tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post1922141481396873735..comments2024-03-13T01:50:29.516-04:00Comments on A New Mac Tip Every Day: Capturing a color!Frederic Tremblayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00217907875517130801noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-69715845626542397122007-12-10T00:00:00.000-05:002007-12-10T00:00:00.000-05:00Hello. Pipette is free and does a much better job:...Hello. Pipette is free and does a much better job:<BR/><BR/>http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/pipette<BR/><BR/>When you open Pipette, you drag the eyedropper to the color you want to capture, and when you release, the hex code is automatically copied to the clipboard for you, so you just have to paste it into your HTML or CSS code. It also copies the actual code you would use, instead of 3 monfreshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404651910971500929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-10148256077217049632007-09-20T12:04:00.000-04:002007-09-20T12:04:00.000-04:00A useful tip, but it would be even more useful for...A useful tip, but it would be even more useful for graphic designers if it had a CMYK conversion option. Then we could, for example, sample a colour in a PDF to replicate in a DTP document.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278758523144547686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-63275944497557198512007-09-20T11:52:00.000-04:002007-09-20T11:52:00.000-04:00DigitalColor Meter is great, but I like ColorTagGe...DigitalColor Meter is great, but I like ColorTagGen, a freebie. See http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19259. Check it out.Rachel Quinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444411179667616015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-5910453425674623452007-09-20T11:16:00.000-04:002007-09-20T11:16:00.000-04:00Thanks for the Tip! Very useful.Thanks for the Tip! Very useful.Mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551819359688194592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-44248402327440271382007-09-20T10:55:00.000-04:002007-09-20T10:55:00.000-04:00TGUK, it looks like if you hit "cmd L" you can cap...TGUK, it looks like if you hit "cmd L" you can capture the color so it doesn't change the value.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906032660676130202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-85282493554044492602007-09-20T10:07:00.000-04:002007-09-20T10:07:00.000-04:00Yes, this one is a great app!I am glad that you re...Yes, this one is a great app!<BR/>I am glad that you remind us of these great things.<BR/>Thanks,<BR/>JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14373299224797558691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-41286219284722402172007-09-20T09:45:00.000-04:002007-09-20T09:45:00.000-04:00OH MY GOODNESS! I LOVE THIS TIP, thank you!!!I am...OH MY GOODNESS! I LOVE THIS TIP, thank you!!!<BR/><BR/>I am a graphic designer, and this will come in handy a lot!!shawnhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498081531380419669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-2160026709339663422007-09-20T08:23:00.000-04:002007-09-20T08:23:00.000-04:00In case you have other users of the French OS vers...In case you have other users of the French OS version, the app is called « Colorimètre numérique » in French. I looked for it a little while.<BR/><BR/>Thx for the tip. Great !François La Rochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897175470766230905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-22617119261346141422007-09-20T04:09:00.000-04:002007-09-20T04:09:00.000-04:00Anyone knows if it's possible to capture the color...Anyone knows if it's possible to capture the color, because if you move the mouse away from the color area, the value changes.<BR/>I've been looking for ages for a app like ColorCop on Windows.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553879997008800736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-43008996622775224382007-09-20T00:11:00.000-04:002007-09-20T00:11:00.000-04:00Why not go to Mail (or some other app with the col...Why not go to Mail (or some other app with the color picker) and open the color picker. Once it's open, use the magnifying glass next to the big rectangular color swatch to capture the color. Once you've done this, go to the second tab from the left. Once there, change the drop-down menu to RGB. There you have it!<BR/><BR/>MacTipper<BR/><A HREF="http://www.mactipper.com" REL="nofollow"/>Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07662807199937028796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534364289005033419.post-91252327671181782162007-09-19T23:30:00.000-04:002007-09-19T23:30:00.000-04:00That's great! More than once I have wanted to get ...That's great! More than once I have wanted to get a color off of something. I would have to take a screenshot and then open that in Photoshop. This will simplify that immensely! <BR/><BR/>Thanks!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006087824783916045noreply@blogger.com