This release includes the following major new features:
- A new reference images tool that replaces the old reference images docker.
- You can now save and load sessions: the set of images and views on images you were working on
- You can create multi-monitor workspace layouts
- An improved workflow for working with animation frames
- An improved animation timeline display
- Krita can now handle larger animation by buffering rendered frames to disk
- The color picker now has a mixing option
- Improved vanishing point assistant — and assistants can be painted with custom colors
- Krita’s scripting module can now be built with Python 2
- The first part of Ivan Yossi’s Google Summer of Code work on improving the performance of brush masks through vectorization is included as well!