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MagicTints 2 creates LUT from just one target image, more!

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Mar 30, 2021 Under Adobe, MagicTints, color grading

MagicTints 2.0 update is here! Color Grading Revolution! No need to spend hours to create LUT, just specify one target image with reference colors and that’s it!

MagicTints 2: LUT from two images, REALTIME speedup 7x-10x, much more!

MagicTints 2: LUT from two images, REALTIME speedup 7x-10x, much more!

WHAT’S NEW:
– NEW! Incredible speed improvement.
Greatly improved color matching speed on macOS and Windows – especially for high resolution images of 4000×4000px, 6000×6000px etc and higher.
Now works up to 50x faster.
– Image processing is much faster
– Image loading is much faster
– Uses newer CPUs parallel features of Intel (Core i5, i7, i9), AMD (Threadpiper) and Apple M1
– Uses GPU acceleration of NVidia, AMD and Apple videocards for unprecedented speeds
– Easily processes images of high resolution
In addition:
– Better GPU and advanced CPU detection are now clearly visible on the panel
– You can see how speed is improved by hovering your mouse over those buttons
– You can click on the GPU icon to disable GPU acceleration

– NEW! Color-grading revolution – MagicTints now exports LUT tables.
– 1-click Primary Color grading is now possible
– Pick an image as color reference and create a Color-Lookup-Table (LUT) to convert any image to that color
– Click new “Generate LUT” button on the toolbar to generate a LUT from selected images
– Use created LUT in Unity, Unreal Engine, Premiere, Final Cut, AfterEffects, Lightrom, Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve – any software that supports LUTs
– Apply result from MagicTints to the whole Video Footage or a batch of images
– Or use it in hardware LUT Boxes
– Works both for Video Production and color grading of still images
– Exports .CUBE and unwarped .PNG (for Unity/UE)
– Supports arbitrary LUT sizes: 17×17x17, 25×25x25, 16×256 etc.
– Enter any LUT size in Settings

– NEW! New advanced color grading algorithm now can apply contrast from color reference
– Click new “Apply Contrast” button on the left to “Apply” button to activate this mode
– In this mode MagicTints will apply contrast of the source image to the selected layer
– Transfer look from print to negative or from a high-contrast image to low-contrast automagically
– Combining this with LUT export you can apply contrast in your Video Editing software on the whole footage

– NEW! Better color matching to Swatches. If you use plain color swatches as color source you will see much better results
– Easily assign 1,2,3 or more predefined colors to the image, now works much better
– NEW! Paste color references from Clipboard.
– Use Settings to assign it to a Keyboard Shortcut
– Advanced option to relocate Data folder from Settings (by clicking Browse)
– “Create new layers” button now lights up on panel start if it was activated before
– “Add new image” button is now consistent with Photoshop UI on CC2020/2021+
– Improved inserting images from Photoshop on some international platforms
– Improved Keyboard Shortcut handling with multiple Photoshop Workspaces
– 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
– Optimized to run on older computers
– Supports Adobe Photoshop CC2014, CC2015, CC2017, CC2019, CC2020, CC2021+
– Better support of Surface Book and Surface Pro
– Better support of non-Wacom tablets
– Improved UI performance in different scenarios
– Fixed various minor UI problems
– Optimized to work with macOS Big Sur, new Windows 10 updates
– Correctly works with XDR and HDR displays (on OpenGL supported GPUs)
– All improvements implemented by real-life users’ feedback

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MagicRefs 2.0 is here! PACKED with new features

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Mar 2, 2021 Under Adobe, MagicRefs, Noise, update

My new MagicRefs, the reference image organizer 2.0 is here!

Rotate, resize, move images in Comic Strip mode, direct import of Boards from Pinterest, insert Layer from Photoshop document, Tag & Search images, Collections of Groups, drag Full Image with mouse, Paste from Clipboard more!

MagicRefs 2.0 reference image manager for Photoshop: import from Pinterest, move/resize images, more

MagicRefs 2.0 reference image manager for Photoshop: import from Pinterest, move/resize images, more

