From kde-kimageshop Mon Sep 14 18:45:05 2009 From: Dmitry Kazakov Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:45:05 +0000 To: kde-kimageshop Subject: Re: Whither Krita? Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-kimageshop&m=125295395331098 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============0852236540==" --===============0852236540== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f6da286e43ed04738e108d --001485f6da286e43ed04738e108d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Well, may i start? I'm a photographer. So i need a tool that can replace a photoshop on linux for preparing my photos for print. Why don't i use Gimp? There are several reasons: 1) [main reason] I hate it's user interface. I hate these loads of windows. 2) Absence of an ability to work with several colorspaces (fast Lab<->Rgb switch). 3) Absence of a color profiling feature. 4) Absence of a Color Proofing feature Last time i started Gimp i was lacking last three features (it was quite long ago). That's why i dropped it. What do i need from Krita (or any other editor to be able to set up a usual photo workflow): 1) Ability to work with Lab, RGB, CMYK. It would be curious to have a HSV colorspace as it can be efficiently used in Curves tool. 2) "Curves" tool. This is my main working tool. [MAIN] 3) Ability to do a Color Profiling 4) Ability to do a Color Proofing [MAIN] 5) Ability to blend channels like PS's "Apply Image" [MAIN] 6) Ability to work with channels separately [MAIN] What i like in Krita: 1) Variety of colorspaces 2) I like Qt more than Gtk What i don't like in Krita: 1) Absence of MDI interface. It's quite difficult to work with several pictures at once 2) FILTERS DIALOG(!) with thumbnails that was introduced in 2.0. I think, if i press Filter->Curves menu, i mean that i want to see Curves configuration window only, NOT these loads of thumbnails and other filter's stuff. -- Dmitry Kazakov --001485f6da286e43ed04738e108d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Well, may i start?

I'm a photographer. So i need a tool that= can replace a photoshop on linux for preparing my photos for print. Why d= on't i use Gimp? There are several reasons:

1) [main reason] I h= ate it's user interface. I hate these loads of windows.

2) Absence of an ability to work with several colorspaces (fast Lab<= ->Rgb switch).
3) Absence of a color profiling feature.
4) Absenc= e of a Color Proofing feature

Last time i started Gimp i was lacking= last three features (it was quite long ago). That's why i dropped it.<= br>

What do i need from Krita (or any other editor to be able to set up= a usual photo workflow):

1) Ability to work with Lab, RGB, CMYK. It= would be curious to have a HSV colorspace as it can be efficiently used in= Curves tool.
2) "Curves" tool. This is my main working tool. [MAIN]
3) Abil= ity to do a Color Profiling
4) Ability to do a Color Proofing [MAIN]
= 5) Ability to blend channels like PS's "Apply Image" [MAIN] 6) Ability to work with channels separately [MAIN]

What i like in Kr= ita:
1) Variety of colorspaces
2) I like Qt more than Gtk

What= i don't like in Krita:
1) Absence of MDI interface. It's quite = difficult to work with several pictures at once
2) FILTERS DIALOG(!) with thumbnails that was introduced in 2.0. I think, i= f i press Filter->Curves menu, i mean that i want to see Curves configur= ation window only, NOT these loads of thumbnails and other filter's stu= ff.


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Dmitry Kazakov
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