How could I paint a selection area in Krita? In Photoshop it’s called Quick Mask. I’m pretty sure there is a similar feature in Krita, but I forgot how to activate it. And the Krita document site is down now so I can’t search for it. I think it has something to do with “Global selection mask”, but …

If there is no Global Selection and you enable the Show Global Selection Mask option then a black Global Selection Mask is created. If Show Global Selection is already enabled and there is no selection, you can toggle the Show Global Selection Mask option to create a black Global Selection Mask.

I belive this plugin is what you are looking for: [image] Paint selection (test) Plugins [demo2] Posted a request for this a few days ago, and then realised that, it’s not a good idea to modify selection mask. I make this plugin to use a paint layer for selection. It wor…

I usually do like this: Create a selection on the canvas with any selection tool; Press the “Q” key on the keyboard: whatever is out of the selection will be red; Take a brush. By painting with white, you add to the selection; painting with black you subtract; When finished, press the Q key again…

It seems to be the answer. After assigning a shortcut to “Show Global Selection Mask”, it works pretty much the same as in PS.

How to paint selection area (a.k.a. quick mask mode)

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Michelist June 11, 2022, 12:08pm 2

I belive this plugin is what you are looking for:

Maybe I’m wrong, but hope that not.

Michelist