All ideas

add french curves, straight line rulers, and stencils just like real drawing or airbrushing techniques use to create tighter curves instead of shape creation then using nodes to create curve, because then you have to reshade or color plus among ot...

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

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...

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 ...

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

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

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.

Enable RYB mode so that blending two or more colors, results in more natural looking colors. It would be nice to be able to mix Yellow and Blue and get green or Blue and Red for a purple.