This allows Krita to organize the area it takes up on the virtual working desk before putting its data on there. Internal PoolĪ feature for advanced computer users. Krita will not take up more space than this, making it safe for you to run an internet browser or music on the background.

It’s both available in percentages and Bytes, so you can specify precisely. This is the maximum space Krita will reserve on your RAM on startup. This does mean that if you change any of the given options, you need to restart Krita so it can make this reservation. Krita will then reserve them on start-up. These settings allow you to choose how much of your virtual desk you dedicate to Krita. Files need to be loaded into RAM before the computer can really use them, and storing and removing them from RAM takes time. This is the same for your computer and RAM. The difference between RAM and the hard drive memory can be compared to the difference between having files on your desk and having files safely stored away in an archiving room: The files on your desk as much easier to access than the ones in your archive, and it takes time to pull new files from the archive. RAM, or Random Access Memory, is the memory your computer is immediately using. These preferences allow you to configure Krita's organisation, but all do require you to restart Krita, so it can do this organisation properly.

Due to this, how Krita organizes where it stores all the data can really speed up Krita while painting, just like having an organized artist’s workplace can really speed up the painting process in real life. Krita, as a painting program, juggles a lot of data around, like the brushes you use, the colors you picked, but primarily, each pixel in your image.

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