It's taken a little while (that and we forgot to make an announcement when we pushed an update previously...) but we're happy to announce that there is an update to the desktop29 branch. This took a little longer as we encountered some problems with a previous update and didn't want to release it until we had a chance to fix it.

Huge thanks to Kaffeesatzspringer for helping with testing the seat-of-the-pants "unstable" builds! <3 <3 <3

And the build-machine is already warming up as it gets ready for another release to be tested.

In this update:

• [FEATURE] Various curve filters
  
• [FEATURE] Create a copy from the current image (File menu)
  
• [FEATURE] Configure memory-management (Settings -> Krita -> Performance)
  
• [FEATURE] Fisheye Vanishing Point tool (Ruler Assistant Editor)
  
• Improved handling of PSD files
  
• loads of little tweaks and bug-fixes, including patching some memory leaks

It's taken a little while (that and we forgot to make an announcement when we pushed an update previously...) but we're happy to announce that there is an update to the desktop29 branch. This took a little longer as we encountered some problems with a previous update and didn't want to release it until we had a chance to fix it.

Huge thanks to Kaffeesatzspringer for helping with testing the seat-of-the-pants "unstable" builds! <3 <3 <3

And the build-machine is already warming up as it gets ready for another release to be tested.

In this update:

• [FEATURE] Various curve filters
  
• [FEATURE] Create a copy from the current image (File menu)
  
• [FEATURE] Configure memory-management (Settings -> Krita -> Performance)
  
• [FEATURE] Fisheye Vanishing Point tool (Ruler Assistant Editor)
  
• Improved handling of PSD files
  
• loads of little tweaks and bug-fixes, including patching some memory leaks

The "Krita Desktop 2.9" official release is now in "Betas"

If you would like to switch to this release, you can follow the instructions for enabling the 'beta' Beta, substituting "desktop29" for "beta".

Some problems have been reported in and fixed already, so expect to see some more updates coming in soon.

Any comments re this Beta, please post them in the Beta branch forum

The "Krita Desktop 2.9" official release is now in "Betas"

If you would like to switch to this release, you can follow the instructions for enabling the 'beta' Beta, substituting "desktop29" for "beta".

Some problems have been reported in and fixed already, so expect to see some more updates coming in soon.

Any comments re this Beta, please post them in the Beta branch forum

With less than 12 days to go until the release of Krita 2.9, the latest Beta release (desktop29 under Betas) fixes a whole host of issues in the previous update.

Included in the update:

• New Splash Screen by Tyson Tan
  
• Lots of improvements to G'Mic integration
  
• Fix for Genius tablets
  
• Fix for Wacom Airbrush devices

Plus lots of other little bug fixes, including improvements in operation and performance.

More information can be found on the official announcement.

With less than 12 days to go until the release of Krita 2.9, the latest Beta release (desktop29 under Betas) fixes a whole host of issues in the previous update.

Included in the update:

• New Splash Screen by Tyson Tan
  
• Lots of improvements to G'Mic integration
  
• Fix for Genius tablets
  
• Fix for Wacom Airbrush devices

Plus lots of other little bug fixes, including improvements in operation and performance.

More information can be found on the official announcement.

[UPDATE:] Link to recorded episode is live!
FLOSS Weekly Episode 324: Krita


Just a quick shout for anyone who missed the announcement on the Krita Twitter feed - Boud will be joining the LIVE Floss Weekly today (Wednesday) at 08:30 PST (in about 15min!)

We're not talking dentistry here; FLOSS all about Free Libre Open Source Software. Join host Randal Schwartz and his rotating panel of co-hosts every Wednesday as they talk with the most interesting and important people in the Open Source and Free Software community.

[UPDATE:] Link to recorded episode is live!
FLOSS Weekly Episode 324: Krita


Just a quick shout for anyone who missed the announcement on the Krita Twitter feed - Boud will be joining the LIVE Floss Weekly today (Wednesday) at 08:30 PST (in about 15min!)

We're not talking dentistry here; FLOSS all about Free Libre Open Source Software. Join host Randal Schwartz and his rotating panel of co-hosts every Wednesday as they talk with the most interesting and important people in the Open Source and Free Software community.

There is now a new "desktop29" entry in "Betas", which has the very latest build of Krita Desktop 2.9 Beta 2 if you fancy trying it out :D

There are lots of nice features in 2.9 - the big change that you'll see is that now Krita opens multiple images in the same window and there are number of tabs above the canvas as you create new or open other images. It also allows you to open multiple different views of the same image. Under Settings->"Configure Krita" you'll see an option for "Multiple Document Mode" which lets you choose between the tabbed layout or sub-windows.

You will also see that there have been improvements in memory handling, brush response and shortcut handling.
A much more detailed list is available via the announcement on the Krita website.

If you want to try it out now, either:

• Follow the instructions How to enable the Beta branch, substituting "desktop29" instead of "beta" - this will replace your Krita Gemini 2.8 installation with Krita Desktop 2.9, but will continue to take advantage of the steam cloud saving of settings.
  
• Download the latest build of as an installer or ZIP file from http://files.kde.org/krita/windows/ - if you scroll to the bottom of the list you should fine the latest builds (currently krita_x64_2.8.91.2)

You may want to make a back-up copy of your current settings (just in case - though it appears to behave with the two installations) which can typically found in C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\krita. You can find this by navigating in File Explorer or by opening the resources folder using the Edit->Resources menu.

Hope you have fun, any questions/problems/suggestions, feel free to add them to the Betas forum or the Krita Desktop 2.9 Beta discussion.

There is now a new "desktop29" entry in "Betas", which has the very latest build of Krita Desktop 2.9 Beta 2 if you fancy trying it out :D

There are lots of nice features in 2.9 - the big change that you'll see is that now Krita opens multiple images in the same window and there are number of tabs above the canvas as you create new or open other images. It also allows you to open multiple different views of the same image. Under Settings->"Configure Krita" you'll see an option for "Multiple Document Mode" which lets you choose between the tabbed layout or sub-windows.

You will also see that there have been improvements in memory handling, brush response and shortcut handling.
A much more detailed list is available via the announcement on the Krita website.

If you want to try it out now, either:

• Follow the instructions How to enable the Beta branch, substituting "desktop29" instead of "beta" - this will replace your Krita Gemini 2.8 installation with Krita Desktop 2.9, but will continue to take advantage of the steam cloud saving of settings.
  
• Download the latest build of as an installer or ZIP file from http://files.kde.org/krita/windows/ - if you scroll to the bottom of the list you should fine the latest builds (currently krita_x64_2.8.91.2)

You may want to make a back-up copy of your current settings (just in case - though it appears to behave with the two installations) which can typically found in C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\krita. You can find this by navigating in File Explorer or by opening the resources folder using the Edit->Resources menu.

Hope you have fun, any questions/problems/suggestions, feel free to add them to the Betas forum or the Krita Desktop 2.9 Beta discussion.