ColorCop

NAME

SYNOPSIS

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

It identifies and represents colors in various hex color code formats.

Simply drag the eyedropper control to any location on the screen and release.

The hex color code for the selected color will be automatically copied to the clipboard.

Features:

Eyedropper

Just click and drag the eyedropper anywhere on the screen to select a new color. Single pixel or 3x3/5x5 average sampling options are available.

Magnifier

This control works exactly like the eyedropper. It can be used to zoom in on an area of the screen. After zooming, you can click in the magnifier view to select a color. The plus and minus buttons can be used to change the magnification level before or after magnifying an area.

Auto-copy to clipboard

With this option enabled, the output value will automatically be copied to the clipboard.

Multiple output options

HTML hex, Delphi hex, Powerbuilder, Visual Basic, Clarion, Visual C++, RGB float, RGB int

Color options

Snap to WebSafe, Detect WebSafe, Reverse, Random, Convert to Grayscale

Relative position measuring

Press the Control key while dragging the eyedropper and the coordinates will be set to zero (0,0). When you drag the mouse to a new location, the coordinate values will be relative to the point on the screen where you pressed Control.

Color History

The last 7 colors selected will appear in the color history. To select a previous color, simply click on it. Colors can be pushed into the color history by right clicking while eyedropping.

Complementary color palette

42 colors that complement the current color will be generated on the fly.

System tray support

The application can be minimized to the system tray.

Mouse wheel support

Spin the mouse wheel while magnifying to change the magnification level. Spinning the mouse wheel while focus is on either of the Red, Green, or Blue edit controls will increment or decrement by 1(hold shift for +/- 2, hold control for +/- 5).

BMP to clipboard

Double click on the magnifier's window and it will prompt to copy the the bitmap to the clipboard.

Other minor features

RGB Float mode will output the color as 0.50,0.25,0.00 Alt+[ will decrease floating point precision and Alt+] will increase floating point precision. The standard windows cross hair cursor can be used in lieu of the eyedropper cursor. Omit the # or $ symbols from the hex codes Upper or Lowercase hex output

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OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-i

install the ColorCop command on the Windows™ 'Desktop'.

-u

uninstall the Copycat command from the Windows™ 'Desktop'.

-V

print program version.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

always.

4

usage displayed.

5

version message displayed.

FILES

etc/ColorCop.cfg

configuration file for the command maintained by ColorCop.

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

NOTES

BUGS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.