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ANTETYPE Color Picker for OS X – update 1.1.8
UPDATE: New Version available (1.4.1) with up / down arrow and scroll support.
The ANTETYPE Color Picker for OS X was first launched in July 2010 to provide an improved Color Picker for OS X.
The Color Picker features inputs for simultaneously viewing and editing the values for Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Red, Green, Blue & HEX values.
The main visual component of the Color Picker is the saturation vs brightness Grid which shows all the possible variations of saturation and brightness with a particular Hue value. There is also a Hue slider to pick a Hue value visually, which in turn updates the saturation / brightness grid.
This latest update to the Color Picker contains a collection of bug fixes that have been discovered while working on ANTETYPE version 1.1.8. Most of the changes are behind the scenes but will result in a more consistent user experience.
ANTETYPE version 1.1.8 will automatically upgrade your existing Color Picker when it is released in the next couple of weeks, using this download you can install the ANTETYPE Color Picker without needing to install ANTETYPE.
The main focus of the ANTETYPE 1.1.8 release is Color Management (of which more to follow) which has helped us identify some issues with the ANTETYPE Color Picker for OS X.
- Full support for applications that require that the Color Picker does not continuously update the value as it is changed.
- Various inconsistency bugs fixes related to rounding errors when changing HSB or RGB values.
- Use only of sRGB color space to make matching with browsers and mobile devices simple and consistent.
- All Colors are converted to sRGB color space once viewed in the ANTETYPE Color Picker.
Update: We have discovered a couple of issues for 10.7 (Lion) users and for 32 bit programs and have issued an updated version 1.1.8c.
Requirements: OS X 10.7+ (Lion, Mountain Lion) runs in 32 bit and 64 bit mode
Download ANTETYPE Color Picker for OS X version 1.1.8c
Updated: Download ANTETYPE Color Picker for OS X version 1.3.1
To install the color picker, copy the extracted AntetypeColorPicker.colorPicker file to the “Library/ColorPickers/” folder, either of your user account or the system.
Do you require more features in a Color Picker for OS X? Please tell us in the comments and we will see if we can include any requests for the next update of the Color Picker.
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The colorPicker v1.1.8b does not work in OS X 10.8.2. Initially installed in ~/Library/ColorPickers to replace the (still working) 2010 1.0.1 beta. When 1.1.8b did not show up on Apple color picker, moved it to /Library/ColorPickers and chown to root:wheel.
Does not work in either location after reboot either. As soon as 1.1.8b was replaced by 1.0.1 beta, worked fine.
Tested above functionality with Pages v4.3 color picker.
Thanks Chuck – we have tested in 10.8.2 and have seen it working and think it may not be 10.8.2 that it is not working in but rather Pages. We can reproduce it not working in Pages under 10.8.2, but we can see it working in Mail and TextEdit under 10.8.2.
Would it be possible for you to test in Mail and TextEdit? we will look into why it does not appear under Pages.
UPDATE: After a bit of investigation this seems to be due to the fact that pages is not yet a 64 bit application, but the Color Picker is 64 bit.
Chuck we will get a 1.1.8c built soon which will be compatible with 64 bit and 32 bit programs.
Thanks for your feedback.
There is now an update available 1.1.8c includes support for 32 bit and 64 bit programs – please download and test.
Hi, thanks for you great work. Just to be sure:
Is this update stable enough to run in my production environment?
Hi Joey – yes it is this – release 1.1.8 is very stable.
Just installed the color picker (1.1.8.c), but it doesn’t work. I have rebooted my mac and opened antetype. The icon is visible in the color window but when I click on the icon nothing happens.
I’m running mac os x 10.6.8 on a 2008 mac pro (2×2.8 intel xeon).
I also have a macbook pro running the latest version of lion. Haven’t tested it on that machine though, but I think I will wait until it also works on my mac pro.
Hi Joey – sorry I thought it was already listed on this page – but the color picker is only compatible with 10.7+ I will add a requirements section to the page.
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how do you use this thing? I’ve put it in both my library color picker folders … but How do i start it up?
Hi Gary once you have installed the color picker you will find it along with the standard color pickers in any program.
You could for example use mail.app to change the color of some text in an email and you will then see the Antetype Color Picker along with standard color pickers.
It would be awesome if we can select and text field and press up/down to increment/decrement the value and see color change.
Where’s the github link? If there isn’t one, can you add the source code to github so the project can be forked? I’d like to contribute some code (keyboard support, etc).
Hi Zan we haven’t currently got any plans to open source the color picker the moment, but we will be releasing an updated color picker soon with updated text controls. Please post here any comments, bug reports or suggestions you have or email support@antetype.com.
Keyboard support. Please add keyboard support. (When you get time :) )
Also, please considering supporting the open-source software movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software) by releasing Color Picker under an open license. There are wide ranging benefits not only to you and your organization, but to the broader developer community as well.
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