Open as Layer / speed of copy-paste

[Adrian Page]

Warren Baird wrote:
> The work that I do involves a lot of combining multiple photos on 
> different layers --- in the Gimp, I simple open the base file, and then 
> use 'Open as Layer' to open the other images directly as layers on top 
> of the base image.
> 
> In Krita, the best approach I've found is to open the files individually 
> and then copy/paste them onto the base image.   Is there a way to do 
> something like "Open as Layer" in Krita?   Would it be hard to implement?

In addition to using the menus you can drag and drop image files onto 
the canvas and have them inserted as layers.

Adrian