- Krita is free. This lets you try it with no demo limitations or fear of having to spend money on software that you may not like

- Krita is powerful and offers many of the features of Photoshop

- Krita has many resources. Despite being free, newbies have access to users guides and online communities to help learn and master the software

- Linux, Mac, and Windows support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- The UI of the software is certainly not as aesthetically pleasing as that of Photoshop (which is essentially the gold standard for image editors

- For something free, and as powerful as Krita, there is not much negative to say for most users who need an advanced image editor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you are looking for a digital painting tool, Krita can be the solution. It is an open source application developed by artists, krita is a great alternative to sai or photoshop, it allows you to correct or size pictures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

lack of basic options,Sometime it bit laggy when working on large canvas with many layers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lightweight, free, and offer the same feature as paid software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometime it bit laggy when working on large canvas with many layers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Krita has excellent features that matches photoshop and paint tool sai and goes much further. Is the perfect tool for digital painters and illustrators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think that there is nothing to dislike about this program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most is that it isn't a general purpose software. It is an software for artist. Made it for artist.

The default templates set is an example of that. it hast comic and textures templates and others artistic templates. The default brushes settings is enough for create stunning art, you don't need expend a lot of hours, sinking for custom brushes, but you can customize anyway.

It has a color wheel! Photoshop, what are you waiting for? I don't undestand why this tool is not developed in all artist softwares. And at last, an integrated reference panel is a great plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like others art software, Krita has a not user friendly layers tool and can't reach the unbeatable photoshop layers management.

The interface can be improved. This is a general lag of open-source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All the likeness compared to photoshop, huge amount of features and very fast. Much Faster tha photoshop for painting. It´s also Free and a very good documentation for starters.

Another Huge feature is the ability to use .PSD file format, so you can still maintain total flexibility with other people´s work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far I didn´t see any cons on using this software, People used to photoshop may need to learn all the different shortcuts, but I think it´s part of any new software that you propose yourself to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The brush engine is pretty amazing. You have absolute control over your brushes allowing you to create effects and strokes really easy and fast. The interface, although a bit dated in its looks, is pretty well structured with docks that you can move around to create your own workspace. This is something that is very reminiscent of Photoshop and it's a welcome feature since it facilitates the transition from one software to the other. Regarding painting features, it has all you could need: canvas rotation, perspective grids, rulers, several transformation options. Everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As stated before, the interface is a little dated. Some of the UI icons are plain ugly and this makes the workscape look "old". Also, some of the options and shortcuts are very different from other apps, making the learning curve a little more steep than necessary, but it not that big of an issue and eventually you'll get used to it. The interface can be customized to mitigate this specific issue and improve your workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like its brushes. I don´t have to spend hours setting them up. I just choose the one I need and start painting.

I also like its customization. I can set the shortcuts up just as I want. When I used it for the first time I felt not so comfortable until I configured my shortcuts layout and started to paint as I did it with other softwares.

I use both Windows and Linux computers and it is a big deal to be able to use it on both SOs. I´m new to Linux and I´m really surprised with all the great free software available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There´s only one issue I need to mention about layers management. I didn´t find a way to select two or more layers and move them without making a group. That´s something I´ve always done with Photoshop and I got very used to that. I can live with that but it would be grat to have that functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I started to use Krita for its accesibility (it's free and easy to download) and good performance. It's a very useful software for traditional looking digital painting. The blending works really well and it gives a lot of creative options. From my experience, it's a great alternative to Corel Painter, that it's usually slower.

I find really useful the pressure and smoothing options for the brushes as it makes more comfortable to work with a graphic tablet resembling traditional techniques. Also even though I don't particularly use it the mirror mode is a great creative tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since I've had it updated to the last version it often gets a little bit stuck when rotating the canvas, creating strange mosaic effects. It (obviously) starts to get slower with large files but anyway it has a better perfomanca than other digital painting softwares.

Apart from that my problems are not usually the software's fault. For example, I could use more variety of brushes, but I think they can be installed somehow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Before Krita, I worked mostly with vector graphics for any art I needed done, mainly because I felt unsatisfied with the options I had: Photoshop didn't felt intuitive enough for me, it had what I needed, but using it felt awkward; GIMP is mainly suited for photographic manipulation, with digital illustrations and paintings being just "something else" it can do; and lastly, Corel Painter is heavy, but it was nice.

And then I stumbled upon Krita, version 2.8 at the moment. I'm always looking for open source alternatives to use, and Krita felt easy to adapt to, with a nicely configurable interface and intuitive way of doing things, and I learned to use it quickly. The program, aside from being open-source (and free), is incredibly lightweight, has everything I need to draw and paint from scratch, has a lot of resources available from other artists, and the community around it (programmers, designers and users) is healthy and helpful to anyone (and anyone can contribute too). I've been using Krita since then and it's my "weapon of choice" for any illustration I need done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a lot of things that are coming with versions 3.0 and 3.1 that aren't ready yet, but I want them badly. Some of these include brushes that doesn't lag when too big (big as in thousands of pixels wide), animation tools, new filters, new layer features, more compatibility with some plugins, specially the incredibly versatile G'MIC, and other features. But for my main work there's nothing lacking with the program, as far as I see. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.