Color Tools 1.2
olor Tools is specially designed to give users easier and better color processing experience. Being available in a system tray, the program will always be at hand and can be run easily in just a few clicks to provide access to an effective color picker. Except for giving users a handy color picker, Color Tools also offers such additional features as image editing and converting as well as the ability to capture screenshots with alpha transparency.
Smart color picker
* Those familiar with Photoshop will find it extremely easy to use color picker as it is presented in a similar style and comes with some additional features;
* It can be used in every editor (Sublime Text, Notepad++, etc.) allowing you to easily open it by pressing Ctrl+C+C or simply selecting it from a system tray;
* It perceives all the color formats, e.g. #FF0000, rgb(255, 0, 0), rgba(255, 0, 0, 1), hsl(0, 100%, 50%), red etc.;
* With the help of an eyedropper you could pick any color on the screen for its further identification and usage.
Editing and converting images
* It is possible to open and save multiple image file formats, both basic and more specific ones;
* You can perform such basic image processing operations as cropping and resizing. You will be able to smooth, crop, rotate image as well as select and copy its separate parts.
Capturing screenshots with alpha transparency
* You will easily capture the screenshot of the whole screen by pressing a traditional PrintScreen button. To get a screenshot of an active window only, just press Alt+PrintScreen. After the screenshot is captured, it is then opened in the editor instead of simply being copied to the clipboard. Afterwards, you can crop or resize this screenshot prior to saving it in any format to your liking;
* Application is capable of capturing screenshots with alpha transparency. If the window has an Aero effect, shadow or just an alpha channel, these will also be covered in the screenshot.
Requirements
Changes: 1.2
Added hsl() and hsla() color formats to the combo box.
Added warning on closing/replacing image with unsaved changes.
Bugfixes and usability optimizations.
