# Thoughts on using Krita for the first time in years **URL:** \ **Category:** Artists Feedback & Testing\ **Created:** [August 28, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/thoughts-on-using-krita-for-the-first-time-in-years/46706 "2022-08-28T08:43:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![LunarKreatures](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/lunarkreatures/32/231342_2.png) [@LunarKreatures](https://krita-artists.org/u/LunarKreatures)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/thoughts-on-using-krita-for-the-first-time-in-years/46706/8 "2022-08-28T13:31:24Z")
> [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Brush docker with closeable categories listed underneath eachother I kinda want to know what you mean by this cause i am kinda lost. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Brush docker with closeable categories listed underneath eachother Is this related to your request above? So instead of tags being a drop down menu you want all them in a list? The issue i see with this is when you have many brushes like my all category must be over 200 brushes so far. If tags were shown in a list i don’t think this would be practical and would have a lot of visual noise. The way tags work there would be also a lot of repetition on the brushes shown if you tag the same brush with more than one tag. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Texture: Is is possible to have a texture global override brushes’s individually set textures, so as to match a ‘canvas’ so to speak? Not sure if it’s what you want but you can lock brush parameters with the lock in the brush editor and they become goal parameters that are used in all brushes the video in the krita YouTube channel on the newest pencil brushes explains how to do that. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Default brushes don’t show the power in the brush engines. New users needs to wade through multiple bundles to find the good stuff! A small selection of up-to-date quality brushes would be nice. What kind of brushes you think are missing? What problems do you see with the current selection? Maybe it’s also good to explain what type of artwork you do. Cause i see many artists saying they don’t need anything other than the default brushes so would be good to know if it’s a need due to a different type of art. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > So many colour selector dockers! Like it was mentioned before that’s not really an issue. It’s more options to accommodate many workflows you use the one you are more comfortable with. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Fade last stroke > I often make a textured stroke and want to tweak the opacity afterwards to see the result on canvas I am having trouble understanding this can you give a visual example. Cause i am not sure how this is supposed to work. i think this could be possible doing a stroke on a separate layer and then merging it. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Toggle in upper Toolbar to have Smudge brush (and clone etc?) use Active layer, All layers, or All below active layer You may want to check a plugin called [compact brush](https://krita-artists.org/t/compact-brush-toggler/33798) but i agree that having these options in easy places in a native form is a good idea. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > I do wonder if I’m going crazy, but on some of the RGBA brushes (which are nice!) there are obvious artifacts of the repeated alpha stamp’s edges, which entirely ruin the effect for me. I’ve seen nobody bring this up, but it’s so obvious! I have seen this issue when i have both rgba and rgba wet bundles enabled i had to do some edits to the brush tip but don’t remember what now when i can check i will update this > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Texture per stroke This would be nice > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Mapping mousebuttons to other features > Reset rotation, toggle mirroring, move up/down layers etc Humm unsure if i understood cause technically you can add these in the canvas inputs so i am confused on what you mean. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Mapping multiple tools/actions to one hotkey, cycling through them per press This would be nice too. > [@MichaelKnubben](#): > > Something I know has been mentioned, but I hope me mentioning it again can confirm it’s wanted: Vector layers with freehand painting and pixel-based brushes I think this is a very popular request XD and i agree --- _[View the full topic](https://krita-artists.org/t/thoughts-on-using-krita-for-the-first-time-in-years/46706)._