Krita is primarily a program focused on digital painting, but it can also be used as a retouching tool and vector image editor. Initially focused on the Linux environment as part of KDE, it was included in Calligra Suite, the first stable version for Windows released in May 2014, offering the full functionality of the program in the Windows environment.

Its interface is inspired by both Adobe products and Corel’s digital drawing tools, so any Photoshop user will quickly become familiar with the program.

Includes a large number of brushes and effects, the ability to work comfortably with layers, support for most of the most popular image formats, and sections for managing palettes, cutouts, vector corrections, and various types of retouching assistants. is included.

Its biggest advantage is that it is a free tool under the GNU license, making it a worthy alternative to the typical free image editor Gimp.