O
,	O
group-based	O
layer	O
management	O
,	O
vector	O
artwork	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
switchable	O
customisation	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
name	O
"	O
Krita	B-Application
"	O
is	O
primarily	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Swedish	O
words	O
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
crayon	O
"	O
(	O
or	O
chalk	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
means	O
"	O
to	O
draw	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
follows	O
the	O
"	O
K	O
"	O
prefix	O
like	O
everything	O
else	O
in	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
can	O
be	O
tracked	O
back	O
to	O
1998	O
when	O
Matthias	O
Ettrich	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
KDE	B-Application
,	O
showcased	O
a	O
Qt	B-Language
GUI	O
hack	O
for	O
GIMP	B-Application
at	O
Linux	B-Application
Kongress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
building	O
a	O
Qt-based	O
image	O
editor	O
was	O
later	O
passed	O
to	O
KImage	O
,	O
maintained	O
by	O
Michael	O
Koch	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
KOffice	B-Language
suite	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Matthias	O
Elter	O
proposed	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
building	O
the	O
software	O
using	O
CORBA	B-Architecture
around	O
ImageMagick	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
existing	O
trademarks	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
underwent	O
numerous	O
name	O
changes	O
:	O
KImageShop	B-Application
,	O
Krayon	B-Application
,	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
finally	O
settled	O
with	O
"	O
Krita	B-Application
"	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
version	O
of	O
Krita	B-Application
was	O
released	O
with	O
KOffice	B-Language
1.4	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
years	O
between	O
2004	O
and	O
2009	O
,	O
Krita	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
generic	O
image	O
manipulation	O
software	O
like	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
and	O
GIMP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
change	O
of	O
direction	O
happened	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
goal	O
of	O
becoming	O
digital	O
painting	O
software	O
like	O
Corel	B-Operating_System
Painter	I-Operating_System
and	O
SAI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
from	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
began	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
various	O
ways	O
of	O
funding	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
including	O
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
and	O
funded	O
jobs	O
for	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Krita	B-Application
Foundation	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2013	O
to	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
Krita	B-Application
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Intel	O
to	O
create	O
Krita	B-Application
Sketch	O
as	O
a	O
marketing	O
campaign	O
and	O
Krita	B-Application
Studio	O
with	O
KO	O
GmbH	O
as	O
a	O
commercially	O
supported	O
version	O
for	O
movie	O
and	O
VFX	O
studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kickstarter	O
campaigns	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
crowdfund	O
Krita	B-Application
's	O
development	O
since	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
Version	O
Raised	O
Kickstarter	O
Campaign	O
Stable	O
release	O
July	O
2014	O
2.9.x	O
€	O
19,955	O
Faster	O
Development	O
,	O
better	O
PSD	O
support	O
,	O
layers	B-Algorithm
,	O
masks	O
,	O
brush	O
,	O
resource	O
manager	O
,	O
display	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Krita	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Krita	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
with	O
Qt	B-Language
5	O
and	O
KDE	B-Language
Frameworks	I-Language
5	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
prominent	O
feature	O
of	O
Krita	B-Application
is	O
arguably	O
its	O
UX	B-Application
design	O
with	O
graphics	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
users	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
pen	O
buttons	O
,	O
keyboard	O
modifiers	O
and	O
an	O
icon-based	O
HUD	B-Application
to	O
ensure	O
frequently-used	O
functions	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
fewer	O
clicks	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
search	O
through	O
text-based	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pop-up	O
Palette	O
is	O
Krita	B-Application
's	O
right	O
click	O
HUD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
's	O
core	O
digital	O
painting	O
tools	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
's	O
animation	O
tools	O
are	O
designed	O
for	O
frame-by-frame	O
raster	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interface	O
Import	O
Export	O
Similar	O
interface	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Animate	I-Operating_System
Batch	O
import	O
of	O
frames	O
Render	O
with	O
FFmpeg	B-Library
Timeline	O
controls	O
Output	O
to	O
individual	O
frames	O
Real-time	O
animation	O
playback	O
controls	O
Output	O
to	O
GIF	O
,	O
AVI	O
,	O
MP4	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
uses	O
vector	O
tools	O
for	O
non-destructive	O
editing	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
objects	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
's	O
layer	O
and	O
mask	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
's	O
resource	O
manager	O
allows	O
each	O
brush	O
or	O
texture	O
preset	O
to	O
be	O
tagged	O
by	O
a	O
user	O
and	O
quickly	O
searched	O
,	O
filtered	O
and	O
loaded	O
as	O
a	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
provides	O
many	O
such	O
brush	O
set	O
and	O
texture	O
bundles	O
on	O
its	O
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customisable	O
tool	O
panels	O
are	O
known	O
as	O
Dockers	O
in	O
Krita	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenGL	B-Application
accelerated	O
canvas	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
speed	O
up	O
Krita	B-Application
's	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Requires	O
a	O
GPU	O
with	O
OpenGL	B-Application
3.0	O
support	O
for	O
optimal	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
Intel	O
HD	O
Graphics	O
,	O
that	O
means	O
Ivy	B-Device
Bridge	I-Device
and	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
colour	O
management	O
is	O
supported	O
in	O
Krita	B-Application
with	O
the	O
following	O
capabilities	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
has	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
built-in	O
filters	O
and	O
supports	O
G'MIC	B-Language
filters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
's	O
native	O
document	O
format	O
is	O
Krita	B-Application
Document	O
(	O
.kra	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
's	O
mascot	O
is	O
Kiki	O
the	O
Cyber	O
Squirrel	O
,	O
a	O
robotic	O
,	O
anthropomorphic	O
squirrel	O
character	O
created	O
by	O
Tyson	O
Tan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Kiki	O
was	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
forum	O
in	O
2012	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
Krita	B-Application
version	O
2.6	O
'	O
s	O
introduction	O
booklet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kiki	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
Krita	B-Application
's	O
startup	O
splash	O
screen	O
since	O
Krita	B-Application
version	O
2.8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
far	O
,	O
each	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Krita	B-Application
has	O
come	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Kiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kiki	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
Krita	B-Application
's	O
merchandise	O
shop	O
items	O
and	O
Krita	B-Application
's	O
Steam	O
project	O
artworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
sprints	O
are	O
events	O
during	O
which	O
Krita	B-Application
developers	O
and	O
artists	O
get	O
together	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
days	O
,	O
exchange	O
ideas	O
and	O
do	O
programming	O
face-to-face	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
speedup	O
development	O
and	O
improve	O
relationships	O
between	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
Gemini	O
,	O
optimised	O
for	O
tablets	O
and	O
touch	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krita	B-Application
Studio	O
,	O
commercially	O
supported	O
version	O
for	O
movie	O
and	O
VFX	O
studios	O
.	O
</s>
