Anastasiy Experimental Ground

My extension panels on three languages

2011-10-11T09:47:00.000-07:00

Now anastasiy.com features three languages for the panel extension pages (MagicPicker, MixColors, DiskFonts)!

Spanish (thanks to Edgar Parra):
Adobe Creative Suite Paneles, Rueda de Colores en Español
MagicPicker, Rueda de Colores de Photoshop
Características de MagicPicker, Rueda de Colores Panel
MixColors, mezclador de colores
Características de MixColors Panel
Ventajas seleccionadas para Photoshop CS5/CS5.1 de MagicPicker
DiskFonts, visor y gestor de fuentes de disco duro
Características de DiskFonts Panel

German (thanks to Mieze):
Adobe Creative Suite Panels en Deutch
MagicPicker, Photoshop Farbrad
Funktionen des MagicPicker Panel
DiskFonts, Schriftvorschau von allen auf der Festplatte vorhandenen Schriften
Funktionen des DiskFonts Panel
MixColors - Schnelles Mischen von Farben
Funktionen des MixColors - Schnelles Mischen von Farben

English:
Photoshop color wheel, color mixer and font manager
MagicPicker, Photoshop color wheel
Features of MagicPicker, Photoshop color wheel
Selected advantages for Photoshop CS5.1 and CS5 users of MagicPicker
DiskFonts, font manager and viewer inside Adobe software
Features of DiskFonts, font manager and viewer inside Adobe software
MixColors, Photoshop color mixer
Features of MixColors, Photoshop color mixer

Finally. Mix colors in Photoshop with my new MixColors panel!

2011-09-07T10:58:00.000-07:00

What's hot:

# Uses physically accurate engine for mixing colors based on oils, watercolor or acrylics
# Perfectly simple, yet very powerful
# User interaction based on legendary MagicPicker
# Tested, approved and used by Hollywood artists
# Mix colors with Photoshop eyedropper in one click – any color picked with eyedropper will mix to current one in real time!
# Keeps history of recently used colors
# Attach MixColors to MagicPicker to use as one panel
# Keeps history of recently used colors
# Compact Mode! Panel takes only 2cm of the screen and expands automatically when mouse is over it
# Color swatches — prepare colors like you do it on real life palette and mix them
# much much more!!

LINK: Download Photoshop Color Mixer - MixColors panel plugin

Read Photoshop MixColors manual and troubleshooting

2011-06-16T09:32:00.000-07:00

Updated MagicPicker Photoshop Color Wheel panel: v2.0 - Color Schemes and more

(Picture by Sergey Kritskiy)

What's new:

# Switchable Color Schemes: Mono, Complement, Triad, Tetrad, Analogic, Accented Analogic with easy switching!

# Attach other panels to MagicPicker and use them together in Compact Mode

# Much FASTER in CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS5.1

# Returns back keyboard focus to Photoshop CS5, revolutionary changes in Photoshop CS3 support, eyedropper feedback for all Photoshop CS4, better Photoshop CS5.1 support

# much much more!!

LINK: MagicPicker Photoshop Color Wheel with Color Schemes

2011-03-25T13:19:00.001-07:00

My 5th Photography Show started in Ohio, USA

Thanks to my fabulous art agent Ilya Gotfryd, my 5th art photography show started in “The O Gallery” (LaPlace, 2101 Richmond Road, Beachwood, OH 44122, USA).

Here are some pictures from the show opening.

On the left are Marcela and David - friends from Medellín, Colombia - the city which is portraited on the photo to the right of them.

Shrine Of City Stories, framed

Approach, framed, 24"x18"

2011-02-28T14:16:00.000-08:00

The manual for DiskFonts for font manager is being cooked

DiskFonts font manager and viewer online manual

2011-01-25T16:28:00.000-08:00

The German version of my site is out!

Photoshop Color Wheel, DiskFonts font manager and viewer en Deutch:

Adobe Creative Suite Panels en Deutch
MagicPicker, Photoshop Farbrad
Funktionen de MagicPicker Panel
DiskFonts, Schriftvorschau von allen auf der Festplatte vorhandenen Schriften
Funktionen de DiskFonts Panel

Credits for the German translation go to Mieze.

