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Jan 04

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

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Jan 4, 2022 Under Adobe, MagicSquire, brush organizer, update

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!

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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Nov 26

Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2021 discounts on all my apps

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Friday Nov 26, 2021 Under Adobe, MagicRefs, MagicSquire, MagicTints, MixColors, color correction, color matching, color mixer, color panel, photoshop brushes

#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

Limited time discounts:

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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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Oct 19

MagicSquire 5.1 update is here with fixes, improvements

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Oct 19, 2021 Under MagicSquire, photoshop brushes, update

MagicSquire 5 - my brush companion for Adobe Photoshop is updated to v5.1. Brush Controls — size, opacity, hardness etc. can be changed right from the panel or new HUD. Now with no lags. Auto-scroll with drag’n'drop improved, UI fixes, more.

MagicSquire 5.1 is up, with Photoshop brush controls and HUD improvements

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WHAT’S NEW
- Fixed lag with Photoshop eyedropper and brush controls
- Improved UI, Scrolling, Dragging, Dropboxes and Buttons, Choosing Brush parameters for brush controls
- Fixed problems with varios Brush parameters: Spacing was turning off when set to zero, Pressure controls,
Opacity & Size were turning on Scatter, fixed setting of Flow and Opacity in various scenarios
- Improved loading of very large .tpl files (~1GB)
- Improved loading groups from varios .abr files
- Fixed a problem with losing stylus pressure on some configurations
- Now pressure switches for size and opacity can be set together
- Now allowing reselect current brush if its parameters have been changed
- Fixed lag in Photoshop when Brush Controls are activated
- Improved HUD behavior in Brush Controls-only mode
- Returned round corners to HUD on Windows
- Added Spanish localization

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Oct 05

MagicSquire 5.0 video tutorial: Brush Controls, mass-tagging, more!

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Oct 5, 2021 Under MagicSquire, brush organizer, photoshop

The video tutorial on all new features of MagicSquire, Photoshop brush organizer plugin is out!

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Sep 28

MagicSquire 5.0: Supercool Mini Brush Controls, Mass-editing presets in Photoshop

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Sep 28, 2021 Under Adobe, MagicSquire, brush organizer, update

Updated my MagicSquire to v5.0. The Pro Brush Group Manager for Adobe Photoshop is updated! New version brings: Supercool Mini Brush Controls (size, opacity etc), Mass-Tagging, Change Stroke on multiple presets, scrolling drag’n’drop, fixes, much more!

Supercool Mini Brush Controls (size, opacity etc), Mass-Tagging, Change Stroke on multiple brushes, scrolling drag

WHAT’S NEW:

Incredible improvement in visual performance when displaying and scaling brushes, opening/closing groups
and dragging/dropping brushes. Speeded up brush selection on large collections.

NEW! Customizeable Brush Controls!

– Add the following Brush Controls on top of MagicSquire:
Size, Flow, Opacity, Roundness, Hardness, Spacing, Size Jitter, Angle Jitter, Roundness Jitter,
Pressure controls Size, Pressure controls Opacity, Flip X, Flip Y, Scatter, Smoothing, Wet Edges,
Scatter Count, Scatter Count Jitter, Texture depth
Need more controls? Please write to https://anastasiy.com/support will be adding more later on!
– Display only the controls you need and hide ones you don’t need using Add/remove brush controls button
– Rearrange and assign accent colors to specific controls
– Several types of the controls: Gauge, Slider, Checkbox
– Change brush values with mouse tip or mouse wheel
– Display only Brush Controls in HUD while having list of presets on the panel
– Pops up under your cursor, if needed. Supports Sticky Mode
* You can always hide this new part of MagicSquire with a Hide button

NEW! Mass-tagging! You can now select unlimited brushes/tools and assign tags to them all at once!
You can also edit tags for multiple brushes
NEW! Edit appearance of multiple selected tools presets/brushes. You can select unlimited brush or tool presets
and change stroke type for all of them at once.
NEW! Revamped Edit Preset dialog when editing strokes/tags for multiple selected brushes
NEW! List now scrolls when you drag brushes, so now you can move brushes between far separated groups
NEW! Supports all new .abr files features introduced in recent Photoshops.
Now supports loading groups from modern .ABR files into groups in MagicSquire
NEW! Right-click menu (expanded) – now allows to edit selected presets
NEW! Clear search field with an “x” button that auto-appears when needed
NEW! Finally! Open/Close ALL GROUPS at once (New – Collapse All Groups/Expand All Groups in the MagicSquire menu)

– Saves and restores Painting Mode (Multiply/Overlay/Screen etc) of the Brush
– Fixed a long standing but rare problem when brushes loaded from files become missing
– Fixed problems when loading brushes from various .ABR and .TPL files, especially when loading
non-brush tool presets
– Improved UI
– Visual improvements and critical fixes:
– List would scroll after editing a brush – no more
– Fixed problems when clicking Cancel in Settings dialogs (some values weren’t cancelled)
– Fixed various dialogs, improved paddings and buttons
– Speeded up display of large amounts of brushes
– Fixed titles for some dialogs
– “Edit Tags” dialog now renamed to “Edit Preset”
– Fixed a problem when button in the empty group became unclickable
– Correctly switches Collections when Edit Collections dialog is open
– Keeps List View Mode synced between HUD and normal panel
– Greatly improved right-click menu behavior – especially when multiple brushes are selected
– Now doesn’t open by itself on Photoshop startup in some scenarios

– Improved compatibility with latest Photoshop CC 2021+
– Speeded up loading of huge .ABR files

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Jan 12

New Year, New MagicSquire!

