| 摘要 |
Techniques are disclosed for color selection in a desktop publishing application. A color selection technique includes receiving a selection of an image, automatically sampling a color from a pixel of the selected image, and adding the sampled color to a color swatch in a graphical user interface. The sampled color may be the predominant color in the image (e.g., the color that appears in the greatest number of pixels), or the sampled color may be the darkest or lightest color in the image. In another embodiment, several colors (e.g., two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten) are sampled from different pixels of the selected image, and some or all of the sampled colors are added to the color swatch. A designer can then select the sampled color(s) from the color swatch and apply the selected color(s) to one or more elements of a layout. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented desktop publishing method comprising:
receiving a user input selecting a digital image associated with a page layout, the digital image comprising a plurality of pixels; sampling, in response to the user input, a color from any one or more of the pixels of the digital image; and generating, within a graphical user interface, a color swatch including the color sampled from the one or more pixels, the sampled color being user selectable from the color swatch via the graphical user interface. |
