Bug 390407

Summary:	Automatic selections - from previous selections saved as masks
Product:	[Applications] krita	Reporter:	Jo <jo.y.venn>
Component:	Usability	Assignee:	Krita Bugs <krita-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	ghevan, tamtamy.tymona
Priority:	NOR
Version:	3.3.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	macOS (DMG)
OS:	macOS
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Jo 2018-02-13 21:16:56 UTC

Environment paintings needs selections like foreground, middle ground, back ground and minor selections. To control easier this divisions, automatic selections could be handy. E.g:

1-Define fg, mg, bg ideally with 3 selections. 
2-Put each of these layer masks in a group 
3-depending where we paint, krita switches automatically to the right selection which we defined previously. Fg, Mg, Bg cannot share the same area else things don't work.

Comment 1 Tiar 2020-04-02 16:08:30 UTC

Hmm, alright, that needs:
- discussions
- behavioral mockups (how exactly it behaves, how to turn it on and off, how to define those selections, how to show it in the layer stack or in other place), maybe even GUI mockups

Comment 2 vanyossi 2020-04-02 19:30:00 UTC

Does Layers + masks + (Kayboard shortcut)[R] to change to layer under paint not achieve the same result, or similar?

For what I see the only missing step in your workflow is pressing the R shortcut before painting, so long there is paint in the area you are about to paint.