MagicSquire history of changes

VERSION 7.4
(Click here to see essential changes and upgrade)

  * Full support of new updates of Adobe CC 2024 and higher

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 9 pre-defined colors (no need to create new brush images)
     Select from 10 pre-defined 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 2023/2024 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

* v7.1 update
- Fixed Huge thumbnails in Vertical List mode
- Improved Huge thumbnails display in Long and Short List modes
- Removed a random message when editing brush names with double-click
- Now correctly loading .tpl files that don't display previews before loading
- Fixed right-click menu in HUD mode on macOS and Windows
- Removed unnecessary rendering of strokes - on double-click
- Monochrome background image in Long List, Short List and Vertical List modes is now displayed correctly
- Improved Group Background Image dialog in various color themes
- Fixed a problem with HUD not opening on macOS in some scenarios
- Fixed display of size-only brushes in Long List, Short List and Vertical List modes

* v7.2 update
- Group names scale with UI using 'Scale Text' on Thumbnail Size scaler
  (made by recent users feedback, please keep it coming!)
- Improved handling of Photoshop's Spring-loaded tools
- UI fixes and improvements

* v7.3 update
- Full Photoshop CC 2024 support
- Keyboard Shortcuts handling improved
- UI Framework speeded up
- Minor fixes and improvements

* v7.4 update
- Fixed activation and new Photoshop 2024 compatibility

    
VERSION 6.0/6.1/6.2

NEW! Preview files before loading
     Select one or multiple .ABR files to preview at once
     Preview all content of Brushes/Tools and choose which files to actually load - using checkboxes
     See what all Tools and Brushes look like in a huge single window

NEW! Custom Images for Tools/Brushes!
     Assign any image to a Tool or Brush
     Load from .png, .gif, .svg or .jpg files
     Use high resolution images and images with transparency, any colors, shades, sizes, etc
     Assign a single image to multiple presets with right-click
     Create your custom beautiful showcase within groups and collections!
     Preview on huge tooltips (see below)

NEW! TRANSPARENT HUD - a new see-through experience! Change from Settings
     MagicSquire HUD now can be fully transparent so you could see where you're working at
     Have only Brush Controls or Brushes visible
     Transparency can be set in Settings from 0 to 100, dynamically
     Activate Blur to blur background under panel
     Supports PRO Mode so you could only have info you need visible on the screen
     HUD is still resizable in that state
     Supports all features of MagicSquire including tags, shortcuts, etc
     Pops up under your cursor

NEW! Tool/Brush RANDOMIZER
     Have a random brush/tool selected after each Stroke!
     Or after clicking a Randomizer button - tune up in Settings
     New Setting called "Randomizer selected permanently"
      * when it's On then click on the Randomizer activates it until it unclicked, so
        random brushes will choose each time you make a stroke on canvas
      * when it's Off you need to press Randomizer button on the top of the panel
        to randomize a brush
     Every Tool/Brush is selected from the current group so you can choose group to randomize from

NEW! Displays HUGE tooltip previews for all brush thumbnails
     See your presets in a fancy beautiful detail
     Supports Custom Images!

NEW! Keyboard Shortcuts for previous/next in Tool History
     Easily select previous preset in a click of a button
     Or navigate through presets with keyboard shortcuts

NEW! Edit/New Brush dialog now has tooltip explanation for each brush stroke type

- UI speedup! Works much faster using new Photoshop API
- Improved behavior of HUD size, it now should resize properly
- Overall improvement in visual performance when displaying and scaling brushes, opening/closing groups
and dragging/dropping brushes. Speeded up brush selection on large collections.
- New UI framework uses less RAM
- Fixed various issues with Brush Controls, when they slowed down Photoshop or didn't display values
- Fixed problems between context menu and tooltips
- Improved History rendering
- Improved multiple UI areas and fixed glitches
- Improved messaging and error handling across the panel
- Fixed "Missing presets" message appearing in some scenarios

* v6.1 update
- Fixed a problem when creating a preset with Custom Image as brush tip/stroke - in some cases it didn't appear
- Removed unused shortcut slots from Keyboard Shortcuts in Settings dialog
- Fixed problem with selected presets after creating a new empty Group
- When editing a brush always rendered stroke images - fixed
- Fixed a UI problem when editing a preset with square brush tip image
- Fixed issues with making a Group color black
- Fixed a problem when adding Scattering to existing preset using Update button
- Fixed UI issues on Photoshop CS5/CS6

* v6.2 update
- CC 2023 compatibility
- Improvements to Brush Spacing parameter


VERSION 5.0/5.1/5.2/5.3/5.4/5.5

Incredible improvement in visual performance when displaying and scaling brushes, opening/closing groups
and dragging/dropping brushes. Speeded up brush selection on large collections.

