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We, that is, Adrian, Bart, Boudewijn, Casper, Cyrille, Michael and Sven. -It could be you, too — whether you would like to help with some artwork -for the user interface, cool ideas for the todo, helpful bug reports, usability -reviews or even actual code, you will not be snubbed by us. -</para> -<para> -&krita; is as much yours as it is ours. It should be fun, innovative, and -experimental — first and foremost a pleasure to use and to hack on. -</para> -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="introduction-keyfeatures"> -<title>Key features</title> - -<para>The most important features &krita; currently has to offer, are:</para> -<itemizedlist> - -<listitem><para>Plugins: Krita is extensible through plugins. There are tools, -colorspaces, paint operations, filters and kpart-based user interface plugins. -</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Scriptable: &krita; is scriptable in Python and Ruby using -Kross, the cross language scripting engine that originated in Kexi. The -scripting is compatible with PyQt/KDE and Korundum for adding GUI -items, such as dialog boxes.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Color models: &krita; uses lcms for a dependable color -workflow using icc profiles for importing, exporting, selecting paint colors, -printing, cutting and pasting. 8, 16, and 32 bit colorspaces are available -(RGB, CMYK, L*a*b*, ...) and colors can be selected from a color wheel, rgb or -grayscale sliders or with a palette.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Editing and viewing: Unlimited undo and redo are available. -You can cut, copy and paste between lagers and images, with conversion through -icc profiles if this is necessary. OpenGL is supported for display. The view -can be made fullscreen and can be split. Rulers are available, the -image can be zoomed, and for maximizing the workspace all palette windows can -be hidden in one go. Also a histogram palette is available.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Images and layers: Layers and entire images can be mirrored, -sheared, rotated and scaled, converted between colorspaces, and layers in -different colorspaces can be merged. An image can be separated into colorspace -channels.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Layers: Layers can be added, removed, grouped, locked, made -(in)visible, and re-ordered. Adjustment layers (layers which perform a filter -function) can be added as well. A layer can be saved as a separate image and -its colorspace can be changed.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Tools: Through the innovative paintOp plugin system, all -painting tools (brush, ellipse, line, etc.) can paint aliased, anti-aliased, -erase, airbrush and more.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Filters: &krita; can multithread the operation of some -filters. Filters can be previewed in the filter gallery. Available filters -include color adjustment, sharpen or blur, emboss, raindrops, and -more.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Brushes: The GIMP brush shapes can be used, both colored and -grayscale brushes and pipe brushes. Custom brushes can be created, even from -entire layers or images. Colored brushes can also be used as -masks.</para></listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<sect2 id="introduction-keyfeatures-colormanagement"> -<title>Color management</title> -<para> -One of the most distinguishing features in &krita; is its color management. -If you put two screens side to side, you will notice that there is often a lot -of difference in the way they display colors. Even white, especially white, is -often not the same thing at all. On one screen it can be a dirty yellow, on -another screen a sickly bluish. Very seldom is it a creamy milk-white. The same -holds, unfortunately, for scanners, printers and digital cameras. So, if you -want to see the right colors on screen and on paper, being the colors that you -saw when taking your snapshot, you will have to compensate. -</para><para> -&krita; can do this for you: in &krita;, a color is (almost) never just a set of -numbers, one for each color channel; it is a set of numbers with information -attached. And that extra information is contained in a profile: your image has a -profile, your scanner has a profile, your camera should have a profile and your -screen has a profile. When passing information from your image to your screen, -the profiles are checked and the correct color is computed. This may cause a -little slowness, now and then, but the result is that you can work with colors, -instead of almost meaningless RGB triplets. -</para><para> -Available colorspaces are: 8 bit/channel RGB, CMYK, grayscale and wet -watercolors, 16 bit/channel RGB, CMYK, grayscale and L*a*b*, <quote>half</quote> -RGB, and 32 bit float RGB (HDR) and LMS. -</para> -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="introduction-keyfeatures-imageformats"> -<title>Image formats</title> -<para> -&krita; currently supports the following image formats, both for importing and -exporting, apart from its own: PNG, TIFF, JPEG, Dicom, XCF, PSD, GIF, BMP, -XPM, Targa, RGB, and OpenEXR. Additionally, &krita; can import -ICO files. PSD (the Photoshop file format) is only supported up to version 6, -from version 7 on, the Photoshop file format is closed. -</para><para> -Embedded icc profiles and exif information are preserved on export to -supporting file formats. &krita;'s native file format stores icc and exif -information. -</para> -</sect2> - -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="introduction-manual"> -<title>About this manual</title> -<para> -We are assuming you have got a good working knowledge of &kde; and of your -operating system. The first chapter will give you a quick tour of &krita;'s -cool features; the other chapters will expand on that information. -</para> -<note><para> -This manual is not complete. The invitation to join us and help out extends to -the manual, too! -</para></note> -<para> -Should you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact the -documentation maintainer at <email>sanderkoning@kde.nl</email>. -</para> -</sect1> - -<sect1 id="introduction-maintainer"> -<title>About the application maintainer</title> -<para> -Hi! I'm Boudewijn Rempt — the current maintainer of &krita;. I was -educated as a linguist, retrained as a database developer, work as a Java -hacker, study theology and I have always liked to paint and sketch a little. -Conspiciously absent in my life have been two important things for a developer -of an image app: mathematics and experience with graphic design. That means that -I am probably not the best person to explain the niceties of using an image -editor or a paint application to you. If you catch me in an error, please don't -hesitate to mail me: <email>boud@valdyas.org</email>. -</para> -</sect1> - -</chapter> - |