[websites/krita-org] /: Initial release post for 5.3.3

Git commit 04b817cbef4441155d627255f78962766cbfd525 by Wolthera van Hövell, on behalf of Wolthera van Hövell tot Westerflier.
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Initial release post for 5.3.3

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https://invent.kde.org/websites/krita-org/-/commit/04b817cbef4441155d627255f78962766cbfd525

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+title: "Krita 5.3.3 Released!"
+date: "2026-07-23"
+categories: 
+  - "news"
+  - "officialrelease"
+---
+
+Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.3 and 6.0.3, containing many bugfixes and improvements across the board.
+
+## Android Donations and Supporter benefits
+
+This release also includes the ability to donate via Google Play, for those who get their Krita from Google Play.
+
+<!-- Add Carsten's text here -->
+
+## Changelog
+
+Special thanks to Freya Lupen and Elena Sagalaeva, for multiple bug fixes, as well as the many newcomers who contributed to this release (named in the changelog.
+
+- Don't free hold frame undo command at scope exit (BUG:520732)
+- Added get started, community, website and source code icons (Thanks to Arkady Flury)
+- Try removing shell=True from the python calls on Windows
+- Get rid of division by zero in the KisMplTest.( Thanks to Elena Sagalaeva)
+- [android] All animation export and import functionality has been removed for now. Mostly because these functions didn't do anything. We're working on a properly working replacement for Android specifically.
+- Delete QuaZipFile before deleting the archive (BUG:520362)
+- Fix layers getting deselected when starting transform (BUG:517590)
+- Ensure a layer is activated for new views (BUG:518465 , Thanks to Gregg Jansen van Vuren)
+- Fix FFmpeg 7.0+ to render HDR animations (BUG:520669)
+- Fix Out-of-Bounds-Selection-Inversion (BUG:518235, Thanks to Ricky Ringler)
+- Fix Display Selection action check stats
+- Fix crash on null event pointer in Abstract Input Action (BUG:520581)
+- Fix crash when deleting a text shape (BUG:520939)
+- Fix not loading some xmp exif metadata correctly (BUG:520981)
+- Omit invalid values for xmp metadata when saving (BUG:520982)
+- Fix crash with combined shapes (BUG:521106)
+- [android] Implement supporter benefits
+- Make welcome page not show missing shortcuts as X
+- Allow welcome page to shrink properly
+- [android] Handle full-screen mode directly
+- [android] Let the user set the UI scale at runtime
+- UI/Animation: Fixed some animation actions breaking when switching playback engines. (BUG:518711)
+- UI/Settings: Fix bad animation settings layout.
+- [win][qt6] Fix transparent canvas widget issue (BUG:517102)
+- Force non-var vertical metrics to use default vertical caret. (BUG:517717)
+- Fix font-family sorting for fonts with wwsWithoutName set mixed.(BUG:518874)
+- Try to deduplicate font family names better, so we don't get sql errors. (BUG:517361)
+- Fix bug 522430. Switching between frames should always complete. (BUG:522430)
+- Fix deadlock when doing perspective transform (BUG:520602)
+- Expose tool and brush change signals to PyKrita (Thanks, Moritz Staudinger)
+- Various fixes to the selection action panel, including the ability to stick it to the sides of the canvas by pressing the "pin" icon.
+- Various fixes to the comic panel editing tool functionality.
+- Allow higher resolution of thumbnails on Welcome Screen.
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> We consider Krita 5.3.2.1 suitable for productive work; 6.0.2.1 is, because of the many changes from Qt5 to Qt6 more experimental.
+
+## Download 5.3.3
+
+### Windows
+
+If you're using the *portable zip files*, just open the zip file in Explorer and drag the folder somewhere convenient, then double-click on the Krita icon in the folder. This will not impact an installed version of Krita, though it will share your settings and custom resources with your regular installed version of Krita. For reporting crashes, also get the debug symbols folder.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> We are no longer making 32-bit Windows builds.
+
+- 64 bits Windows Installer: [krita-x64-5.3.3-setup.exe](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-x64-5.3.3-setup.exe)
+
+- Portable 64 bits Windows: [krita-x64-5.3.3.zip](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-x64-5.3.3.zip)
+
+- [Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-x64-5.3.3-dbg.zip)
+
+
+### Linux
+
+Note: starting with recent releases, the minimum supported distro versions may change.
+
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> Starting with recent AppImage runtime updates, some AppImageLauncher versions may be incompatible. See AppImage runtime docs for troubleshooting.
+
+- 64 bits Linux: [krita-5.3.3-x86_64.AppImage](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-5.3.3-x86_64.AppImage)
+
+
+### MacOS
+
+Note: minimum supported MacOS may change between releases.
+
+
