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I'm trying to get the color of a specified pixel on the screen. I tried getting a screenshot and then getting the color from that (which didnt work for whatever reason), but it's too slow and inefficient. Is there a way to do this, perhaps with the GetPixel API?
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U mean like the Color Picker in Photoshop, get the color of the pixel u clicked on in an image?
not the pixel on an image, on the screen. Kinda like the color picker in fireworks. You click somewhere on the screen (yeah screen, on any program) and it gives you the color for that pixelQuote:
Originally posted by phrozeman
U mean like the Color Picker in Photoshop, get the color of the pixel u clicked on in an image?
Yeah, i know what u mean...
I never saw an example of that before, but i gonna take a look if i can find something
did you find anything?:DQuote:
Originally posted by phrozeman
Yeah, i know what u mean...
I never saw an example of that before, but i gonna take a look if i can find something
http://www.vandog.com/colorpicker.html
...It is tested with VB, but I have no idea does it works properly with VB.NET.
( ? )
w00t see this http://www.innovasys.co.uk/products/colorpicker.asp
not free though:D
If you are able to create a Device context (the CreateDC API) of the screen, there is a API called GetPixel in Windows 2000 and later to get the RGB settings for the appropriate pixel in the Device context.
This is more or less a shot in the dark as I seldom do much API programming. But my knowledge in C++ programming tells me that this should be possible.
/Nisse