NEW! Customizeable Brush Controls in a very compact form:

    - Add the following Brush Controls on top of MagicSquire:

     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,
     Color jitter per tip (on/off), Color jitter: foreground/background, Color jitter: hue,
     Color jitter: saturation, Color jitter: brightness, Color jitter: purity

     Need more controls? Please write to https://anastasiy.com/support will be adding more later on!

    - Display only the controls you need and hide ones you don't need using Add/remove brush controls button
    - Rearrange and assign accent colors to specific controls
    - Several types of the controls: Gauge, Slider, Checkbox
    - Change brush values with mouse tip or mouse wheel
    - Display only Brush Controls in HUD while having list of presets on the panel
    - Pops up under your cursor, if needed. Supports Sticky Mode
      * You can always hide this new part of MagicSquire with a Hide button

NEW! Mass-tagging! You can now select unlimited brushes/tools and assign tags to them all at once!
     You can also edit tags for multiple brushes
NEW! Edit appearance of multiple selected tools presets/brushes. You can select unlimited brush or tool presets
     and change stroke type for all of them at once.
NEW! Revamped Edit Preset dialog when editing strokes/tags for multiple selected brushes
NEW! List now scrolls when you drag brushes, so now you can move brushes between far separated groups
NEW! Supports all new .abr files features introduced in recent Photoshops.
     Now supports loading groups from modern .ABR files into groups in MagicSquire
NEW! Right-click menu (expanded) - now allows to edit selected presets
NEW! Clear search field with an "x" button that auto-appears when needed
NEW! Finally! Open/Close ALL GROUPS at once (New - Collapse All Groups/Expand All Groups in the MagicSquire menu)

- Saves and restores Painting Mode (Multiply/Overlay/Screen etc) of the Brush
- Fixed a long standing but rare problem when brushes loaded from files become missing
- Fixed problems when loading brushes from various .ABR and .TPL files, especially when loading
  non-brush tool presets
- Improved UI
- Visual improvements and critical fixes:
  - List would scroll after editing a brush - no more
  - Fixed problems when clicking Cancel in Settings dialogs (some values weren't cancelled)
  - Fixed various dialogs, improved paddings and buttons
  - Speeded up display of large amounts of brushes
  - Fixed titles for some dialogs
  - "Edit Tags" dialog now renamed to "Edit Preset"
  - Fixed a problem when button in the empty group became unclickable
  - Correctly switches Collections when Edit Collections dialog is open
  - Keeps List View Mode synced between HUD and normal panel
  - Greatly improved right-click menu behavior - especially when multiple brushes are selected
  - Now doesn't open by itself on Photoshop startup in some scenarios

- Improved compatibility with latest Photoshop CC 2021+
- Speeded up loading of huge .ABR files

* v5.1
  - Fixed lag with Photoshop eyedropper and brush controls
  - Improved UI, Scrolling, Dragging, Dropboxes and Buttons, Choosing Brush parameters for brush controls
  - Fixed problems with varios Brush parameters: Spacing was turning off when set to zero, Pressure controls,
    Opacity & Size were turning on Scatter, fixed setting of Flow and Opacity in various scenarios
  - Improved loading of very large .tpl files (~1GB)
  - Improved loading groups from varios .abr files
  - Fixed a problem with losing stylus pressure on some configurations
  - Now pressure switches for size and opacity can be set together
  - Now allowing reselect current brush if its parameters have been changed
  - Fixed lag in Photoshop when Brush Controls are activated
  - Improved HUD behavior in Brush Controls-only mode
  - Returned round corners to HUD on Windows
  - Added Spanish localization

