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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

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

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Upgrade MixColors to version 5

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

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New update to my brush manager!

MagicSquire 5.5 for Photoshop: Performance and UI improved!

Upgraded my MagicSquire to v5.4: Quickly randomize your brush strokes, easily control color jitter with new MagicSquire 5.4. Added Color Dynamics controls to the panel and HUD, fixed Apple M1 problem, and Brush Smoothing saving in Photoshop.

MagicSquire 5.4: Photoshop brush randomization, color dynamics, smoothing, more!

WHAT’S NEW:
– Now correctly saves/restores smoothing brush parameters when creating new brush from scratch
– New options to add Brush Controls/parameters for color of the brush:
* color jitter per tip (on/off)
* color jitter: foreground/background
* color jitter: hue
* color jitter: saturation
* color jitter: brightness
* color jitter: purity
(Go to Brush Controls in MagicSquire and then click Add/remove Brush Controls button to access new parameters)
– Fixed a rare problem with activation on Apple M1/macOS Monterey
– Available now on Photoshop 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015, CC 2014, CS5, CS6, CC

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Updated my color wheel panel to v8.3

New MagicPicker 8.3 for Photoshop: delete select CMYK sliders, K-Lock, more!

– Fixed problem with CMYK sliders and gradients in various scenarios
– Improved UI localization when activating panel, added link to license retrieval
– Improved activation on macOS Monterey
– Fixed: K-Lock was turning on when deleting individual C,M,Y or K sliders

Upgrade to MagicPicker 8.3

MagicPicker 8 – advanced color wheel HUD and panel for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

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

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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⚡ 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

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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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!

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

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

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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