Discrete Masks for Layers
Posted: 20 Mar 2013, 12:09
The stencil system is good for "temporary" masking -- if I want to fill or draw inside/outside the masked area, and then shut the stencil off. But this is not as strong as having layer masks which are permanently applied to a layer or group! Including, allowing one layer's clipping mark to apply to some layer you choose, but not all of them.
If I'm coloring a character, I may want to separate out the clipping masks of each part, and then do multiple layers for each masked part. In TVPaint, this requires me to turn the stencil on and off, and switch which layer is acting as the stencil every time I move from part to part. In most other image software, you mask off a layer and then group additional layers with it, so they all inherit the underlying layer's mask. When you choose another layer, that layer's mask automatically goes along with it. You don't need to select it.
If I'm coloring a character, I may want to separate out the clipping masks of each part, and then do multiple layers for each masked part. In TVPaint, this requires me to turn the stencil on and off, and switch which layer is acting as the stencil every time I move from part to part. In most other image software, you mask off a layer and then group additional layers with it, so they all inherit the underlying layer's mask. When you choose another layer, that layer's mask automatically goes along with it. You don't need to select it.