Week 7-12 June, Hatching Brush, Alpha
The old algorithm looked good and simple, but fearing for the speed of the brush I decided to implement the dreaded algorithm based in algebra and trigonometry. Here are a couple crummy and heavily...
View ArticleWeek 13-18 June, GUI, Linking GUI, and some thoughts
Continuing the story of the hatching brush, this week I started working on the GUI. The final results: In the first image you can see how to customize the thickness, angle and separation of the lines....
View ArticleWeek 21-26 June, Sneak peak of the hatching brush approaching beta.
Hello everybody!, I’ve been developing a hatching brush for Krita as part of my Google Summer of Code project. And the brush has been advancing steadily. This time I don’t want to give details on how I...
View ArticleImpasto!, Bumpmapping prototype in Python
It’s been about a month since my last blog entry, so let me remind you what I’m doing as part of my Google’s Summer of Code (which down here is Autumn/Winter!): A hatching and halftones brush for...
View ArticleUnder the hood, impasto in Krita
A quick update on the progress of implementing impasto in Krita: this week all was under the hood progress so far. I had to understand more about Krita’s inner workings than ever before. Colorspaces...
View ArticlePhong bumpmaps, and using the deform brush to make molten gold
There’s so much I’d like to say, but I don’t want to type another wall of text to present a new feature coming together. So!, I will let the first image speak for itself. Here, molten gold, gold paste,...
View ArticleKrita phong filter GUI linked, thoughts on Impasto Effect
Hello everybody, this is my last blog post as part of the Google Summer of Code 2010, and I’m here to tell you as briefly as possible, what happened to getting the Impasto effect in Krita. Short story:...
View ArticleNew Preset Selector Strip for Krita
It’s been more than a year since I joined the Krita project (and Calligra and KDE as a consequence) as part of Google’s Summer of Code. There is so much to tell!, But I won’t bore you with that for now...
View ArticleCommence Krita-Calligra coding marathon
Hello fellow free software users, developers, painters, and curious eyes. It’s me, Pentalis, a Krita developer (with a touch of Calligra). I’m here to announce an event. Since this is a personal blog...
View ArticleMinimal Blob Brush
Remember this is part of my Krita-Calligra coding marathon. …while developing the blob tool (link hunt courtesy of Silvio Grosso), I was faced with the inevitable question of how many features were...
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