Labels: color wheel, Deutch, font manager, font viewer, German, photoshop color wheel

2010-10-19T12:46:00.000-07:00

Black Rock Studio / Disney workshop with MagicPicker

MagicPicker Photoshop color wheel will be featured in Black Rock Studio / Disney workshop on digital panting with famous concept artist John Wallin Liberto in Brighton, UK. 3 days of the insight into his craft - don't miss it, if you're living in UK, or passing by. Here's detailed info on this event.

"Another great event lined up for the Black Rock Crew. World renowned concept artist John Wallin Liberto will be spending some quality time at the studio with our teams.

The plan to is run a 3 day master class workshop in digital painting. John’s work and talent is truly incredible. We’re honored to have him come and... stay with us and share some insights into his craft. If you’re not already familiar with John’s work — check out his impressive reel at the link provided."

2010-08-24T13:01:00.000-07:00

What professionals say about MagicPicker color wheel

"I'm pleased to have seen this color selection design reused in subsequent art and design applications. Your contribution to PS users is certainly appreciated."—John Derry /
Original Corel Painter's Wheel creator

"Flash does open a lot of doors, however, and Anastasiy's panel is a great example of that."
—John Nack / Adobe

"DAMN COOL !"—Alex Broeckel, the famous artist on Harry Potter and Oliver Twist / Alex Broeckel

"Artist 'friendly' color picking...Keep up the great work!!"—Craig Shoji, the famous concept artist on Alice and Avatar / Pensketch.com

Read more: What professionals say about MagicPicker color wheel

2010-08-18T12:44:00.000-07:00

My new photo on the wall

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

60x40 cm, wooden frame, special reflective paper

2010-08-16T11:34:00.001-07:00

Some news about my plugins

John Nack at Adobe Blogs posted many good words about DiskFonts font viewer

My MagicPicker color wheel was aquired by legendary Craig Mullins!!! (His site) This is the man who inspired me 10 years ago to go in for digital arts and painting. He made matte paintings for such movies as Forrest Gump and The Matrix.

Started a 30% DISCOUNT on DiskFonts campaign for all who bought MagicPicker

Started writing manual for MagicPicker. Some sections are still in progress, but many of them are available already: MagicPicker color wheel and color picker introduction etc.

2010-08-06T08:19:00.000-07:00

Still Life in Purple, with MagicPicker and John Derry's Artist Brushes

Painted from nature in Photoshop using:
MagicPicker Photoshop color wheel and color picker
John Derry's Artist Brushes

2010-08-02T11:20:00.000-07:00

Worldwide interest, July 2010 !
I still receive an increasing interest to the MagicPicker Photoshop color wheel panel for Photoshop digital artists from all over the world! People come and download the panel from so many countries! And the statistics has changed from the last time I published it. Major part of digital artists moved to US! It's one third. The second place goes to Russia and the third to UK. Who goes next?

There are even artists from Saudi Arabia and Puerto Rico, who uses my Photoshop color picker!! Welcome :)

Check my previous blog posts about the MagicPicker for the details.

2010-07-26T18:55:00.000-07:00

Font viewer (fonts from disk) inside Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and other Creative Suite CS5 progs

Now I'm ready with the new tool. It allows to view fonts from disk inside Creative Suite panel. Don't install fonts, now you can browse them from disk directly, quickly seeing, how your text looks like with different type faces with DiskFonts! This long awaited feature is finally here!

Supports Mac and Windows, x32 and x64, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Premiere, Fireworks!
Is it Helvetica, Script font, open type font, truetype font - doesn't matter. Unlimited collection support. You can also compare fonts and then filter the fonts you like with one click.

I was thinking about this kind of thing for years! And now, after all hard work and bugs fighting it's been embodied in the form of a panel using the latest technologies proposed by Adobe CS5. It's dedicated to print designers, illustrators, desktop publishing lovers, prepress maniacs, flash animators, HTML5 geniuses and even video title makers!

Ok, read more and get DiskFonts here: DiskFonts, Disk font viewer inside Adobe Creative Suite CS5

2010-05-27T18:25:00.000-07:00

News on my MagicPicker color picker/color wheel Photoshop panel plugin

The MagicPicker and other Photoshop Panels facebook fanpage is here!
Join the fan list.

