{"id":2244,"date":"2022-07-27T05:46:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T05:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.anastasiy.com\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2022-07-27T05:46:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T05:46:37","slug":"mixcolors-5-0-is-here-bringing-multiple-mixing-fields-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.anastasiy.com\/?p=2244","title":{"rendered":"MixColors 5.0 is here! Bringing multiple mixing fields, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MixColors 5 is here! Brings new mode with 1\/2\/4 mixing fields (different colors)! Also: Scale color swatches, drop from history, create new swatches from selected, percentage display on mixing sliders, faster, much more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"TitleText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anastasiy.com\/mixcolors_upgrade\">Upgrade MixColors now\u00a0with discount<\/a>!<\/div>\n<div class=\"TitleText\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"TitleText\">CHANGES:<\/div>\n<p>NEW! Multimix Mode. New MixColors configuration.<br \/>\nModern advancement of how MixColors works to keep up with new artist workflows.<br \/>\n&#8211; Click on the new button under main color mixing area to switch modes<br \/>\n&#8211; Have more places to mix in colors &#8211; 1,2 or 4 mixing fields arranged vertically, horizontally or in a grid.<br \/>\n&#8211; Have different non-connected mixes in these fields.<br \/>\n&#8211; Every field acts independently and has 5 new buttons: Add white, add color, add black, get from Photoshop,<br \/>\npick color to Photoshop<br \/>\n&#8211; Simple click on the field to mix in current color<br \/>\n&#8211; Adjust &#8220;brush strength&#8221; on the top of the panel<br \/>\n&#8211; Mixing fields scale with the panel<br \/>\n&#8211; You can hide\/show rearrange fields<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Free scaling of swatches! Click on the new button on the toolbar and adjust swatch size with a toolbar.<br \/>\n&#8211; Now you can have any preferable size of the swatch thumbnails. Great option for high-res monitors.<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Color sliders that regulate mix strength (long click on the field or click on the drop down near round<br \/>\nmixers on the left) now display percentage. That gives a much better feedback to improve your MixColors workflow<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Color History improvements!<br \/>\n&#8211; Marks current selection<br \/>\n&#8211; Drag&#8217;n&#8217;drop color History swatches on the mixing fields<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Selected swatch in the swatch group has current selection mark<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Select multiple color swatches and move them to new group! Or copy them to new group. You should<br \/>\n1) Click first swatch<br \/>\n2) Right-click ending swatch &#8211; a new contextual menu will display<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Color mixing formula improved. Adjusted by feedback from artists all over the world &#8211; to be more precise<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Improved UI framework &#8211; using latest UI engine from MagicPicker 8<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fixed all problems with exporting various swatches (from MixColors menu -&gt; Export colors to Swatches)<br \/>\n&#8211; Color History now correctly preserved when panel is open\/closed in all scenarios<br \/>\n&#8211; Right-click dialog for swatches is fixed, also fixed its behavior in multiple scenarios<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed current swatch selection<br \/>\n&#8211; New updated and speeded up modern UI framework, that supports all modern GPU features<br \/>\n&#8211; Optimized for better power management on laptops, Surface devices and MacBooks<br \/>\n&#8211; Still supports Adobe CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 (also CC, CC2014, CC2015, CC2017, CC2019, CC2020, CC2021, CC2022+)<br \/>\n&#8211; Optimized to support latest Photoshop 2022<br \/>\n&#8211; Improved UI performance in different scenarios<br \/>\n&#8211; Fixed various minor UI problems<br \/>\n&#8211; Improved loading speed<br \/>\n&#8211; Optimized to work with macOS Catalina, new Windows 11 updates<br \/>\n&#8211; All improvements implemented by real-life users&#8217; feedback<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anastasiy.com\/mixcolors_upgrade\">Read more about MixColors, advanced color mixer in Adobe Photoshop<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anastasiy.com\/mixcolors\">Upgrade MixColors to version 5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MixColors 5 is here! Brings new mode with 1\/2\/4 mixing fields (different colors)! Also: Scale color swatches, drop from history, create new swatches from selected, percentage display on mixing sliders, faster, much more. Upgrade MixColors now\u00a0with discount! CHANGES: NEW! Multimix Mode. New MixColors configuration. Modern advancement of how MixColors works to keep up with new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.anastasiy.com\/?p=2244\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MixColors 5.0 is here! 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