Krita RGBA Tech – Bringing Realistic Metal to Life in Open-Source Art
Krita's v4.2+ RGBA brushtips let you paint with dimensionality, and it's a technology that Photoshop doesn't have (≖‿ゝ≖) It lets the creator do things like emulating light direction, making brushstrokes look 3D. I used them to make a set of metallic brushes. If there are any FOSS artists around, feel free to test them out. (p.s. Yes, I am learning Github so I probably made repository mistakes - apologies in advance lol)
Krita RGBA Tech – Bringing Realistic Metal to Life in Open-Source Art launched on November 11, 2024 with 271 votes, #149 of 4,990 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Krita RGBA Tech is a collection of metallic brushes designed for Krita v4.2 and later, leveraging RGBA brushtips to create dimensionally realistic brushstrokes. The brushes emulate light direction and three-dimensional effects, features the creator notes are not available in Photoshop. Intended for open-source artists working with Krita, the project is shared on GitHub and allows creators to paint with enhanced realism when rendering metallic surfaces and effects.
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From the sources
A free set of brushes (and more!) for Krita users. - Draneria/Metallics-by-Draneria_Krita-Brushes
✨ https://github.com/Draneria/Metallics-by-Draneria_Krita-Brushes/releases/tag/v1.0 ╰── Everything from glitter and gold leaf to hammered metal. ╰── Comes with an install guide, reference sheets and creative inspiration. 1. Install Krita, if not already done. 2. Go to “Settings” and press “Manage Resources Libraries…”. 3. Press “Import” then select the .bundle file. 4. Restart Krita, and enjoy! License type: CC-BY-SA ✦ Some brushes use resources made by Memileo, from "Rotating light brushtips WIP" and "Memileo Impasto Brushes". Thank you Memileo! 🖌 https://krita-artists.org/t/memileo-impasto-brushes/92952/56 libpng may truncate iTXt Metadata, which isn't great! I think this is a problem…from github.com
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