MagicPicker Changelog

What's new in MagicPicker 9.3

• new! Realtime Color Preview — pick colors from the screen and have them in MagicPicker in real time next to current color:
• Activate in Settings
• When activated use Photoshop Eydropper or Alt-click with other tools and MagicPicker will display
• the color you picked in new color swatch
• Works with HUGE color to quickly compare old & new colors on the full panel size
• Photoshop-only feature
• new! Munsell Color Wheel — industry standard, with human perceived gamut-limiting in mind:
• Switch it on using Color Wheel Mode button on the top right
• Can display Munsell values on the bottom of wheel
• Features extended ranges of Red, Blue and Yellow
• Paste munsell data into color wheel (decode) using new Color from Clipboard feature
• Supports Red Up mode
• new! Pin HUD to the same place — have a constant place for the HUD on the screen:
• Activated from Settings "Pin HUD to same place"
• When ON keeps HUD show up at the same place on your screen
• When OFF, HUD will show up at the cursor position
• Doesn't let the HUD cover your image
• new! Color History as a slider — Scalable, selectable, scrollable:
• Add new Color History using the same "+" button that you use to add sliders
• Use Color History with any combination of sliders
• Preserves color between sessions
• new! Enter values directly in the sliders — New switchable value inputs next to every slider (including Temperature, LCh etc):
• Hide/Show with a button
• Supports HSB, HSL, Lab, Lch/HCL, CMYK, Color Temperature, Gradient between Foreground/Background (Blend), CIE L*u*v*, Grayscale, RGB
• new! Paste colors from clipboard — have a text and MagicPicker will convert it to a Photoshop foreground/background color:
• Paste RGB, Hex, HSL, CMYK
• Paste colors by name! Like "Green", "Red", or even "Electric violet" - see how colors look like
• Use #123456 for hex colors or 255,255,255 for RGB colors
• Use hsb(1,2,3) for HSB colors or hsl(10,2,3) for HSL colors
• Supports lab, rgb, hsl, hsb, cmyk, xyz, lch, luv - using "luv(value, value, value)" (example)
• Use "2.5YR 6.0/6.0" style for Munsell values
• Set up "Color from Clipboard" keyboard shortcut for pasting in Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts
• new! Change vector opacity! — Works in Illustrator and Photoshop vectors
• (Semi-)Transparent HUD Mode — Popup MagicPicker anywhere on the screen under your cursor. Change opacity of the HUD. Blur background:
• MagicPicker HUD now can be fully transparent so you could see where you're working at
• 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
• Displayed via a keyboard shortcut (defined in Settings)
• Color Temperature Wheel
• Displayed via a stylus button click (if button click is assigned to that shortcut)
• Displayed by clicking "HUD Mode" button on the panel
• Works in Photoshop AND Illustrator
• Interactive and fully functional HUD! All MagicPicker functions work including Color Scheme switch etc
• When in HUD Mode all keyboard shortcuts work without running MagicPicker from Extensions menu
• new! Rearrange sliders + 10 new Color Spaces. Supported:
• HSB, Color Temperature Wheel
• 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 HRGL or L*SB
• 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
• Color Temperature Wheel
• Have only the sliders you need. Grab by the label and rearrange. Add Color History
• new! Reset color schemes — from MagicPicker menu. Will reset secondary colors to default position
• new! Foreground/Background always visible in HUD mode. 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
• Gigantic preview of the current color! ALT-clicking on the foreground/background color swatch brings huge color preview the size of the whole panel
• Auto-copy current color values to Clipboard. You pick a color and its values are automatically in the clipboard. Ctrl- or Cmd-click on the Copy values button to activate it
• Realtime color values — on the wheel as you move your mouse/stylus. So you can see what are you picking right away
• new! New Keyboard Shortcuts to new MagicPicker functions
• Swap current color for its complementary
• Swap current color for its complementary keeping color's brightness (Tone Lock'ed)
• new! MagicPicker now affects Solid Fill color of selected layer when Colorize Shapes and Text is on. It can shift hue in multiple selected colored fills if multiple layers are activated and hue on the color wheel is shifted
• new! Snap color to the 10's on the ruler. Ctrl- or Cmd-click HSB or RGB sliders to round to the closest number
• new! Shift+click (improved) — Shift+click inside the color wheel to move color wheel pointer towards cursor. Allows to slightly change current color with precision
• Smart Keyboard Shortcuts — Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to: Increase/Decrease Color Brightness, Temperature, Hue, Toggle Color Scheme, K-Lock, Tone Lock, Compact Mode, HSB/RGB sliders, Switch Color Triangle, Box, Diamond, Temperature, LDT-Cube, Copy color hex to Clipboard, Toggle panel on/off, Get complementary color
• Assign shortcuts directly from MagicPicker Settings dialog.Adjust steps for parameters increase/decrease from the same dialog - Supports special keys of extended Keyboards and devices that emulate key presses
• LDT-Cube Color Picker — most natural Color Space for digital artists. Pick separately on three Light, Dark and Temperature-based color sides at the same time!