* v5.2
  - Fixed a long standing problem when panel was blank immediate after starting Photoshop
  - Full support of CC 2022 - especially keyboard shortcuts
  - Increased max Brush Spacing parameter to 1000, please remove Brush Control corresponding
    to Brush Spacing and then re-add it
  - Added Chinese localization
  - Fixed problems with downloading of HUD in several scenarios
  - Fixed a minor issue with "x" button position on search field
  - Fixed a problem with searching/tags/clearing search field with new "x" button
  - Fixed problems with focused search field after clicking a brush (a conflict with Wacom & ExpressKeys)
  - Fixed problem with loading .abr files with groups in various scenarios
  - Fixed a problem with disappearing right-click menu on Windows
  - Improved update check

* v5.3
  - Fixed a problem with loading brush groups from huge (500MB-1GB+) .abr files
  - Changing small values of brush parameters (size, opacity, etc) is now easier. Brush controls
    change slower in 0-100 range
  - Improved localization
  - Improved loading of HUD files in various countries (South Korea, China, Switzerland)

* v5.4 update
  - Fixed a rare problem with activation on Apple M1/macOS Monterey
  - Now correctly saves/restores smoothing brush parameters when creating new brush from scratch
  - New options to add Brush Controls/parameters for color of the brush:
    * color jitter per tip (on/off)
    * color jitter: foreground/background
    * color jitter: hue
    * color jitter: saturation
    * color jitter: brightness
    * color jitter: purity

* v5.5
  - NEW! Speeded up! Improved performance in some scenarios when switching tools in Photoshop
  - Fixed a rare problem with Updating brushes (cliking Update in the Edit Brush dialog). It didn't
    work sometimes, fixed
  - Fixed a rare problem when Photoshop switched tool to the previous one


VERSION 4.0/4.1/4.2/4.3/4.4/4.5

Improved visual performance when displaying and scaling large amount of brushes on Photoshop CC 2019 & 2020

NEW! Load multiple .abr or .tpl files into a single group
NEW! Smart Search now gives you option to search closed groups

    NEW! Revamped right-click menu for presets:
    *  Duplicate Tool Preset
    *  Move To Group
    *  Delete Preset
    *  New Eraser with same shape - creates eraser(s) from currently selected tool(s)
    *  Duplicate Group New group has a unique name and becomes its own autonomous set.
       You can delete and re-arrange brushes and it won't affect original group.

NEW! 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 button click is assigned to that shortcut)
   - Displayed by clicking "HUD Mode" button on the panel
   - Interactive and fully functional HUD! All MagicSquire functions work
   - When in HUD Mode all keyboard shortcuts work without running MagicSquire from Extensions menu
    Read how to set up MagicSquire HUD

NEW! Sticky HUD Mode (optional)
   - HUD shows up on key down and hides on key up (works with stylus buttons too)
   - Go to MagicSquire Settings to activate Sticky mode for HUD
   - You can run HUD in Sticky mode alongside with the main panel, having access both to MagicSquire HUD
     and current brushes display when the HUD is hidden
    Read more about Sticky 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! Option in Settings to auto-close HUD immediately after choosing brush
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

   - PRO Mode improved
   - Fixed various error popups when creating brushes, loading/exporting brushes
   - Improved Keyboard Shortcut handling with multiple Photoshop Workspaces
   - Improved New/Edit dialog, removed empty space
   - Improved Horizontal list mode in different scenarios with Collections
   - Fixed visual issues related to opening/closing groups
   - Fixed visual problems in New/Edit dialog when there are too many tags
   - Fixed issues related to new Photoshop CC2020 21.1 when updating Tool Presets
   - Fixed problem with Updating erasers and other Tool Presets (including erasers with Dual Brush feature enabled)
   - Improved icons, made more visually consistent in Photoshop CC2020 21.1+
   - Double-clicking (instead of single-clicking) on various buttons led to problems - fixed
   - Correct messages now displayed when exporting size-only brushes
   - Now MagicSquire correctly requires to uncheck "Current Tool Only" when Updating erasers and other tools
   - Fixed problem with overlapping buttons over search field for specific panel sizes
   - Added more support keyboard shortcuts on macOS
   - Improved MagicSquire UI here and there
   - Improved open/save dialogs on Photoshop CC2020+
   - Added Keyboard Shortcut for Sticky HUD and HUD
* v4.1/4.2 updates
   - Fixed Sticky HUD problems on Windows 10 connected to latest Wacom drivers. Now should work just fine!
   - Fixed, improved and speeded up duplicating presets in various scenarios (including very huge brush collections)
   - Now you can duplicate multiple selected presets with right click
   - Fixed a rare database problem when updating Brush/Tool presets with double click
   - Various bug fixes and improvements
NEW! Revamped right-click menu:
      NEW! Duplicate Tool Preset - duplicates current selected tool(s)
      Move To Group
      Delete Preset
      NEW! New Eraser with same shape - creates eraser(s) from currently selected tool(s)
      NEW! Duplicate Group (also works on right-click on the group's title)
NEW! Duplicate whole group by right-clicking on it. New group has a unique name and becomes its own autonomous set.
     You can delete and re-arrange brushes and it won't affect original group.
NEW! Option to auto-close HUD immediately after choosing brush
   - Click Magic Eraser again to switch back to previous tool
* v4.3 update
   - Improved keyboard shortcut handling in Photoshop CC 2021 and above
   - Minor UI speedups
* v4.4 update
   - Fixed problems with brushes disappearing from HUD
   - Fixed rare problem with MagicSquire data folder errors on CC 2018 and above
   - Improved loading animation on CC 2021 and higher
   - Minor improvements to UI here and there on CC 2021 and higher
   - Switched servers, now HUD can be downloaded from China, Turkey and more countries
* v4.5 update
   - Fixed a rare problem when panel was very slow or slowing down Photoshop on some Adobe CC versions
   - Fixed various problem with loading of specific .tpl files




