What's new in MixColors 5.3
Sep 19, 2023
- New! Color History improvements! - Marks current selection - Drag'n'drop color History swatches on the mixing fields
- New! 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
- Fine-tune the default mixing amount/paint load using new slider on top. Works globally - on main color mixers, swatches, etc. Adjust it on the fly or click "Default" button to get back to default
- Extracts color palette to swatches/colors from any image in Photoshop. Just click a new button on the toolbar and specify number of colors. Works on selected Layer. Adds all colors from main color palette into currently selected color group.
- Auto-assigns human readable color names to swatches (if set in Settings)
- Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to individual swatches! Right-click on swatch
- Collections! Combine several groups of colors in a collection and then switch between group combinations with one click or keyboard shortcut
- Saves/loads swatches from a file kept in your Documents folder. Backup or keep on the Cloud of your choice - Dropbox, Google Drive, etc
- Mixes colors of the vector shapes
- Color history is never lost! Now saved to Settings and restored when it's re-opened Enable/disable in Settings
- Localization: English, Chinese, Spanish
- Smart Color Groups – next generation of color swatches. Auto-gradient between Photoshop foreground & background or between any colors! Easily get colors inbetween. Smart resizing of the groups so you have only the swatches you need. Shift+click to mix to current color.
- Easily assign Keyboard Shortcuts using integrated Keyboard Shortcuts dialog wih new features: - Add new Color Swatch - Add new Color Group - Create new Smart Color Group - Add Foreground Color into Color Mix - Clear Color History - Undo/Redo Color (Navigate Color History, click to get back to older colors you chose for Photoshop Foreground) - Pick Color from Color Mix into History - Turn on Mix Eyedropper mode - Toggle Auto-Sync mode - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with main color (no matter if Auto-sync is on) - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with Photoshop Foreground (no matter if Auto-sync is off) - Load colors into each of 3 Mixers - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with main color and then update mixer with this color - Open/Close MixColors panel
- Clear Color History, Undo/Redo colors with Keyboard Shorcuts
- Quickly add color swatches to the mix with Shift+click! Drag'n'drop swatches to the mixing area, single-click to set current color
- CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6, CC, CC2014/2015/2017/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023/2024+ support! MixColors has been rewritten from ground up to support new Adobe Creative Cloud 2024 (Photoshop CC 2024)
- Color groups! – the most simple and intuitive color group management with drag'n'drop support
- Cloud Sync – Sync colors and color groups with the Cloud with safe 256-bit encryption on the server side!
- Color mixing improved – next-gen color mixing formula for faster and more accurate results!
New in MixColors 5.1 (Dec 14, 2022)
- new! Multimix Mode. New MixColors configuration. - 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! 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
- Fine-tune the default mixing amount/paint load using new slider on top. Works globally - on main color mixers, swatches, etc. Adjust it on the fly or click "Default" button to get back to default
- Extracts color palette to swatches/colors from any image in Photoshop. Just click a new button on the toolbar and specify number of colors. Works on selected Layer. Adds all colors from main color palette into currently selected color group.
- Auto-assigns human readable color names to swatches (if set in Settings)
- Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to individual swatches! Right-click on swatch
- Collections! Combine several groups of colors in a collection and then switch between group combinations with one click or keyboard shortcut
- Saves/loads swatches from a file kept in your Documents folder. Backup or keep on the Cloud of your choice - Dropbox, Google Drive, etc
- Mixes colors of the vector shapes
- Color history is never lost! Now saved to Settings and restored when it's re-opened Enable/disable in Settings
- Localization: English, Chinese, Spanish
- Smart Color Groups – next generation of color swatches. Auto-gradient between Photoshop foreground & background or between any colors! Easily get colors inbetween. Smart resizing of the groups so you have only the swatches you need. Shift+click to mix to current color.
- Easily assign Keyboard Shortcuts using integrated Keyboard Shortcuts dialog wih new features: - Add new Color Swatch - Add new Color Group - Create new Smart Color Group - Add Foreground Color into Color Mix - Clear Color History - Undo/Redo Color (Navigate Color History, click to get back to older colors you chose for Photoshop Foreground) - Pick Color from Color Mix into History - Turn on Mix Eyedropper mode - Toggle Auto-Sync mode - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with main color (no matter if Auto-sync is on) - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with Photoshop Foreground (no matter if Auto-sync is off) - Load colors into each of 3 Mixers - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with main color and then update mixer with this color - Open/Close MixColors panel
- Clear Color History, Undo/Redo colors with Keyboard Shorcuts
- Quickly add color swatches to the mix with Shift+click! Drag'n'drop swatches to the mixing area, single-click to set current color
- CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6, CC, CC2014/2015/2017/2019/2020/20212022+ support! MixColors has been rewritten from ground up to support new Adobe Creative Cloud 2022 (Photoshop CC 2022)
- Color groups! – the most simple and intuitive color group management with drag'n'drop support
- Cloud Sync – Sync colors and color groups with the Cloud with safe 256-bit encryption on the server side!
