Picking a Color from Anywhere

CATEGORIES: Photoshop Killer Tips | Matt Kloskowski | February 13, 2009

Using the eyedropper tool to grab a color from outside your document.

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You don’t need to open the colour picker to do this. Just select the eyedropper tool, click anywhere on your image, and drag anywhere outside the image like they were doing in the video.

 

Comment by Photoshop Kid | February 14, 2009 @ 6:51 am

 

Shweet!

 

Comment by Skyebeka | February 18, 2009 @ 1:58 pm

 

I spoke to soon. This isn’t working for me whether I open the color picker or not.

 

Comment by Skyebeka | February 18, 2009 @ 2:08 pm

 

i guess this is just a CS4 trick

 

Comment by Lance | February 23, 2009 @ 1:12 pm

 

oops.. nevermind.. just click and drag.. not click.. and click..

works great!

 

Comment by Lance | February 23, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

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