VERSION 3.0/3.1/3.2/3.3/3.4

NEW! Right-click on the brush to quickly move it to any group, pick group by name
NEW! Directly drag'n'drop .abr and .tpl files on the panel to load them as groups! Works only on Photoshop CC and higher

NEW! Tags - assign tags to brushes and then filter them using Search with Instant Suggestions.
     Filter out brushes that you don't need in current project, instantly.
     Search and filter by style, type, project, workspace, team, file, type of work or any other
     favorite criteria you create by yourself.

NEW! Collections allow you to combine several groups in a collection and then switch
     between group combinations with one click or keyboard shortcut. Use new Collection editor from the menu.
     See how to work with new Collections

NEW! Keyboard Shortcuts for individual brushes. Also keyboard shortcuts to following
     new and old features of MagicSquire:
   * Rotate Brush/Tool tip (works with Clone Tool too)
   * Turn current Brush into Eraser (and back)
   * Increase/Decrease Load for Mixer brushes
   * Switch Collection
   * Create New Brush
   * New Group
   * Switch to next/previous brush in current group
   * PRO Mode
   * Compact Mode
   * Toggle MagicSquire panel
     New shortcuts dialog is accessible from the menu: See how to work with shortcuts
NEW! Relocate data folder and put it on Dropbox, iCloud, One Drive, Box, Google Drive
     or any other 3rd party cloud service. Back up and safely sync your brushes between computers!
     See how to relocate data

NEW! Disable size capture for tools, switch between brushes and tools while keeping size
NEW! Capture current tool's color in the preset and store it in the group
NEW! Reset panel will delete all current brush data and allow you to start from scratch

    Significantly improved UI performance on Photoshop CC
    Improved compatibility with all latest Photoshop CCs
    Fixed problems with scrolling and selection on very large brush groups
    Fixed problems with some brush & tool thumbnails looking too big
    Fixed varios selection problems
    Fixed an issue with double-clicking on New Asset button
    Fixed a problem with re-selecting size-only brushes
    UI improvements and fixes

v3.1 Update
    Tags UI improvements on Photoshop CC
    Improved brush tip rotation performance
    Fixed problem with available keyboard shortcuts when too many shortcuts are assigned
    Fixed problem with searching for tags
    Fixed problem with capturing color
    Fixed problem with rotating brush tip
    Fixed issues with permissions with relocating data folder to Dropbox and Google Drive

v3.2 Update
    NEW! Right-click on the brush to quickly move it to any group, pick group by name
    NEW! Directly drag'n'drop .abr and .tpl files on the panel to load them as groups! Works only on Photoshop CC and higher
    Added new option in the menu - "Optimize brushes" that rebuilds brush database to avoid possible errors
    Fixed: In some scenarios Photoshop window deactivated after loading brushes from files
    Improved selection of newly created brushes on CS6 in various scenarios
    Improved compatibility with CC2019 in various scenarios
    Improved keyboard shortcut detection
    Improved handling of Dual Brushes when rendering strokes and creating new brushes
    In PRO Mode checkmark next to corresponding panel's menu item is now correctly displayed when it's active

v3.3 Update
    Sometimes brushes were lost with errors when closing panels during long operations - fixed

v3.4 Update
    Improved Photoshop 2020 compatibility
    Improved Keyboard Shortcut detection for various keyboard layouts
    Fixed problem with first brush stroke's pressure/opacity when using keyboard shortcuts


VERSION 2.0/2.1/2.2/2.3/2.4/2.5/2.6/2.7

NEW! Magic Eraser: click on the new "Use current Tool as Eraser" button to use any tool preset you select in MagicSquire
     Click again to switch back to your tool. Alt-click to turn it on permanently.