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Jan 12, 2021 Under MagicSquire, update

Just updated my brush managing plugin. Version 4.4 brings major polishing to all recent features: Auto-close panel on selecting brush, duplicate groups & presets, new eraser from brush, HUD Popup under cursor, “Sticky” brushes…

MagicSquire 4.4: Improvements, fixes, speed ups and better brush support in Adobe Photoshop

WHAT’S NEW:
- Apple M1 support improved
- Fixed problems with brushes disappearing from HUD
- Fixed rare problem with MagicSquire data folder errors on CC 2018 and above
- Improved loading animation on CC 2021 and higher
- Minor improvements to UI here and there on CC 2021 and higher
- Switched servers, now HUD can be downloaded from China, Turkey and more countries
- Available now for Photoshop 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015, CC 2014, CS5, CS6, CC
- much more

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Dec 02

Black Friday ↝ Cyber Monday Sale 2020 is still ON!

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Wednesday Dec 2, 2020 Under MagicRefs, MagicSquire, MagicTints, Tools, color wheel, photoshop, plugin, update

Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 discounts on Photoshop panels

#BlackFriday discounts up to 60% on my Photoshop plugins for artists, photographers, designers and all creative professionals: MagicPicker Color Wheel HUD, MagicTints AI Color Matcher, MagicSquire Brush Organizer and other #Photoshop & #Illustrator panels. Get yours: http://anastasiy.com/blackfriday

MagicPicker 7 color wheel (35% off)
MagicTints, 1-click color matcher (50% off)
MagicSquire 4, professional brush manager (30% off)
MixColors 3, color mixer (30% off)
MagicRefs 1, reference manager (30% off)
DiskFonts 1, font manager (30% off)

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Oct 22

Massive update: MagicSquire 4.3, MagicRefs 1.4, MagicPicker 7.2, MagicTints 1.4, MixColors 3.2 are out!

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Thursday Oct 22, 2020 Under Adobe, MagicRefs, MagicSquire, MagicTints, color correction, color grading, plugin, update

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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Aug 18

MagicSquire 4.2 out: popup under cursor improved, new right-click menu more!

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Aug 18, 2020 Under Adobe, MagicSquire, brush organizer, update

MagicSquire 4.2 – new features in right-click menu

WHAT’S NEW:

– Revamped right-click menu:
+ Duplicate Tool Preset – duplicates current selected tool(s)
+ New Eraser with same shape – creates eraser(s) from currently selected tool(s)
+ Duplicate Group (also works on right-click on the group’s title)
NEW! Option to auto-close HUD immediately after choosing brush

– Duplicate multiple presets with right click

– Fixes and improvements, database errors neutralized, performance boost
– Available now for Photoshop 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015, CC 2014, CS5, CS6, CC

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Jul 22

MagicSquire 4 is out! Quick brush pro HUD under cursor in Photoshop, sticky brushes, more

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Wednesday Jul 22, 2020 Under Adobe, MagicSquire, brush organizer

– Improved visual performance

NEW! Load multiple .abr or .tpl files into a single group
NEW! Smart Search now gives you option to search closed groups

NEW! Unique HUD Mode! Popup MagicSquire anywhere on the screen under your cursor.
– Displayed via a keyboard shortcut (defined in Settings) & stylus/button click
– Click “HUD Mode” button on the panel
– Interactive and fully functional HUD! All MagicSquire functions work
– Sticky Mode (optional) show up on key down and hide on key up (also by stylus buttons)
– Go to MagicSquire Settings to activate Sticky mode for HUD
NEW! Sticky Brushes – completely new mode in Photoshop
– Press keyboard shortcut to activate brush and release to immediately deactivate it
– Allows you to switch to and switch back from your frequent brushes very fast
– Activate from New/Edit Brush Dialog -> Sticky

NEW! Duplicate Tool Preset by right-clicking it
NEW! Reset path to MagicSquire brushes folder to defaults (from Settings, using “Reset” button)
NEW! Number of hidden Collections is now displayed under “Collections/more…” in fly-out menu NEW! Now you can activate brushes/tools in History from hidden Collections

– much more

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

Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2021 discounts on all my apps

MagicSquire 5.1 update is here with fixes, improvements

MagicSquire 5.0 video tutorial: Brush Controls, mass-tagging, more!

MagicSquire 5.0: Supercool Mini Brush Controls, Mass-editing presets in Photoshop

New Year, New MagicSquire!

Black Friday ↝ Cyber Monday Sale 2020 is still ON!

Massive update: MagicSquire 4.3, MagicRefs 1.4, MagicPicker 7.2, MagicTints 1.4, MixColors 3.2 are out!

MagicSquire 4.2 out: popup under cursor improved, new right-click menu more!

MagicSquire 4 is out! Quick brush pro HUD under cursor in Photoshop, sticky brushes, more

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