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Dirtbox 73,708 posts
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Menace 5,413 posts
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Registered 9 years agoray wrote:
You obviously didn't try to click on the front square in the colour palette.
Ah.. I didn't.. or I pressed the wrong colour thingy - NOT the colour palette like you said - I pressed the colours in the little vertical slab with all the tools in it. You were absolutely right. My bad. Thanks!!
It was totally messing up my work-flow... not much flow about anything I do these days... =/
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ecureuil 74,152 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Yes, the little arrow switches the swatches (hey!), but I find that a bit unnecessary if you're using the eye dropper. Also, it doesn't visibly change the order in the toolbar, but in the color palette the active colour is always on top.ecureuil 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.
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Menace 5,413 posts
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ray 674 posts
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Dirtbox 73,708 posts
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Registered 11 years agoPeople who are too thick to understand what other people have been saying all along:
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Menace 5,413 posts
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Registered 9 years ago/hangs head in shame. I'm supposed to be ok'ish at this photoshop thing you know. -
ray 674 posts
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Registered 10 years agoDirtbox wrote:
I think you still don't understand. Even if he did what you suggested in your first post it would still select the secondary colour. Try it. Both clicking on the black / white iconette and the colour bar.
People who are too thick to understand what other people have been saying all along:
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You have to swap the secondary / primary selection first, otherwise whatever you eyedrop goes into the square with the outline. -
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ray 674 posts
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Registered 10 years agoEdit: Ah you edited your post, too bad.
Again, "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." wouldn't work without swapping the primary and secondary, please try it.
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Dirtbox 73,708 posts
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Registered 11 years agoThen how did you misunderstand almost everything that was written after the initial confusion was cleared up?+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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Menace 5,413 posts
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Registered 9 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Erhm.. He didn't. Not the way I read it anyway. Anyway, thx for helping me out - or trying to help me out - all of you! =)
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Dirtbox 73,708 posts
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Registered 11 years agoThread is more full of incredibly vaguery and misunderstanding and any other ever. Official.+1 / Like / Tweet this post
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ray 674 posts
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Registered 10 years agoNo, it's just that you (and all the others proposing to use "X" etc) failed to understand what's the problem. And I know you're still convinced I'm slow or stupid so nevermind.
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krushing 757 posts
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Registered 5 years agoWell, at least *I* learned something new. Not that I'd ever need it, I'll keep x-ing my way through -
krushing 757 posts
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Registered 5 years ago...which reminds, me - any CS4 users here? I've heard so much horror stories about the interface that I've not even asked for the upgrade yet. -
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Registered 1 year ago@Menace wow i love how no one understood the actual problem but was awfully quick to insult. The reason why the eydropper (be it an alt command to the brush or other tool) is selecting for your secondary palette is because under you side panels there is a tab called colour. The swatch that is outlined with a black box is considered your primary. Therefore if you have the "secondary" swatch outlined it will act as your primary. All you have to do is click the above box and it will outline and activate.
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meme 15,459 posts
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Registered 5 years agoThank God you came along, he's had that file open for three years waiting for a solution.GHOSTBUSTERS
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elainehoang 1 posts
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Registered 6 months ago@paulkim THANK YOU SO MUCH! -
thunderpanda 2 posts
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Registered 4 months ago@paulkim THANK YOU! Everyone was so quick to make fun of that guy for something that is an actual issue, and the fix is nearly impossible to figure out.
So to make it very clear for everyone, here is the easiest way to do it.
1. At the top of photoshop, go to "Window" and make sure "Color" is checked. F6 also opens this window in my version (American cs5).
2. In the resulting window, you will see your two active color swatches, the primary and the secondary. Odds are you have the secondary one checked, it will have a black square around it. Left-click on the primary one to correct it.
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Registered 8 years agoif you have nothing intresting to say then you might as well just throw your bags on the truck and drive away
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meme 15,459 posts
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Registered 5 years agoYes, the fix is nearly impossible to work out. That's why it was posted about five times on the first page.GHOSTBUSTERS
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I've put together an easy, step-by-step solution to make it so that the eyedropper tool will change the color of the primary color swatch, with pictures of what you should be looking at, to make it as clear as possible and clear up any confusion. Cheers!
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