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MagicPicker 8.2 update: better sliders scaling, CMYK values, transparency

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Feb 8, 2022 Under MagicPicker, update

⚡ MagicPicker 8.2 brings better scaling of new gradient Lab / L*c*h / Temperature / etc. color sliders. Fixed assigning of transparent colors to vector shapes, colorize multiple vector shapes, CMYK values, improved. Better CMYK/K-Lock, more for Photoshop & Illustrator:

MagicPicker 8.2 update: better sliders scaling, CMYK values, transparency, more in Photoshop

MagicPicker 8.2 update: better sliders scaling, CMYK values, transparency, more in Photoshop

WHAT’S NEW:
– Fixed transparency indication on vector shapes (Photoshop and Illusrator). Now when clicking between Foreground and Background swatch transparency is displayed correctly in all scenarios
– Fixed problems with assigning transparency with Ctrl/Cmd click to colors
– In K-Locked mode color wouldn’t change in Photoshop after using Saturation/Brightness/Hue Keyboard Shortcuts – fixed
– CMYK sliders display correct values in all scenarios, when using different color spaces, RGB/CMYK document modes etc.
– Now sliders and color wheel can be accurately resized to its minimum in all scenarios
– Correctly assigns fill/stroke color to shapes if multiple selected on CC2021+
– Improved UI localization
– 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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GREAT WINTER SALE: MagicPicker, MagicSquire, MixColors, MagicTints, MagicRefs, DiskFonts discounted up to -60%

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Color Wheel with advanced color spaces and sliders designed for digital art
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Standalone fast GPU AI color matching between images, generates LUT, Windows & macOS Desktop, also Adobe® Photoshop plugin
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Quick Brush HUD, lets organize brushes in colorful groups, controls Photoshop brush values
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Extracts palette from image, groups Photoshop swatches in compact folders, mixes colors
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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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Just updated my popular color wheel panel for Adobe Photoshop. Featuring the early upgrade bonus, see below!

Transparent HUD! OMG. Variable opacity. On/off Background Blurred Glass effect. Sliders Revolution! 10 NEW Color Spaces designed for artists, with Sliders under Color Wheel: Lab, L*c*h, Temperature, HSL, Gradient Blend, CMYK, CIE Luv, Grayscale, HSB, RGB. Pick colors. Arrange like you want! Drag, remove. Full CC 2022 support. More features, faster UI!

MagicPicker 8 is here with Lab, L*c*h, HSL, Temperature Sliders, TRANSPARENT HUD

MagicPicker 8 is here with Lab, L*c*h, HSL, Temperature Sliders, TRANSPARENT HUD

WHAT’S NEW in MagicPicker version 8.0:

* Full support of new Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator 2022, including Keyboard Shortcuts
* Graphics Framework improvements - UI now faster in scaling, resizing, animation, redraw etc
* HUD is faster
* Improved styling of UI, added small touches here and there
* Now works much better and updates better when working with subtle colors (hues/saturation around 2-3%)

  • NEW! TRANSPARENT HUD - a new see-through experience! Change from Settings
    - MagicPicker HUD now can be fully transparent so you could see where you’re working at
    - Have only color wheel/color picker visible
    - Transparency can be set in Settings from 0 to 100
    - Adjust Transparency dynamically
    - Activate Blur to blur background under panel
    - Supports PRO Mode so you could only have round color wheel visible on the screen
    - HUD is still resizeable in that state
    - Supports all features of MagicPicker including sliders, boxes, etc
    - Pops up under your cursor
  • NEW! Have main panel in Compact Mode and MagicPicker HUD on the screen at the same time. Two main colors always visible and HUD appears on-demand under your cursor
  • NEW! New fully cusomizable sliders in any combinations Supported:
    - HSB, * HSL - more natural shade between black/white/current color, * Lab, * Lch/HCL - finally a human perception based color sliders, that preserve lightness & saturation of hues * CMYK, * Color Temperature, * Gradient between Foreground/Background (Blend), * CIE L*u*v*, * Grayscale, * RGB
    - Add with a new + button on the left of sliders
    - Delete individual sliders - drag by label and then drop to a Trash can on the bottom
    - Keep single sliders and remove the others so you can have combinations like H,R,G,L or L*,S,B
    - Freely rearrange by grabbing and moving! Move sliders up or down quickly
    - All slider values are synced with your current color profile
    - New sliders are compatible with PRO Mode, K-Lock and Tone Lock!
    - Display exact values on mouse hover
    - All sliders are fully dynamic and update in realtime
    * Reset sliders - from the menu, to original combinations
  • NEW! Reset color schemes - from MagicPicker menu. Will reset secondary colors to default position
  • NEW! You asked for it!
    * On Windows in Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl no longer required. Now allowing F1, F2 etc. keys
  • NEW! Illustrator: * Keyboard Shortcut to swap Fill/Stroke swatches on Illustrator (and Background/Foreground on Photoshop)

