Tip#50: MixColors 2 and new swatch groups. ​​​​​​​New MixColors 2.0 is the fastest way to organize swatches in groups in Photoshop. 

- Click on the folder icon to create new group

- Click on the group name to activate it

- Click on arrow next to group name to hide/show colors in the group.

You can move colors between groups and inside one group using drag’n’drop! The feature works across all modern versions of Photoshop from CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS6 up to CC 2015.

Tip#49: Traditional color wheel. With MagicPicker you can pick colors on the Traditional Color Wheel – a color wheel based on 12 basic colors used in traditional painting. That allows you to pick colors having relationship based on physical pigments of the paints. For example in this color scheme complement colors red is the opposite to green and yellow is opposite to purple. This color wheel is often referred to as Itten’s Color Wheel. 

Switch to this mode by clicking on the button to the right-bottom of the color wheel.

Tip#47 & 48: MagicPicker keyboard shortcuts/modifiers cheat sheet. One of the biggest speed boost with MagicPicker is the knowledge of keyboard modifiers. Basically it’s three of them: ALT, SHIFT and CTRL/CMD. And here they go in one place altogether! Don’t forget that you can use a combination of them as well! Like Pressing ALT+SHIFT on the color wheel will change background color while keeping the color’s tone with temporary Tone Lock last the same time!

Tip#46: All in one place! Hide Photoshop or Illustrator toolbar and let MagicPicker unclutter your workspace. All active shortcuts from the original toolbar for quick color management are in one place available on the panel: foreground and background swatches (can be bigger than originals, stroke/background colors in Illustrator), default colors, color exchange and foreground/background link (specific to MagicPicker, covered in previous tutorials).

Tip#45: Quickly switch to Color Temperature Wheel mode and back with one click! If you want to quickly tune color’s temperature while working in the classic color wheel mode – ALT-click on the Triangle/Box/Diamond modes button. The MagicPicker will switch to the Color Temperature Wheel mode and if you ALT-click the button again it will bring you back to the previous state of the color wheel! 

Works in MagicPicker since version 4.3. Works in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CC 2017, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6, CS5, CS4 and CS3.

Tip#44: Tone Lock of the background color in MagicPicker. Did you know you can quickly change hue of the background color in MagicPicker while keeping its perceived brightness (tone)? Just press ALT + SHIFT while clicking and moving the cursor on the color wheel (or just ALT or your pen’s button with Tone Lock On). That lets you keep background color within the same gamut very easily and achieve constant organic coloration across your painting/design/photography/artwork. Works with Color Temperature Wheel and on the color pane in H(SB) mode. In Color Temperature Wheel mode it will let you keep background color’s perceived brightness while changing its temperature.

Tip#43: Using MagicPicker’s automatic color correction in Adobe Illustrator. In Illustrator MagicPicker smartly keeps colors within the chosen color space – for selected shapes. If you work in CMYK in Illustrator:

1) select a shape

2) try to change its color with the MagicPicker so it falls outside CMYK space

3) MagicPicker will correct it immediately so you would get the color that can be reproduced in CMYK

It’s slightly different from how Illustrator handles it. With MagicPicker you will see the result right away.

In recent version of MagicPicker it works with Tone Lock and on the Color Temperature Wheel.

Tip#42: Rotate color wheel the way you want. MagicPicker offers a wide variety of color wheel configurations in addition to new Temperature Color Wheel. 

Use the classic scheme or rotate the wheel so the red points up at 0° (works best for design where you get the Hue=0 at the exact top of the wheel). Or even use Traditional color wheel based on classic 12 color scheme (which may also be rotated). Work with the color wheel the way you like it! You can rotate color wheel from MagicPicker’s fly-out menu choosing Settings. And switch to Traditional mode using the button on the right-bottom.

Works in Photoshop and Illustrator CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC and CC 2014.

Tip#41: Temperature Color Wheel in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. MagicPicker 4 introduces a new innovative color tool – color temperature wheel. With a single turn of the wheel you can change the temperature of the colors you pick. Get the exact colors for the lights, darks, on the sun, in the shadows, within the cool or warm gamma. Adding Tone Lock you can find the corresponding colors within different temperatures while keeping the same brightness.

To change the temperature of the colors:

1) Click the button on the top right of MagicPicker that switches between triangle/box and diamond modes until you reach the Color Temperature Wheel mode

2) Move the rectangular slider around the warm/cold wheel to change the temperature

3) Move the pointer inside the rectangle to choose colors with the same warmness/coldness

4*) You can use Tone Lock to keep the same brightness of the color