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MagicSquire 7.2 brings Group Name scaling, more

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Apr 25, 2023 Under MagicSquire, photoshop brushes

MagicSquire 7.2 brush panel update: Scale Group Names, Improved: Groups Background textures, Favorites, UI & HUD, more - experience now in Photoshop!

MagicSquire 7.2 brush panel update: Scale Group Names, Improved: Groups Background textures, Favorites, UI & HUD, more - experience now in Photoshop!

MagicSquire 7.2 brush panel update: Scale Group Names, Improved: Groups Background textures, Favorites, UI & HUD, more - experience now in Photoshop!

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My new MagicSquire 7.1 for Adobe Photoshop is out! Bringing improvements and updates:

MagicSquire 7.1 update – brush workspace for Adobe Photoshop

MagicSquire 7.1 update – brush workspace for Adobe Photoshop

– Fixed Huge thumbnails in Vertical List mode
– Improved Huge thumbnails display in Long and Short List modes
– Removed a random message when editing brush names with double-click
– Now correctly loading .tpl files that don’t display previews before loading
– Fixed right-click menu in HUD mode on macOS and Windows
– Removed unnecessary rendering of strokes – on double-click
– Monochrome background image in Long List, Short List and Vertical List modes is now displayed correctly
– Improved Group Background Image dialog in various color themes
– Fixed a problem with HUD not opening on macOS in some scenarios
– Fixed display of size-only brushes in Long List, Short List and Vertical List modes
– All available in Photoshop CS6, CC, CC 2014, CC 2015, CC 2017, CC 2018, CC 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

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MagicSquire 7: Video Tutorial on new features is here

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Mar 28, 2023 Under MagicSquire, brush organizer

Posted a video how my new MagicSquire works in Photoshop, tips and tricks



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Reinvent Brush Groups in Photoshop with new MagicSquire 7.

Instant faves , Group Textures, Reinvent Brush Groups in #Photoshop with new MagicSquire 7. Filter by kind, Scale UI, use as HUD & more!

Instant faves Group Textures, Reinvent Brush Groups in #Photoshop with new MagicSquire 7. Filter by kind, Scale UI, use as HUD & more!

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WHAT’S NEW:

NEW! Group Background Textures!
Enhance the appearance of your groups by assigning images as background
The background images can be seamlessly integrated into your group’s overall aesthetic by Tiling, Scaling or Monochroming them.
so they look more visually appealing.
+ Sample Backgrounds included with MagicSquire – use Tiling or Scale them to fill the entire group
Also introducing two new group colors, Electric Blue and Khaki.
Where to find: Use Group menu (…) -> Set Group Background Image

NEW! Stroke Thumbnail Color! In 1 click!
New option in Edit Brush dialog to pick from 8 pre-defined colors (no need to create new brush images)
Select colors or easily pick your own to ensure the perfect match to the background theme
Works with multiple strokes – colorize all of them at once
Harmonically work with all Photoshop color themes and with group colors
Where to find: In Edit Tool/Brush dialog

NEW! Superquick Favorites
Quickly add brushes/tools to your Favorites by right-clicking on any brush
Easily access your frequently used tools by simply clicking on the Favorites icon.
Where to find: Right-click to add, click new Heart button on top to filter

NEW! Filter By Kind/Search by Kind
Quickly switch between: Brushes, Erasers, Marquee Presets, Blurs, etc. any tool kingd
Where to find: Use new dropdown next to Search field

NEW! Truly Scalable UI
In addition to thumbnails adjust scale of overall interface and:
+ Brush Controls
+ Text
+ Brushes & Tools
Scale them altogether
Improved Accessibility for HiDPI screens and Cintiq 4K+ tablets
Fixed fine-tuning at the end of slider
Need more controls? Please write to https://anastasiy.com/support will be adding more later on!
Works in all list modes (Long, Short, Grid, etc)
Where to find: Use new Thumbnail Scaler from bottom toolbar and new Text Size checkbox

NEW! Direct import of Photoshop Brushes into MagicSquire!
Automatically imports groups
Where to find: Click on the menu -> Add brushes from Photoshop.

NEW! Updated framework for much faster redraws of groups

– Full 2023 support
– Fixed: Now advanced thumnails for brushes on hover are shown everywhere in all list modes
– Fixed problem with spring-loaded tools, sometimes tool switched back when using keyboard and Brush Control were open
– Improved UI! Especially for Long and Short List View modes
– Fix: Now Collection of Groups dialog displays correct colors of group names in all scenarios
– Small UI fixes here and there, added missing tooltips
– Now Trial of MagicSquire comes with pre-packaged brushes

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Don’t Be Blue Over Mismatched Colors! MagicTints 3.3 update

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Feb 14, 2023 Under MagicTints, color matching

Don’t Be Blue Over Mismatched Colors! MagicTints 3.3 update

Don’t Be Blue Over Mismatched Colors! MagicTints 3.3 update

– Fixed a rare problem with layers scaling or moving incorrectly in Photoshop after color matching
– Correctly handling all types of layers, including the ones cut outside of the document
– Improved color matching to other layers in Photoshop Document
– Better compatibility with latest Adobe updates and Photoshops CC 2022 23.3+ and CC 2023 24.1+

Limited time discount!

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MixColors 5.2 is out! My color mixing panel is updated

Get Your Brush Out! MixColors 5.2: advanced color mixing in Photoshop

Get Your Brush Out! MixColors 5.2: advanced color mixing in Photoshop



WHAT’S NEW:
- Improved color mixing formula, for some edgy colors
- In Edit Collections of groups (MixColors menu -> edit…) colors of labels on dark theme are now brighter
- Tooltips on right-click Swatch menu items
- Fixed an issue with Swatch Group visibility when adding new swatches
- Improved Chinese and Spanish translation in various parts of the UI
- Now selecting group when its swatch is selected
- Improved UI, improved dynamic color theme support

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Color Alert! MagicPicker 9.1

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Jan 10, 2023 Under MagicPicker, update

MagicPicker panel 9.1 brings Realtime Color Preview as your glide your eyedropper in #Photoshop. Experience better Color History, value inputs on Sliders, Munsell Color Wheel, more

MagicPicker 9.1 brings Realtime Color Preview from Photoshop eyedropper

MagicPicker 9.1 brings Realtime Color Preview from Photoshop eyedropper

NEW! REALTIME COLOR PICKING!
Pick colors using the Photoshop eyedropper and have them in MagicPicker in real time next to current color!
- Activate in Settings
- When activated use Photoshop Eydropper or Alt-click with other tools and MagicPicker will display
the color you picked in new color swatch
- Works with HUGE color to quickly compare old & new colors on the full panel size
* Photoshop-only feature

* 9.1 - Improved Traditional Color Wheel
* 9.1 - Fixed when Color History not updating
* 9.1 - Improved Scale numbers on the sliders when Slider value box was hidden
* 9.1 - Improved removing and re-adding Color History in the same Photoshop session
* 9.1 - Improved activation on Illustrator 2020 after recent Adobe updates
* 9.1 - Improved behavior on CS6 connected to Munsell Color Wheel

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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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It’s ON! #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday discounts up to -60% on MagicPicker Pro Color Wheel HUD, MagicTints AI Color Matcher, MagicSquire brush control for Adobe Photoshop from Anastasiy:

Limited time discounts:

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MagicPicker 9 color wheel (35% off)
MagicTints 3, one-click color matcher (50% off)
MagicSquire 6.1, professional brush manager (30% off)
MixColors 5, color mixer (30% off)

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

Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts on all Anastasiy's Panels

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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

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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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