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ColorSuckr extracts color schemes from photos
ColorSuckr uses photos to generate color palettes you can use in your artwork and designs. You can choose from one of the photos on the main page, search Flickr, or input the URL of any webpage to find source material. ColorSuckr automatically finds the main photo on any Flickr page you enter. There's also a bookmarklet that you can add to your browser's toolbar. Clicking it gives you a choice of any image on the current page. Once you've got an image, ColorSuckr will give you a draggable selection of colors, complete with hex, web safe and RGB info so you can get them exactly right in your designs. It's a unique way to get a good palette, and especially comes in handy if you're working on a layout that has to match a photo.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Ashish said 11:13AM on 8-07-2009
I think Microsoft's version did a good job of telling an end user his options.
For example, if I have Vista premium, I can quickly scan through to see what versions I can upgrade to.
Your version and other simplified versions are good for the tech blogger, software seller etc etc, who need to remember all permutations and combinations.
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Ashish said 11:14AM on 8-07-2009
Commented on the wrong post..!
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Ed said 3:29AM on 8-08-2009
kuler.adobe.com does the same thing now for anyone that uses that
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