[unixhero]

I don't find your blanket statement accurate.

It is suitable for both applications, painting and photo editing. I have used it strictly for photo editing professionally and privately and it works flawlessly. Highly recommended. I use the knowledge I have from my Photoshop days and apply them in Krita, no issues there. For me it is a Photoshop drop-in replacement.

[pxc]

Before Krita was 'marketed' as a digital painting app, it was described and used as an alternative to GIMP and Photoshop.

At some point (in the 2010s?) there was a decision to refocus on digital painting, I think maybe because of the difficulty of keeping up with the expansive featureset of something like Photoshop or GIMP (and maybe the additional difficulty of still keeping a focused, pleasant UI).

But it's not like the developers removed a bunch of functionality. It's cool to hear that Krita remains capable of handling some heavy duty photo editing use cases.

[hallarempt]

Nah, the change was mostly because painting is what I'm most interested in, and I was -- and am -- the maintainer :-)

[smcnally]

WebP improvements, “New Storyboarding Tools and Workflow“ and new Timeline Docker all look amazing. Brava to you and the team. Thanks

https://krita.org/en/krita-5-0-release-notes/

[pxc]

Thanks for the correction. :)

And wow, you've been the maintainer for a very long time!

Thanks for your work. Imo Krita's design is a model for KDE productivity apps.

[MegaDeKay]

This is really good to know. Years back they decided on making the program a painting app first and foremost so, not being an artist, I didn't really follow its progress. Knowing now that it does a solid job at photo editing tells me it is time to give it a second look.