I'm impressed how new Krita open Photoshop files, well done masters! After so many of years we finally have replacement for PS and thank you so much for that! One of big reasons why I didn't used Linux. Layer styles are the best thing also! New layer docker is like a dream.

But when I am trying to open some of photoshop files with clipping mask on some layers, Krita do nothing about them. I don't know about others but I think this is really useful thing and it will enable us to open PS files better. We can use a lot of PS stuff like web templates.

We haven't figured out how to load clipping masks yet, as we need to reverse engineer PSD support and PSDs look like the odd number/letter effect from the film The Matrix inside.

In Krita itself we use Inherit Alpha instead of clipping masks, and have a ctrl+shift+g hotkey for making quick clipping groups.

Generally, I would not recommend thinking of Krita as a replacement for Photoshop in any non-illustrative fields. We explicitly develop Krita to be a painting application, and will prioritise for painting features.

In Krita itself we use Inherit Alpha instead of clipping masks, and have a ctrl+shift+g hotkey for making quick clipping groups.

This is not simple as in PS

Generally, I would not recommend thinking of Krita as a replacement for Photoshop in any non-illustrative fields. We explicitly develop Krita to be a painting application, and will prioritise for painting features.

Why not be better then PS. One app for painting and non-illustrative field. Krita is not far from this. That is the reason. Gimp is going in wrong way and they will need 40 years for next release.

I'm not sure you realize the main difference between the photoshop project and the Krita project. The photoshop project has 120 full-time people working on it, Krita 1, plus a bunch of really gifted volunteers. Asking us to clone photoshop is equivalent to asking us to

a) stop making Krita unique
b) keep trailing behind photoshop

That would take all interest out of developing Krita and it would be ultimately futile and purposeless, because with 1% of man power you cannot do 100% of the work. We can do other stuff, though, things that make Krita unique and uniquely useful for our audience: painters, illustrators, comic book and matte artists.

You'll never be able to translate your workflow 100% from photoshop to Krita; Krita is different. As a user, you will have to accept that.

I'm not sure you realize the main difference between the photoshop project and the Krita project. The photoshop project has 120 full-time people working on it, Krita 1, plus a bunch of really gifted volunteers. Asking us to clone photoshop is equivalent to asking us to

a) stop making Krita unique
b) keep trailing behind photoshop

I know but I just think if we can open PS files 90% why not to 100%? I like that Krita have own ways for doing some similar things. And Krita should be unique I just mean some really really good things like clipping masks and smart layers to open in Krita. We don't need anything else like PS. Just these two things.

We can do other stuff, though, things that make Krita unique and uniquely useful for our audience: painters, illustrators, comic book and matte artists.

This is the right thing!

"I know but I just think if we can open PS files 90% why not to 100%?"

Well, in the first place, we're not even close to 100%, in the second place because Adobe hasn't documented, or documented wrongly a lot of things in a PSD file, in the third place because translating between the internal application model that PSD exposes and Krita's internal application model is really hard and sometimes impossible and finally... Have you seen the PSD spec? As a file format it's bad enough that it makes grown-ups cry and have nightmares.

cvarkov wrote:I'm impressed how new Krita open Photoshop files, well done masters! After so many of years we finally have replacement for PS and thank you so much for that! One of big reasons why I didn't used Linux. Layer styles are the best thing also! New layer docker is like a dream.

But when I am trying to open some of photoshop files with clipping mask on some layers, Krita do nothing about them. I don't know about others but I think this is really useful thing and it will enable us to open PS files better. We can use a lot of PS stuff like web templates.

I agree. I am totally dependent on Clipping Mask / Clipping Layer function. It is in Photoshop, Affinity Photo and Designer, Clip Studio and a bunch of other illustration and painting software. All compatible with the Photoshop standard. Krita is not.

I can not go from one of those programs, where I have used Clippings, without ruining them in Krita. And the other way around.

I like Krita 4 very much and would probably use it as my favourite program if it wasn't for the Clipping Mask issue.

Henry

cvarkov wrote:Why not be better then PS. One app for painting and non-illustrative field. Krita is not far from this. That is the reason. Gimp is going in wrong way and they will need 40 years for next release.

Um, GIMP has improved considerably in their development, and I have to say, as someone that loathes GIMP with a passion can see that. But, of course, GIMP has some serious shortcomings that stops it from being adopted by many. Now on to topic.

Clipping mask isn't a bad idea, it would reduce the need to go into Destination In blending mode or inherit Alpha. Basically it improves Krita. But, this is one of those things that needs to be coded in as Krita doesn't have it yet.

Bumping this thread to give a unofficial news

Now, that I'm learning more of Krita code, I will be attempting to do clipping mask. I have more confidence in using C++. It will not be started soon, but I have plans for doing it in the future.

I support a simpler way to do clipping masks. Hope your project goes well.