Would what you're doing right now be possible using canvas on the client side?
On second thought, that might make things much more complicated / slow, you'd have to write something that allowed clients to send back processed results to speed things up for future searches by other users.
I wonder if there's any desire for something like http://maprejuice.com/, but easily applicable to any processing task that needs to happen in realtime * , as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
* But also support cached results.
PS If/when your no.de server crashes, do you have to push again to get it to restart? I was having this problem the other day — it's annoying to have to add a space to a file, commit and push just to restart the server.
1) http://i.imgur.com/uzsiH.png - overlapping text/controls on the homepage. Tried it in a few browsers. Width issue?
2) On the swatch pages, I'd make the controls just a little less translucent. Right now they're a little hard to see, though I grant that when you're used to the layout it becomes much less of an issue.
Other than those two minor points it's very nice website & I hope to use it in the future.
I dont know if you use lightroom at all, but if say i want to create a preset filter, could this data be useful for that?
I often see photographs that have had color processing work done in Photoshop but can never quite seem to match them. I wonder if there is some way in which this would help(?)
Beer geek here, that's search term issues. If you're wanting traditional "beer colors" but not colors from logos and parties, try "malted barley" for an average yellow-orange beer color gamut, and "chinook hops" (a specific variety) for the greens you might expect.
This is really nice -- much easier for a photographer like me to use that Kuler or the alternatives.
I have a question though: is it cool to use "All Rights Reserved" images on Flickr for something like this? Clicking through some of the photos shows that they're marked as "All Rights Reserved".
I'm asking because I made the decision to not use those on http://viewfinder.io/ based on the fact that I'm not a lawyer and prefer to err on the side of caution.
However, if it's not a legal problem to use copyrighted photos I could have much more data to play with, so I'm curious.
Great work. I did something like this and had it generate a sample website: a head, a content area, some tabbed navigation, a logo, and some headline colors.
I essentially quantized the image that was uploaded (I didnt use flickr) into 5 or 6 of the most obvious colours, then applied a little bit of math to determine which colours would work well together as well as adjusting the lightness (up/down) to help contrast.
It worked out okay. Maybe I should upload it? Your take on the flickr version is much, much cleaner than mine. Mine was a quick and dirty hack but was done as a learning experience.
Very well executed. My only question is whether you have any definite ideas for monetizing it, or just a project for learning and fun. Either way, awesome job.
A nice, gorgeous app. Definitely added to my collection.
Interesting to see these different color schemes.
There's one particular thing which I liked was that, it stores previous search results. I wasn't expecting it in first place, But liked to see previous search results.
One more thing, will there be any API access to this service.
Very nice site. I've used colr.org in the past, which does basically the same thing. I have to say, though, the UI on colorapi.com is much better. Good job! This site is bookmarked for use on my next web design project.
One feature request: the ability to upload images directly to colorapi.com.
Uploading images directly would allow designers to build a color palette to match a corporate logo, use the same color palettes as movies (by uploading images from http://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/ ), etc.
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On second thought, that might make things much more complicated / slow, you'd have to write something that allowed clients to send back processed results to speed things up for future searches by other users.
I wonder if there's any desire for something like http://maprejuice.com/, but easily applicable to any processing task that needs to happen in realtime * , as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
* But also support cached results.
PS If/when your no.de server crashes, do you have to push again to get it to restart? I was having this problem the other day — it's annoying to have to add a space to a file, commit and push just to restart the server.
Didn't know MapRejuice, looks promising.
Regarding no.de, I have the same issues you describe. I'm looking forward moving to a larger SmartMachine where I can deploy using capistrano.
1) http://i.imgur.com/uzsiH.png - overlapping text/controls on the homepage. Tried it in a few browsers. Width issue?
2) On the swatch pages, I'd make the controls just a little less translucent. Right now they're a little hard to see, though I grant that when you're used to the layout it becomes much less of an issue.
Other than those two minor points it's very nice website & I hope to use it in the future.
So far I've just tried it on FF, Chrome and Safari on Mac. Cross browsing is on my list.
A guy here told us the other day that he did this "manually" with pictures he liked, for creating palettes for his projects.
I often see photographs that have had color processing work done in Photoshop but can never quite seem to match them. I wonder if there is some way in which this would help(?)
Seems like this presets can be created easily from a list of colors.
Interesting application.
Personally, I'll use this for color schemes.
Check out http://colorapi.com/#!q/plumb%20tree , http://colorapi.com/#!q/iceland , http://colorapi.com/#!q/alps , http://colorapi.com/#!q/rainforest .
Been playing with random keywords. Beer came back with some amusing pictures but no color combinations I really liked.
I have a question though: is it cool to use "All Rights Reserved" images on Flickr for something like this? Clicking through some of the photos shows that they're marked as "All Rights Reserved".
I'm asking because I made the decision to not use those on http://viewfinder.io/ based on the fact that I'm not a lawyer and prefer to err on the side of caution.
However, if it's not a legal problem to use copyrighted photos I could have much more data to play with, so I'm curious.
What it comes down to is: has anyone filed a DMCA claim yet?
I've been doing web design since 1997 and this is one of the most useful online tools for colour inspiration I've seen.
Your naming structure for the downloadable swatches is a nice touch.
I essentially quantized the image that was uploaded (I didnt use flickr) into 5 or 6 of the most obvious colours, then applied a little bit of math to determine which colours would work well together as well as adjusting the lightness (up/down) to help contrast.
It worked out okay. Maybe I should upload it? Your take on the flickr version is much, much cleaner than mine. Mine was a quick and dirty hack but was done as a learning experience.
Here's a screenshot using the UPS logo as an uploaded image: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3731176/auto-ups-logo.jpg
This project is just for learning and fun. No ideas yet for monetizing it.
Here are some ideas for additional features:
1) Let a user load their favorites from Flickr and show the palette for each.
2) Create a bookmarklet than can be run on Flickr photo page to bring up the colorapi.com page for that photo.
There's one particular thing which I liked was that, it stores previous search results. I wasn't expecting it in first place, But liked to see previous search results.
One more thing, will there be any API access to this service.
One feature request: the ability to upload images directly to colorapi.com.
Uploading images directly would allow designers to build a color palette to match a corporate logo, use the same color palettes as movies (by uploading images from http://moviebarcode.tumblr.com/ ), etc.