atmanactive
a year ago
Just a small favor please: in your README.md file, on the first mention of word Krita, make a link to Krita repository or website. Thanks.
draneria
a year ago
Added! Thank you for pointing that out (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)
Show HN: Krita RGBA Tech – Bringing Realistic Metal to Life in Open-Source Art
271 pointsposted a year ago
by draneria16 Comments
solfleur
a year ago
It's always amazing to see what neat brushes are out there; being able to interface with a practically limitless assortment of different artistic mediums through a single universal method (simple and intuitive, no less) never ceases to amaze me. Kudos! I'll definitely give it a try!
draneria
a year ago
Thank you! Last year there was a special breakthrough for Krita, because a contributor called Memileo figured out a way to bake light into the brushes using Blender. They made a beautiful Impasto set (https://krita-artists.org/t/rotating-light-brushtips-wip/649...), their work was a huge help for my own brushes :)
michael0x11
a year ago
Pretty neat tech - the RGBA brush engine in Krita is doing something fundamentally different from PS's basic alpha masks. Being able to encode directional data in the brush tip itself opens up some interesting rendering possibilities. Been messing with similar effects in PS using layer styles but this seems way more efficient.
draneria
a year ago
Exactly! it is really incredible. I've not used Photoshop much, I'd be curious to know how the two face-off in the realm of brush features haha
Llamamoe
a year ago
So what does it do? Create a normal map while drawing?
draneria
a year ago
On the right track but not quite! Every brush in art software uses an image (raster or auto-generated) to paint with, called a "brushtip". Usually, the brushtip only gives information about which bits are opaque, and which arent - the shape! However in Krita, theres another dimension you can define; value, or lightness.
So there's nothing being generated or created while drawing, its just that some very smart people have coded Krita for the "brushtips" to do more as a baseline.
Not every software works exactly the same ofcourse! This is just my beginner level understanding of it all, I hope that helps
getToTheChopin
a year ago
Lovely textures, thank you for sharing. Will try them out in some generative art projects I'm working on!
isodev
a year ago
Krita is fantastic, and these look gorgeous! Thank you so much for your work.
retSava
a year ago
Thanks for sharing! These look amazing and I look forward to trying them out.
bloopernova
a year ago
This is fantastic, the paint looks great, excellent job :)
jeremyscanvic
a year ago
That's cool! Great work!
Aeolun
a year ago
Honestly, I’m most impressed by that fantastic demo gif.
lttlrck
a year ago
Amazing. This motivates me to try Krita. Well done.
metallicss
a year ago
Great work! I have been looking for an excuse to try out Krita. This just might be it. Shameless plug: I am also a sucker for metallic aesthetics, and I made this FOSS library to enable realistic metal textures on the web (for buttons, cards, input elements, etc.): https://www.metallicss.com