[dot] Full Tilt for Krita!

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1180352311/

From: Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org>
Dept: pendalino
Date: Monday 28/May/2007, @04:38

Full Tilt for Krita!
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   Krita development is in a crucial phase, we are adding fun, useful
and  amazing stuff at a stunning rate. But there are things that no
Krita  developer can do, because we lack the proper hardware. Krita's 
renaissance started with a simple Wacom Graphire tablet, and it led to
some  great new possibilities. But to implement support for modern
tablet features like tilt and stylus rotation we need to buy more
advanced tablets and art pens, and to make that possible, we need your
help!
    The tablet that started it all
     It all started with this simple tablet, but now, to make Krita
support modern painting features like stylus tilt, rotation and airbrush
rate we need a set of more advanced tablets. And those are costly!

     Ideally we would have at least two Intuos tablets, the size does
not matter much for development, with two 6D art markers (for rotation) 
and two airbrushes (for rate). We need two tablets because that way two 
developers can hack and test each others work. That way we will not have
the  "but it worked for me" situations right after a release that we all
hate so much!

     And we do not want to wait too long: to get these features out with
 KOffice 2.0, and not delay  the release
[http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KOffice_2.0_Release_Schedule], work
has to start soon. In fact, Emanuale Tamponi, our Google Summer of Code
student working on natural painting has almost finished his preliminary
research and is panting to start coding! Thus we ask you, our users, if
you value Krita and want us to develop innovative, first-grade  painting
and drawing capabilities, please help us out!

     We have asked the KDE e.V. to aid us with the financial-service
part, and you  can donate on the KDE Donation page
[http://www.kde.org/support/support.php]. If you donate through the
button below your donations will be automatically tagged for Krita. If
you donate through a bank order or US cheque, please mention it is for
Krita.

     And do not worry, if there is more money than we need for tablets,
it will be spent for Krita, for instance by getting the Krita developers
to Warsaw for the 2008 Libre Graphics Meeting.