Color Palette ( Is It Possible) ?? 1

[JustWakinUp]

I have an image I would like to scan
and use all the colors within that
scan as a palette for colors on my
new drawing, Is this Possible and
if so HOW?

Thanks In Advance

 

[rickwells]

If you have Freehand or Illustrator you can import the scan and sample the colours with the eyedropper and save them in the colours palette.
If you are doing your drawing in P/Shop one way would be to open a new canvas and make a small square selection. Sample a colour from your scan using the eyedropper and fill the square. Duplicate the square and fill it with a new sampled colour and so on. Save the doc as 'Colour Palette'. Have this canvas open when working on your drawing so that you can simply select the colour you require.

 

[blueark]

...or, just open the swatches palette in Photoshop. Open your image, use the eyedropper to sample a color, then click on the 'New Swatch' button on the swatch palette. You can save swatches for later use using the 'Save Swatches' item in the fly-out menu (the triangle in the top right corner of the swatches palette).

 

[JustWakinUp]

ahhh so from your responses I am to
gather that there is not an automated
way of doing this. I was affraid of
that , well on with the sampling.

Thanks alot guys.

 

[rickwells]

Oh yeh. Blueark's suggestion is the obvious one. I never use the save swatches facility..I'd forgotten it was there !! Happy sampling.

 

[blueark]

You can automate it to a degree. Make a copy of your image, and change the color mode to 'Indexed Color'. Now go to Image > Mode > Color Table... and click 'Save'. Dismiss the color table dialog and go to the swatches palette. In the fly out menu, choose 'Replace Swatches' (or 'Load Swatches' if you want to keep what's there already). Find the color table you just saved and your colors should be there.

 

[JustWakinUp]

That was it Blueark, that's exactly what I was after