Mar 28
MagicSquire 7: Video Tutorial on new features is here
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Mar 28, 2023 Under MagicSquire, brush organizerPosted a video how my new MagicSquire works in Photoshop, tips and tricks
Mar 14
New MagicSquire 7 in Photoshop adds textures, filter by kind, scale UI, more! Bonus discount
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Mar 14, 2023 Under MagicSquire, updateReinvent 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!
Upgrade MagicSquire with an upgrade bonus
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Get new MagicSquire 7 – with a discount
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
Upgrade MagicSquire with an upgrade bonus
Read more about MagicSquire, Photoshop pro brush manager
Get new MagicSquire 7 – with a discount
Nov 25
Black Friday sale on all Anastasiy’s Panels
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Friday Nov 25, 2022 Under MagicPicker, MagicRefs, MagicSquire, MagicTints, color correction, color grading, color matching, color mixer, color panel, color tuning, color wheel, newsIt’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:
https://anastasiy.com/blackfriday – 60% off!
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
Oct 18
New tutorials are up for MagicPicker color wheel
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Oct 18, 2022 Under MagicPicker, Tips&tricks, color wheelTutorials for my panel MagicPicker, Photoshop color wheel (CC2023 compatible!) are updated with new articles.
Change foreground/background gradient color slider
Learn how to use new sliders, combine them in groups and more!
Mar 29
Tip#111: Hide/Show new Photoshop Brush Controls in MagicSquire
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Mar 29, 2022 Under Tips&tricks, brush organizer
Tip#111: Hide/Show Photoshop Brush Controls in MagicSquire
Hide Brush Controls on MagicSquire panel in #Photoshop by clicking the button titled “Hide” on the top left of the panel.
This works great if you only need to organize and access groups of brushes/tools.
Re-display Brush Controls by clicking the “Show Brush Controls” button on the top.
From series of tutorials for MagicSquire, the pro manager with colored groups for Photoshop brushes
Feb 22
Tip#110: Using MagicPicker Transparent and Crystal HUD modes
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Feb 22, 2022 Under Adobe, MagicPicker, color wheel, photoshop
Tip#110: Using MagicPicker Transparent and Crystal HUD modes
Use new MagicPicker’s Crystal HUD mode or see your fantastic artwork through transparent panel.
- Change HUD Opacity in Settings or
- Enable background Blur
- Adjust HUD transparency 0-100
- Quickly call HUD with a shortcut
- Resize HUD the way need
From series of tutorials for MagicPicker, advanced Photoshop color wheel panel
Jun 15
Standalone Color Matching/Correction super-desktop app from Anastasiy
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday Jun 15, 2021 Under Affinity Photo, LUT, MagicTints
MagicTints Desktop - color match images on Mac & Windows
The wait is over!
New MagicTints 2 Desktop can quickly switch any image’s colors — without Adobe CC. Works on macOS and Windows.
Crazy fast 1-click GPU-based Color Matching between images. Adjust Mood, bring Multiple images to the same color palette. Use with any software!
FEATURES:
– Use it together with any software: Affinity Photo, Lightroom, Sketch, Unity, GIMP, Final Cut, AfterEffects, Pixelmator. No CC subscription required. 2x faster than plugin!
– Exports LUT or images
– Brings multiple images to the color and aesthetics of existing image
– Switch lighting conditions or mood of any concept art, photo or texture
– Keep original micro-contrast, dynamic range, subtle details
– Smartest color correction ever! Accuracy on subpixel level. Machine Learning core handles 8K+ resolutions. Uses your NVidia, Apple M1 or AMD GPU
– uses MagicPicker UI engine for faster speeds.
– more
– Use it together with any software: Affinity Photo, Lightroom, Sketch, Unity, GIMP, Final Cut, AfterEffects, Pixelmator. No CC subscription required. 2x faster than plugin!
– Exports LUT or images
– Brings multiple images to the color and aesthetics of existing image
– Switch lighting conditions or mood of any concept art, photo or texture
– Keep original micro-contrast, dynamic range, subtle details
– Smartest color correction ever! Accuracy on subpixel level. Machine Learning core handles 8K+ resolutions. Uses your NVidia, Apple M1 or AMD GPU
– uses MagicPicker UI engine for faster speeds.
– more
Apr 21
MagicTints 2.1! Faster LUT, up to x128 export
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Wednesday Apr 21, 2021 Under Adobe, MagicTints, color correction, color grading, updateWHAT’S NEW
v2.1
– Now correctly works in the environment with two-byte characters (like Chinese)
– LUT 128×128x128 is now possible! Now correctly exports large LUTs of 64×64x64, 72×72x72, 128×128x128 etc..
– LUT generation is much faster
– LUTs are now much more precise, especially on big sizes (fixed problems with desaturation and banding)
– Now there are no limits on source image size when creating a LUT
– The GPU icon on the top is now less visible when GPU processing is disabled – to distinguish between sates
– Fixed a problem with partial color matching on AMD GPUs
– Fixed a problem with some LUTs (like 17×17x17 and 128×128x128) not opening in Photoshop and 3D/Video software
Learn more about MagicTints – 1-click color matching and LUT export
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! 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
– 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
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
Read more about MagicSquire, brush manager for Photoshop with tags, collections, sticky brushes
May 05
New tutorial: MagicPicker Color Wheel HUD in minimalistic mode
Posted by Anastasiy Safari on Tuesday May 5, 2020 Under Adobe, Tools, color wheelMake 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
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