Using eye-dropper from pasted image

[Asbestos]

Hi,

I've just copied and pasted an image from Photoshop, and need to use it to get color samples for the work in Illustrator. When I use the eye-dropper, it just gives me a blank color.

I realize that I could just open the image in Illustrator, but am just wondering for future reference whether there is a way to get the color info from an imported image.

Thanks!
-A

 

[dimoj]

Is it Illy 10 or older? If so you need to hold control (Windows) while you click with the eyedropper to sample a colour off a bitmap. (In CS you don't need to hold control).

 

[Asbestos]

'Fraid not, I'm using AI 9.0. Is there any other way?

As you probably guessed, my naive thought that just opening the image in AI would work didn't.

 

[dimoj]

So are you saying that Ctrl-Clicking with the eyedropper doesn't work in 9? (I can't remember if it worked in that version).

Did you try it?

 

[Arjay418]

I thought it was Shift + Click.

--rj

 

[Asbestos]

Ah ha! Shift-click does indeed work.

I suppose if I had played around for long enough I would have guessed it eventually. It's not a particularly surprising combination...


Thanks very much to both of you!

 

[dimoj]

Oh right, Shift-Click. Sorry, I've been using CS for about 5 months now and my memory doesn't stretch that far (damn MTV generation). Heh.

 

[jdy]

I just started using a freeware product called ColorCop. This product will sample any color on your desktop. It also magnifies any area on your desktop. I find it to be very handy. Hope this helps.

http://www.datastic.com/tools/colorcop/