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Autosave! Earlier versions had it, why not 2023? It's crazy.

Not only should it be a no-brainer, but Painter is prone to crashing...at least for me on Mac OS Ventura 13. If you don't remember to regularly save manually, you can lose hours-worth of work.
Guest over 3 years ago in New feature or functionality 0

Tool Palette/Text Size

I'm filing this as "Quality" because it's a Quality of User Experience issue. For those of us with aging or deteriorating eyesight, or for those of us using screens that are modern-size (my Apple Studio Display is 5120x2880), the current tools app...
Guest 10 months ago in Quality 0

Open .psb format

Ps introduced the new format .psb and only CSP seems to be able to open
paolo d'altan over 2 years ago in New feature or functionality 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 almost 2 years ago in New feature or functionality 0

Add color swatches to custom palettes

Custom Palettes are very useful to add brushes, painter commands, papers, Flow maps, even dabs, so you know how you created the image. But it would be helpful to add color swatches as well, because you can save the palette and remember the exact c...
Raquel Bigby over 3 years ago in New feature or functionality 0

Make Text Layer from PS remain functional

Title says it all. If layer styles are added in PS then one goes back to Painter we get an error message about unsupported effects or layers.
Deborah Kolesar almost 4 years ago in New feature or functionality 0

Make a Painter Essentials for Android

I think it would be great if Painter Essentials were made for Android phones. That way people with drawing/painting tablets can take the tablets anywhere and still be able to use Painter Essentials.
Guest about 2 years ago in New feature or functionality 0

Allow Opacity adjustment by Up/Down Key Combination

Currently, I am unable to adjust opacity of layers or strokes with my WACOM Intuos without specifying a keypress for each Opacity Value (0-9). In addition (or replacing) current Opacity control of a keyboard number, I propose an Opacity Up and Dow...
Scott Ott about 3 years ago in New feature or functionality 0

Brush optimization tool stopped working

On a new laptop with hybrid graphic solution (Asus Proart PX13) evaluation of Painter 2023 stopped working correctly. After startup, the GPU acceleration options would not show as accessible in the preferences window, as if no GPU was present in t...
Guest about 1 year ago in Crashes 0

Linux version

Please provide a Linux version of Painter.
Guest about 1 year ago in New feature or functionality 0