{"id":2070,"date":"2021-11-17T06:46:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T06:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.anastasiy.com\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2021-11-17T06:59:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T06:59:14","slug":"magicpicker-8-is-here-with-lab-lch-hsl-temperature-sliders-transparent-hud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.anastasiy.com\/?p=2070","title":{"rendered":"MagicPicker 8 is here with Lab, L*c*h, HSL, Temperature Sliders, TRANSPARENT HUD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring the\u00a0\u00a0early upgrade bonus, see below!<\/p>\n<p>Transparent HUD! OMG. Variable opacity. On\/off Background Blurred Glass effect. Sliders Revolution! 10 NEW Color Spaces designed for artists, with Sliders under Color Wheel: Lab, L*c*h, Temperature, HSL, Gradient Blend, CMYK, CIE Luv, Grayscale, HSB, RGB. Pick colors. Arrange like you want! Drag, remove. Full CC 2022 support. More features, faster UI!<\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S NEW in MagicPicker version 8.0:<\/p>\n<p>* Full support of new Adobe Photoshop &amp; Illustrator 2022, including Keyboard Shortcuts<br \/>\n* Graphics Framework improvements &#8211; UI now faster in scaling, resizing, animation, redraw etc<br \/>\n* HUD is faster<br \/>\n* Improved styling of UI, added small touches here and there<br \/>\n* Now works much better and updates better when working with subtle colors (hues\/saturation around 2-3%)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NEW!<\/strong> TRANSPARENT HUD &#8211; a new see-through experience! Change from Settings<br \/>\n&#8211; MagicPicker HUD now can be fully transparent so you could see where you&#8217;re working at<br \/>\n&#8211; Have only color wheel\/color picker visible<br \/>\n&#8211; Transparency can be set in Settings from 0 to 100<br \/>\n&#8211; Adjust Transparency dynamically<br \/>\n&#8211; Activate Blur to blur background under panel<br \/>\n&#8211; Supports PRO Mode so you could only have round color wheel visible on the screen<br \/>\n&#8211; HUD is still resizeable in that state<br \/>\n&#8211; Supports all features of MagicPicker including sliders, boxes, etc<br \/>\n&#8211; Pops up under your cursor<\/li>\n<li><strong>NEW!<\/strong> 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<\/li>\n<li><strong>NEW!<\/strong> New fully cusomizable sliders in any combinations Supported:<br \/>\n&#8211; HSB, * HSL &#8211; more natural shade between black\/white\/current color, * Lab, * Lch\/HCL &#8211; finally a human perception based color sliders, that preserve lightness &amp; saturation of hues * CMYK, * Color Temperature, * Gradient between Foreground\/Background (Blend), * CIE L*u*v*, * Grayscale, * RGB<br \/>\n&#8211; Add with a new + button on the left of sliders<br \/>\n&#8211; Delete individual sliders &#8211; drag by label and then drop to a Trash can on the bottom<br \/>\n&#8211; Keep single sliders and remove the others so you can have combinations like H,R,G,L or L*,S,B<br \/>\n&#8211; Freely rearrange by grabbing and moving! Move sliders up or down quickly<br \/>\n&#8211; All slider values are synced with your current color profile<br \/>\n&#8211; New sliders are compatible with PRO Mode, K-Lock and Tone Lock!<br \/>\n&#8211; Display exact values on mouse hover<br \/>\n&#8211; All sliders are fully dynamic and update in realtime<br \/>\n* Reset sliders &#8211; from the menu, to original combinations<\/li>\n<li><strong>NEW!<\/strong> Reset color schemes &#8211; from MagicPicker menu. Will reset secondary colors to default position<\/li>\n<li><strong>NEW!<\/strong> You asked for it!<br \/>\n* On Windows in Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl no longer required. Now allowing F1, F2 etc. keys<\/li>\n<li><strong>NEW!<\/strong> Illustrator: * Keyboard Shortcut to swap Fill\/Stroke swatches on Illustrator (and Background\/Foreground on Photoshop)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Optimized to work with new Windows 11, macOS Big Sur, Monterey<br \/>\n&#8211; Improved memory handling, on some computers MagicPicker started to eat memory and slowed down after awhile, fixed that<br \/>\n&#8211; HUD round corners are back for all Windows users!<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed a problem with setting vector shapes stroke colors on CC 2020, CC 2021 &amp; CC 2022<br \/>\n&#8211; Improved assigning of keyboard shortcuts in varios scenarios<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed problems with entering keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Illustrator in various scenarios<br \/>\n&#8211; MagicPicker now speaks more languages: Chinese, Spanish<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed a rare problem on Adobe Illustrator where panel could stop updating its colors after some time<br \/>\n&#8211; Still supports Adobe CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 (also CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2017, CC2019, 2020, 2021, 2022+)<br \/>\n&#8211; HUD Mode supports OpenGL and Metal GPU acceleration (if present) for transparency blur<br \/>\n&#8211; Transparent HUD optimized for better power management on laptops, Surface devices and MacBooks<br \/>\n&#8211; Transparent HUD optimized to run on older computers<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed various minor UI problems<br \/>\n&#8211; All improvements implemented by real-life users&#8217; feedback<\/p>\n<p>Upgrade to <a href=\"https:\/\/anastasiy.com\/magicpicker_upgrade\">MagicPicker 8 now and receive a limited-time early upgrade discount<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/anastasiy.com\/colorwheel\">MagicPicker, the most advanced and slick color wheel HUD\/panel for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featuring the\u00a0\u00a0early upgrade bonus, see below! Transparent HUD! OMG. Variable opacity. On\/off Background Blurred Glass effect. Sliders Revolution! 10 NEW Color Spaces designed for artists, with Sliders under Color Wheel: Lab, L*c*h, Temperature, HSL, Gradient Blend, CMYK, CIE Luv, Grayscale, HSB, RGB. Pick colors. Arrange like you want! Drag, remove. Full CC 2022 support. 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