NEW! Significantly improved UI performance on Photoshop CC (all versions),
     especially when dealing with large numbers (1000+) of brushes when
     opening panel, scrolling, switching list types, opening/closing groups

    Advanced export: groups now can be exported to .tpl and .abr files. During export tools can be converted to brushes
    and vice versa depending on what you choose as a target format. Easily convert betweet .tpl and .abr Tool Presets!
    Exports filtered results when using search.

    Alt-click now works with tools! Use saved Pencil as Mixer Brush and vice versa!

    Easy picking of custom group colors with new color picker

    Search lets you filter brushes by name very quickly

    Search lets you filter brushes by name very quickly
    New horizontal layout! First of a kind in Adobe Photoshop
    Arbitrary size of the thumbnails with scaling slider
    Support for Shapes and Tool Presets! Organize Tool Presets in groups
    Recent tool history list! Kept when you open panel and transfer files
    PRO Mode - hide new buttons and elements
    Superfast new engine rewritten from scratch - much faster UI and brush handling:
    create brushes faster, load .abr files faster, faster drag'n'drop and faster
    handling of very large collections (1000+ brushes)
    Large .abr files (4GB+) and file collections support
    Various bug fixes
    Improved display of the circle on size-only brushes for newly created brushes
    Significantly improved drag'n'drop on CS6
    Supports the following tools: Move, Artboard, Rectangular/Elliptical/
    Single Row/Single Column Marquee, Lasso, Polygonal/Magnetic Lasso, Quick Selection,
    Magic Wand, Crop, Perspective, Slice, Slice Select, Eyedropper, 3D Material Eyedropper,
    Color Sampler, Note, Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, Patch, Content-Aware Move,
    Red Eye, Brush, Pencil, Color Replacement, Mixer Brush, Clone Stamp, Pattern Stamp,
    History Brush, Art History Brush, Eraser, Background Eraser, Magic Eraser,
    Gradient, Paint Bucket, 3D Material Drop, Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, Dodge, Burn,
    Sponge, Pen, Freeform Pen, Horizontal/Vertical Type Tool, Horizontal/Vertical Type Mask,
    Pen Selection, Rectangle Shape, Rounded Rectangle Shape, Ellipse Shape, Polygon Shape, Line Shape,
    Custom Shape, Zoom
    Supports newest Adobe Creative Cloud
    Improves loading of very large .abr files on CS6
    Improved behavior on CS5/CS6, including drag'n'drop in some scenarios
    Fixed a problem when a .tpl file could not be loaded when tools were named in a specific way
    Fixed a rare issue connected to Tool Presets on CS5/CS6 which led to a panel crash
    Fixed loading of very large groups on CS5/CS6
    CS6: Fixed selection problems in varios list modes
    Improved quality of icons for Tool Presets
    Improved drag'n'drop on Photoshop CC in Horizontal layout
    Improved UI on Photoshop CC2015 and CC2014
    Performance boost on Photoshop CS5/CS6!
    Improved list mode
    Fixed a bug with loading specific .ABR files on Photoshop CC2018+
    Fixed a bug when size of the brush wasn't properly saved on Photoshop CC2018+
    Fixed loading of Photoshop CC2018+ brushes when sometimes they weren't loaded as tool presets
    Fixed "consistency" error that some users faced on CC2018+
    Small bug fixes
    Speedups and optimizations
    Optimizations to UI and drag'n'drop on Photoshop CS6
    Added panel loading progress on Photoshop CS6
    Improved compatibility with recent Adobe updates
    Improved UI performance
    Fixed issues with varios brush formats and .abr/.tpl files
    Improved UI on Photoshop CS6

v2.6 & v2.7 updates
 - Improved loading of multiple .tpl files
 - Significantly improved UI performance on Photoshop CC (all versions),
   especially when dealing with large numbers (1000+) of brushes when
   opening panel, scrolling, switching list types, opening/closing groups
 - Nailed "Cannot get id" problem on large brush collections
 - Fixed visual issues
 - Improved performace of Horizontal layout
 - You can now tune double-click behavior in MagicSquire settings
 - 4x-8x speed improvement when loading .abr and .tpl files
 - Magic Eraser now preserves brush size and also supports second click! When you click Magic Eraser
   button again it switches back to the previousely selected tool


