All ideas

I should be able to do everything I want to interact with the program without clicks or tapping with my digital tablet. To this end, I should be able to assign a keyboard shortcut for every interaction, either a toggle, separate on-off keys, or up...

Ability to warp, transform, distort an image or parts of an image with precision

When I collapse one or more layers with certain merge modes (such as softlight), I sometimes end up with a different result. I'd like to see it fixed so that what I see before collapsing layers is exactly what I get after collapsing layer.

I'd like to see layer masks improved, so I can do things like move or copy them between layers and link or unlink their movement with the parent layer. I'd also like to see improved brush compatibility and be able to apply effects and adjustments ...

Currently transforming a texture takes multiple clicks - one to scale, one to rotate, one to skew. and if you want to flip you have to apply the transform then flip, the restart the transform Very clunky. It would be nice to have one tool which co...

I'd like some way for Painter to remember the recent colors I had selected, and provide them for me near the color wheel.

When I work on one or more documents, I'd like Painter to have some way to manage them, such as showing each one in a tab (like a web browser)

Ability to open multiple images in reference image panel, zoom in and out of reference image, preview in greyscale, ability to rotate.

I'd like a function that allows me to use the transparency of a specific layer to mask other layers in my document.

Would be great to see some improvements to the crop tool - Precise cropping, rotate, show grid for rule of thirds. Pull handles inward to crop or outward to grow the canvas.