 MagicPicker changes history
NEW IN version 9.3
* Full support of new updates of Adobe CC 2024 and higher
* Improved UI performance! New framework update, for blazing fast clicks, drags and other UI actions
* Full support of new Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator 2023, including Keyboard Shortcuts
NEW! REALTIME COLOR PICKING!
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! 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! 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! 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! 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! Make it blueish or make it warmer - use Ctrl+Shift on sliders to move the pointer slightly towards mouse cursor/new color
when you Ctrl+Shift+Click on the sliders
NEW! Change vector opacity!
Works in Illustrator and Photoshop vectors
When vectors are selected and automatic Opacity button appears under colors, click on it and use slider to adjust opacity
of current selection
- Added Munsell Color values to the bottom left corner of the color wheel, with current color values
- Now HUGE (full panel size) alt-click color preview dynamically changes when current color updated in Photoshop
- Streamlined panel update process, there's no need to look for serial numbers anymore
- Fixed an issue when some buttons didn't react on mouse hovers - especially Exchange Colors and Forgeround/Background colors
- Fixed a rare issue when in certain configurations with white foreground color when starting MagicPicker it would show up as white with no hues
* 9.1 - REALTIME COLOR PICKING! Now you can pick colors from the screen and have them in MagicPicker in real time! Activate in Settings
* 9.1 - Improved Traditional Color Wheel
* 9.1 - Fixed when Color History not updating
* 9.1 - Improved Scale numbers on the sliders when Slider value box was hidden
* 9.1 - Improved removing and re-adding Color History in the same Photoshop session
* 9.1 - Improved activation on Illustrator 2020 after recent Adobe updates
* 9.1 - Improved behavior on CS6 connected to Munsell Color Wheel
* 9.2 - Full Adobe Photoshop CC 2024 Support
* 9.2 - Faster UI framework
* 9.3 - Fixed activation and new Photoshop 2024 compatibility
NEW IN version 8-8.3
* 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 cusomizeable 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 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 abd 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
* 8.1 - Fixed a long standing problem when panel was blank immediate after starting Photoshop
* 8.1 - Fixed Lab sliders' L position
* 8.1 - 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
* 8.1 - Fixed various issues with HUD
* 8.1 - On macOS HUD now should start as expected
* 8.1 - Now HUD runs on Adobe Illustrator in all scenarios
* 8.1 - Fixed various UI issues on Adobe Illustrator
* 8.1 - Improved Chinese UI translation
* 8.2 - Fixed issues with transparency indication on vector shapes (Photoshop and Illusrator). Now
when clicking between Foreground and Background swatch transparency is displayed
correctly in all scenarios
* 8.2 - Fixed problems with assigning transparency with Ctrl/Cmd click to colors
* 8.2 - In K-Locked mode color wouldn't change in Photoshop after using Saturation/Brightness/Hue
Keyboard Shortcuts - fixed
* 8.2 - CMYK sliders display correct values in all scenarios, when using different
color spaces, RGB/CMYK document modes etc.
* 8.2 - Now sliders and color wheel can be accurately resized to its minimum in all scenarios
* 8.2 - Correctly assigns fill/stroke color to shapes if multiple selected on CC2021+
* 8.2 - Improved UI localization
* 8.3 - Fixed problem with CMYK sliders and gradients in various scenarios
* 8.3 - Improved UI localization when activating panel, added link to license retrieval
* 8.3 - Improved activation on macOS Monterey
* 8.3 - Fixed: K-Lock was turning on when deleting individual C,M,Y or K sliders
NEW IN version 7.0/7.1/7.2
NEW! HUD Mode! Popup MagicPicker anywhere on the screen under your cursor.
- Displayed via a keyboard shortcut (defined in Settings)
- 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
Read how to set it up
NEW! Sticky HUD Mode (optional)
- HUD shows up on key down and hides on key up (works with stylus buttons too)
- Go to MagicPicker Settings to activate Sticky mode for HUD
- You can run HUD in Sticky mode alongside with the main panel, having access both to MagicPicker HUD
and current colors display when the HUD is hidden
Read more about Sticky HUD
NEW! Color values on the wheel are now displayed in real time 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
- Also Ctrl- or Cmd-click HSB or RGB sliders to round to the closest of 10, 20, 30 etc
NEW! Full size preview of the current color!
- ALT-clicking on the foreground/background color swatch brings huge color preview the size of the whole panel
NEW! 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
- New updated and speeded up modern UI framework, that supports all modern GPU features
- MagicPicker 7 is again the fastest color wheel in your environment!
