{"id":4974,"date":"2015-01-18T21:22:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T05:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=4974"},"modified":"2015-01-26T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T22:11:55","slug":"whats-coming-up-next-machouse-introducing-objcolors-for-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=4974","title":{"rendered":"What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Coming Up Next? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c MacHouse Introducing ObjColors for Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/mac_shareware\/objcolors\/objcolors_icon.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Mac OS X software ObjColors\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\nTOKYO (MacHouse) &#8211; I&#8217;ve been quite slow this month.  I&#8217;m unlikely to be able to release 5 or 6 applications per month like I used to.  Well, I&#8217;ve been working on the second one of the month.  It&#8217;s been submitted to <strong>Mac App Store<\/strong>.  This new software release is called <strong>ObjColors<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>ObjColors is a desktop application that lets you save color objects as RGB values.  Saving color objects, you can access them from application&#8217;s status menu to generate <strong>Objective-C<\/strong> or <strong>Swift<\/strong> code for <strong>Mac OS X<\/strong> and <strong>iOS<\/strong>.  The default RGB color method is colorWithRed:green:blue:alpha:.  If you intend to generate code for OS X, you can set your default color method to colorWithCalibratedRed:green:blue:alpha:, colorWithDeviceRed:green:blue:alpha: or colorWithSRGBRed:green:blue:alpha:. &nbsp; <!--more--><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<table width=\"450\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"220\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"mac\/mac_shareware\/objcolors\/1_intro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/mac_shareware\/objcolors\/thumbnail_1_intro.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"140\" alt=\"Mac software ObjColors\"\/><\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"220\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"mac\/mac_shareware\/objcolors\/2_quick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/mac_shareware\/objcolors\/thumbnail_2_quick.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"140\" alt=\"Mac software ObjColors\"\/><\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table width=\"422\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"420\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>Available at Mac App Store<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"420\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\" valign=\"middle\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"macappstore:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/id959331892\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"mac\/mac_shareware\/available-on-mac-app-store.jpg\" alt=\"Mac App Store\" width=\"160\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<u>Features<\/u><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Easily pick a color from a list of 216 colors with 4 different arrangements.<\/li>\n<li>Use Color Picker to select a particular color.<\/li>\n<li>Drag and drop an image file onto a drop box to extract a pixel color at specific coordinates.<\/li>\n<li>Manually enter RGB values to specify a color.  Likewise, enter an HTML color value, enter HSB values to specify a color.<\/li>\n<li>Generate a line of Objective-C or Swift code for the selected color command on the status menu.<\/li>\n<li>Control-click on a color command on the status menu to delete that color.<\/li>\n<li>The application supports the retina screen. (tested with 2014 2.6 GHz 13&#8243; MacBook Pro)<\/li>\n<li>The application does NOT support the fullscreen mode.  The application window is not resizable, either.<\/li>\n<li>Languages: English and Japanese only<\/li>\n<li>Application file size: 10.1 MB.<\/li>\n<li>The application comes with a complete user&#8217;s guide written in English. (Choose Help > User&#8217;s Guide.)  If the application window is not around, choose Show Application Window from the status menu before choosing User&#8217;s Guide under Help.<\/li>\n<li>The application comes with a 9-page introduction window, giving the user a quick tour over how it works.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<u>System requirements<\/u><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>10.8 (tested with 10.8.4), 10.9 (tested with 10.9.5), 10.10 (tested with 10.10.0)<\/li>\n<li>64-bit system<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<u>Limitations<\/u><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>When you use Drop pick, an image must have dimensions of at least 8 pixels x 8 pixels.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<u>Version history<\/u><\/p>\n<p>1.0.3 (Released on January 19, 2015)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Typos are fixed for the Japanese localization.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p>1.0.2 (Released on January 19, 2015)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Japanese localization is added.<\/li>\n<li>The development target is changed from OS X 10.7 to OS X 10.8.<\/li>\n<li>Several other minor changes are made.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<u>User&#8217;s guide<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Application user&#8217;s guide is available (only in English).  Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhvt.net\/mac\/objcolors\/objcolors1.php\">here<\/a> to access it online.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<u>Trial\/Demo version<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"mac\/mac_shareware\/objcolors\/ObjColorsTrial1000.zip\">here<\/a> to download a trial version.  This trial version will remain fully functional for 7 days, starting from the very moment you first launch it.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<u>Video tutorial<\/u><\/p>\n<p>There is no video tutorial at this time.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\n<br \/><\/br><br \/>\nObjColors is a product of MacHouse.<br \/>\nApple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Mac App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO (MacHouse) &#8211; I&#8217;ve been quite slow this month. I&#8217;m unlikely to be able to release 5 or 6 applications per month like I used to. 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