Features of MagicSquire - the brush groups organizing agent for Photoshop CC 2022 CS6 CS5

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MagicSquire with Tool Presets, History and Thumbnail scaling activated

MagicSquire with Brush Controls, Tool Presets, History and Thumbnail scaling activated Features of MagicSquire 7.4

MagicSquire is an elegant solution that lets you sort, organize and keep your brushes in folders. Assign colors to folder. Load .abr and .tpl files. Supports Adobe Photoshop 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC2019, CC2018, CC2017, CC2015, CC2014, CC, CS6, CS5.5, CS5, Mac, PC (all Windows). Creative Cloud & Creative Suite. The perfect brush companion for your Modbook or Surface!
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Magic Eraser turns any tool into Eraser with one click

Brush Controls — Add the following Brush Controls on top of MagicSquire (or use in a separate HUD popup): Size, Flow, Opacity, Roundness, Hardness, Spacing, Size Jitter, Angle Jitter, Roundness Jitter, Pressure controls Size, Pressure controls Opacity, Flip X, Flip Y, Scatter, Smoothing, Wet Edges, Scatter Count, Scatter Count Jitter, Texture Depth.

• Display only the controls you need and hide ones you don't using Add/remove brush controls
• Rearrange and assign accent colors to specific control
• Optionally use as HUD, pops up under your pointer
• Display only Brush Controls in HUD while having list of presets on the panel
Assign Background Image to Groups. Enhance the appearance of your groups. Assign and apply Tile, Scale or Monochrome effect for seamless group display. Also new group colors: Electric Blue and Khaki.
Stroke Thumbnail Color: 1-click color picking with 9 predefined colors (or yours), harmoniously working with all Photoshop color themes and group colors.
Combine Background Images and quick Stroke Colors for stunning beautiful themes of your Brush presentation
Filter/Search by Kind - quickly switch between Brushes, Erasers, Marquee Presets, Blurs, etc. using a dropdown next to the search field.
Quick Favorites - access frequently used tools by adding them to Favorites with a right-click, and quickly filter them with the Heart button
Truly Scalable UI - scale Brush Controls, Text, and Image Strokes for improved accessibility, with fine-tuning via Thumbnail Scaler and Text Size checkbox.
Direct import of Photoshop Brushes into MagicSquire from fly-out menu

Brush Randomizer connected to group

selects new brush from the group after every click on the canvas or every time you click it. New natural level of Brush variation, works with Tools too.

Huge Brush previews on Tooltips

see brushes in full detail and beauty

new! History Keyboard Shortcuts — Easily return to previous Brush/Tools in History! Navigate with one click. Set up new Keyboard Shortcuts in Settings
new! Semi-Transparent HUD — Crystal Glass Blur, Transparent & Opaque HUD modes. Adjust opacity 0–100. Assign keyboard shortcut or Stylus button. Pops up under your cursor

New features of MagicSquire 7: Instant faves ❤️, Group Textures, Filter by kind, Scale UI, in transparent HUD popup & more

New features of MagicSquire 3: Tags, Collections, Keyboard Shortcuts

Mass-tagging — select unlimited brushes/tools and assign tags to them all at once! You can also edit tags for multiple brushes
Edit appearance of multiple selected tool presets/brushes. You can select unlimited presets and change stroke type for all at once.
Supports all new .abr files features introduced in recent Photoshops. Now supports loading groups from modern .ABR files into MagicSquire groups
Open/Close all groups at once — from MagicSquire menu

MagicSquire in optional "Sticky" HUD mode

HUD Mode — Popup MagicSquire anywhere on the screen under your cursor.
- Displayed via a keyboard shortcut (defined in Settings)
- Displayed via a stylus button click (if assigned)
- Displayed by clicking "HUD Mode" button on the panel
Sticky Brushes — Press shortcut to activate brush and release to deactivate. Enable in New/Edit Brush Dialog > Sticky

Right-Click on a preset to quickly:

♥ Toggle Favorite
Duplicate Preset(s)
Move To Group…
Delete Preset(s)…
Edit Preset(s)…
New Eraser with same shape
Duplicate Group

Load multiple .abr or .tpl files into a single group
Auto-close panel after clicking on Preset
Smart Search of brushes & tags, incl. closed groups
Tags — assign tags and filter with Instant Suggestions
Collections — combine groups into collections and switch with one click
Drag’n’drop .abr/.tpl files onto panel (PS CC+ only)

New MagicSquire brings: Tags to brushes, Keyboard Shortcuts and Group Collections

Keyboard Shortcuts for individual brushes and all new MagicSquire features:
Rotate Brush/Tool tip, Turn current Brush into Eraser, Increase/Decrease Load for Mixer brushes,
Switch Collection, Create New Brush, New Group, Next/Previous brush, PRO & Compact modes, Toggle panel…
Relocate data folder to Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive, Box, Google Drive… sync brushes between machines

Disable size capture for tools; switch brushes/tools while keeping size
Capture current tool color in preset; store in group
Reset panel deletes all brush data to start from scratch

MagicSquire in Horizontal Mode with PRO Mode activated

Video is worth a million pictures! MagicSquire 1.0 in action

Horizontal layout! — First of its kind in Photoshop
Advanced Export — export groups as .TPL/.ABR, convert formats, export filtered results
Magic Eraser button toggles any tool into Eraser
Alt-click a Tool Preset to use its shape as current tool
Easy custom Group colors with new picker
Live search — filter by name instantly
Arbitrary thumbnail size with scaling slider
Shapes & Tool Presets support—organize them in groups
Recent tool history; persists between sessions
PRO Mode & Compact Mode
Superfast engine: faster brushes, .abr loading, drag’n’drop, and large collections (1000+ brushes)
Keeps your brushes organized in colored groups
Create brushes from scratch—New Brush button, double-click to edit, Update to sync with Photoshop

Brush list View Modes

Automatically generated brush images—long, short, medium and texture strokes for visual differentiation
Tool Presets support—Mixer Brushes, Erasers, Pencils, Smudge Tools…
Custom .ABR/.TPL support—load huge files with thousands of brushes
Versatile Groups—collapse and reorder with drag’n’drop
Three view modes—list + two innovative modes
Compact Mode—hover to expand and right-click friendly
Load multiple .abr/.tpl files at once

New features in MagicSquire 1.7: Tool Preset support, Compact Mode

New features in MagicSquire 2.0: Horizontal Mode, Thumbnail Scaling, PRO Mode, Recent Tools History

Alt-click on a brush to use it as any tool (Eraser, Dodge, Burn…)
Full Photoshop brush type support—Mixer, physical, textured, patterned, all of them
Captures all brush parameters—size, flow, blend mode, opacity…
Full Photoshop Themes support
Hi-res rendering—Retina/HiDPI, Wacom Companion, Surface, 4K/5K/8K
Drag’n’drop reordering
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