- Optimized for better power management on laptops, Surface devices and MacBooks
- Optimized to run on older computers
- Still supports Adobe CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 (also CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2017, CC2019, CC2020+)
- Optimized to support latest Photoshop 2020 (Illustrator too)
- Tone Lock supports new color spaces
- HUD Mode supports OpenGL and Metal GPU acceleration (if present) for instant color picking via a popup
- HUD Mode can be activated via shortcut without running MagicPicker from Photoshop menu
- Better support of Surface Book and Surface Pro
- Better support of non-Wacom tablets
- Improved Shift behavior on color wheel for changing colors slightly
- More Keyboard Shortcuts
- New Keyboard Shortcuts smartly support traditional color wheel mode when it's active
- More than 25 keyboard shortcuts for faster and more handy color adjustment
- HUD mode supports PRO mode features
- Improved UI performance in different scenarios
- Fixed various minor UI problems
- Improved loading speed, especially in new HUD mode
- Compact Mode is still supported together with HUD
- Optimized to work with macOS Catalina, new Windows 10 updates
- Correctly works with XDR and HDR displays (on OpenGL supported GPUs)
- All improvements implemented by real-life users' feedback
* 7.1 - Added Sticky HUD mode
* 7.1 - Fixed bugs in multi-monitor configurations and on external monitors
* 7.1 - Fixed problem with first brush stroke's pressure/opacity when using keyboard shortcuts
* 7.1 - Fixed issue with upscaled icon on Adobe Illustrator
* 7.1 - Fixed bug with randomly disappearing panel on Photoshop start
* 7.1 - Fixed handling of Shift-based shortcut key combinations on Windows
* 7.1 - Solid Color Fill layer changes color only when Colorize Shapes & Text mode is active
* 7.1 - RGB/HSB sliders now update color values/name on color wheel (if shown) in realtime
* 7.1 - Improved HUD size handling on Adobe Illustrator
* 7.1 - Improved Keyboard Shortcut detection for various keyboard layouts
* 7.1 - Improved Keyboard Shortcut handling with multiple Photoshop Workspaces
* 7.2 - Fixed problem with linking colors in some scenarios on Photoshop CC 2020 21.1+
* 7.2 - Fixed problem with changing background color in some scenarios on Photoshop CC 2020 21.1+
* 7.2 - Fixed a problem with using keyboard shortcuts on Illustrator on macOS Catalina for international users
* 7.2 - Better support for Adobe CC 2021
NEW IN version 6.0/6.1/6.2/6.3/6.4
NEW! LDT-Cube Color Picker - first of a kind perceptual color space for digital artists.
Allows you to pick separately on three Light, Dark and Temperature-based color sides at the same time!
Light/Dark sides are tone-locked so you can easily change color's saturation while keeping color's brightness.
* Move horizontally to adjust brightness
* Move vertically to adjust saturation while keeping brightness
* Top side adjusts color temperature
NEW! Slight color adjustment with Shift+click on the inner side of color wheel (box, triangle, etc).
The color pointer moves towards the cursor.
NEW! Keyboard Shortcuts to main MagicPicker functions. Now with one click do the following:
* Increase/decrease Color Temperature
* Increase/decrease Color Brightness
* Increase/decrease Color Saturation
* Toggle Color Scheme
* Toggle Tone Lock
* Toggle K-Lock
* Toggle Compact Mode
* Toggle RGB/HSB
* Switch between Color Wheel Triangle/Box/Diamond/Color Temperature/LDT Cube modes
* Copy current color's Hex value to Clipboard
* Switch Color Wheel / Color Box (Pane)
* Toggle MagicPicker panel on/off
All shortcuts are assignable straight inside MagicPicker Settings in an easy-to-use dialog (one click away settings).
Adjust steps for parameters increase/decrease from the same dialog.
All shortcuts work even if Document or any other panel selected, no need to click on MagicPicker, just keep it open.
You can assign shortcut to open MagicPicker panel.
You can asssign special keys of extended Keyboards and devices that emulate key presses.
Follow our tutorials for troubleshooting and additional details:
http://tutorials.anastasiy.com/?info=magicpicker-keyboard-shortcuts
NEW! 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.
