iGraffiti 1.1 iPhone app adds color tool, public art
Big Stone Phone has released an update to its drawing and paint program for the iPhone and iPod touch, iGraffiti 1.1. The latest version includes support for viewing public art from within the program, and a color picker to select any color from the picture. Shaking the phone will bring up an erase dialog to select last, all, or cancel. A new menu item allows for easy zoom in or out, with a prefer...
published on Wednesday, the 8. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
NetSketch 1.3 adds tabbed colors, improved email
Gotow.net has introduced the latest version of its collaborative drawing app, NetSketch 1.3 for the iPhone or iPod touch. Updates include a tabbed color picker to make transitions faster while drawing. Each tab can be assigned to a particular color and brush size, allowing users to quickly switch between options. The email interface has also been improved, claimed to be more reliable when sending ...
published on Tuesday, the 7. October 2008, macintosh-news-network
Copy RGB or HEX color values from the Color Picker
As one might know, Apple has included a system-wide application called Color Picker with OS X. You can call it in every application that supports it, like TextEdit or Mail.app. Color Picker allows you to modify colors, choosing colors from a color wheel, HSB sliders, etc. (More about the Color Picker.) Problem: The Color Picker is a fantastic tool to select a color, but you can't copy the result for use in other programs. You can extend Color Picker with the free Hex Color Picker, but not everybody likes to receive a HEX code. What about copying the RGB values as text to insert them wherever you want? Here's my solution: A little AppleScript calls Color Picker and parses the result. A dialog appears, asking you about the desired format for the copied values: 8-bit RGB with values from 0 to 65535 (class:RGB color,...
published on Thursday, the 6. March 2008, macosxhints
Add Color Tags 0.1f
MarsEdit Add Color AppleScript Author: Spyros Smparounis This AppleScript is based loosely upon the AppleScript 'Currently Playing in iTunes', included with MarsEdit 1.1.2. I wrote it to be able to add color to text in blog posts to Blogger, using the <span style='color:(r,g,b);'></span> tag that Blogger's own HTML WYSIWYG editor uses. It will only work with an open post window and some text selected in it. Once activated, the script will launch Mac OS X's color picker, allowing you full freedom while choosing the color you want applied to your selection.
published on Thursday, the 25. January 2007, scriptbuilders
Add more solid color desktop patterns
Amazingly, Apple has chosen not to include a color picker when selecting solid color backgrounds in the Desktop & Screen Saver System Preferences panel. Instead, a set of 10 pre-defined solid colors are available. To add additional colors (including the ever-popular solid black), simply navigate to your boot volume's /Library -> Desktop Pictures -> Solid Colors folder. Copy or create a new png file for each of your favorite colors. The image size should be 128x128, to remain consistent with the existing files. Any files you add will automatically show up, along with the default solid colors, in the Desktop & Screen Saver System Preferences panel [robg adds: This is a much better solution than this older hint -- more than likely, this solution wasn't possible back then. I tried creating the folder structure in my user's folder, to s...
published on Tuesday, the 9. January 2007, macosxhints
Change status colors in Activity Monitor
I didn't find a reference to this, so it might be new to you. You don't like the red or green color in the Activiy Monitor graphics? Just click on any of the colors in the legend of the Activity Monitor, and a small color picker window will pop up. You can then change all the colors as you see fit. [robg adds: This is mentioned in the Activity Monitor help file ("You can change the color of items in the graph by clicking the color box next to each item."), but who reads the help?]
published on Thursday, the 12. October 2006, macosxhints
Transfer Color Picker swatches between Macs
Many applications these days (such as Pages, Keynote, iWeb, and Microsoft Office) use OS X's built in Color Panel to allow users to select the color for their objects. At the bottom of this Color Panel is a place to store swatches of colors. This is very useful if you are creating multiple pages in iWeb, for example, and you want to keep the colors consistent.But what if you want to work on the project on more then one computer? How do you transfer those swatches from one computer to the other? After digging around, I found that the swatches were stored in a preference file in your home folder:~/Library/Colors/NSColorPanelSwatches.plistJust copy this from one computer to the similar location in the other, and you have transfered your Color Panel swatches.Note: If you already have swatches setup on the target computer, that file will already exist. If you want to be able to go back to those swatches, make sure you back that file up somewher...
published on Thursday, the 8. June 2006, macosxhints
Make the OS X Color Picker into an application
I've always enjoyed OS X's color picker. It's a marvelous way to choose colors within an app that uses it. But therein lies the problem: some applications don't make use of it. This becomes more of a problem with web developm...
published on Thursday, the 13. April 2006, macosxhints