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Dec 2 2009

HANDYCAM58  I normally do not quibble on price with small devs, but I agree with the other commenters, $50 for this is insane. It's a good app, but for what it does $15-20 would be more reasonable.  
(Version 2.0)

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Dec 2 2009
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GRYPHONENT  Too expensive. I’m sorry. A feasible price point would be $19.99 or 14.99. Everything else cannot be justified.  
(Version 2.0)

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Mar 12 2008

SCHMELDING  Great app., but the price point is too high. Maybe $19.99 is more reasonable for what it does, IMHO.  
(Version 1.5.5)

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Nov 25 2007

MICHAEL CEO  This is great application that excels in ease of use. I found it indispensable when designing websites, flyers, or any diagram that involves color.

A very nice bonus feature is the photo schemer -- having Color Schemer find a color scheme for you from a photo.  
(Version 1.5.3)

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Jun 19 2007

OL_OL  Great App ! I wish it had the ability to add to your favorites color list all "suggested colors" at once, rather than dargging them there individually.  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Jun 19 2007

SIRTIGRIS  Lacks a CMYK converter. Definitly too expensive for only an RGB descprition. Could have been useful, as the interface is really smart.  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Jul 24 2006

FLOPKA  Price is prohibitive, considering there are so many free web-based utilities of this type.  
(Version 1.5.2)

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May 2 2006

ERRORR  The Photoschemer expects you to drag and drop as the only way to load a photo, but the drop window hides itself when the app is in background, making it a unnecessary hide and seek experience should you wish to drop a photo from the finder.  
(Version 1.5)

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Jun 19 2007

MILLCA  Having trouble dragging and dropping a photo? Try this trick:

Select the photo you desire to drop in with your mouse and while still holding down the mouse button as you drag it, click command-tab which will bring up all of your open applications. Keep hitting tab until Color Schemer Studio is highlighted. This will make the Color Schemer Studio come to forefront so you can drop the photo onto it. May take some practice to get used to this but once you know this trick, it will help in a LOT of different situations.  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Mar 15 2006

NUTTDAN  An amazingly wonderful program rendered worthless and useless by its prohibitively expensive cost. Definitely not worth $50. A shame, really, because this is an app that I would normally buy in a heartbeat if it weere reasonably priced.   
(Version 1.5)

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Mar 15 2006
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JBLAKEH900  I concur the price is a little steep, but I love this program.

Any busy designer will appreciate and benefit from seeing quick color palettes based on a photo or existing logo color - or simply experimenting and testing different color theories - something most creative suites don't bother with at all.

In response to other comments... the UI may not be 100% Mac compliant (neither are most of Apple's own apps), but the UI does not get in the way of using this program - it is very intuitive. Similarly, whatever programming tools were used to build the program don't effect it's performance negatively...  
(Version 1.5)

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Mar 15 2006

COLOR SCHEMER  Hi jblakeh900,

This latest v1.5 release was actually completely rewritten in Cocoa, so a lot of effort was put into making it as "Mac-compliant" as possible. Redeveloping the app in Cocoa also provided a number of other speed and performance boosts over the previous release.

Aaron Epstein

Color Schemer

www.colorschemer.com  
(Version 1.5)

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Nov 1 2004
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BRADY J. FREY  Beautiful, simple color studio that is easy to use and control -- I recommend it for any designer who's having a nice episode of 'Designer block'. My only gripe? The hefty price tack doesn't justify the purchase with so little features... especially in a program that only compliments other programs, not necessarily a must-have utility.  
(Version 1.0)

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Sep 21 2004
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BRYAN  Overall, good in concept...but lacking in implementation. The GUI needs some work, but kudos for trying to at least make this look like a real Mac app (even though it's obvious that it was developed in RealBasic). Try making the toolbar more Mac compliant. Same story with all of the color wells...when you click them, the Color Picker should appear. Get rid of the palette on the bottom in the middle (use the Color Picker instead). I don't quite understand why the Analyzer isn't a part of the Suggested Colors. Also, if the Color Picker was used, it by nature allows the user to save their colors and use them in other apps.

Oh, and the cost of this and Color Consultant Pro should be half of what they are, IMHO. (Actually, I'd value this at about $10 since it's not close to being Apple HIG compliant.)  
(Version 1.0)

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Sep 18 2004

ANONYMOUS  It does the job allright ... but the price is much too high!

JV  
(Version 1.0)

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