

I well understand that Adobe has gotten way too crazy with their bells and whistles. Most Painter users probably do not care about the program’s limited vector-based capabilities, but some of us do! With Painter’s limited bezier/Boolean capabilities, it’d be nice to do be able to still be able to import Beziers as you once were able to do. ai, but why can you no longer IMPORT vector-based shaped from a BASIC, stripped down. Painter once had amazing vector-based compatibility features (Paths from Illustrator, and shape layers from PhotoShop) - You can still EXPORT paths to. Why has this been way buried in the ‘Navigate’ panel? Couldn’t this (once prominent) option be added to the contextual menu of related lasso and marquee selection tools? In legacy versions, there was an icon that allowed you to paint within a marching ant selection, or outside of that selection. Just wondering why it was omitted from later releases?ĥ. I’d imagine that not many knew or cared about this feature, but I loved it. rif file (like you’re able to do in PhotoShop). In previous versions of Painter, you were able to save and load channel selections from one open. I suspect that this has something to do with layer pixels that extend beyond the canvas/image size area, but I still get this sometimes screwy behavior even when I crop the imageĤ. Often times when I try to fill a layer mask from a channel selection, the fill doesn’t register with the marching ants that denote the designated fill area. Why do you have to commit or delete a layer mask before implementing a transformation?ģ. Why can’t you link/unlink a layer from it’s layer mask as you can in PhotoShop?Ģ. Shortcomings with layer masking and channel selections:ġ. Layer locking and alpha locking have been a feature since the get-go, so why not layer position locking?ī. When you continue to draw/paint before noticing these layer position shifts, things get sloppy and hard to repair. Working with many brushes that use paper textures, it sucks when I inadvertently nudge a layer, and my paper grains get out of whack. Layer position locking - PhotoShop and ArtStudio Pro (an iPad app) have a layer lock feature that allows you to paint on a layer, but lock it into position.
Artstudio pro lock brush to path upgrade#
Layer Functionality - Despite Painter 2020 layer improvements, there are still a few things that I understand are missing (I’ve yet to upgrade from 2019):Ī. If I’ve caught the attention of any of you Corel folks in development, and you can get through this rant, thank you in advance for acknowledging this wish list. What I’m getting at is: As a Painter user since Painter4, I will always be a devout Painter user.īUT!!! I’m noting new Painter releases as focusing solely on funky new brushes and little else? While audio brushes,particle brushes, flame brushes, and brushes that crank out instant fur, seaweed, dreadlocks, etcetera, are all just fine for those who want them, WHAT ABOUT CORE FUNCTIONALITY? Of all digital draw/paint programs, Corel Painter is my first love.