- Optimized to work with new Windows 11, macOS Big Sur, Monterey
- Improved memory handling, on some computers MagicPicker started to eat memory and slowed down after awhile, fixed that
- HUD round corners are back for all Windows users!
- Fixed a problem with setting vector shapes stroke colors on CC 2020, CC 2021 & CC 2022
- Improved assigning of keyboard shortcuts in varios scenarios
- Fixed problems with entering keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator in various scenarios
- MagicPicker now speaks more languages: Chinese, Spanish
- Fixed a rare problem on Adobe Illustrator where panel could stop updating its colors after some time
- Still supports Adobe CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 (also CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2017, CC2019, 2020, 2021, 2022+)
- HUD Mode supports OpenGL and Metal GPU acceleration (if present) for transparency blur
- Transparent HUD optimized for better power management on laptops, Surface devices and MacBooks
- Transparent HUD optimized to run on older computers
- Fixed various minor UI problems
- All improvements implemented by real-life users’ feedback

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MixColors 4.1 update! Better palette extraction from photos, better UI

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Sep 14, 2021 Under Adobe, MixColors, color mixer

Just updated my color mixer for Adobe Photoshop!

MixColors 4.1, new design, better palette extraction, more

MixColors 4.1, new design, better palette extraction, more

WHAT’S NEW:
- Improved Color Palette extraction from complex photos
- Better grouping of frequent Collections of Groups
- More auto Color Names now supported for more colors
- New design now even more fine tuned
- Improved Chinese and Spanish localization
- All available on Photoshop CS5, CS6, CC, CC2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021+
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MixColors 4.0 has a brand new look! Also: Extract Colors from Image in 1 click, Collections of Groups, Color Auto Naming, Change Mixing Amount, faster, more awesome.
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MixColors 4.0 has a brand new look! Also: Extract Colors from Image in 1 click, Collections of Groups, Color Auto Naming, Change Mixing Amount, faster, more awesome

MixColors 4.0 has a brand new look! Also: Extract Colors from Image in 1 click, Collections of Groups, Color Auto Naming, Change Mixing Amount, faster, more awesome

WHAT’S NEW:
– NEW LOOK! MixColors is redesigned to attenuate current color and accent mixing
– Fine-tune the default mixing amount/paint load using new slider
– Extract color palette from any image. Just click a new button on the toolbar and specify number of colors.
– Auto-assigns human readable color names to swatches (if set in Settings)
– Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to individual swatches! (Right-click on swatch)
– Collections: Combine several groups of colors in a collection and then switch
– Saves/loads swatches to your drive. Can be backed up and synced to any Cloud
– Color history is never lost! Now saved to Settings and restored when it’s re-opened
– Clear Color History by clicking a new button
– Mix Colors of the vector shapes! (Menu -> Colorize Shapes & Text)
– Localization: Chinese, Spanish
– Supports Photoshop 2021+, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015, CC 2014, CS6, CC
– More than 23+ new features and improvements

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Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 discounts on Photoshop panels

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MagicPicker 7 color wheel (35% off)
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Photoshop and Creative Cloud extension panels updated

Photoshop and Creative Cloud extension panels updated

New MagicSquire 4.3 is here:

– Improved keyboard shortcut handling in Photoshop CC 2021 and above
- Minor UI speedups
New MagicSquire, brush organizing panel for Photoshop

New MagicRefs 1.4 is here:
- CC 2021 support
- Fixed problem with international characters in image names and paths
- Fixed a problem when MagicRefs was creating empty document on start
New MagicRefs, life is easy with reference images in Photoshop

MagicTints 1.4:
- CC2021 support
- Improved handling of trimmed layers
New MagicTints, 1-click pro color correction and color grading in Photoshop

New MagicPicker 7.2 is here:
- Fixed problem with linking colors in some scenarios on Photoshop CC 2020 21.1+
- Fixed problem with changing background color in some scenarios on Photoshop CC 2020 21.1+
- Fixed a problem with using keyboard shortcuts on Illustrator on macOS Catalina for international users
- Better support for Adobe CC 2021
New MagicPicker, advanced Photoshop color wheel panel

MixColors 3.2:
– Improved UI performance
- Better support for Adobe CC 2021
New MixColors, Photoshop color mixer

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MagicRefs 1.3 — advanced handling of Reference Images (or any image assets) in Adobe® Photoshop
MixColors 3.1 groups Photoshop color swatches in compact folders and mixes colors
DiskFonts lets preview fonts before installing them


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