You can also group layers, and easily copy them from one project to another. “shading”, “lines”, “blue” or whatever else. You can filter your layers by name to quickly navigate to the one you want – e.g. It’s helpful without being intrusive.Īnd if you’re one for working with plenty of Layers, Krita offers a few good quality-of-life tools that make that easier. If you’re the type of person who often accidentally selects the wrong tool (hands up here), Krita has a knack for knowing it, and will pop up a little message explaining that you probably want, e.g. It’s the little things that make a difference. Unlike those programs, feeling your way around learning to use Krita is actually fun, and doesn’t feel like smashing your head against a brick wall. The main Toolbar sits on the left of the canvas, and you can add windows (Krita calls them “Dockers”) to the right-hand side when you want to pick colours, brushes, or whatever else. In terms of user-friendliness, I'd say Krita is a little less intimidating than Photoshop – though it doesn’t have Photoshop’s comprehensive guided tutorials – and it also makes more of an effort to be comprehensible than GIMP.

The Krita interface is simple, effective and well laid out.

Krita brushes free