Updated all my plug panels for Adobe Photoshop

Upgrade your creativity! Massive update of all panels, Full Adobe CC 2023 support

Upgrade your creativity! Massive update of all panels, Full Adobe CC 2023 support

New MagicSquire 6.2 (Organize brushes in colorful groups with tags, now with HUD popup and granular brush controls)
- Photoshop CC 2023 compatibility
- Improvements to Brush Spacing parameter
Upgrade MagicSquire to v6.2

New MixColors 5.1 (Enhance your painting skills with color mixing and color swatch managing)
-Photoshop CC 2023 compatibility
- Fixed a problem with one slider changing mix amount for all new Multimix fields (when long-clicking on a field)
- Fixed a problem when releasing mouse would still mix up colors after a long-click slider popup
- Performance improvements, small UI fixes
Upgrade MixColors to v5.1

New MagicTints 3.2 (1-click AI & Machine Learning granular color matching in Adobe® Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Upgrade here)
- Improved compatibility with Photoshop CC 2023
Upgrade MagicTints to v3.2

New MagicRefs 2.2 (Tag, search and collect images locally. Also Rotate, Resize and Collage):
- Fixed problem with old data when switching from MagicRefs Trial to a MagicRefs full
-Photoshop CC 2023 compatibility
- Performance improvements, small UI fixes
Upgrade MagicRefs to v2.2

New MagicPicker 9.0 with a lot of new features and improvements (Professional color wheel HUD, now with Munsell support)
Upgrade to MagicPicker v9.0

INSTALL WITH NEW Anastasiy’s Extension Manager 4.0 (officially recommended by Adobe)



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Upgraded my popular MagicPicker to version 9! New update brings Color History! Draggable between Sliders.
Enter Values on every slider (including Temperature).
Legendary Munsell Color Wheel! Paste colors to MagicPicker (Like “255,255,10″ or #fff or even “2.5YR 6/6″ or see how ”Persian Rose” looks like). There’s more!! Pin HUD to the same place, Vector Opacity, Slight color changes with Ctrl+Shift. Full CC 2023 support. Even more features, faster UI!

MagicPicker with Munsell Color Wheel in Photoshop, Color History, Sliders

MagicPicker with Munsell Color Wheel in Photoshop, Color History, Sliders

Upgrade MagicPicker with Bonus Discount until November 24th!

NEW IN version 9

* Improved UI performance! New framework update, for blazing fast clicks, drags and other UI actions
* Full support of new Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator 2023, including Keyboard Shortcuts

NEW! Enter values directly in the sliders
New switchable value inputs next to every slider (including Temperature, LCh etc)
Hide/Show with a button
Supports HSB, HSL, Lab, Lch/HCL, CMYK, Color Temperature, Gradient between Foreground/Background (Blend),
CIE L*u*v*, Grayscale, RGB

NEW! Have a constant place for the HUD on the screen. Activated from Settings
“Pin HUD to same place”,
When ON keeps HUD show up at the same place on your screen
When OFF, HUD will show up at the cursor position
Doesn’t let the HUD cover your image

NEW! Munsell Color Wheel - industry standard, with human perceived gamut-limiting in mind
Switch it on using Color Wheel Mode button on the top right
Can display Munsell values on the bottom of wheel
Features extended ranges of Red, Blue and Yellow
Paste munsell data into color wheel (decode) using new Color from Clipboard feature
Supports Red Up mode

NEW! Color History as a slider! Scalable, selectable, scrollable.
Add new Color History using the same “+” button that you use to add sliders
Use Color History with any combination of sliders
Preserves color between sessions

NEW! Paste colors from clipboard - have a text and MagicPicker will convert it to a Photoshop foreground/background color
Paste RGB, Hex, HSL, CMYK
Paste colors by name! Like “Green”, “Red”, or even “Electric violet” - see how colors look like!
Use #123456 for hex colors or 255,255,255 for RGB colors
Use hsb(1,2,3) for HSB colors or hsl(10,2,3) for HSL colors
Supports lab, rgb, hsl, hsb, cmyk, xyz, lch, luv - using “luv(value, value, value)” (example)
Use “2.5YR 6.0/6.0″ style for Munsell values
Set up “Color from Clipboard” keyboard shortcut for pasting in Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts

