Area Averaging with Eyedropper!

This is a feature request that will benefit us all.  I am trying desperately 
to make the Corel Painter programmers aware of this.  Maybe they'll see it 
here?

Please look at Photoshop's Eyedropper tool:
Under "sample size" it has:
point sample (single pixel)
3x3 average
5x5 average
11x11 average
etc. all the way up to 101 average!

The "average" setting is area averaging.  Imagine if you had RED and
WHITE 
next to each other, with hard edges. If you click where they meet, your eye 
dropper gets PINK! (It's a massive productivity boost for color picking. You 
can drag move the eyedropper around for blended colors without having to 
paint them onto the canvas or color mixer.)

For example, if you have it set to 5x5 average - it takes the 25 pixels 
under your brush and blends them together to an average color to get the 
color for the eyedropper!

PLEASE add this support for eyedropper area averaging in Painter. We need it 
*URGENTLY*.  Please forward this to a programmer!

Also, if my explanation isn't detailed enough I can be contacted directly at 
mgc3003@gmail.com

But the best way is to just look at how photoshop's feature works. To be 
clear, Photoshop by default works just like Painter - but you get the EXTRA 
benefit of having the option to use the area average eyedropper, which is 
what most PS digital painters use.

ALSO --- if there's an issue of copyright, just use a different sampling. 
Photoshop is on ODD pixels, which technically makes more sense... but EVEN # 
of pixels would work, too, and might defeat an issue of copying if that's a 
problem.

PLEASE add this feature. I am begging. 

Hi Matthew,

Any time you want to report a problem or submit a feature request, you 
can write directly to the Corel Painter development team (and they'll 
all get the e-mail) at:

painterteam@corel.com


Jinny Brown
New Content at PixelAlley
http://www.pixelalley.com
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Matthew Cox wrote:
> This is a feature request that will benefit us all.  I am trying
desperately 
> to make the Corel Painter programmers aware of this.  Maybe they'll see it

> here?
> 
> Please look at Photoshop's Eyedropper tool:
> Under "sample size" it has:
> point sample (single pixel)
> 3x3 average
> 5x5 average
> 11x11 average
> etc. all the way up to 101 average!
> 
> The "average" setting is area averaging.  Imagine if you had RED
and WHITE 
> next to each other, with hard edges. If you click where they meet, your eye

> dropper gets PINK! (It's a massive productivity boost for color picking.
You 
> can drag move the eyedropper around for blended colors without having to 
> paint them onto the canvas or color mixer.)
> 
> For example, if you have it set to 5x5 average - it takes the 25 pixels 
> under your brush and blends them together to an average color to get the 
> color for the eyedropper!
> 
> PLEASE add this support for eyedropper area averaging in Painter. We need
it 
> *URGENTLY*.  Please forward this to a programmer!
> 
> Also, if my explanation isn't detailed enough I can be contacted directly
at 
> mgc3003@gmail.com
> 
> But the best way is to just look at how photoshop's feature works. To be 
> clear, Photoshop by default works just like Painter - but you get the EXTRA

> benefit of having the option to use the area average eyedropper, which is 
> what most PS digital painters use.
> 
> ALSO --- if there's an issue of copyright, just use a different sampling. 
> Photoshop is on ODD pixels, which technically makes more sense... but EVEN
# 
> of pixels would work, too, and might defeat an issue of copying if that's a

> problem.
> 
> PLEASE add this feature. I am begging. 
> 
> 
>