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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

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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#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.

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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)

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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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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