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+1. Plus a prominent "save" button somewhere in the bottom left, not buried deep in the menu under the "default". Especially considered frequent program crushes.

A choice is great. Customization is superior. AP is an app loaded with features, most of which some user would never use. Being able to customize the UI would be very welcome.

It took me some time to find it in the command menu. Still, there is no layer alpha lock. Have to use individual brush alpha feature.

Maybe because iPad is less powerful than Mac, the instant calculation feels very annoying, especially in selection enhancement tool. Every time you take your pencil off the surface, it starts calculating the new mask, regardless whether you finished or not. Letting user finish mask edge refinement then press "OK" button on the bottom would be very desirable.

Some people can paint and play piano at the same time. Unfortunately, I'm not one of them. In order to tap, I have to stop doing what I'm doing. This is no different from pressing a button (or in the mobile world touching and holding one). And to figure out whether I have to tap once or twice requires even more attention from the user. Sorry, it this sounds anal retentive, - been UX designer for too long.

+1. People use AP for many different purposes. Painters don't need too many photo tools, photographers don't paint. I use to switch between opaque, transparent (color mixing), clone, dodge, burn and sponge brushes ALL the time. Having to press and hold to get one is a major drаg. Not having only a few customized tools and a color mixing palette is too.

No, please no three finger actions! When you paint with your right hand you can't really fully control how many fingers touch the surface for sure. Finger taps are the most insanely inaccurate and non-intuitive gestures. Holding the ALT button with left thumb to change the brush to the eyedropper would be ideal flow. Press and hold can only be made with another hand, not pencil since it takes pencil press as a pressure. If finger rejection os on, it wouldn't work either. BTW. Astropad does have the ALT button.

I know. And that's the problem: sometimes system takes the first tap as a single tap and opens the popover. The second tap acts as an action on the menu. I've deleted an artwork i worked for almost an hour like this because the second tap happened to hit the delete it. And for some reason, the undo didn't work. Finger taps can only be supplemental to icon clicks on any mobile interface, not the only ways. Besides, double tap returns to the previous state, not the full-screen unrotated view. BTW. Any permanent deletion should be prompted. This is the ABC of any UX

Two finger tapping sometimes toggle the view, sometimes brings in menu "cut", "delete", etc. This is a big hassle. Viewing the whole thing is VERY important and is used all the time. A very prominent "100%" (unrotated) icon somewhere under the left thumb is needed.

It's there in the new version!!!

Just add the rotation lock check box.

There are good reasons why one wants to rotate canvas (artwork) instead of rotating the iPad itself: Not everybody works with iPad on his lap. Having it firm on the stand is like having a canvas on an easel. iPad is not a piece of paper. It's rather your drafting table with all the tools. While one would want to have the art at an angle for better strokes, rotating tools and menus is not useful at all. Two finger canvas rotation is absolutely ubiquitous and conventional feature on many apps selling for 1/10 of the Photo app. In short, having to make 4 gestures to rotate the art every time you need it is a deal breaker for ANY serious artist. Try to paint on Affinity Photo vs. ArtStudio or Procreate for example and you'll understand why. There is a good reason why iPad+pencil+painting program beats desktop+Cintiq combo every possible way. And not just the price tag difference (although it's staggering). Notice how PS artists constantly horizontally flip the canvas? That's their ONLY solution. Would they do it, if they could rotate the canvas? In short, painting is a two-handed job. One holds the pencil, another switch, control and adjust. That's why controls have to be on the left (or right for lefties). If there are too many and they don't fit the left and bottom toolboxes, there could be a big, under the thumb show/hide control button like in PaintStorm or Astropad.

This is, probably, too much to ask for a program, that's 90% there. Painting is vastly different from photo manipulation. Combining both in one program is great, but while one paints, he doesn't usually need other non-related features and tools, But he needs all of the necessary tools right there, literally at the left finger tip. With this in mind, it'd be good to have a "painting persona" added to the top personas. Things nice to have in the toolbox (left menu): Marquee tool to move, re-size, rotate distort (drag corner anchors) Selection tools (I know, we have a whole sophisticated selection persona, but there needs to be some way to select a part of an image right there): rectangle, lasso quick selection brush magic wand Paint brushes: opaque (oil) transparent (watercolor) Retouch brushes dodge burn sponge (saturate/desaturate) blur sharpen Liquify brush (could be few) Eraser (+ erase to history) Show/hide mixing palette Show/hide reference image (see how ArtRage does it) Fav. brushes (your saved custom brushes). Choosing one automatically switch to the brush type it was assigned to (dodge for example). More - expose other custom brushes by moving all tools up. Bottom controls (sliders and switches). They have to be available without extra clicking and going to a submenus. This is like asking an artist to go to another room to pick another brush from the box every time he needs one. There is enough room horizontally. Brush size Brush opacity Flow Brush hardness Wet paint on/off Finger rejection on/off (optional, can be part of preferences) Show 100% Hide/show controls (full screen) This would make your app a dream for artists too, not just photographers!

Also nice to have. If I specify my brush to work for a specific brush tool, say, mixing colors or dodge, then when I choose it from the brush menu, I'd like to be automatically switched to that tool.

Yes, pleeeeeese! Two finger rotation should be available with any tool.

+1. It's called finger and palm rejection. Absolute must have for anybody using a pencil. This way we can use both hands all the time.

It'd be great to be able to have some fav. brushes instantly available in the left tool panel.