Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by oscardelben » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 1:03 PM UTC

jonheller wrote: post #8

Great app. I only wish there was an option to exclude the # when copying, as then I could directly paste the color code into Photoshop.

I'll add an option for that. Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by rkwz » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 1:09 PM UTC

dan1234 wrote: post #4

This is nice! I've been looking for a decent, lightweight colour picker since switching from Windows years ago, where I relied on the also excellent Pixie ( http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php )

Here's another one: http://instant-eyedropper.com/

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by aptsurdist » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 1:20 PM UTC

Thanks - I've been wanting something like this. One feedback idea would be to let me close the stay-on-top window with the keyboard instead of having to clicking the x or the eyedrop icon. It'd be great if hitting escape closed that window... so the workflow would be command-shift-p, get the color I want, then close the window with escape. Thanks for the app -

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by bburky » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 1:47 PM UTC

dchest wrote: post #10

lancashire wrote: post #5

For the life of me I can't understand why Apple decided to remove hex values from their color picker with Lion. This is a great alternative, the copy shortcut is very handy.

They didn't, because, AFAIK it wasn't there in the first place. You probably had some plugin installed -- http://wafflesoftware.net/hexpicker/ or http://www.panic.com/~wade/picker/ . Also, some programs, like Acorn, loads their own hex color picker plugin inside the app.

The "DigitalColor Meter" program with the developer tools actually used to include hex values. I actually hadn't noticed the hex values are gone, so thanks lancashire for making me notice. I may need this app now.

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by oscardelben » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 1:59 PM UTC

aptsurdist wrote: post #13

Thanks - I've been wanting something like this. One feedback idea would be to let me close the stay-on-top window with the keyboard instead of having to clicking the x or the eyedrop icon. It'd be great if hitting escape closed that window... so the workflow would be command-shift-p, get the color I want, then close the window with escape. Thanks for the app -

I'll do somethng about that. Thanks.

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by markazevedo » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 2:05 PM UTC

While I love this is FOSS, there's is a $1 paid-app that is almost entirely 1:1 with the Snow Leopard (plus features) called "Classic Color Picker". Totally worth it IMO.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/classic-color-meter/id4516400...

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by sbarre » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 2:05 PM UTC

There seems to be some strange behaviour with dual monitors.

I have a 27" iMac (2560x1440) and I have an external monitor hooked up (1920x1200) and positioned to the right of the main desktop.

When I move the cursor around on the second monitor, the picker preview window stops tracking and updating when I move close to the top edge (maybe 100 pixels?) or the right (farthest) edge (at least 300 pixels there) of the monitor.

edit: I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by emehrkay » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 2:29 PM UTC

sbarre wrote: post #17

There seems to be some strange behaviour with dual monitors. I have a 27" iMac (2560x1440) and I have an external monitor hooked up (1920x1200) and positioned to the right of the main desktop. When I move the cursor around on the second monitor, the picker preview window stops tracking and updating when I move close to the top edge (maybe 100 pixels?) or the right (farthest) edge (at least 300 pixels there) of the mo…

Yeah, this isn't showing the preview of the second monitor (Lion), but it still captures the color. This is a GREAT app!

Because it is open source, I can pick it apart and learn how to do certain programming things.

Thanks author

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by emehrkay » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 2:32 PM UTC

oscardelben wrote: post #6

Hi guys, I'm the author of that app. You can choose which format you want to save by default (hex or rgb) as well as hiding the color preview in the menubar through the app preferences. Please let me know if you feel like something is missing.

You have a great resumé and what looks to be a vert bright future ahead of you. Good luck and thanks for the app!

Re: Show HN: Color Picker Pro, Open Source Color Picker for Mac Os X

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Post by JonLim » Mon, Sep 12, 2011, 2:32 PM UTC

oscardelben wrote: post #6

Hi guys, I'm the author of that app. You can choose which format you want to save by default (hex or rgb) as well as hiding the color preview in the menubar through the app preferences. Please let me know if you feel like something is missing.

You are a gentleman and a scholar - I have shared it with my office and I have made my developers happy.

Bless you, good sir.