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Re: Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker

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post #73

Not sure how many people this affects but clicking on the download button from the website on Chrome (iOS) takes you to an iTunes page that doesn't contain the app. Clicking on it via Safari (iOS) sends you to the app store to the app proper. Video of the issue in Chrome (iOS) - http://imgur.com/ntTmynl

If you don't mind me asking how'd you screen cast this so well?

Re: Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker

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post #81
post #73

Not sure how many people this affects but clicking on the download button from the website on Chrome (iOS) takes you to an iTunes page that doesn't contain the app. Clicking on it via Safari (iOS) sends you to the app store to the app proper. Video of the issue in Chrome (iOS) - http://imgur.com/ntTmynl

If you don't mind me asking how'd you screen cast this so well?

Tethered the iPhone to a Mac and used Quicktime to capture/record the device input (New Movie Recording then change the camera input to the iPhone), export as MOV (720p).

Re: Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker

#84
post #29

Question here, how do you put a name on the hex? Do you have a database that map each hex code to "limelight", "grey asparagus", etc ?

I am using a database with Resene color names (and some names from the Wikipedia colors list) mapped to specific hex codes. I find the closest hex code from the database to the one in your camera and show the name associated with it. Hope that answers your question!

You could also use the layperson-supplied colour names from the XKCD survey:

https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/

http://xkcd.com/color/rgb/

It took colourblindness into account.

Re: Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker

#85
post #25

Hi, HN! Really excited to share my little project here. Being a colorblind designer, it was often hard for me to figure the color names and decide which colors to use. Hence, I decided to make this app. Cone lets you pick colors in real time using the phone's camera. It lets you build color palettes while on the run, capturing and recording color for later comment/discussion, sending the colors to someone else quickl…

Very cool. Did you come up with these "color names" yourself?

Re: Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker

#86
Very nicely done. I would recommend either a simple tooltip popover for each button on first startup, or a simple help button somewhere. It took me a while to realize/notice that the snowflake button was to freeze the frame.

I wouldn't want to clutter the elegant simplicity of this app, but it was confusing to me initially.

Re: Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker

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post #82
post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you don't mind me asking how'd you screen cast this so well?

Tethered the iPhone to a Mac and used Quicktime to capture/record the device input (New Movie Recording then change the camera input to the iPhone), export as MOV (720p).

This is a serious pro tip. I didn't know this was possible. Thank you!

Re: Show HN: My first native iOS app – Cone, a real time color picker

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post #25

Hi, HN! Really excited to share my little project here. Being a colorblind designer, it was often hard for me to figure the color names and decide which colors to use. Hence, I decided to make this app. Cone lets you pick colors in real time using the phone's camera. It lets you build color palettes while on the run, capturing and recording color for later comment/discussion, sending the colors to someone else quickl…

Really beautifully designed app!

As a fellow colourblind person, I've looked for similar "name the colours" apps before as I struggle to identify some colours (more out of curiosity than any real need, as I'm not a designer) but didn't find anything as nice as this!

Looks awesome for creating palettes too. Thanks for posting!

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