Paint Prograg

<My son asked if I knew of a computer program whereby a person could
take pictures of a house, and then using the computer, apply paint
colors to
interior and/or exterior surfaces>

Benjamin Moore paints has a nice one. I was surprised at how simple it
was to use. I got it over the counter at the store in Hinsdale, IL.
Maybe
they have a website.

Adobe Photoshop--- The learning curve is slightly steep (for old guys
like me), but your son, who most likely grew up w/computers & actually
may read the help files would likely have no problem. If he is a
student at a local college, they most likely have an educational
version at their bookstore.
Phil

Bruce A. Whitney wrote:
> I don't think I have seen this topic here, but I am an infrequent lurker
> anyway. My son asked if I knew of a computer program whereby a person could
> take pictures of a house, and then using the computer, apply paint colors to
> interior and/or exterior surfaces. After looking around a bit on the net, I
> decided if any one source would know the answer, it would be the experts in
> the wreck.
>
>
>
> How about it? Anybody know of a program that will allow that type of work?
> JOAT?
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the large paint companys have these programs available for contractors

Sat, Feb 11, 2006, 4:30pm (EST+5) [email protected]
(Bruce=A0A.=A0Whitney)
<snip> Anybody know of a program that will allow that type of work?
JOAT?

A no brainer. Yellow paint. No prob.



JOAT
I'm busy now, can I ignore you some other time?

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:30:54 GMT, "Bruce A. Whitney"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I don't think I have seen this topic here, but I am an infrequent lurker
>anyway. My son asked if I knew of a computer program whereby a person could
>take pictures of a house, and then using the computer, apply paint colors to
>interior and/or exterior surfaces.

Shareware Paintshop Pro, or something like that. Your camera shots
would have to be good. The feature I'm thinking of exchanges colours.
The eyedropper picks each with left/right mouse, then another icon
exchanges them. There is freeware Photfiltre, but I haven't tried it
to see if it has that feature.

That process will be a bit dicey though as colours might be picked up
in areas you don't want, as they are shared to get an overall effect.
I don't know of any freeware or decent shareware, but most
professional programs design from scratch, not photos, filling areas
with colour, and are damned expensive. The only reason I mentioned
the two above is you did say from a photo.

My THANKS to all who replied. Yeah, you too JT! I will check out Benjamin
Moore paints. The kid bought a program from Punch! software (< $60) for
interior design. Says it will do what he wants. Punch! has a couple of
downloadable trial versions I may try out.

Again thanks for your suggestions! Yellow paint. Blech. :-)

In article <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Benjamin Moore paints has a nice one.

Indeed they do. It is wonderful. The odd time I get involved with
floor/granite/wall paint selection, I use it. It runs flawlessly under
UNIX on my Macs.
(Benjamin Moore also makes the best paints, IMO.)

Guess who wrote:

> That process will be a bit dicey though as colours might be picked up
> in areas you don't want, as they are shared to get an overall effect.
> I don't know of any freeware or decent shareware, but most
> professional programs design from scratch, not photos, filling areas
> with colour, and are damned expensive. The only reason I mentioned
> the two above is you did say from a photo.

Generic, cause my experience is with The GIMP (which is Free Software,
runs on Windows, and is a full-on Photoshop-type image manipulator) says:

select the surfaces you are interested in from the image, convert to
grayscale, and use the selection as a transparent overlay on the the
preferred color pasted into the region...

Dunno if that's how a image designer would do it, but that'd be my guide
through the menus and tools.

The Gimp is at <URL:http://www.gimp.org/>

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