- Color mixing improved – next-gen color mixing formula for faster and more accurate results!
- MixColors Color Mixer Modes and Swatch Groups:
- Mixes colors like it is in real life! — physically-accurate color mixing.
- Oils/pastels/watercolor/etc emulation for paints. Works very fast with the new complex color mixing engine.
- Mix color directly with photoshop eyedropper! — pick a color and it quickly mixes to the current one — the most intuitive color mixing ever (MIX EYEDROPPER MODE)
- Displays history of all colors you used (along with undo/redo buttons for colors)
- Compact Mode! Panel takes only 2cm of the screen and expands automatically when mouse is over it
- Attach other panels (like MagicPicker) and use two panels as one (very convenient in Compact Mode) — from the menu
- Color swatches — prepare colors like you do it on real life palette and mix them
- Drop swatches from the bottom line to mix them to current color
- Add/Delete swatches with ease
- Import/export colors from/to Photoshop swatches
- Supports feeback from Photoshop.
- FREE UPDATES within major version for all buyers
- MixColors Photoshop color mixer manual (work in progress)
New in MixColors 5.0 (Jul 27, 2022)
- New! Fine-tune the default mixing amount/paint load using new slider on top. Works globally - on main color mixers, swatches, etc. Adjust it on the fly or click "Default" button to get back to default
- New! Extracts color palette to swatches/colors from any image in Photoshop. Just click a new button on the toolbar and specify number of colors. Works on selected Layer. Adds all colors from main color palette into currently selected color group.
- New! Auto-assigns human readable color names to swatches (if set in Settings)
- New! Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to individual swatches! Right-click on swatch
- New! Collections! Combine several groups of colors in a collection and then switch between group combinations with one click or keyboard shortcut
- New! Saves/loads swatches from a file kept in your Documents folder. Backup or keep on the Cloud of your choice - Dropbox, Google Drive, etc
- New! Mixes colors of the vector shapes
- New! Color history is never lost! Now saved to Settings and restored when it's re-opened Enable/disable in Settings
- New! Localization: English, Chinese, Spanish
- Smart Color Groups – next generation of color swatches. Auto-gradient between Photoshop foreground & background or between any colors! Easily get colors inbetween. Smart resizing of the groups so you have only the swatches you need. Shift+click to mix to current color.
New in MixColors 4.1 (Sep 15, 2021)
- New! Fine-tune the default mixing amount/paint load using new slider on top. Works globally - on main color mixers, swatches, etc. Adjust it on the fly or click "Default" button to get back to default
- New! Extracts color palette to swatches/colors from any image in Photoshop. Just click a new button on the toolbar and specify number of colors. Works on selected Layer. Adds all colors from main color palette into currently selected color group.
- New! Auto-assigns human readable color names to swatches (if set in Settings)
- New! Assign Keyboard Shortcuts to individual swatches! Right-click on swatch
- New! Collections! Combine several groups of colors in a collection and then switch between group combinations with one click or keyboard shortcut
- New! Saves/loads swatches from a file kept in your Documents folder. Backup or keep on the Cloud of your choice - Dropbox, Google Drive, etc
- New! Mixes colors of the vector shapes
- New! Color history is never lost! Now saved to Settings and restored when it's re-opened Enable/disable in Settings
- New! Localization: English, Chinese, Spanish
- Smart Color Groups – next generation of color swatches. Auto-gradient between Photoshop foreground & background or between any colors! Easily get colors inbetween. Smart resizing of the groups so you have only the swatches you need. Shift+click to mix to current color.
New in MixColors 4.0 (Aug 25, 2021)
- CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6, CC, CC2014/2015/2017/2019/2020/2021+ support! MixColors has been rewritten from ground up to support new Adobe Creative Cloud 2021 (Photoshop CC 2021)
- Color groups! – the most simple and intuitive color group management with drag'n'drop support
- Cloud Sync – Sync colors and color groups with the Cloud with safe 256-bit encryption on the server side!
- Color mixing improved – next-gen color mixing formula for faster and more accurate results!
- Mixes colors like it is in real life! — physically-accurate color mixing.
- Oils/pastels/watercolor/etc emulation for paints. Works very fast with the new complex color mixing engine.
