News : Inkscape team hiring python developer.

For the Inkscape project and its users, interoperability with other software packages, both free and commercial, is of high importance. The PLC has decided to hire a developer for the equivalent of 1.5 months (part-time schedule available) to implement importing functionality of a file format for which Inkscape yet lacks proper support. An extension of the project to up to 3 months (with additional compensation) may be granted depending on the success of the first half ...

You can find more information on the official website.

News : The Steam awards - chosen the nominees.

You've chosen the nominees - now we need your help in choosing our winners! Place a vote below in each of the 11 categories before January 3rd @ 9AM Pacific to share your top Steam games from 2022. You'll also earn a random card from this year’s set of Winter Sale Trading Cards for each vote you cast.

You can vote on the official website.

Find similar unicode characters with your draw.

Draw something in the box!

And let shapecatcher help you to find the most similar unicode characters! Currently, there are 11817 unicode character glyphs in the database. Japanese, Korean and Chinese characters are currently not supported.

You can test this online tool on this webpage.

News : ... the new Krita software version 5.14 has already been released.

Artist named Den Jay Art presents a video tutorial with this build…

Krita had a new release almost a week ago, more precisely on the 14th December 202. The version reached is 5.1.4. and comes with the following fixes:

Vector shapes not swapping the current fg/bg color (BUG:461692)

Fix a crash when using “Paste into Active Layer” (BUG:462223)

Layer Styles: label the Outer Glow page as Outer, not Inner Glow. (BUG:462091)

Parse transfer characteristics from ICC profiles. Patch by Rasyuqa, thanks! (BUG:45911)

Fix handling ICC color primaries and white point detections. Patch by Rasyuqa, thanks!

Remove two obsolete actions from the action list in settings->configure Krita->shortcuts

Fix some display artifacts when using fractional display scaling. (BUG:441216, 460577, 461912)

Fix wraparound mode for non-pixel brush engines (BUG:460299)

Fix visibility of the measure and gradient tools on a dark background

Fix data loss when a transform tool is applied too quickly. (BUG:460557, 461109)

Android: Disable changing the resource location

Android: Disable the touch docker (some buttons are completely broken, and we’re rewriting Krita’s touch functionality). BUG:461634

Android: disable New Window (Android does not do windows).

Android: disable workspaces that create multiple windows (Android does not do windows).

Android: make TIFF import and export work

Android: remove the detach canvas action (Android does not do windows).

TIFF: Fix inconsistent alpha and Photoshop-style layered tiff export checkboxes (BUG:462925)

TIFF: Fix handling multipage files (BUG:461975)

TIFF: Implement detection of the resolution’s unit. (BUG:420932)

EXR: Implement consistent GRAY and XYZ exporting (BUG:462799)

AVIF: add the image/avif mimetype to the desktop file so external applications can know Krita can open these files. (BUG:462224)

PSD: allow zero-sized resource blocks (BUG:461493, 450983)

Python: fix creating a new image from Python. (BUG:462665)

Python: fix updating the filename when using Document::saveAs. (BUG:462667)

Python: make it possible to use Python 3.11 (BUG:461598)

Animation: Improve the autokey functionality. (BUG:459723)

News : Follow Santa from space and more on noradsanta webpage.

You can follow Santa from space on this map webpage.

You can fins some help with Cristmas on the first page of the noradsanta webpage.

News : ARK: The Animated Series Season 1 Trailer.

Featuring an unparalled voice cast with the talents of Michelle Yeoh, Gerard Butler, Russell Crowe, and Executive Produced by Vin Diesel, ARK: The Animated Series is an adaptation of the hit video game. In a sweeping story that spans eons of human & world history, 21st century paleontologist Helena Walker finds herself resurrected on a mysterious primeval land after tragedy. There she must learn to survive and find new allies, or die again at the hands of ruthless warlords -- all while trying to uncover the true nature of their strange new world. ARK: The Animated Series will release on a to-be-announced platform in 2023. Join us then for an ageless adventure beyond life & death itself!