color picker

AlanPS · Post by **AlanPS** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:17 pm

I get really tired of typing in color values for outlines/gradients, etc. Can we please can an eye-dropper/color picker to move anywhere on the screen and get a color? Or at least let the swatch panel be accessible for line color, that would be enough.

PLEASE DON'T go to bezier curves- If anything make it optional, but please don't take away the simplisticity you have now. That's one reason I really dislike using Flash and AI. Flash seems to forget what points you deleted and adds a million more (unless they've fixed that) and when you go to adjust a curve in Flash or AI you don't always know what result you're going to get unless you're super familiar with them.

myles · Post by **myles** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:15 am

Alan, right-click (or Mac equivalent) on the swatch to set the line colour.

Brought to you courtesy of Lost Marble's time machine.

Regards, Myles.

Rhoel · Post by **Rhoel** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:57 am

AlanPS wrote:I get really tired of typing in color values for outlines/gradients, etc. Can we please can an eye-dropper/color picker to move anywhere on the screen and get a color? Or at least let the swatch panel be accessible for line color, that would be enough.

PLEASE DON'T go to bezier curves- If anything make it optional, but please don't take away the simplisticity you have now. That's one reason I really dislike using Flash and AI. Flash seems to forget what points you deleted and adds a million more (unless they've fixed that) and when you go to adjust a curve in Flash or AI you don't always know what result you're going to get unless you're super familiar with them.

ColorCop is a good work around. It needs a copy and paste but at least it stays on top and colour picks from anypart of the screen. Data available here -
http://www.prall.net/tools/colorcop/?fr ... rcop_about

regards,

Rhoel

Thunderone · Post by **Thunderone** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:11 am

I put another answer in other post, with other color picker, I like it so much.

Cpick it's a great tool too, for windows.

http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/software/software.htm
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/cpick.html

Thunderone · Post by **Thunderone** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:46 pm

Maybe this one it's so util for all.

http://www.steeldolphin.com/color_scheme.html

It's a Color Scheme Tool, but you can't download.

Sorry, I have a mistake with the last link, and I'm edited my post again.

buijon · Post by **buijon** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:24 pm

i think the users are missing the point. I myself don`t want to download 300 utilities that could easily be implimented into the software. Of the things out there I think an eyedropper is on the more basic and essential side to include. I`m only a beginner and realizing i`m using alot of time either making custom pallete images to import, or hunting down )FFDECF for every color thats not in the basic pallete.

Rasheed · Post by **Rasheed** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:59 pm

Better use an OS that is made for creative people. That has a built-in tool for color selection, right at your fingertips if you'd wish so.

Thunderone · Post by **Thunderone** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:12 pm

Well, sorry, it's a contribution for all.

myles · Post by **myles** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:13 am

buijon wrote:i think the users are missing the point. I myself don`t want to download 300 utilities that could easily be implimented into the software.

We realise what you are after, but as users we can't offer you a software change. So, the suggestions are offering you workarounds that you can use now, until whenever AS 6 eventually comes out with a built-in eyedropper tool (or AS 7 or AS 8, or whenever such a tool is implemented).

buijon wrote:making custom pallete images to import

You can use any existing image (that you would eventually be using an eyedropper tool on) as a colour swatch (maybe with a quick resize for convenience).

buijon wrote:or hunting down )FFDECF for every color thats not in the basic pallete.

ColorCop, after you've set the preferences, automatically puts the hex values into the clipboard in the correct format, so it is a matter of ColorCop, click, paste - not much different to using a built-in tool.

Regards, Myles.

CartoonM!ke · Post by **CartoonM!ke** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:42 am

What I would like to see is a way to be able to use the OS's color picker. I have an add-on for the Mac's Color Picker (http://www.oldjewelsoftware.com/products/ppicker/) and it has some bells and whistles, such as choosing a complementary color, etc... Also the Mac's Color Picker allows the user to save custom RGB colors. That's the one thing that's missing with AS, an automatically updating color palette (think of flash's).

cribble · Post by **cribble** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:46 pm

Wow, cartoonM!ke, thats a real handy tool. Thanks.

myles · Post by **myles** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:46 am

Random thought:

Unlike OS colour pickers, Anime Studio's colour picker also allows you to set transparency/opacity/alpha, which can sometimes be quite useful.

So, if Anime Studio did use the OS colour picker, it would still need some sort of internal alpha value-entry+slider. Not impossible, just something to think about.

Regards, Myles.

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