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Krita for Mac

Krita 4.2.6

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  • Latest Version

    Krita 5.2.6

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.9 or later

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  • Author / Product

    Krita Team / External Link

  • Filename

    krita-4.2.6.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    6d09052a4b37af445d5a1c825ef95ee5

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Krita 4.2.6.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Krita for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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  • Krita 4.2.6 Screenshots

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    Krita 4.2.6 Screenshot 1

What's new in this version:

New features:
- Add new layer from visible to layer right-click context menu
- When running Krita for the first time on Windows, Angle is now the default renderer. Note that if you have an NVidia GPU and Krita’s window is transparent, you need to select Angle manually in Krita’s settings; if you have another GPU and you have problems with the canvas not updating, you might need to manually select OpenGL in the same window

Bugs fixed:
- Allow selection overlay to be reset to default
- Set date for bundle creation to use ISO-Date
- Fix freeze with 32bit float tiff by using our own tiff reader for the thumbnails
- Ensure filter mask button is disabled appropriately depending on whether the filter supports it
- Enable the small color selector if opengles is available as well
- Fix mixed Zoom, Pan, Rotate on macOS
- Ensure that checkboxes are shown in menus even when using the fusion theme
- Isolate Layer Crash
- Properly fix font resetting when all the text in the editor removed
- Fix lags in Move Tool when using tablet device
- Fix Shift and Alt modifiers in Outline Selection Tool
- Ensure Convert group to Animated Layer shows text in the toolbar
- Allow ‘Add Clone Layer’ to Work on Multiple Layers
- Fix saving animated transparency masks created through conversion
- Fix curve change despite ‘Use same curve’ checked
- Try harder to make sure that the swap locatio
- Properly handle timezon
- Allow ‘Add Clone Layer’ to Work on Multiple Layers
- Fix saving animated transparency masks created through conversion
- Make sure all the settings dialogs pages are always shown in the same order
- Make the settings dialog fit in low-res screens
- Remove misleading ‘px’ suffix for ‘move amount’ shortcut setting
- Make string for reasons for image export problems translatable
- Fix crash when creating a bezier curve
- Fix deadlocks in KoShapeManager
- Fix a deadlock when using broken Wacom drivers on Linux
- Fix absolute brush rotation on rotated canvas
- Fix deadlock when removing reference image
- Fix a deadlock in handling of vector objects