I think a resource library would be a good request 
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just double checked, transparencies work on both. to display and paste them in.
However Krita changed something somewhere⌠I swear it is like fighting krita sometimes to keep things updated 
Today,I have installed the latest version of imagine board for the first time âŚ
and the transparency problem is solved !
Now it is showing transparent png and can place it on layers.
Though in future update,if you can add some extra icon buttons in docker for functions,it can help to work a little faster.
but thatâs not a serious request,just a wishâŚso just ignore if it is not possible 
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Letâs see if I can manage working in this manner,till image saving option from canvas gets added in plug ins made for krita .
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Strange fact I did alot of work for the photobash version 2, so I have an idea of what photobash should be doing. So I find it odd working on one and not the other. On my end both work.
Imagine board exists just because it is not geared for the same use case anymore but at the time some fans of photobash were afraid of some of my ideas. I did the KeyEnter plugin to by pass it but the way file checking works was just not possible in the long run to manage both.
You should probably warn the creator of photobash about the inconsistency. Something might have happen.
The weird thing for me is that I have the krita shipped Photobash and a beta version Photobash that i made for the creator and krita does some funky stuff with the repeated name so I never really know at times.
I have tried to make a canvas exporter on imagine board before acctually but it did not work too good at the time. And there is already an advanced exporter so donno what I would be doing different.
Sorry,forgot to update.
I have uninstalled the existing photobash plug-in and then installed the latest 2.1 version.
Now transparent png files are showing properly and I can place them easily on canvas by just clicking on the images.
Imagine board is also a very productive option,but here I am missing the easy image placing option from docker to canvas. Here I have to first RMB click,then select the required function from the list.
Thatâs why I asked if those functions can be added as separate buttons in lower part as an extra option. Like we can add paint layer from top menu bar and we also can select new paint layer from layer docker by just clicking the + button.
If Krita had advanced action creation function available,then we could avoid the canvas exporter requirement easily.I generally donât miss Photoshop , but I really miss itâs easy and powerful action making options whenever I am using any other art software.
Probably right now there is no easy and free action making plug in available for krita. even if there is,then it will still need some coding knowledge to execute that !
When some easy custom action making options will be available in future,we can easily export canvas to a desired path everytime and access it via plug ins like photobash or imagine board.
Maybe that can be decent way to progress towards getting a great asset library in future.
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I am glad it works then.
If you want click and insert you will have to use Photobash. Imagine is more meant to just display it. That is like a key difference between them and what makes the interaction layout change.
Photoshop actions and Krita actions kinda do the same but have different ways to do it. In Krita you need to at least understand a bit of python coding (which is very easy) to know what your choosing. There is a plugin to do that I believe but not free.
As for saving from canvas I did a settings tab yesterday with a button for canvas exporting but still looks like exporting from krita is easier it just bypasses the extra questions after setup. I see no reason really why to use it over the other options.
Actually here I was looking for very limited options for saving.
Which is transparent or non transparent pngs only,based on if canvas bg is active or hidden.
But this can be a quite time taking process,even if I assign a custom shortcut for âexportâ or âexport advancedâ.
Then I still have to manually select png from the drop down list and then select alpha option.
So doing that same thing for each asset,big or small,can become a tiring work.
In MBP ,the material docker saving option is restricted to Transparent or non transparent pngs only and I donât have to use the default saving process and steps for saving those custom assets.
The moment I click the small save button on docker,it automatically saves the selected canvas layer as Transparent or non transparent pngs,based on the active or hidden bg.
It is more like some kind of in bult command I guessâŚbut as I am quite an idiot about these technical parts,so I should better not comment on this 
! One thing for sure,it really helps to save more time and energy !!
But thanks for all the help.
Letâs not cry over what we donât have right now and focus more on what we can do with whatever available .
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That is why you should learn how to code. Custom solutions are only for custom use cases.
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I can understand.
But not all of us enjoy or comfortable with coding.
So I would rather wait till Krita team share an advanced action system in future.
Till then I will try to cope up by using multiple free sfotwares ( obviously including Krita !) to meet my needs 
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Before this I was not much aware of the the task set docker in krita.
I will check out if it can be helpful.
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I think I may have found a temporary solution for my current requirement.
The task set docker is providing me a better custom saving option for now.
and I can access and place the custom assets on canvas layers via photobash or imagine board.
Personally I liked the ease of click function of photobash,but somehow it is giving me mixed result with updating /refreshing rate of resource folder.
I mean ,I have assigned the same custom resource folder path to photobash and imagine board.
After that I am saving my custom images into that same resource folder via task set docker.
While imagine board is updating all the saved images in real time,photobash is not always updating the new images.
The result and observation is purely based on transparent pngs,which are created with krita only.
I will need to test more to reach any conclusion.
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I only discovered how to autoupdate later after Imagine already was a thing already. But yeahâŚ
you can force a empty string search to create a update on Photobash.
The cool thing about imagine board is that you can batch rename all files later.
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Oh ! I was not aware about the batch rename option.
Thanks for the update .
Probably very stupid questionâŚ
I was just checking out other functions in Imagine board and loved the way function : insert reference worked !
Is it somehow possible to replicate this particular image reference behaviour inside a raster layer in Krita and I can move assets with great flexibility ?!
Generally I have experienced that ref images canât be exported as part of canvas.
But still I am taking a wild shot,because this is exactly how assets work on a MBP layer (except moving front or back option).
So if somehow this behaviour can be implemented inside a krita layer,it can even become a superior asset library than MBP.
but just ignore if it sounds stupid,because as I said before,I have very little knowledge about these technical parts !
Krita is broken so no can do. And of course people at large donât care about scripting bugs. API bugs destroys plugins across the board but people just report to the plugin creators as per usual. That does ânothingâ. And then the plugin creators are just a few sooo not a POPULAR bug to go fix.
Both Photobash and Imagine board insert images as layers, but it is impossible now because it is a spoiled command currently.
The alternative to this now is to use the method that by passes the direct API and use ALT+LMB drag and drop.
OkayâŚso I guess we need to wait .
âŚand I need to keep using multiple softwares till it happens !
Thanks for the help and sharing the tips.
I made an initial prototype for the quick export but it is just not easy to place it handy. is this cool though?
actions settings
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Looks interesting !
I can understand that currently it is just a basic prototype for experimentation.
But can it be accessed from the docker via some button in future ?
no. my limit is 2 mode icon buttons. it would have to be somewhere else. there are functions that are more important for each mode.
Okay.
I was looking for a way to avail both options ( saving image from canvas and placing image on canvas ) by using a single docker via button / mouse click only.
So for now I have to place the imagine board and task set docker closeby .
Then try to achieve my goal to some extent by combined use of both dockers.
Though task set docker feels like a very crude and limited option,but right now have to cope with that.