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french curves, strighline rulers and stencils

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...
Guest 3 months ago in Content 0

saving to folders

When using Save as painter opens up the last opened folder rather than the folder associated with the file being saved. When using Save as, please could painter open the folder in which file is currently stored.
Andy Catling 6 months ago in New feature or functionality 0

Add a grid to the Reference palette

Many artists will use a gird on their reference as well as on the canvas making it easier to get the right proportions in quickly without cloning.
Raquel Bigby over 2 years ago in Quality 0

Use eyedropper tool outside of program

This is a functionality that Photoshop has. It works like this: - Choose the eyedropper tool - Left click and hold anywhere on the canvas - While still holding, move the eyedropper tool outside of the program and release click over the colour you ...
Roxane Lapa over 2 years ago in New feature or functionality 0

updating painter and brushes

I sent this to support and they said I must post this on this site. I have just upgraded to 2023 but I just feel so sad to see a product that I have used for over 30 years become all about making money from the basic brushes. I am just lucky I sti...
Guest about 2 years ago in Content 1

Fix Dynamic Plugins

Dynamic Plugins have been with Painter for years and have always worked until Painter 2023. Two of the Plugins are no longer working as they should, Tear and burn. They leave a circle on the edge of the image.
Raquel Bigby over 1 year ago in Content 0

Contiguous On/Off Setting for Paintbucket

The purpose of having this setting is to allow a user to change multiple but separate areas of identical flat color throughout the illustration with one click of the Paintbucket. For example, if you have a character who appears in multiple panels ...
Product Operations over 2 years ago in New feature or functionality 1

Quick Fill

Option to fill with a color quickly (and also gradient, pattern, weave, etc) simply by hitting a single key on the keyboard but without the Edit/Fill dialog box opening.
Product Operations over 2 years ago in New feature or functionality 1

Dual Brush

Photoshop has a thing in its brush engine called 'dual brush' where you can use one brush inside another brush. Difficult to explain, but you can see a demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yidS6WRLObw
Roxane Lapa over 1 year ago in New feature or functionality 0

Improve selection tool

a really working and precise magic wand / fastselection tooland color selection, as in PS.
paolo d'altan over 1 year ago in New feature or functionality 0