Updating the vision

[Boudewijn Rempt]

Oh, and I was checking the other vision peter worked on and found

http://gui.gimp.org/index.php?title=Project_Vision#professionals.3F

Which is exactly what we've been discussing; which is also why
peter put in "masters" and not "professionals" originally.


On Thu, 27 Jul 2017, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> I'm pretty sure we're not there yet, but with the input from Raghukamath
> and Thorsten, I've got a new draft here:
> 
> "Krita is a free and open source program for sketching and painting, 
> offering an end–to–end solution for creating digital painting files 
> from scratch for artists with demanding needs.
> 
> Fields of painting that Krita explicitly supports are illustrations, 
> concept art, creation of comics, matte painting, animations and 
> textures.
> 
> Krita supports artists by working together with artists to create an 
> application that supports their creative workflow."
> 
> Still not ideal, but if follows 
> 
> "what is it, who is it for and where is the value?"
> 
> As did our original vision.
> 
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2017, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> 
> > We don't display it as in-your-face as we used to do, but we do have a
> > vision document:
> > 
> > https://docs.krita.org/KritaFAQ#What_is_Krita.3F
> > 
> > "Krita is a KDE program for sketching and painting, offering an
> > end–to–end solution for creating digital painting files from scratch
> > by masters.
> > 
> > Fields of painting that Krita explicitly supports are concept art,
> > creation of comics and textures for rendering.
> > 
> > Modeled on existing real-world painting materials and workflows, Krita
> > supports creative working by getting out of the way and with a snappy
> > response."
> > 
> > I think it needs updating a bit. I was never to happy to use "masters"
> > as shorthand for "people who take some effort to learn it" -- but I have
> > no idea how to improve that.
> > 
> > I think we need to add "matte painting, illustrations and animations" to
> > the fields that krita explicitly supports. Note: product design will
> > never get in there! 
> > 
> > The last para needs most work: real world painting materials needs to 
> > go out... Something like "Krita caters for the need to be productive
> > and creative by offering a smooth worklow, snappy response and inspiring
> > serendipity" -- or something like that?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org