+- MacOS disk image: [krita-5.3.3-signed.dmg](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-5.3.3-signed.dmg)
+
+
+### Android
+
+Krita on Android is still **_beta_**; tablets only.
+
+
+- [64 bits Intel CPU APK](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-x86_64-5.3.3-release-signed.apk)
+
+- [64 bits Arm CPU APK](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-arm64-v8a-5.3.3-release-signed.apk)
+
+- [32 bits Arm CPU APK](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-armeabi-v7a-5.3.3-release-signed.apk)
+
+
+### Source code
+
+
+Source code is the same as 6.0.3. See the 6.0.3 section.
+
+### md5sum
+
+
+For all downloads, visit [https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/) and click on "Details" to get the hashes.
+
+
+### Key
+
+
+The Linux AppImage and the source tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key [here](https://files.kde.org/krita/dmitry_kazakov.gpg). The signatures are [here](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/) (filenames ending in .sig).
+
+## Download 6.0.3
+
+### Windows
+
+If you're using the *portable zip files*, just open the zip file in Explorer and drag the folder somewhere convenient, then double-click on the Krita icon in the folder. This will not impact an installed version of Krita, though it will share your settings and custom resources with your regular installed version of Krita. For reporting crashes, also get the debug symbols folder.
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> We are no longer making 32-bit Windows builds.
+
+- 64 bits Windows Installer: [krita-x64-6.0.3-setup.exe](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/krita-x64-6.0.3-setup.exe)
+
+- Portable 64 bits Windows: [krita-x64-6.0.3.zip](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/krita-x64-6.0.3.zip)
+
+- [Debug symbols. (Unpack in the Krita installation folder)](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/krita-x64-6.0.3-dbg.zip)
+
+
+### Linux
+
+Note: starting with recent releases, the minimum supported distro versions may change.
+
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> Starting with recent AppImage runtime updates, some AppImageLauncher versions may be incompatible. See AppImage runtime docs for troubleshooting.
+
+- 64 bits Linux: [krita-6.0.3-x86_64.AppImage](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/krita-6.0.3-x86_64.AppImage)
+
+
+### MacOS
+
+Note: minimum supported MacOS may change between releases.
+
+
+- MacOS disk image: [krita-6.0.3-signed.dmg](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/krita-6.0.3-signed.dmg)
+
+
+### Android
+
+Krita 6.0.3 is not yet functional on Android, so we are not making APK's available for sideloading.
+
+### Source code
+
+
+- [krita-6.0.3.tar.gz](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/krita-6.0.3.tar.gz)
+
+- [krita-6.0.3.tar.xz](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/krita-6.0.3.tar.xz)
+
+### md5sum
+
+
+For all downloads, visit [https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/) and click on "Details" to get the hashes.
+
+
+### Key
+
+
+The Linux AppImage and the source tarballs are signed. You can retrieve the public key [here](https://files.kde.org/krita/dmitry_kazakov.gpg). The signatures are [here](https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.3/) (filenames ending in .sig).
diff --git a/data/releases.yaml b/data/releases.yaml
index 0142b6a0..6bace24e 100644
--- a/data/releases.yaml
+++ b/data/releases.yaml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 # Note: there are other links on the download page, but they don't change very often
 # See the layouts > download > single to see HTML and you can manually swap it out on the template
 latest:
-  version: 5.3.2.1
-  date: 2026-06-02
+  version: 5.3.3
+  date: 2026-07-23
   release_notes_url_part: krita-5-3-release-notes # this is what the the page looks like in the URL, not the title
-  windows_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.2.1/krita-x64-5.3.2.1-setup.exe
-  windows_portable_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.2.1/krita-x64-5.3.2.1.zip
-  mac_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.2.1/krita-5.3.2.1-signed.dmg
-  appimage_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.2.1/krita-5.3.2.1-x86_64.AppImage
+  windows_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-x64-5.3.3-setup.exe
+  windows_portable_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-x64-5.3.3.zip
+  mac_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-5.3.3-signed.dmg
+  appimage_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/krita-5.3.3-x86_64.AppImage
   tarball_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/6.0.2.1/krita-6.0.2.1.tar.gz
-  gpg_signature_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.2.1/
-  android_apk_builds_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.2.1/
+  gpg_signature_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/
+  android_apk_builds_url: https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/5.3.3/