NEW! Make it blueish or make it warmer - use Ctrl+Shift on sliders to move the pointer slightly towards mouse cursor/new color
when you Ctrl+Shift+Click on the sliders

NEW! Change vector opacity!
Works in Illustrator and Photoshop vectors
When vectors are selected and automatic Opacity button appears under colors, click on it and use slider to adjust opacity
of current selection

- Added Munsell Color values to the bottom left corner of the color wheel, with current color values
- Now HUGE (full panel size) alt-click color preview dynamically changes when current color updated in Photoshop
- Streamlined panel update process, there’s no need to look for serial numbers anymore
- Fixed an issue when some buttons didn’t react on mouse hovers - especially Exchange Colors and Forgeround/Background colors
- Fixed a rare issue when in certain configurations with white foreground color when starting MagicPicker it would show up as white with no hues

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Install/Uninstall/Update/Manage all your Adobe extensions and panels easily with FREE Anastasiy’s Extension Manager 4.0! Now with Adobe Creative Cloud CC 2023 support.

Supports all 3rd party ZXP & UXP extensions (including my MagicPicker, Photoshop color wheel) for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, Flash Pro, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, XD.

Free Anastasiy’s Extension Manager 4.0 for CC2023

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Recommended by Adobe!

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New in v4.0:

  • Compatibility with all latest CC 2023 and CC 2022 updates
  • Fixed UI issues on Windows 11, mac OS Monterey and Ventura
  • Various UI updates
  • All made by your feedback! Please keep it coming –Anastasiy


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MixColors 5.0 is here! Bringing multiple mixing fields, more

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Jul 26, 2022 Under Adobe, MixColors, color mixer, panels, update

Update my MixColors panel to v5! Brings new mode with 1/2/4 mixing fields (different colors)! Also: Scale color swatches, drop from history, create new swatches from selected, percentage display on mixing sliders, faster, much more.

MixColors 5 for Photoshop: Multiple mixing areas, mixing percentage display, color scaling more

MixColors 5 for Photoshop: Multiple mixing areas, mixing percentage display, color scaling more

CHANGES:

NEW! Multimix Mode. New MixColors configuration.
Modern advancement of how MixColors works to keep up with new artist workflows.
- Click on the new button under main color mixing area to switch modes
- Have more places to mix in colors - 1,2 or 4 mixing fields arranged vertically, horizontally or in a grid.
- Have different non-connected mixes in these fields.
- Every field acts independently and has 5 new buttons: Add white, add color, add black, get from Photoshop,
pick color to Photoshop
- Simple click on the field to mix in current color
- Adjust “brush strength” on the top of the panel
- Mixing fields scale with the panel
- You can hide/show rearrange fields

NEW! Free scaling of swatches! Click on the new button on the toolbar and adjust swatch size with a toolbar.
- Now you can have any preferable size of the swatch thumbnails. Great option for high-res monitors.

NEW! Color sliders that regulate mix strength (long click on the field or click on the drop down near round
mixers on the left) now display percentage. That gives a much better feedback to improve your MixColors workflow

NEW! Color History improvements!
- Marks current selection
- Drag’n'drop color History swatches on the mixing fields

NEW! Selected swatch in the swatch group has current selection mark

NEW! Select multiple color swatches and move them to new group! Or copy them to new group. You should
1) Click first swatch
2) Right-click ending swatch - a new contextual menu will display

NEW! Color mixing formula improved. Adjusted by feedback from artists all over the world - to be more precise

NEW! Improved UI framework - using latest UI engine from MagicPicker 8

- Fixed all problems with exporting various swatches (from MixColors menu -> Export colors to Swatches)
- Color History now correctly preserved when panel is open/closed in all scenarios
- Right-click dialog for swatches is fixed, also fixed its behavior in multiple scenarios
- Fixed current swatch selection
- New updated and speeded up modern UI framework, that supports all modern GPU features
- Optimized for better power management on laptops, Surface devices and MacBooks
- Still supports Adobe CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 (also CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2017, CC2019, CC2020, CC2021, CC2022+)
- Optimized to support latest Photoshop 2022
- Improved UI performance in different scenarios
- Fixed various minor UI problems
- Improved loading speed
- Optimized to work with macOS Catalina, new Windows 11 updates
- All improvements implemented by real-life users’ feedback

Read more about MixColors, advanced color mixer in Adobe Photoshop

Upgrade MixColors to version 5



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New MagicTints 3.0! Color match and replace specific colors, batch processing. Use image Layer as color source, fully automated GPU color matching w/LUT export… 40+ changes, features.

