How does it compare to Photopea for beginners? Is it similar enough that I could follow along tutorials meant for Photoshop?
Edit: It looks like it's oriented more towards painting than photo editing
Edit: It looks like it's oriented more towards painting than photo editing
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.
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.
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.