WHAT’S NEW:
– NEW! Directly import Pinterest boards to groups
– NEW! Directly import Google Drive images to groups in MagicRefs
– NEW! Pan/scroll Single image with click-to-move
– NEW! Rotate enlarged Single image with new button on toolbar
– NEW! Zoom in Single image to the point with double-click on it
– NEW! Add current layer from document to the panel as an image – new button on toolbar
– NEW! Tags – assign tags to images and then filter them using Search (new button on the bottom) –
with Instant Suggestions. Filter out images that you don’t need in current project, instantly.
+ Search and filter by style, type, project, workspace, team, file, type of work or any other
favorite criteria you create by yourself.
+ Searches in closed/open groups when needed.
– NEW! Collections:
+ Combine several groups in a collection and then switch
between group combinations with one click or keyboard shortcut.
NEW: Use new Collection Editor from the menu -> Collections
– NEW! Comic Strip mode now allows direct operations with images:
+ Move (click on image and drag),
+ Rotate (click on bottom-left of image and drag) and
+ Scale (click on bottom-right of image and drag)
+ The state is saved and restored for every group of images.
+ The layout can be reset to original state with new button on the bottom
– NEW! Copy Image from Clipboard to MagicSquire image now supports more image formats
+ (use MagicRefs menu -> Keyboard Shortcuts to use it)
– NEW! Added option to reset data folder location to default

– New updated MagicRefs manual
– Improved: Insert images from the panel back into Photoshop document
– Improved Drag’n’drop behavior of folders and images on the panel, also better visual feedback
– Fixed a problem when ref image wasn’t fully visible when added to the group
– Improved handling of URLs with images – more modern URL types are now supported to add remote images
– Improved handling of groups linked to Photoshop documents
– Fixed various UI problems
– Improved Keyboard Shortcut handling with multiple Photoshop Workspaces
– Improved compatibility with OneDrive sync and Windows
– Improved zoom mode when clicking on images in History section
– Image scroll/zoom is now kept between image clicks
– Fixed problems connected to Full Image display
– Fixed conflict between Full Image and Settings dialogs
– Full Image zoom scroller on the bottom now correctly reflects zoom state
– Fixed a problem when Full Image wasn’t re-displayed after closing/re-opening Photoshop
– Fixed various UI problems when adding/displaying images with different aspect ratios

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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

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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Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 discounts on Photoshop panels

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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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

Install or update all the panels with new Anastasiy’s Extension Manager that fully supports new Adobe Creative Cloud 2021



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Recommended by Adobe: My free Extension Manager v3.4 is up!

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Sep 1, 2020 Under Adobe, update

Anastasiy's Extension Manager 3.4 for Adobe software

Anastasiy's Extension Manager v3.4 for Adobe software - install, manage & update extensions

Install/Uninstall/Update/Manage all your Adobe extensions and panels easily with new FREE Anastasiy’s Extension Manager 3.4! Supports all 3rd party extensions for Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Animate, Flash Pro, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, XD.

Officially recommended by Adobe!

From https://exchange.adobe.com: Adobe recommends Anastasiy's Extension Manager to install all extensions

From https://exchange.adobe.com: Adobe recommends Anastasiy

New in v3.4:

  • Fixed empty extension list issue after various Adobe Creative Cloud updates
  • Better support for Adobe Creative Cloud 2020+
  • Better support for Enterprise environments
  • Fixed issues with displaying extensions belonging to specific Adobe products
  • Fixed issue with Administrator access requirement
  • New option reset extension list from File > Reset Extension List
  • Removed extension numbers for a cleaner look
  • Security fixes and updates
  • All made by your feedback! Please keep it coming –Anastasiy

Get free Anastasiy’s Extension Manager



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MagicSquire 4.2 – new features in right-click menu

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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– 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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60%-OFF sale updated! New discounts for working from home

COMFORT_ZONE@HOME: MagicSquire, MagicTints, MagicPicker discounts

COMFORT_ZONE@HOME: MagicSquire, MagicTints, MagicPicker discounts

ALL DISCOUNTS AT:
anastasiy.com/comfort

Bundles with the following panels are on sale:
New! MagicTints 1.2 — AI 1-click color matcher in Adobe® Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
New! MagicPicker 7.1 — Advanced Illustrator & Photoshop Color Wheel HUD
MagicSquire 3.4lets you tag and organize brushes in colorful groups inside Adobe® Photoshop
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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New tutorial: MagicPicker Color Wheel HUD in minimalistic mode

Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday May 5, 2020 Under Adobe, Tools, color wheel

Make Photoshop Color Wheel HUD super powerful or super minimal! Activate PRO Mode together with HUD in MagicPicker by going to Settings -> PRO Mode (before switching to HUD).

Still pops up under your cursor.

MagicPicker Color Wheel HUD – super minimal or super powerful

MagicPicker Color Wheel HUD – super minimal or super powerful

In PRO Mode you will get only the necessary features (by turning it off you can customize it and get access to all MagicPicker power).

From series of tutorials for MagicPicker, advanced color wheel, picker and HUD in Photoshop & Illustrator



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