So I do have a working sketch that measures the pixel color from an X/Y plane. I am getting really large, 7 digit negative numbers coming in. I tried some basic match with abs, and some other functions but same results. Not sure what I am overlooking. a good push in the right direction is what I need. Cheers!

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2. import org.openkinect.*;
3. import org.openkinect.processing.*;
4. 
   
5. Kinect kinect;
6. boolean depth = true;
7. 
   
8. 
   
9. float deg = 15; // Start at 15 degrees
10. 
    
11.  
12.   
13. void setup() {
14.   size(800,600);
15.   kinect = new Kinect(this);
16.   kinect.start();
17.   kinect.enableDepth(depth);
18.  
19.   
20. }
21. 
    
22. 
    
23. void draw() {
24.   background(0);
25. 
    
26.   
27. image(kinect.getDepthImage(),800,800);
28.   fill(255);
29.   
30.  
31.     kinect.enableDepth(depth);
32. PImage img = kinect.getDepthImage();
33.   image(img,0,0);
34.   
35. ///////check to see pixel color for depth //////////////////
36.   color c = get(mouseX, mouseY);
37. fill(c);
38. println(c);
39. noStroke();
40. rect(width/2, height/2, 50, 50);
41. }
42. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
43. 
    
44. void stop() {
45.   kinect.quit();
46.   super.stop();
47. }