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[–] BigJohnnyHines@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago

Supports Wayland colour management now, nice! Good step forward for artists.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 hours ago

The new text tool is huge, since the old one was naff to use. This new one is a game changer for me.

[–] gegil@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

While krita is primarily a drawing app, i like it more for general image editing than gimp.

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 1 points 22 minutes ago

Interesting, I was sometimes kinda curious how they compared in that regard!

If you wanted to expand on that I'd be curious to hear your thought and experience on how things compare, but I appreciate you sharing that take ☺️