I've been loosely trying to figure out how to
use Photoshop's eyedropper tool to sample any on-screen color for a while now, and I'm so glad Jennifer Apple over at
the PhotoshopSupport
blog ended my search by posting the simple trick. In Photoshop 7 and later, you can just click in an open Photoshop
document, then drag out to any other on-screen color to sample it - Photoshop document or not. This handy tip should
make mince meat from the process of grabbing that perfect color from anywhere but Photoshop.Sample any on-screen color - not just Photoshop's
I've been loosely trying to figure out how to
use Photoshop's eyedropper tool to sample any on-screen color for a while now, and I'm so glad Jennifer Apple over at
the PhotoshopSupport
blog ended my search by posting the simple trick. In Photoshop 7 and later, you can just click in an open Photoshop
document, then drag out to any other on-screen color to sample it - Photoshop document or not. This handy tip should
make mince meat from the process of grabbing that perfect color from anywhere but Photoshop.
1. That's a great tip. I like the Firefox extension ColorZilla to grab colors on web pages. It automatically copies to the color code to your clipboard. It also has a history and favorites palette within a popup color picker.
Posted at 2:30PM on Jan 9th 2006 by JAbbott