Abstract: A method may include causing a client computer to display a graphical user interface including a hierarchical element tree, the hierarchical element tree including a plurality of hierarchically arranged selectable elements. The method may further include, in response to receiving a selection of a selectable element in the hierarchical element tree and in accordance with the selected selectable element being associated with a remote content item that is managed by an external platform separate from the content collaboration system, selecting a content processing engine, retrieving content from the remote content item at the external platform and using an address associated with the remote content item, processing the content from the remote content item using the selected processing engine to produce renderable content, the renderable content formatted in accordance with the platform-specific structured data format, and causing display of the renderable content in the content panel.

Abstract: A method may include causing a client computer to display a graphical user interface including a hierarchical element tree, the hierarchical element tree including a plurality of hierarchically arranged selectable elements. The method may further include, in response to receiving a selection of a selectable element in the hierarchical element tree and in accordance with the selected selectable element being associated with a remote content item that is managed by an external platform separate from the content collaboration system, selecting a content processing engine, retrieving content from the remote content item at the external platform and using an address associated with the remote content item, processing the content from the remote content item using the selected processing engine to produce renderable content, the renderable content formatted in accordance with the platform-specific structured data format, and causing display of the renderable content in the content panel.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to system and processes for adding a video object to a content panel of a content collaboration system. The processes can include instantiating a client application displaying a graphical user interface having a content panel operating an editor configured to receive input from the client device and receiving a command to initiate creation of a video object. In response to receiving the command, the processes can invoke a video-creation service overlaying the interface and including a content region, a user video region showing a video preview of a user of the client device and a first selectable option configured to initiate a recording session for the video object. The system can initiate a recording session for the video object and cause display of the recoded video object in an editing interface. The video object can be added to the content panel of the content collaboration system.

Abstract: A method may include causing a client computer to display a graphical user interface including a hierarchical element tree, the hierarchical element tree including a plurality of hierarchically arranged selectable elements. The method may further include, in response to receiving a selection of a selectable element in the hierarchical element tree and in accordance with the selected selectable element being associated with a remote content item that is managed by an external platform separate from the content collaboration system, selecting a content processing engine, retrieving content from the remote content item at the external platform and using an address associated with the remote content item, processing the content from the remote content item using the selected processing engine to produce renderable content, the renderable content formatted in accordance with the platform-specific structured data format, and causing display of the renderable content in the content panel.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a color of a sample includes acquiring a color calibrated swatch of the sample, the color calibrated swatch comprising a plurality of pixels, and comparing all pixels that are of a first color in a swatch of a standard to all of the plurality of pixels that are of a second color, wherein the second color is a color in the swatch of the sample that is most similar to the first color in the swatch of the standard.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a color of a sample includes acquiring a color calibrated swatch of the sample, the color calibrated swatch comprising a plurality of pixels, and comparing all pixels that are of a first color in a swatch of a standard to all of the plurality of pixels that are of a second color, wherein the second color is a color in the swatch of the sample that is most similar to the first color in the swatch of the standard.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a color of a sample includes acquiring an image having a plurality of pixels from a sample and a plurality of pixels from known color calibration patches. The image is color calibrated using the known color patches to endow the pixels from the sample with the tristimulus values they would have under one or more known illuminants. The calibrated image is transmitted, together with metadata, to a remote location where further computations and an approval process are performed. The further computations include comparing all of the pixels in the image of a standard that are of a first color to all pixels of a second color in the similarly calibrated image of the sample, where the second color is a color in the image of the sample that is most similar to the first color from the image of the standard.

Abstract: A color approval system that facilitates the use of electronic color submissions. The electronic color submissions contain reflectance values for a physical color sample to be submitted for approval. The system includes a data storage area accessible by a submitter of the electronic color sample and a reviewer of the color sample. The submitter upload the submission to the data storage area, from which the reviewer retrieves the submission and replies with an acceptance or rejection, typically via e-mail. The system provides tools for the analysis of the electronic color sample and automatic formation of acceptances and rejections.

Abstract: A method for evaluating a color of a sample includes acquiring an image having a plurality of pixels from a sample and a plurality of pixels from known color calibration patches. The image is color calibrated using the known color patches to endow the pixels from the sample with the tristimulus values they would have under one or more known illuminants. The calibrated image is transmitted, together with metadata, to a remote location where further computations and an approval process are performed. The further computations include comparing all of the pixels in the image of a standard that are of a first color to all pixels of a second color in the similarly calibrated image of the sample, where the second color is a color in the image of the sample that is most similar to the first color from the image of the standard.

Abstract: A color approval system that facilitates the use of electronic color submissions. The electronic color submissions contain reflectance values for a physical color sample to be submitted for approval. The system includes a data storage area accessible by a submitter of the electronic color sample and a reviewer of the color sample. The submitter upload the submission to the data storage area, from which the reviewer retrieves the submission and replies with an acceptance or rejection, typically via email. The system provides tools for the analysis of the electronic color sample and automatic formation of acceptances and rejections.

Abstract: A color matching system including a database of information describing colorants organized into groups of colorants. A computing device identifies at least one recipe of colorants that can reproduce a desired color by selecting at least one group of colorants, identifying possible recipes using the colorants in the group and selecting a best recipe from the possible recipes based on a recipe cost and a calculated metamerism of the recipe.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of managing color. A submission created by a product vendor is received. The submission is analyzed by a third party by, at least, electronic means. The analysis of the submission by the third party is communicated to a retailer.

Abstract: A color approval system that facilitates the use of electronic color submissions. The electronic color submissions contain reflectance values for a physical color sample to be submitted for approval. The system includes a data storage area accessible by a submitter of the electronic color sample and a reviewer of the color sample. The submitter upload the submission to the data storage area, from which the reviewer retrieves the submission and replies with an acceptance or rejection, typically via e-mail. The system provides tools for the analysis of the electronic color sample and automatic formation of acceptances and rejections.

Abstract: A color matching system including a database of information describing colorants organized into groups of colorants. A computing device identifies at least one recipe of colorants that can reproduce a desired color by selecting at least one group of colorants, identifying possible recipes using the colorants in the group and selecting a best recipe from the possible recipes based on a recipe cost and a calculated metamerism of the recipe.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for color management by a retailer comprising the steps of: choosing an engineered color standard (ECS); communicating the ECS to a product vendor; having a product produced using the ECS; and controlling the product's color quality by comparing the ECS to the produced product. The ECS preferably comprises reflectance data and a dye specification.

Abstract: Microcapsules containing a solution or dispersion of a colorant, especially a solution of an oil-solubilized sulfur dye, in an organic liquid having a vapor pressure below 20 mm Hg at 25.degree. C. can be coated on a side of a sheet of paper for use in pressure-sensitive carbonless copy systems. The solutions of the oil-solubilized sulfur dyes, i.e. 1) colored products of the oxidation of a leuco sulfur dye, leuco sulfurized vat dye or reaction product of a leuco dye or sulfurized vat dye with a cationic compound and 2) colored reaction products of a solubilized sulfur dye with a cationic compound also constitute an aspect of the invention, as do microcapsules whose walls contain an opacifying agent incorporated therein.