NEW! Added new color spaces to the color wheel values display pane:
* Pantone P Solid Coated/Uncoated
* Pantone Solid Coated/Uncoated
* L*c*h*
NEW! Tooltips for UI elements! You can switch them off in Settings if you thing they're too much. You will
still have Interactive Help.
Fixed issues when switching back from Compact Mode
Fixed clicking on b&w boxes and button in BIG color mode
Improved Colorize Shapes & Text mode in varios scenarios with complex Photoshop documents
Improved performance
Better integration with most recent updates from Adobe, Microsoft and Apple (Windows/Mac)
* 6.1 - Improved Color Temperature algorithm when adjusting it with keyboard shortcuts
* 6.1 - Adjustable steps for Keyboard Shortcuts that adjust Color Brightness, Hue etc. are now saved correctly
on all versions of Photoshop
* 6.1 - Improved Keyboard Shortcuts binding in Adobe Illustrator
* 6.2 - Blank panel fix on Photoshop CS5/CS6
* 6.2 - Keyboard Shortcuts optimizations
* 6.3 - Significant UI performance boost (new framework) on Photoshop/Illustrator CC, all versions. Especially on CC 2018+
* 6.3 - UI improvement in Keyboard Shortcuts dialog on Photoshop CS6
* 6.3 - Improved Black & White button behavior in BIG colors mode
* 6.3 - Fixed problem with clicking Background color swatch in BIG colors mode
* 6.3 - Fixed problem with wrong CMYK values on Illustrator in some scenarios
* 6.3 - On Illustrator CC and higher currently selected color swatch is now correctly displayed on the top
* 6.3 - Improved panel title display in Compact Mode
* 6.3 - Greatly improved and optimized Compact Mode in different scenarios, especially when quickly moving
cursor around the panel
* 6.3 - Improved LDT Cube behavior when using eyedropper in some scenarios
* 6.4 - UI Performance improved, invalid signature ("The extension could not be loaded because it
was not signed correctly") problem fixed
NEW IN versions 5.0/5.1/5.2/5.3
NEW! Colorize Shapes and Text in Photoshop (activated from menu).
* Colorize individual shapes with color feedback.
* Control hue of groups of shapes - shift hue and color temperature.
* Works with Tone Lock and K-Lock.
* Lets assign tranparent color to Fill/Stroke
* Works with text, lets change multiple shape and text layers at the same tume
NEW! Assign transparent color in Illustrator and for Photoshop shapes/vectors with
Ctrl/Cmd Click
Exchange colors for shapes, exchange with transparency
NEW! New color spaces and color values on the corner of the wheel.
* Switchable button on the left bottom corner
* HSB, RGB, CMYK, YCbCr, YUV, XYZ
* Color names display (X11/HTML standard)
* Copy values to clipboard with one click
NEW! Interactive help (activated from menu)
* Click on any UI element to get full tutorial with description how to use it
and what it means
NEW! Full Retina support! Fine beautiful icons - icons got a HiDPI treatment.
Use it on Mac 5K and Retina and 4K displays on Windows & Mac
* Improved performance on Retina and HiDPI/4K/6K displays
NEW! BG/FG link now works when using eyedropper - perfect helper when using Brush
with Color Dynamics. Underlying framework has been rewritten from scratch
to support CC2015.5, newest and upcoming
versions of the Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Performance improved, 2X faster in many scenarios - when scaling etc.
K-Lock now correctly works with the eyedropper in all scenarios and document color modes
More UI improvements and fixes for dialogs
Fixed various small bugs, including B&W button behavior when BIG colors are on
Added animations
Fixed b&w button when using big swatches
RGB/HSB rulers now can be scaled even more!
