Question 1:
I want to know the version number of Krita I am using. But under Help > About Krita there is no version details. It only says 2.9 pre alpha.

How do I learn the version details? like, 2.8.78.3



Question 2:
When I start Krita, it ask for document(image) information that I'd like to work on(like resolution and color information). For me it's tedious to do it every time I open Krita.

So, is there any way to make Krita auto open a certain preset every time I launch it?

Thank you.

A pre-alpha changes so much that there's no point in giving it version numbers. Instead, we use the git hash(in your example daa21b5), which refers to the last change that was done to the source code from which this version was build: http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=calligra.git ... 889adcd5a8

To your second question:
Go to a specific template, (or create one from your own document), and then select 'use this template everytime I open Krita'.

Numbers like 2.8.79.13 are build numbers -- 2.8.79 means 2.9 pre-alpha (when it's alpha, it'll be 2.8.8, beta 2.8.9, release 2.9). The 13 is just a consecutive number for each build. The git hash is the really important bit because that allows you to get exactly the source code used to build this version of Krita.

Thank you.

TheraHedwig wrote:To your second question:
Go to a specific template, (or create one from your own document), and then select 'use this template everytime I open Krita'.

But I can't find 'use this template everytime' option on this window..

*bump*

iamcreasy wrote:But I can't find 'use this template everytime' option on this window..

That's because you're looking at the "custom document" area, not a template. You use that to create a new, empty document instead of using a template. If you want to skip that, you need to create a template, like TheraHedwig suggested, and then open that.

Templates are more than just colour space, dimensions, and dpi; they're an entire krita document, as complex or simple as you want, that you can use as the basis for new documents. You can see the predefined ones in the different sections of the new file dialog as an example.

Making a new template is simple, and I'm surprised you didn't find it already when saving other documents. You create a new document with the settings you want, add any layers, masks, selections, etc. you want in the template, and choose File > Create Template from Image..., and then fill out the information in the dialog that appears; the next time you create a new document, you'll find the template you made, along with the aforementioned checkbox to always use that template, inside whatever template group you chose for it. If you check "use the new template as default" it may even skip the last part, but I've not tested it because I prefer choosing templates at startup.

Keep in mind that the template will be identical to the file you saved, even including remembering what toolbox tabs are active and what layer was last selected. You can use this to skip a lot of tedious setup. For example, I always have a "palette" layer with some black/white/grey colours on it, along with a grey Fill layer, and I use layer groups often, so I made a template that has a skeleton structure containing those things for me. You can even start the template with large amounts of work already done; someone doing character designs might keep a template with basic human forms already created and just use that template when needed.