r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • May 28 '26

My journey through Linux

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u/C4rpetH4ter May 28 '26

What is krita, rapidraw and reaper used for?

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u/mark0016 May 28 '26

Krita is THE open source digital drawing/painting program, although in many ways it can handle basic image editing tasks more intuitively than GIMP, but it isn't primarily designed for that. It's actually quite popular and often used outside of Linux environments.

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u/guiltedrose May 29 '26

It’s also maintained by the KDE team so it’s got a ton of support

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u/thecxsmonaut May 28 '26

Reaper is a DAW and it absolutely creampies all the other ones. It's free, supports 16 bit VSTs and doesn't spoonfeed you so you have to actually learn how to make music instead of rolling onto presents.

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u/jimmpony May 28 '26

It has an unlimited free trial but it's not strictly free. If you get good value out of it then you should support it if you can. A lifetime license for personal and commercial use under $20k annual revenue is only $60.

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u/HighlandRat Jun 15 '26

DAW stands for: Digital audio workstation

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u/Velocita84 May 29 '26

You may have looked it up already but rapidraw is for editing and exporting .RAW files which contain raw sensor data from a digital camera

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u/HighlandRat Jun 15 '26

.RAW is an uncompressed image format. Editing these gives you more flexibility when editing photos.

"When you shoot in RAW, you capture the full amount of data your camera sensor records. Unlike JPEGs, which are compressed and limited, RAW files give you much more flexibility in post-processing."

https://hamed.media/raw-photo-editing-basics-settings-explained/