"Liquify" tool shortcut

[onde_hurlante]

For a faster use (concept art) it would be nice to be able to assign the “Liquify” tool to a keyboard shortcut.

[EyeOdin]

I totally agree with this I even suggested it a while back. I am happy more people think the same. And it would be pretty easy to do too.

Transform shortcuts

You know when press Ctrl+T to activate transform and then you have to go to the options to do the transform method you want? How about having shortcut entries for each transform method ? And still you would be able to swap after as normal. The objective would be if I have preference for one or two methods I would not need to use the options docker to swap out into it and I could just hit the shortcut to activate it. I imagine this would speed up workflows related to photobashing as you insert…

[SchrodingerCat]

I’ve actually been thinking about this, wouldn’t it be better to make the Liquify tool a separate tool?

[LunarKreatures]

why you think that? i cant really see any advantage in it being a separate tool. i think it could confuse people cause you can use liquify on a transform mask, it being a separate tool people might think it doesn’t work with it.

[SchrodingerCat]

Well, I see it that way because there are people who mostly spend more time liquefying than transforming.

Maybe it’s also because I spent a lot of time using Gimp, so I got used to it being a separate tool.

[LunarKreatures]

i see, i almost never use the liquify mode. though i still dont see what advantage it would bring, having a shortcut wouldn’t be enough in this case?

[EyeOdin]

I actually use Warp more than any other. and being a different tools I don’t think it is a good idea.

it is just a shortcut to trigger what the button already does. This should be something extremely easy to do.

[SchrodingerCat]

@LunarKreatures

ya veo, casi nunca uso el modo licuar. aunque todavía no veo qué ventaja traería, ¿tener un atajo no sería suficiente en este caso?

@EyeOdin

De hecho, uso Warp más que cualquier otro. y al ser una herramienta diferente no creo que sea una buena idea.

es solo un atajo para activar lo que ya hace el botón. Esto debería ser algo extremadamente fácil de hacer.

Well, the shortcut thing I think would fix the problem, I said it to make it faster to access, but it’s still something that crossed my mind

[onde_hurlante]

This script version seems to work, run with Ten Script. If not, have a look at the script of Aleksej_Andreev

from krita import *

class ActivateLiquify(Extension):
    def __init__(self, parent):
        super().__init__(parent)

    def setup(self):
        action = self.createStandardAction("activate_liquify", "Activate Liquify", None, "tools/scripts")
        action.triggered.connect(self.activate_liquify)

    def activate_liquify(self):
        liquify_tool = Krita.instance().action("liquify")
        liquify_tool.trigger()

app = Krita.instance()
plugin = ActivateLiquify(None)
app.addExtension(plugin)

[swifterik]

Not sure how to use the script above, but AkiR’s version works great. Just run as a Ten Script. No crashing on this one either.

from krita import (
        Krita,)
        
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
        QApplication,
        QDockWidget,
        QToolButton)


def call_liquify():
    app = Krita.instance()
    qwin = app.activeWindow().qwindow()
    KisToolTransform = app.action("KisToolTransform")
    KisToolTransform.trigger()
    # give krita some time to process tool change...
    QApplication.processEvents()
    # now, KisToolTransform should be fully initilized.
    liquifyButton = qwin.findChild(QToolButton, "liquifyButton")
    liquifyButton.click()


call_liquify()

[ocataco]

I prefer breaking up the transform tool into several individual tools, just like the select tools

[Kookie]

Individual shortcuts for warp, distort, liquify and transform would save so much time while painting.

[Kumii]

You can do that using this plugin

Shortcut Composer v1.5.4 - Plugin for Pie menus, Multiple key assignment, Mouse trackers and more!

For distort… I don’t remember Krita having distort