 Early upgrade bonus!

Full list of new features:

- NEW! Long due! Cancel color correction at any time! New “Cancel” button in the progress dialog

- NEW! Guided colors - target image areas with specific colors
- Select target color areas directly on the image in the Color Palette dialog to guide Color correction
- Applying color correction will assign palette colors to those areas
- Edit existing color palettes to add/remove targeting

- NEW! UI Refresh, added new options for Layers, LUT Generation, improved UI framework

- NEW! Specify existing Document layers as color reference images (Photoshop-only)
- New list “Color source” on the panel.
- Works with LUT
- Supports hidden Layers - you can have a hidden layer and use it as a color source

- NEW! Edit existing color palette references - add new, remove colors.
- Double-click on the color palette in the reference list to start editing.
- Double-click on colors to change them
- Rename color palette by double-clicking its name

- NEW! Rename image references by double clicking their names on Full Image mode

- NEW! Now 100% supports all modern image formats on all platforms - as references (and main image on Standalone)
* .PSD files - Finally supporting using .psd with layers etc as reference images!
* .SVG files - Supporting on all platforms
* .TIF/.TIFF - Supporting on all platforms, all variations of .tif
* .TGA - Now supporting TGA files
* Currently supports the following image file formats: .psd, .jpg/.jpeg, .webp, .tga, .tif/.tiff, .png, .bmp, .svg

- NEW! Adjust LUT strength when generating LUT instead of applying color correction. No need to
use other 3rd party LUT editors, or create new transparent layers - just hold your mouse over
“Generate LUT” button and and enter Strength into a new popup

- NEW! New keyboard shortcuts. Current list of assignable keyboard shortcuts is:
- NEW! Apply MagicTints to current layer/image
- NEW! Add current layer/image from Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign as ref image
- NEW! Standalone: assignable shortcut for Settings
- Add reference image from Clipboard
- Generate LUT from currently selected image/ref image
- Add reference image from file
- Create new ref image group
- Toggle ref image history
- Increase/Decrease size of thumbnails
- Toggle MagicTints panel in Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign

- NEW! Standalone BATCH PROCESSING! You asked for it - open multiple images and color-match them all at once
to the same color reference

- NEW! Standalone: Sample colors for Palette Color Reference from the original image
on macOS & Windows (just click the eyedropper when adding colors)

- NEW! Standalone: new Recent Files to main menu with all recent images you opened
- Turn it on/off in Settings

- NEW! Standalone: Press spacebar for a quick look at image reference

- NEW! Standalone: drag images/palettes from Color References list directly to the main image to apply colors!

- NEW! Standalone: Copy images from clipboard, copy images to clipboard for better integration with your workflow

- NEW! Standalone: Main menu items:
- File/Ganerate LUT - generate LUT from currently selected images
- Images/New Group - create new Image Reference group
- Images/Toggle History - toggle chosen thumbnails history
- Images/Thumbnails larger & smaller - changes size of the Image Reference thumbnails
- Edit/Paste - paste image from Clipboard
- Edit/Copy - copy image to clipboard

- NEW! Now adds “MagicTints” to the newly created layers to better highlight the operation

- NEW! Displays a separate message when generating LUTs from images

- Fixed a problem when layer moved or resized after color matching
- Improved user interface, fixed various visual issues
- Improved user interface localization to: Spanish, Chinese
- Standalone mow correctly displays currently loaded image in the window title in all scenarios
- Fixed a problem when MagicSquire panel could be blank when Photoshop first started
- Added option to reset location of reference images to default (Reset button in Settings)
- Fixed data folder relocation
- Standalone: Improved Settings dialog

Get MagicTints - 1-click Color Matching and LUT export

Upgrade MagicTints to version 3



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Tip#110: Using MagicPicker Transparent and Crystal HUD modes

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Feb 22, 2022 Under Adobe, MagicPicker, color wheel, photoshop

Tip#110: Using MagicPicker Transparent and Crystal HUD modes

Tip#110: Using MagicPicker Transparent and Crystal HUD modes

Use new MagicPicker’s Crystal HUD mode or see your fantastic artwork through transparent panel.

