Yes, I understood that you were talking about the LA tool in the RHS palette and the “selection part” as an overlay on the far left of the preview area, which requires walking over the entire image rather than having it nearby.
While this is the case with all LA tools, with the “AI Autosense area” (the first selection/default) you get an somewhat “instant” mask preview that you can click to activate. The way it is implemented makes it behave similarly to the other LA tools … you select a tool and apply the selection to the image. – But for the “AI Custom Selection” or “AI Preset List” it’s like selecting a submenu.
The trouble with the latter, while going over the image to the LHS you are presented that “instant” mask preview from the default “AI Autosense area” and also when to activate the mask view / toggle between color and B&W mask.
Hmmmm! the ‘M’ key to toggle the mask(s) on/off does not work for me, even if I leave the cursor over the preview image area.
I should have noted: It fits all other LA tools, e.g. the control point,
however e.g. for the AI mask “Sky” the cross hair / cursor
must be outside of the image itself.
I don’t like this behavior at all. It looks random, not a constant UI.
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Anyway, the default “AI Autosense area” seems to be the preferred one.
The “AI Custom Selection” limits the search, whereas when selecting from the “AI Preset List” the entire image must be scanned.