• new! PRO Mode — super clean stylish look with new PRO Mode. Hide all buttons and move UI elements out of your way! Click MagicPicker menu -> PRO Mode to toggle it.
• Tooltips for UI elements! — Switch them on/off in Settings if you feel they're too much.
• Pantone Solid Coated/Uncoated, L*c*h* support
• Colorize Vector Shapes & Text in Photoshop! — Change Fill & Stroke. Work with shapes & text on the professional level! Control individual shapes and shape groups. Shift Hue and Color Temperature of the groups. Assign transparent colors, exchange colors! Works with Tone Lock and K-Lock.
• Display current color name and new color space values on the wheel! Supports HSB, RGB, CMYK, YCbCr, YUV, XYZ. Detects color names by HTML/X11 standard. Switchable button on the left bottom corner. Copy values to clipboard with one click
• Interactive Help — Click on any UI element to get full tutorial with description how to use it and what it means.
• Full Retina support! — Beautiful, scalable Retina, HiDPI, 4K, 5K+ hi-res design.
• Improved and updated: Link foreground & background works with eyedropper and Brush Color Dynamics .
• MagicPicker has been rewritten from ground up to support new Adobe Creative Cloud 2017/2018 (Illustrator & Photoshop CC 2017/2018). New color engine works even faster than before
• K-Lock lets you keep the same K (black) ink level of your CMYK color while making it darker or lighter (or changing saturation)
• Tone Lock 2.0 –
• keep colors in the same gamma. Separate foreground from background easily! Now you can keep color's tone while changing its hue or saturation. It helps to keep gamma of your picture as well as keep harmony of colors in the shadows or lights
• Color Temperature Wheel! –
• Limit color gamut easily: fine-tune and pick only warm or only cold colors on an intuitive palette. Supports Tone Lock!
• Big color swatches! (optional) –
• Big colors with color wheel, big colors in Compact Mode, big colors everywhere for better color perception!
• Oh boy! Even FASTER! Color picking is now at its maximum speed with the new color engine
• Triangle, Box, Diamond modes! Get more shades of brightness and saturation on color wheel
• Adobe Illustrator support
• Numeric Rulers on HSB/RGB sliders for precise color picking
• Leap Motion Controller support (requires Leap Motion Controller and Ethereal) – change colors with your fingers in the air
• Easy Color schemes: Mono, Complement, Triad, Tetrad, Analogic, Accented Analogic
• Color wheel
• Unique Traditional Color Wheel in Photoshop and Illustrator! (RYB mode or Itten's wheel)
• Attach Panels: Attach other Anastasiy's panels to MagicPicker and use them in Compact Mode as one
• Copy HEX color to clipboard with one click on "#" sign
• Very responsive, auto color update in Illustrator & Photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC+!
• MagicPicker features video made by tyr
• Compact Mode – only two colors visible, whole panel opens when mouse is over it
• Calibrated CMYK colors for print with usage of current color profiles
• You can see old color while choosing new one
• Advantages for MagicPicker color wheel on Photoshop CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2015, CC2017, CC2018, CC2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• MagicPicker Photoshop color wheel manual is available (work in progress)
• Color pane, color wheel, RGB/HSB sliders and HEX box – see screenshots of MagicPicker
• Supports Illustrator & Photoshop CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2015.3, CC2015.5, CC2017, CC2018, CC2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Sets foreground and background color
• Supports feeback from Photoshop. (It's an ability to update panel automatically when a color is picked outside panel,
• e.g. with Alt-click on the image)
• Arbitrary panel scaling
• (H)SB,H(S)B,HS(B) and (R)GB,R(G)B,RG(B) modes support
• Numerical boxes for precise color changing
• HEX box to get color for your web page element
• NO crashes, unlike some other panels
• In addition MagicPicker 1.2, 2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.3 and 9.3 updates fix all the bugs,
• improve compatibility with Windows 7+ and Mac OS X 10.8/10.10 on calibrated monitors, fix issue with edges of the triangle, fix issues for Japanese and other international users, improves perfomance (all platforms are speeded up –
• CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS6/CC/2014) and includes buttons for swapping colors, changing colors to default, and hiding upper buttons row
• FREE UPDATES within major version for all buyers
• Available discounts on multiple licenses of MagicPicker