Has Anyone Tried This Rotoscoping Workaround?

Krita’s not meant to be for the same purpose that Photoshop is for. That’s what GIMP is about. Krita’s a drawing and painting program with some photo manipulation functionality on the side.

For the rotoscoping/advanced masking functionality that you are looking for, you should check out Natron @bentacular. Natron was discussed before in @MusicalBox’s thread here.