  1. Change HUD Opacity in Settings or
  2. Enable background Blur
  3. Adjust HUD transparency 0-100
  4. Quickly call HUD with a shortcut
  5. Resize HUD the way need

From series of tutorials for MagicPicker, advanced Photoshop color wheel panel



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My New MagicSquire 5.3: more accurate Photoshop Brush Parameters (size, opacity, spacing, etc.), faster on-demand HUD popup, loading groups from huge .ABR files (1GB+), more UI languages. Get now with a discount!

MagicSquire 5.3 update in Photoshop, smoother and more precise than ever

MagicSquire 5.3 update in Photoshop, smoother and more precise than ever

WHAT’S NEW:
- Fixed a problem with loading brush groups from huge (500MB-1GB+) .abr files
- Changing small values of brush parameters (size, opacity, etc) is now easier. Brush Controls
change slower in 0-50 range
- Improved localization
- Improved loading of HUD files in various countries (South Korea, China, Switzerland)
- Available now on Photoshop and Illustrator 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015, CC 2014, CS5, CS6, CC
- much more

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Upgraded my MagicSquire panel for Photoshop to version 5.2. Full CC 2022 support, more!

MagicSquire 5.2 update! Blank panel fix, CC 2022, better everything!

MagicSquire 5.2 update! Blank panel fix, CC 2022, better everything!

WHAT’S NEW:
– Fixed a long standing problem when panel was blank immediate after starting Photoshop
– Full support of CC 2022 – especially keyboard shortcuts
– Increased max Brush Spacing parameter to 1000, please remove Brush Control corresponding to Brush Spacing and then re-add it
– Added Chinese localization
– Fixed problems with downloading of HUD in several scenarios
– Fixed a minor issue with “x” button position on search field
– Fixed a problem with searching/tags/clearing search field with new “x” button
– Fixed problems with focused search field after clicking a brush (a conflict with Wacom & ExpressKeys)
– Fixed problem with loading .abr files with groups in various scenarios
– Fixed a problem with disappearing right-click menu on Windows
– Improved update check

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Just published a new update to my MagicPicker panel.

New MagicPicker 8.1 fixes L*c*h, Lab sliders, improves transparent color wheel HUD, blank panel fix, more

New MagicPicker 8.1 fixes L*c*h, Lab sliders, improves transparent color wheel HUD, blank panel fix, more

Here’s what’s new:

– Fixed a long standing problem when panel was blank sometimes, immediate after starting Photoshop
– Fixed Lab sliders’ L position
– Fixed a problem with h* slider of L*c*h color space. When moving this slider color preserves brightness and saturation of current color now. Only hue is changing like it’s supposed to work
– Fixed various issues with HUD
– On macOS HUD now should start as expected
– Now HUD runs on Adobe Illustrator in all scenarios
– Fixed various UI issues on Adobe Illustrator
– Improved Chinese UI translation

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#BlackFriday discounts are up! get 60% off on MagicPicker 8 Color Wheel Crystal HUD, MagicTints 2 GPU Color Matcher, MagicSquire 5 Brush Control and other #Photoshop & #Illustrator panels.

Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2021 discounts on Photoshop Panels

Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2021 discounts on Photoshop Panels

Limited time discounts:

https://anastasiy.com/blackfriday

MagicPicker 8 color wheel (35% off)
MagicTints, 2.4 1-click color matcher (50% off)
MagicSquire 5, professional brush manager (30% off)
MixColors 4, color mixer (30% off)

MagicRefs 2, reference manager (30% off)
DiskFonts 1.2, font manager (30% off)



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