Separate Brush/Eraser
Makes Krita treat the brush and eraser as if they’re separate tools. The brush and eraser keep track of presets, size, opacity, flow, etc separately. All added functions can be found under
Tools > Separate Brush and Eraser in the shortcuts menu.
Activate Eraser: Turns the eraser on for the current tool and switches over to the current eraser presetDeactivate Eraser: Turns the eraser off for the current tool and switches over to the current brush presetToggle Eraser: Toggles the eraser for the current tool without switching brush presets (default krita behavior)Switch to Brush: Switches to the freehand brush tool in brush mode and activates the current brush presetSwitch to Eraser: Switches to the freehand brush tool in erase mode and activates the current eraser preset
I’d suggest binding hotkeys to Switch to Brush / Switch to Eraser, they most closely mimic the behavior of other painting programs.
If you click the eraser in the top bar, the eraser will toggle on/off for the current tool without changing presets (ie. what Krita does by default). This is useful if you find yourself wanting to swap your current brush into erase mode in the normal Krita way.
If you switch from the brush tool to another tool the eraser will automatically be deactivated unless you’re holding shift (this allows you to use the Photoshop-compatible shift-click for straight line shortcut).
Download it here! https://github.com/ollyisonit/krita-separate-brush-eraser
If this implementation isn’t to your taste but you still want a separate eraser tool, check out the PET (Plugin as Eraser Tool) plugin. It provides similar functionality but focuses more on splitting brushes into separate brush/eraser categories.
https://krita-artists.org/t/proof-of-concept-plugin-as-eraser-tool-pet/48233
If you run into problems, I’d appreciate if you submitted them to the issues page on GitHub. It’s much easier for me to track things that way.
