With so many different devices and formats, it can be hard to know what color code to use when creating a photo album or document. DCPicker can help you get the colors you need in multiple formats. First, open DCPicker and select the format you want to work with. For example, if you want to create a photo album in JPEG format, select JPEG. If you want to create a document in PDF format, select PDF. Next, choose the color you want to use for each layer in your photo album or document. For example, if you have a black-and-white photo album and want to use the black color for all layers, select BLACK & WHITE. If you have a color photo album and want to use different colors for different layers, select COLOR & LAYER instead of BLACK & WHITE or COLOR & LAYER + BLACK & WHITE. Once you’ve chosen the colors for each layer in your photo or document, click OK to finish creating your new photos or documents with DCPicker.

Setup

Setup for DCPicker is very easy. Unzip the files, add them to a folder, and create a new shortcut.

This is what DCPicker looks like when you start it up…everything is immediately ready to go.

If you have a particular color code format that you want to start with, then you can choose that using the “Format Menu” before getting started.

Options

You can set DCPicker to “Stay on Top”, the number of colors saved in the history, and add custom formats if desired in the “Options Window”.

DCPicker in Action

To start getting color codes grab the “Color Picker Icon” and drag it over the color that you are needing information about.

As you can see in the screenshot, DCPicker easily provided the code for the green area. Notice the “Color List” on the right side of the DCPicker window…you can quickly access your nine most recently “viewed” colors.

Perhaps you need the color code in multiple formats…not a problem. Simply click on the “Format Menu” and select the appropriate format to easily switch between them. You may also use the “Scrollbar Arrows” beside the numeric code to switch between formats.

Conclusion

If you are looking for a quick and easy way to get color codes, then DCPicker is definitely a recommended program to have in your website building toolbox.

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