having to change the color of the brush to white.having to turn it on, as i never have it on.The problems with the global selection mask to me are: no need to paint on an specific layer or mask.not needing to change the color of the brush.To me the 2 biggest differences between the this request and the global selection mask are: I’m still not entirely sure I understand how this is all that different from the global selection mask Just like how you draw a rectangle selection by clicking and dragging on canvas you choose this selection brush and paint and it will create a selection for you. From what I imagine this doesn’t need to be the case in the tool. Note: in the plugin video a layer gets created for painting the stroke. Draw on the canvas to get an immediate selection out of the alpha of the stroke you painted.Come back to the original layer you were working on.Enable global selection mask to be shown.It doesn’t take extra steps to select the global mask layer, then invert it and then paint it and then invert it again and select your original layer back. Of course you can draw a rectangle on global selection mask too. it is like rectangle selection tool, where you draw a rectangle and a selection appears. This feature request or request for a selection tool is for making a selection using the alpha of your painted strokes. From what I understand, both have their place.