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Every computer art (2d) program should have some sort of universal eyedropper, to allow a user to pick colors across windows and applications. (vague smacks of the transparent widgets interface?)
[eli]'s link
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
as a link. [angel, May 30 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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I thought many programs already had the capability to capture colors from anywhere on the screen?| — | egnor,
Jan 29 2001, last modified Feb 01 2001 |
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Many programs have the ability to eyedropper within the
same program; I think absterge means that while you're in
the program, you should be able to eyedropper colors
from documents in a different program (which usually
cannot be done, if I'm not mistaken). That would be a
nice feature, to be able to do it without having to screen
capture. It would probably need to make use of a modifier
key, since normally when you click in another window you
expect that window to become active. |
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Exactly, PotatoStew; forgive my lack of clarity. The screen capture works, sure, but it would be nice to just be able to grab one color without doing all that. |
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There is such a system wide tool for the Macintosh,
called DigitalColor Meter, it translates any on screen pixel
into its RGB value. Handy! I think it is distributed with
System Software 8 and 9 but I'm not positive and who
knows about OSX. |
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The standard NeXT color picker had this feature. (It let you bring up a little magnifying glass cursor, which would let you click anywhere on the screen to pick up a color.) So that makes this idea baked for, hmmm, 5 or 10 years now. |
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They're still messing with the color picker on OS X, so I'm not sure if it'll get that feature or not. I hope so. |
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Macromedia Flash does this with its eyedropper. It's beautiful. |
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As does MM Fireworks and Dreamweaver. I wish all apps that worked with color adopted this practice but MM probably has a patent on it. |
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For Windows platform just take a look at Pixie - this is exactly what you are looking for.
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html |
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