Settings and Macros/ColorSampler Description

Lets you analyze color of any rectangular area or a point. It outputs Minimum, Maximum or Average RGB and Luminance values. Based on the Simple Color Picker macro by Stefan Ihringer.

The measured values are displayed in the Control Panel of the macro and on top of the image.

To use the macro, feed your image to the Input, drag'n'drop the ColorSampler node to a Display View.

Node Inputs

• Input

  Source image. Required.

Controls Tab

• Position 

  Point control. Defines the center of the point or rectangular area within which the color values are measured.

  Area Width, Area Height 

  Slider controls. Define the size of the analyzed area.

  Probe Rectangle 

  Checkbox control. Switches the indication of the colors below the defined range with magenta on and of.

  Measured Data 

  Group of controls. Displays the measurement results.

  On-Screen Text Size 

  Slider control. Size of the text box.

  Area Border Width 

  Adjusts the width of the gray rectangle surrounding the analyzed area and the width of the gray line which links the rectangle to the on-screen text output box.

• Tips

• To place several samplers on a single image just connect several nodes of the macro one by one.

Download ColorSampler v04-3

Development History and Discussion on PigsFly

To install the macro, place the downloaded ColorSampler v04-3.setting file to your Fusion:\Macros folder.
Then you can insert it to the Flow either choosing from the main menu: Tools>Macro or by pressing Ctrl+Space and typing the tool name.

Gregory Chalenko