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    • J Offline
      Jim
      last edited by

      Is the "Match color on screen" eye-dropper supposed to be able to pick up colors from a window outside of the SketchUp window? For example, if I want to pick a color from the web browser, I select the match color button but when I Alt-Tab switch to the browser, I can't pick a color. What is it good for?

      Hi

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      • honoluludesktopH Offline
        honoluludesktop
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        The OS controls the cursor outside the SU window. Whenever I need an outside color, I import a snapshot image of it into SU.

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          I dunno... I have successfully used the tool - now if you sy it is NOT the same colour, it may be SU's shading effect...

          MatchColour.png
          The colour was taken from some ad on SCF ("behind" the SU Window)

          Gai...

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          • J Offline
            Jim
            last edited by

            @gaieus said:

            I dunno... I have successfully used the tool

            Yeah, but you need to cleverly resize and move all the windows in order to do that; but it does work even if it's inconvenient.

            Hi

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            • honoluludesktopH Offline
              honoluludesktop
              last edited by

              Hmmm......Guess I should test my assumptions before answering.:(

              Perhaps because of the kind of work I do, I am never in full screen with any application.

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              • GaieusG Offline
                Gaieus
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                @jim said:

                Yeah, but you need to cleverly resize and move all the windows in order to do that; but it does work even if it's inconvenient.

                Well, my window is cleverly resized thank to a plugin called custom toolbars... I have an exactly 4:3 window (also a 16:9 one) for the work area of SU. I am the happiest person. Thanks a bunch for the plugin, Jim!
                πŸ˜‰

                Gai...

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                • J Offline
                  Jim
                  last edited by

                  I think it's a bug in the tool, in afterthought. Using Alt-Tab should not cancel the tool as it does currently.

                  Hi

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                  • Dave RD Offline
                    Dave R
                    last edited by

                    I have a color picker freeware thingy on my PC that I use for picking colors outside the SU window. I just minimize SU and use the color picker. You have to make a note of the RGB values and enter them manually but it isn't that difficult to do. I don't recall the exact name but it something like HexColor Finder.

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
                      last edited by

                      Here's the link: http://www.tucows.com/preview/240092

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                      • J Offline
                        Jim
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                        Ya know that got me thinking. I use FastStone Capture which can copy the picked values to the Clipboard - so there could be a simple function to add the material where the color values could be pasted into the Ruby Console. Such as..

                        1097.png

                        Hi

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                        • Bob JamesB Offline
                          Bob James
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                          I use ColorPix (http://www.colorschemer.com/colorpix_info.php) and SnagIt

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                          • Bob JamesB Offline
                            Bob James
                            last edited by

                            @jim said:

                            Ya know that got me thinking. I use FastStone Capture which can copy the picked values to the Clipboard - so there could be a simple function to add the material where the color values could be pasted into the Ruby Console. Such as..

                            [attachment=0:3mw55dxe]<!-- ia0 -->1097.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:3mw55dxe]

                            How about taking it one step further: click on a screen color from a photo or whatever and the plugin automatically makes a texture. Think of the steps thatwould save!

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                            • J Offline
                              Jim
                              last edited by

                              @bob james said:

                              How about taking it one step further: click on a screen color from a photo or whatever and the plugin automatically makes a texture. Think of the steps that would save!

                              That's exacty what I've been thinking about, but can't see a good way to get the picked color into SketchUp. I suppose a shortcut which activates a input box which then accepts the pasted values from the clipboard would be OK?

                              Hi

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                              • pbacotP Offline
                                pbacot
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                                I can do that with a Mac, using the magnifier glass in the paint tool. But how true it is, I don't know. For one thing you are picking only a pixel and the first image may have a field of a gradient or different color pixels. It certainly doesn't always look exactly the same once I splash it on Sang's shirt, but that can be an effect of SU shading.

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                                • Bob JamesB Offline
                                  Bob James
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                                  @pbacot said:

                                  For one thing you are picking only a pixel and the first image may have a field of a gradient or different color pixels.

                                  On a PC you make a new texture, use the eyedropper that picks up the pixel color from an on-screen picture, give it a name and now you have a new texture/color. That's what the simple version of the ColorMaker plugin (precursor to TextureMaker πŸ˜„ ) would do automatically.

                                  If the texture is more than a single color here's what I do:

                                  1. Take a snapshot of a square of it with Snagit
                                  2. Import the snapshot as a texture and make it a unique texture
                                  3. Scale it
                                  4. Apply it

                                  This works, unless, of course, the texture is not tileable (like a gradient).

                                  Ideally the TextureMaker plugin would be able do this in addition to single-color textures (in my dreams) πŸ˜„

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                                  • TIGT Offline
                                    TIG Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    This freeware http://www.linxexplorer.com/colorpicker.html lets you pick colors off any screen pixel...

                                    TIG

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