{
  "id": 20165723,
  "title": "I replaced Photoshop's generative fill for a local model inside Krita, and it runs entirely on my own GPU",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/i-replaced-photoshops-generative-fill-for-a-local-model-inside-krita",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-15T11:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/i-replaced-photoshops-generative-fill-for-a-local-model-inside-krita/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "For months, the author has been exploring free and open-source software (FOSS) alternatives to subscription-based cloud platforms. Among these, the author was particularly disappointed with Adobe's Photoshop due to its extensive cloud reliance and associated privacy concerns. Determined to find a suitable FOSS alternative, the author discovered Krita's Diffusion plugin, which has largely replaced Photoshop's AI features for the author.\n\nThe Krita AI Diffusion plugin has proven to be a game-changer, enabling the author to ditch Photoshop's AI capabilities. The plugin offers a robust, offline AI-powered image-editing experience, without the need to rely on cloud services. While the plugin may not match Photoshop's sheer number of features, it excels at generating high-quality elements, such as accessories for portraits, graffiti on walls, and enhancing details in landscape shots. The plugin also outperforms free AI tools in removing objects from images, even complex backgrounds like cables or entire structures like houses.\n\nRegarding image upscaling, the plugin has shown impressive results, handling 480p and 720p photos effectively up to 4K resolution. The plugin's live-painting feature, although not essential for image editing, is handy for those creating quick illustrations from doodles. Despite initial concerns about the plugin's configuration process, the author found the setup relatively straightforward, as the AI diffusion plugin automatically installs the entire local image-editing model pipeline.\n\nThe author hosts the AI server on their Windows 11 daily driver, utilizing an RTX 3080 Ti with 12GB of memory and 32GB of RAM. While this setup may be slightly outdated for image-heavy AI inference tasks, the Z-Image Turbo edits usually take between 1-3 minutes. The plugin's inpainting tasks typically wrap up within 5 minutes, even when dealing with large selection areas and lengthy prompts. All in all, the author finds the Krita AI Diffusion plugin to be an excellent and reliable alternative to Photoshop's AI features, and appreciates the plugin's offline capabilities, avoiding the risk of exposing sensitive projects to potential cloud surveillance.",
  "summary": "Krita's AI Diffusion plugin replaced Photoshop's cloud fill for me, and nothing leaves my PC",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}