- Mix color directly with photoshop eyedropper! — pick a color and it quickly mixes to the current one — the most intuitive color mixing ever (MIX EYEDROPPER MODE)
- Displays history of all colors you used (along with undo/redo buttons for colors)
- Compact Mode! Panel takes only 2cm of the screen and expands automatically when mouse is over it
- Attach other panels (like MagicPicker) and use two panels as one (very convenient in Compact Mode) — from the menu
- Color swatches — prepare colors like you do it on real life palette and mix them
- Drop swatches from the bottom line to mix them to current color
- Add/Delete swatches with ease
- Import/export colors from/to Photoshop swatches
- Supports feeback from Photoshop.
- FREE UPDATES within major version for all buyers
- MixColors Photoshop color mixer manual (work in progress)
- New! Smart Color Groups:
- Next generation of color swatches. Auto-gradient between Photoshop foreground & background or between any colors! Easily get colors inbetween. Smart resizing of the groups so you have only the swatches you need. Shift+click to mix to current color.
- new! Easily assign Keyboard Shortcuts:
- Using integrated Keyboard Shortcuts dialog wih new features: - Add new Color Swatch - Add new Color Group - Create new Smart Color Group - Add Foreground Color into Color Mix - Clear Color History - Undo/Redo Color (Navigate Color History, click to get back to older colors you chose for Photoshop Foreground) - Pick Color from Color Mix into History - Turn on Mix Eyedropper mode - Toggle Auto-Sync mode - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with main color (no matter if Auto-sync is on) - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with Photoshop Foreground (no matter if Auto-sync is off) - Load colors into each of 3 Mixers - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with main color and then update mixer with this color - Open/Close MixColors panel
- new! Clear Color History, Undo/Redo colors with Keyboard Shorcuts
- new! Quickly add color swatches to the mix with Shift+click!:
- Drag'n'drop swatches to the mixing area, single-click to set current color
New in MixColors 3.2 (Oct 23, 2020)
- New! Smart Color Groups – next generation of color swatches. Auto-gradient between Photoshop foreground & background or between any colors! Easily get colors inbetween. Smart resizing of the groups so you have only the swatches you need. Shift+click to mix to current color.
- New! Easily assign Keyboard Shortcuts using integrated Keyboard Shortcuts dialog wih new features: - Add new Color Swatch - Add new Color Group - Create new Smart Color Group - Add Foreground Color into Color Mix - Clear Color History - Undo/Redo Color (Navigate Color History, click to get back to older colors you chose for Photoshop Foreground) - Pick Color from Color Mix into History - Turn on Mix Eyedropper mode - Toggle Auto-Sync mode - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with main color (no matter if Auto-sync is on) - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with Photoshop Foreground (no matter if Auto-sync is off) - Load colors into each of 3 Mixers - Mix colors from each of 3 Mixers with main color and then update mixer with this color - Open/Close MixColors panel
- New! Clear Color History, Undo/Redo colors with Keyboard Shorcuts
- New! Quickly add color swatches to the mix with Shift+click! Drag'n'drop swatches to the mixing area, single-click to set current color
- CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6, CC, CC2014/2015/2017/2019/2020/2021+ support! MixColors has been rewritten from ground up to support new Adobe Creative Cloud 2021 (Photoshop CC 2021)
- Color groups! – the most simple and intuitive color group management with drag'n'drop support
- Cloud Sync – Sync colors and color groups with the Cloud with safe 256-bit encryption on the server side!
- Color mixing improved – next-gen color mixing formula for faster and more accurate results!
- Mixes colors like it is in real life! — physically-accurate color mixing.
- Oils/pastels/watercolor/etc emulation for paints. Works very fast with the new complex color mixing engine.
- Mix color directly with photoshop eyedropper! — pick a color and it quickly mixes to the current one — the most intuitive color mixing ever (MIX EYEDROPPER MODE)
- Displays history of all colors you used (along with undo/redo buttons for colors)
- Compact Mode! Panel takes only 2cm of the screen and expands automatically when mouse is over it
- Attach other panels (like MagicPicker) and use two panels as one (very convenient in Compact Mode) — from the menu
- Color swatches — prepare colors like you do it on real life palette and mix them
- Drop swatches from the bottom line to mix them to current color
- Add/Delete swatches with ease
- Import/export colors from/to Photoshop swatches
- Supports feeback from Photoshop.
- FREE UPDATES within major version for all buyers
New in MixColors 2.4 (Apr 27, 2018)
- new! CC2014/2015/2017/2018 support! MixColors has been rewritten from ground up to support new Adobe Creative Cloud 2017 (Photoshop CC 2017)
- new! Color groups! – the most simple and intuitive color group management with drag'n'drop support
- new! Cloud Sync – Sync colors and color groups with the Cloud with safe 256-bit encryption on the server side!
- new! Color mixing improved – next-gen color mixing formula for faster and more accurate results!