How to pick up any color OUTSIDE of regular PS frame? 1

[Nicole0000]

I know I read (and of course, can't find now) somewhere, a way to pick up color with the eyedropper tool outside of the frame your working in - - - say somewhere else on the desktop.

What's that way?

Thanks.

Nicole

 

[mscallisto]

outside of the frame your working in - - - say somewhere else on the desktop.

Don't know if thats possible, I've always used this freeware

http://www.soft25.com/dl.asp?id=5377

Simply point the cursor and read the color (I especially like the magnify control) lets you focus in on a small areas

sam

 

[apepp]

...in photoshop with the eyedropper, click anywhere on your image then still with mouse held down, drag outside of photoshop and the eyedropper will collect the color you hover over, a web page for example...

...the key is to click and drag from photoshop first...

Andrew

 

[Pixelchik]

Select the eyedropper tool.
Hold down the alt key (pc) (should be the command tool on the mac but haven't checked this yet).
Click somewhere on an open file in Photoshop - but do not release the mouse button or the alt button.
Move your mouse (with the mouse and alt button still depressed) over to the spot you want to sample. As you drag your mouse you will see the foreground swatch in Photoshop keep changing to pick up the colors you are mousing over.

 

[mscallisto]

Thanks Andrew...I never knew that...have a star

WhatColor4 is handy if you don't wish to crank-up pshop and it provides many color names; like cornflower blue, khaki, saddle brown etc.

sam

 

[mscallisto]

which is great for us colorblind people

 

[ERIXWORX]

heh...
was just talking about that, tho maybe over on .ai or .cdr forum.
Actually, the screen-printing/embroidery industry has been great (for this color-blind guy) to work in. The sales staff & clients decide colors; I just need to be able to see where colors are, doesn't matter if I'm not seeing them right.
Color matching? Let the production mgr. sort out the exact ink or thread colors.

Haven't had much grief with color matching since college; Design II was mostly color theory & it was torturous!

-E

'There is no LEASH LAW for the IMAGINATION!'
myspace.com/erixworx

 

[mscallisto]

Yes I hear ya; color blindness stinks!

I do a lot of old photo restoration and coloring and I rely on WhatColor4 to let me know that my blue isn't purple when adding background Gradient fills etc.

 

[Nicole0000]

That did the trick.

Thank you all.

Nikky