Krita’s overview dock update very infrequently and I could not find options to change the refresh rate. In the meantime, Krita seems perfect capable of generating realtime thumbnail preview if I manually create two views via “window” → “New view” and show them side by side.
I wonder is there any way I can dock a smaller view window to the side panel. Or save the configuration (one main view and a small view) as a workspace so that I do not need to manually repeat the setup every time I open a new document to paint.
Thanks very much for the reply! It’s great to hear that the “overview” refresh rate is being fixed in the upcoming version. I will try out the beta.
Regarding the “subwindow” solution. Thanks for the instructions. It has worked well for me. Though having to go through the steps to manually set it up every time is a bit inconvenient. Maybe there are some macro / scripting option to achieve those steps and resize the two windows in one click. But hope the updated “overview” works well, then this will not be needed.
You can probably do that in Krita with the session feature. You can find it via ‘‘Settings’’ >> ‘‘Configure Krita’’ >> ‘‘General’’ in the tab ‘‘Miscellaneous’’. By checking the “Save session when Krita closes” checkbox, Krita will save the current session when it closes, and the next time you start it, you will be offered to restore the session. So you should be able to restore everything, unfortunately I can’t test it right now, just give it a try, with some luck both sub-windows will be restored. Do this only with files of which you definitely have a backup copy, to avoid data loss. You might also look up this function in the manual.
It adds some logic to subwindows, so that you can create a fake “split view”, makes sure they all stay within the canvas, gives a keyboard shortcut for opening overview, and more.
@Deevad Quick question, does the refresh rate improve noticeably for you after the bug fix? I installed the latest Krita 5.1.0 RC1, but the delay for the “overview” panel is still like 2~3 seconds. I’m wondering if it’s just me.
Looking at the fix, it seems that a hard-coded constant was replaced with the actual parameter. But their values before and after are not that different (200ms vs 150ms).
Thank Michelist for the suggestion. If it works, it might come handy when I continue to work on the same document the next time. But somehow it’s not working for me. I’ve turned on “save session” and “load previous session” when kirta starts. But nothing happens when I restart krita. I did not dig too much into this because I’m constantly creating new documents and sketches to work with.
Thanks, @wojtryb ! Your plugin definitely makes managing subwindows easier. I’m trying to use the “Open Overview” feature but having some issue. I’m moving to your plugin post to ask questions.
Yes, the overview now on my side just catches up with what’s on canvas right after the document is not buzy. So, anytime I lift off stylus to check the docker, the changes appear quickly. I use it all the time to check a thumbnail version of what I’m painting.