VERSION 1.7
    Organize brushes and tools in groups
    New Brushes/Tools display modes: Long list view with Brush/Tool names and Short view
    Direct editing of Brush/Tool names by double-clicking
    Supports Tools Presets: Brush, Mixer Brush, Smudge, Eraser, Pencil, etc.
    Touchless Compact Mode - use MagicSquire as a right-click brush panel replacement
    Alt-click on the brush to use it as Eraser or any other Tool
    Drag'n'drop of multiple brushes, deletion of multiple brushes at once
    Load .ABR & .TPL files and add various Tools from Photoshop
    Load multiple .ABR & .TPL files at once
    Change group colors
    Add/remove/update brushes/presets from Photoshop
    Rearrange with drag'n'drop
    Supports extended brush (tool preset) parameters - flow, opacity etc.
    Renders 4 different types of brush strokes
    Loads .ABR and .TPL files
    Prefined Size-only brushes
    Hi-Res stroke rendering
    Supports Retina/HiDPI/4K/5K displays
    Powered by MagicPicker engine
    Tooltips, when hovering over brushes the tooltip will show brush name
    Improved data storage behavior and improved performance when saving large brush sets
    Improved performance when creating and loading brushes

VERSION 1.6
    Drag'n'drop of multiple brushes is now supported
    Deleting multiple brushes is finally supported
    Fixed a bug connected to Photoshop's bug with "sample data not found" message on specific .tpl files
    Fixed varios UI conflicts connected to dialogs
    Improved drag'n'drop on CS5 and CS6 for Wacom, Huion and Ugee tablets
    Improved compatibility with .tpl files
    Multiple performance improvements

VERSION 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5
    NEW! Supports Tools Presets: Brush, Mixer Brush, Smudge, Eraser, Pencil, etc.
    NEW! Brushes/Tools display modes: Long list view with Brush/Tool names and Short view
         Direct editing of Brush/Tool names by double-clicking
    NEW! Load .TPL files and add various Tools from Photoshop
    NEW: Touchless Compact Mode - use MagicSquire as a right-click brush panel replacement
    NEW: Alt-click on the brush to use it as Eraser or any other Tool
    NEW! Significantly improved speed when: creating a new brush, loading .abr/.tpl files!
    Tooltips, when hovering over brushes the tooltip will show brush name
    Improved data storage behavior and improved performance when saving large brush sets
    Support of wider range of brushes, including 16-bit and brushes from older versions of Photoshop
    Better support of Dual Brushes
    UI performance improvement
    Significant performance improvements when creating new brush
    Group colors handling improved on CS5/CS6
    Significantly improved panel behavior on Photoshop CS5/CS6
    Improved drag'n'drop on CS5/CS6
    Organize brushes in groups
    Change group colors
    Add/remove/update brushes from Photoshop functionality
    Rearrange with drag'n'drop
    Supports extended brush (tool preset) parameters - flow, opacity etc.
    Renders 4 different types of brush strokes
    Loads .ABR files
    Prefined Size-only brushes
    Hi-Res brush rendering
    Supports Retina/HiDPI/4K/5K displays
    Powered by MagicPicker engine
    New Brushes/Tools display modes: Long list view with Brush/Tool names and Short view
    Direct editing of Brush/Tool names by double-clicking
    Now you can assign arbitrary colors to the groups by editing MagicSquire.json
    in Documents folder. Change "colorCode" to a hex RGB value like "#3197FF"
    (in quotes)
    Improved format of MagicSquire.json groups description, made it human readable on CC2014 and above
    (CS5/CS6 .json improvement is coming with next updates)
    Improved handling and display of Pencil presets
    Improved UI on CS5, CS5.5 and CS6
    Improved panel behavior when there are many groups of brushes on CS6
    Panel now supports more .abr types
    Various UI improvements and speedups