Can someone tell me how to 'fix' it please?
Photoshop eyedropper help
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Menace 5,412 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSomehow I've got the eyedropper tool in Photoshop to change the secondary colour rather than the standard primary colour. I can't find a way to get it back to working as usual.
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Dirtbox 73,664 posts
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Registered 11 years agoHaha.
Just click the little black/white iconette. Or click the colour square in question at the bottom of the tool bar and select whatever colour you prefer.
holy crap, did you even try anything before posting?+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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ray 674 posts
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Registered 10 years agoIn the colour palette, where there are two squares representing the colours picked, click on the other square (the upper one).
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FHUTA 880 posts
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Registered 5 years agocan't you just flick between the two pallets with the little double ended arrow thing next to the two colours?
If not I'm not sure what you're on about I'm afraid
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Menace 5,412 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Nope, that doesn't work...
Haha.
Just click the little black/white iconette. Or click the colour square in question at the bottom of the tool bar and select whatever colour you prefer.
holy crap, did you even try anything before posting?
Yes I did try stuff and also googled a bit but failed.. =(
Edit: to clarify, its when holding down the Alt key and selecting a colour from an image. Not when using the 'actual' eyedropper tool. Sorry! -
Lukus 18,696 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSo what have primary and secondary colours got to do with it? I'm confused.Paintings & Photographs
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Menace 5,412 posts
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Registered 9 years agoNever had this happen before, neither does any of the other artists working here. A reboot seems to have fixed it. -
ecureuil 74,136 posts
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Registered 8 years agoHolding down Alt will replace the secondary colour. Try, er, not holding Alt. -
Menace 5,412 posts
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Registered 9 years agoLukus wrote:
You got the two colours you can swap between.. normally the eyedropper tool selects a colour for the 'first' or primary colour...
So what have primary and secondary colours got to do with it? I'm confused. -
ray 674 posts
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Registered 10 years agoDid you see my post?
Whether you select primary or secondary colour is selected in the colour palette. -
Menace 5,412 posts
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Registered 9 years agoray wrote:
Yes.. doesn't change a thing.
Did you see my post?
I got the brush active.. and I'm painting a bit, but want to sample a colour from the image. Normally I then hold down alt and the cursor changes to the eyedropper thingy and changes the colour I'm currently using (what I refer to as the primary colour).. but now it changes the secondary colour instead.. argh. -
Dirtbox 73,664 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYou can toggle between the fore and background colours with the icon next to it.
ecureuil wrote:
Alt is the shortcut key. If you have the swatches switched, it will change the colour for that.
Holding down Alt will replace the secondary colour. Try, er, not holding Alt.
Menace. I suggest you acquaint yourself with the less obvious features by clicking some stuff to find out what it does. Hovering your mouse over them will give you a keyboard shortcut as well.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Spanky 14,408 posts
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Lukus 18,696 posts
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Registered 8 years agoMenace wrote:
But you just said you weren't using the eyedropper after all. Argh, never mind, I'm useless at remembering programs without them open in front of me.Lukus wrote:
You got the two colours you can swap between.. normally the eyedropper tool selects a colour for the 'first' or primary colour...
So what have primary and secondary colours got to do with it? I'm confused.Paintings & Photographs
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FHUTA 880 posts
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Registered 5 years agoif you've selected the colour picker manually or by pressing I then pressing alt will select the secondary pallette -
Dirtbox 73,664 posts
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Registered 11 years agoSpanky wrote:
That's the one.
Press X
Almost every key on the keyboard has a function.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Menace 5,412 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Thx, I'm well aware of that.. but that's an extra keypress every time. The point is it shouldn't change the second colour....Spanky wrote:
That's the one.
Press X
Almost every key on the keyboard has a function.
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ray 674 posts
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Registered 10 years agoYou obviously didn't try to click on the front square in the colour palette. There are two big squares representing primary and secondary colours, once you press Alt and your cursor changes to the eyedropper whatever you pick will go to the square that has the outline on it. -
ecureuil 74,136 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Bah. Silly me, I never actually bother to use the Color panel and instead just use the toolbar on the left handside. Considering I use Photoshop daily as part of my uni course and work.. >_> As you were!
You can toggle between the fore and background colours with the icon next to it.
ecureuil wrote:
Alt is the shortcut key. If you have the swatches switched, it will change the colour for that.
Holding down Alt will replace the secondary colour. Try, er, not holding Alt.
Menace. I suggest you acquaint yourself with the less obvious features by clicking some stuff to find out what it does. -
ray 674 posts
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Registered 10 years ago"X" just exchanges the primary and secondary. Not what you select with eyedropper. -
Menace 5,412 posts
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Registered 9 years agoray wrote:
I did..
You obviously didn't try to click on the front square in the colour palette. There are two big squares representing primary and secondary colours, once you press Alt and your cursor changes to the eyedropper whatever you pick will go to the square that has the outline on it.
What you're describing is how it NORMALLY works.. somehow I've got them swapped around and I desperately want it back the way it used to be. =/ -
Dirtbox 73,664 posts
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Registered 11 years agoray wrote:
He wasn't using the eyedropper.
"X" just exchanges the primary and secondary. Not what you select with eyedropper.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Dirtbox 73,664 posts
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Lukus 18,696 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThis thread reads like a poor Two Ronnies sketch.Paintings & Photographs
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Dirtbox 73,664 posts
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Registered 11 years agoecureuil wrote:
That's the same thing I'm talking about.Dirtbox wrote:
Bah. Silly me, I never actually bother to use the Color panel and instead just use the toolbar on the left handside. Considering I use Photoshop daily as part of my uni course and work.. >_> As you were!
You can toggle between the fore and background colours with the icon next to it.
ecureuil wrote:
Alt is the shortcut key. If you have the swatches switched, it will change the colour for that.
Holding down Alt will replace the secondary colour. Try, er, not holding Alt.
Menace. I suggest you acquaint yourself with the less obvious features by clicking some stuff to find out what it does.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Lukus 18,696 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDirtbox wrote:
I preferred the Will Smith version.
That's the same thing I'm talking about.Paintings & Photographs
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ah hell naw
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Dirtbox 73,664 posts
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ray 674 posts
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Registered 10 years agoDoes your colour palette sign look like the one on the left or right?
http://i44.tinypic.com/29yh46a.jpg
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ctrl + q?
Do you know there's a count tool in the eyedropper tear out, amazing tool, you click on shit and it counts... amazing.Plubs
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