Discover Krita 5.3/6.0: 10 new features explained to get you started

Published on 24 march 2026

Join me (and my french accent 😁 ) as I take you through my top 10 favorite new features in Krita. A walkthrough/tutorial of my top 10 new feature!

Peertube: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/w/4LhZDTx3G5VpfSovUWveTm
Youtube: https://youtu.be/DNhf_WLfSaE

Also, check the release notes (link under), I contributed to make the short video trailer for this release:

Full release notes: https://krita.org/en/release-notes/krita-5-3-release-notes/
Get Krita 5.3/6.0: https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.0-released/

And again, congratulation to the Krita team for this big big release 🎉. Krita 6.0 is finally my ticket to adopt a more recent GNU/Linux distro with Wayland. I was stuck on the Debian 12 X11 documented here and published back in May 2024. Now I'm experimenting with Debian Testing, Plasma 6 on Wayland and Krita 6.0 appimage and so far, it works: a new guide coming soon.

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