It can be argued that Adobe’s Photoshop was the world’s gateway to digital art. At almost 35 years old, it’s not only loved, but also globally integrated into all of our design and production workflows. Krita, meanwhile, may have been named 'digital art's best kept secret' in our best digital art software guide, but it certainly hasn't got the same mass user base (yet).
As wonderful as Photoshop is (see our full Photoshop review here), its “core” functionality – the parts professionals rely on most – hasn't changed that much in at least 20 years. For example, Layers were added in 1994, the Healing tools in 2002, and Smart Objects way back in 2005. 3D tools were added and removed. AI was just added. But many tools over the years have been “narrow use”, at best.
