The user interface and shortcuts, and its overall usability has been thought for Adobe Illustrator users so there is low resistance to change and a quick learning curve, and all that without compromising quality in the software. Krita is very powerful software and once you learn to use it with all your keyboard shortcuts you increase the speed enormously. Krita has a good selection of tools, and is fairly straightforward to use. Krita includes 3 different ways to smooth and stabilize your brush strokes. Normally when you draw on computer it’s always difficult to draw smoothly but with Krita brush stabilizer you can smoothen your drawings.

You can use krita for logos, vector designs and sketches for web pages.

The application of course is completely free and open source in addition to multi platform (Windows, Linux and Mac). The interface is intuitive and you can move the dockers and panels to customize it for your specific workflow. Krita is a fork of gimp created for drawings, design sketches, paintings or logos for companies or web design as we use it in the company.

Steep learning curve, although the online help is extensive and well organised.

Rendering on inkscape can take a long time.

Space bar let you move around the canvas easily even when using a notebook’s trackpad, the message box showing the information about your actions. When working with the pen tool, it only shows the outline and will show the complete path filled or just the stroke when you finish the path, and this is helpful when creating lines without depending on the stroke. It provides various tools and shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, transparency effects (alpha), transformations, gradients, patterns and groups. Inkscape’s primary vector graphics format is Scalable Vector Graphics(SVG) however, many other formats can be imported and exported. You can also create an SVG files from any image from scratch or import one and make changes. You can use it to design or edit vectors such as illustrations, line arts, logos and drawing. Inkscape cost nothing as it’s an open-source graphics software.

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