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title: "Krita's AI plugins do what Photoshop charges $120 a year for, and the results surprised me"
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published: 2026-06-06T12:31:20.145Z
updated: 2026-06-06T12:31:43.752Z
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# Krita's AI plugins do what Photoshop charges $120 a year for, and the results surprised me

**[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Krita, the free open-source image editor, can replicate many of Adobe Photoshop's AI features — including inpainting, outpainting, background removal, canvas expansion, and upscaling beyond 8K — using locally hosted AI models via the Krita AI Diffusion and Vision Tools plugins. Running on an RTX 3080 Ti with 12GB VRAM, the setup avoids Photoshop's subscription costs and generative credit limits while delivering surprisingly competitive results, especially with Flux 2.0.

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