– John Nack put a good word about MagicPicker on his blog. MagicPicker Color picker and wheel in Adobe Blogs
– MagicPicker color wheel gets exposed, preparated and reviewed in new M2 media's online training booklet for digital painters (check "Photoshop Paint Tools"), together with John Derry's Artist Brushes. Don't forget to check the amazing John Derry's Artist Brushes - they will really make your Photoshop painting alive!
– The 12.000 downloads of the free version barrier is back!
– The panel was demonstrated on the biggest Photoshop event in Germany — TION in Cologne.
– The new update is on the way, btw. It will fix some bugs and introduce some improvements.
- Yes, the link to MagicPicker is here: http://www.anastasiy.com/panels

2010-04-18T21:16:00.000-07:00

Color wheel for Photoshop CS5,CS4,CS3 + demo video

MagicPicker panel - Photoshop Color Wheel officially supports upcoming Photoshop CS5.

There's also a new amazing video made by fan, how MagicPicker brings digital painting to a new level!

Color Wheel Photoshop Video demo

2010-04-09T20:48:00.000-07:00

MagicPicker 1.1 is here. Fast and furious!

My MagicPicker/Color Wheel Photoshop panel is one level up! Today I posted the new update

New Features:

new color is now displayed side by side with the old one, while changing
new Compact Mode for CS4 with only two colors visible and panel enlarges automatically
when moving mouse around - activated from Menu -> Compact Mode
new "Switch Foreground and Background Colors" and "Default Foreground and Background Colors"
buttons
for print designers - CMYK colors are now get profiled based on currently chosen
Photoshop CMYK profile. Use it only when needed as it will slow down the panel
great speed improvement for H and S color modes when using Color Pane
minor bug fixes, including keyboard when using panel, registration
and autocolor update when colors are exchanged ("x" key)
other small optimizations

Update is free for all who bought MagicPicker 1.0
Get it now!

2010-03-24T22:24:00.000-07:00

New on the wall !

My new photo is framed and found itself a sunny nice new white wall.

90x60 cm, archive paper, silver brushed frame

2010-02-25T19:22:00.000-08:00

Worldwide interest !
I receive an increasing interest to the MagicPicker panel for Photoshop digital artists from all over the world! People come and download the panel from so many countries! Here are some interesting stats. Major part of digital artists live in China! Then goes USA and UK. Who goes next?

Check my previous blog post about the MagicPicker for the details.

2010-01-27T16:28:00.000-08:00

Every digital artist needs!

Finally I updated my Photoshop ColorPicker with the new, long-awaited and manytime-asked option - the color wheel!

It's now called MagicPicker and can be obtained here: Photoshop Color Wheel

The list of other features include:

NON-MODAL panel - unlike native Photoshop color picker you don't need to close a dialog
Color pane, Color wheel and RGB/HSB sliders
Supports Photoshop CS3 and CS4
FAST!
Sets foreground and bakground color
Supports feeback from Photoshop. (It's an ability to update panel automatically when a color is picked outside panel, e.g. with Alt-click on the image)
Arbitrary panel scaling
H,S,B and R,G,B modes support
Numerical boxes for precise color changing
HEX box to get color for your web page element
NO crashes, unlike some other panels

2009-10-27T21:59:00.000-07:00

Travel around the world so far.

Ecuador & Colombia

China

India

Other

2009-08-06T02:00:00.001-07:00

My new personal photo show is now open!

It happened! Ilya made an unbelievable, 11hr-breakthrough and delivered 26 heavy framed photographs to Hartford, CT, USA! And opened a show of my works. Only 1hr drive from my favourite artist Michael Whelan (!). A bunch of posters for the opening, a sophisticated art selling site, lots of nerves - in the past, now it's time for a little relax.

I had to live in two time zones during those days. It's a pity, I cannot attend neither opening, nor the show itself :| Only the photos from the opening give the comfort.

Some pictures from the scene:

Big, enourmous thanks go to Regina Vinitsker for such an amazing opportunity.

2009-07-20T13:15:00.001-07:00

My Art show starts on July 28 in Hartford / Connecticut

(just 1hr drive away from Michael Whelan!)

2009-06-25T09:37:00.001-07:00

The "Holy Orgy" concert photoshoot

2009-06-16T06:34:00.000-07:00

The Sci-Fi Girl

2009-05-12T04:57:00.000-07:00

Arctic Blossom #1 & #2 12"x18"

(c), A.Safari, 2007-2008.

2009-05-06T07:46:00.000-07:00

Key To The Forest 40"x28"

(c), A.Safari, 2008.

2009-04-30T07:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my new place for blogging! I will post here mainly my photoworks and some commercial design I'm creating.

Just in case, here is my site, where the loveliest part of my photography is represented:
htp://safari.am You can choose the ones you like and buy them in there.