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  • jsimmons

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    I'm a programmer by trade, and got a crazy idea this morning. I have been toying with the notion of Duracoating my guns in camouflage, and was visiting various web sites looking at the astounding array of colors available. Yeah, they have various patterns and color combinations, but I was looking for something that more closely matched my own geographic area. failing to find anything resembling "Texas hill country", I had a flash of an idea.

    Why not create a program that lets the user take pictures of his surroundings, and then evaluates those pictures to find a set of matching Duracoat colors that would best suit a camo paint scheme for the area. Well, I've worked on it all day, and am pretty far along. Here's a screen shot:

    camopicker_01.jpg


    The idea is to allow you to load a picture, determine a color section (from 1 to 16 matching Duracoat colors), create a random camo pattern (digital, woodland, tiger stripe), and then create an image of the selected weapon to overlay on the picture you loaded (hopefully to scale).

    What do you guys think?

    Oh yeah - it will be a completely free application.
     

    Glockster69

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    Oh yeah - it will be a completely free application.

    It's great idea! Keep working hard at it.

    Seriously, why do it free? Why not contact Duracoat as partnership?
    And, it is a cool idea.

    Edit: However, that would be very generous if it was free.
     

    TexasBrandon

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    I love my Mossy Oak stocks but something that is designed for the exact environment I will be in would be much better. I think your idea definitely has potential.
     
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