Krita Colour Mixing (KDE Commit-Digest Issue 71)

[ALIENxXxWARE]

i really want to get this can someone please tell me EXACTLY how to download it

[sxmoenuw]

Using Arch Linux and yaourt, yaourt -S koffice2 --noconfirm will build koffice 2 and a build of Krita that includes this functionality.

You'll want any of the koffice betas.

[MDxm3000]

@sxmoenuw Sure do, now days it is in the AUR as calligra-git ;) and boy is Krita 2.4 alpha a joy to use, never before used a paint-program that did not feel like a task to get aquanted to, but now I have! Go Calligra-Suite!

[konnorevans]

holy crap this is great for open-source graphics creation. nice work man!

[andj2]

If you put this kind of content on YouTube expect to get a lot of stupid feedback :)

[kaylavy]

huh...? 1000 digged this?

[hassllotuve]

FFS!! Stop the "OMG Painter/Photoshop can already do this, this is lame"

Now please go back to Digg and **READ** the linked article that explains why this a novelty:

Yes, Painter can mix paint, Photoshop can mix paint. Krita can mix paint. But that's *not* the point.

The point ot's that Krita does this using the Kubelka-Munk equations. And that means that Krita does paint mixing like real world paint would mix.

Painter doesn't do that, neither Photoshop.

Now you can STU and go back to Digg...

[leorockway]

at least somebody realized of the difference. i think my dad will love this, he used to work (among other things) mixing real life ink for a printing press (it used to be an art!)

way to go krita! keep it up!

[SleekMan2000]

i'm with ya on this too! i'll be usin' this to paint backgrounds for cartoons =D

[amarshal]

But from that palette can you create a multi-colored brush stroke? No. But Corel's Painter can!

Really, if you're interested in this sort of feature, Painter is the way to go. It will also allow you to save and load paint palettes for later use.

[kuriharu]

I agree that this probably isn't much of a function, but it makes using this app more fun in a "fingerpaint" sort of way.

Photoshop or the GIMP are designed to do art as well, and you can choose colors quite easily. This may give the user the feeling of working with real paint but that doesn't exactly kick Photoshop's ass.

[gabrielsburg]

Digg got owned how? Because some user posted posted something wrong? Since when has crowd-sourcing been show to be completely infallible?

[yoursuicide]

haha i love when digg gets owned... stupid digg users

[lennalf]

Yeah, all those stupid linux gurus, network administrators, and college students. What a bunch of tards. The real geniuses troll youtube & myspace.

[triggur]

Wow, amazing!

No, not really.

Is it 1995 again?

[IgWannA2]

digg says you can't do this in corel painter - that's bullshit, of course you can mix colours.

[rocky2083]

Besides having that old school feel to it, giving you the illusion of hand on hand painting, there's really no use to this function... After all we use photoshop for being more productive in less time not vice versa.

[wetdirtmud]

real artists could easily pick colors and help give a feel that they're painting with real paint. This would be great with a Wacom tablet or something, allowing the artist to create masterpieces.

I agree it's not the greatest invention but it definitely does have a use.

[HairyPotter2006]

Corel Painter anyone?

[Demitaka]

Its a good function but theres no real use , Photo shop provides every color on every spectrum for use . As far as I can see , mixing colors is far too time consuming ..

[osakanone]

As a CG artist, natural color mixing is a hindrance. By default, it's switched off in photoshop and it's only available via the blend tool.

Painter has had this functionality since version 2 and still does. If you wanted to digg something interesting, look into the possibility of Adobe acquiring Corel.

[avengex]

You can do this in photoshop, just change the opacity/fill settings with layers or brushes.

[alexweej]

Wrong.

[avengex]

Right until proven otherwise, thanks and good night :)

[wetdirtmud]

You actually are wrong, if you turn the opacity settings down, you will get the right color when you go over the other one, but if you go onto blank space then it will turn to a see-through version of that color, not a solid. [I hope that makes sense]

[avengex]

It's not opacity, it's fill (sorry). Oh and btw you can also change blending options on layers or brushes.

[ascolti]

Quantel Paintbox did that in 1981!!! What's the big deal!

[hazemtorab]

Anyone can do it... very easy

[cian42]

Corel Painter has color mixing too...

[enso1977]

I thought this was going to be interesting. Deluxe Paint had this on the Amiga 15+ years ago.

[8lack0ut]

Smudge tool does the same thing in Photoshop :)

[knullcon]

photoshop hasnt had this feature since version 3 or 2.5 i believe.

[koewnet]

The most interesting fact about Krita, is that instead of getting green when you mix blue and yellow together, you get this weird yellow-ish substance. It's what separates Linux-users from real life.

And what's with the sound being recorded? So we can hear when he breathes** and when he clicks? At least put in some awesome background music and you're halfway there.

[burningsexyleo]

Couldn't agree more, haha.

[Blarfster]

that video was tedious. So an image app can let you mix paint.. so what? it doesn't actually increase productivity unless you're doing it wrong in the first place. If that's the case then you should relearn how to create digital art.

[jmf145]

the artrage painter works just as well

[gldiana]

Not sure why the author is trying to catch attention with lies, or maybe he has just no clue about how Photoshop or Corel Paint work, but just so that you all know, yes you can do it in both programs. Different steps in Photoshop because it's a... guess what?!?! ... a PHOTO EDITING program. It still does it though. Use layers and mixer/opacity control.

BTW, I use a graphic tablet, way easier to do that than using a mouse. I voted the video Poor. It's really uninteresting.

[GodsHand]

Corel Painter can do this. Perhaps even Photoshop with the correct settings. Another "innovation" from open source (rollseyes).

[backtotheshed]

corelpainter can actually do this.. whos the idiot who said it cant..

[CFD339]

nice that it works, but why would I want to do this?

[Zerrith]

wtf!? I don't see the point at all. It's cool but useless. And what the hell is krita!? So many questions come to mind..

[drcavacho]

hah, my sentiments exactly. The color gamut wheel has been reinvented as a square.

[osc1882]

Pointless? Now you can paint just like real life painting. i mean holy crap. And so you have never heard of it, I blame MTV for you thinking that if everyone has not heard of it then it can't be good. krita + google = you not asking dumb questions.

[sniffmedog]

sweet

[na32ru]

what program are you useing

[betoian]

This KDE project is called Krita < koffice org , krita > . And it is doing the new color blending < commit-digest org , issues , 2007-08-12 > based on Academic Researchs.

[piksi123]

WOW, LOOKS GREAT :D

[librano]

nice!