Blog Has Moved

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Since migrating my site to Drupal I now no longer use Blogger and hence my blog has moved here.

ColorPix

Sunday, August 19, 2007

I just wanted to share with you a tool that I use regularly. It is called ColorPix and it is a free tool for sampling the color from any spot on your monitor. This is an incredibly useful tool for web design and print design alike. Simply hover over a color, tap the spacebar to lock in that color and click on the color format you want, and it is copied to your clipboard, ready to be pasted into Photoshop, your favorite css editor, etc. It is also handy as a magnifier. Sure you could always take a screenshot and use Photoshop to sample the color, but ColorPix is just so darn quick and easy. Moreover, it is a very lightweight program that you can optionally have start with Windows (or OSX) and minimize to the system tray. You can download colorPix from colorschemer.com. While you are there, definitely check out ColorSchemer's great color schemes gallery, a great resource when you have artists block! Also check out their fantastic (but not free) Color Schemer Studio.

Labels: color, print design, web design

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