Fixed disappearing background color
Better compatibility with CC2017 & CC2015.5
Fixed icons on HiDPI and Retina displays for Illustrator CC2015/2015.3
New indicator for transparency in Photoshop and Illustrator
Fixed MagicPicker icon on Illustrator CC 2015+
Improved and fixed small bugs in Photoshop and Illustrator on all Adobe Creative Suite and
Creative Cloud versions
5.1 - Improved Color Temperature Wheel behavior
5.1 - Improved interactive help
5.1 - MagicPicker now correctly detects if shape is selected in all possible cases
5.1 - Fixed oversized text problems when changing text color in Photoshop with MagicPicker
5.1 - Fixed problems with oversized Tone Lock icon
5.1 - Improved K-Lock behavior with eyedropper
5.1 - Improved and speeded up animations
5.1 - Improved performance on CS6, CS5, CS4 and CS3
5.1 - Improved YUV and Color names on the wheel
5.2 - Improved and speeded up sliders on Photoshop CC2015.5/Illustrator CC2015.3
5.2 - Improved installation on Illustrator CC2015.3
5.2 - Faster shape selection detection
5.2 - Faster selection of background color swatch in BIG swatches mode
5.2 - R/G/B, H/S/B, C/M/Y/K boxes are now faster on Photoshop CC2015.5
5.2 - RGB/HSB Sliders on the bottom are now scaled correctly
5.2 - Fixed gray window on Photoshop CS4
5.2 - Interactive Help now correctly shows interactive tips on color name and YUV values
5.3 - Improved right-click behavior in Color Scheme mode
5.3 - Improved support for Adobe Creative Suite CC 2017
5.3 - Improved Compact Mode
5.3 - Improved activation
5.3 - Greatly improved overall UI speed especially on CC2018
5.3 - Fixed linking background and foreground in Traditional Color Wheel mode
5.3 - Improved Color Temperature Wheel in different scenarious
5.3 - Improved loading time of the panel
NEW IN versions 4.0/4.1/4.2/4.3/4.4/4.5
NEW! 64 fps color wheel/panel refresh rate when picking colors in Photoshop CC 2014 & CC 2015
NEW! K-Lock lets you lock the K value of the CMYK color representaion for better printing control
NEW! Full Adobe Photoshop CC 2015/2014 and Illustrator CC 2015/2014 support!
NEW! New Color Temperature Wheel
New mode lets you limit color shades to the specific temperature while changing
coldness/warmness of the color
NEW! Advanced Tone Lock (Tone Lock 2.0)
* Use Tone Lock on the HSB/RGB sliders (using SHIFT or button on the panel)
* Change Saturation while keeping the Tone of color intact
* Use Tone Lock with color schemes
* Use Tone Lock in Linked Background/Foreground mode
NEW! BIG color swatches - see bigger foreground and background colors while choosing
and after choosing them
UI fixes and improvements
Improved mouse behavior on the Traditional Color Wheel
Reworked Flyout menu
Ctrl/Cmd-click now doesn't select the complentary colors on the wheel -
instead it just picks them. Now you can easily assign complementary color to the
background by clicking Alt+Ctrl/Cmd
A lot of improvements to the panel design, UI and Flyout menu for all 4 color themes
in PS and support for dynamic themes in Illustrator
Flyout menu is now more advanced
Improved performance on CS4 and CS3
Various improvements and bug fixes
Improved behavior of the panel on Retina and HiDPI displays
Fixed panel behavior on Cintiq/Cintiq Companion when using fingers
Decreased opening time
* 4.1 - Added ALT-click to quickly switch to the Color Temperature Wheel mode
* 4.1 - Improved color wheel behavior on Windows
* 4.1 - Fixed a problem on selected configurations when clicking on the
circle pointer and moving it was unresponsive or too slow
* 4.1 - Fixed performance issues on CC2014
* 4.1 - Fixed a problem with the first click and Wacom tablet/pressure on Windows
* 4.1 - Small fixes and improvements
* 4.2 - Fixed an issue with color schemes on CC and lower
* 4.2 - Improved performance for a couple of scenarios on Mac and PC
* 4.2 - Improved UI performance for HiDPI and Retina displays
* 4.3 - Significantly improved performance on Photoshop CC 2014 under Windows
* 4.3 - Color Schemes and keyboard interaction improvements
* 4.3 - Fixed small bugs
* 4.4 - Improved handling of multiple objects in Illustrator
* 4.4 - More precise color handling for Illustrator CMYK document mode
* 4.4 - Improved activation
* 4.4 - Improved compact mode on CC platform
* 4.4 - K-Lock
* 4.4 - Color shifting of the H(SB) and color temperature for multiple objects in Illustrator
NEW IN version 3.0/3.1
NEW! Magic Tone Lock - lock tone of color when changing its hue
Activate Tone Lock with a button or press SHIFT
NEW! Color box mode for color wheel
NEW! Diamond mode for color wheel
NEW! Sliders can now display scales by clicking small triangles
NEW! Now you can switch on/off 12 basic colors in Traditional Color Wheel mode
NEW! Adobe Illustrator Support (Adobe Illustrator CS6, Illustrator CS5, Illustrator CS5.5,
Illustrator CS4 and Illustrator CS3 are supported)
NEW! Leap Motion support (requires Ethereal) - change colors in the air with your fingers
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