Quick Tip - Select a color outside of Photoshop

Here’s a really cool one that I always forget how to do! (Maybe writing about it will help me remember!) See a color on your screen that you just love and want to use it in a layout? Use Photoshop or Elements to grab it.

Here’s how:

With Photoshop or Elements open, create a new document of any size - I usually make a small little box of 1″ x 1″.
Resize your Photoshop or Elements window by clicking on the Restore Down button on the upper right of the window:

REstore_down

Drag your window around until you see the color you want to grab (You can drag the edges of the window to make it smaller or bigger).

In Photoshop or Elements, hit the “I” key to select the Eyedropper tool.

Eyedropper

Click inside your blank document and hold. Now drag the mouse around the screen - any color that is below the mouse will automatically be filled as your foreground color! Drag the mouse over the color you want - now you’ve got your color!

drag_one drag2

Please keep coming back for more tips. If you have any questions you can contact me here or leave a comment.

Stan - The DaddyKitty

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5 Responses to “Quick Tip - Select a color outside of Photoshop”

  1. bigscrapkitty Says:

    Ok, I bow to the photoshop guru. That is SOOOO COOOL! Sometimes I see a color on a website or something I want to sample… that’s wonderful to know. Now if I can just REMEMBER it….

  2. digigirl Says:

    Thanks! I need to remember this trick also. I am like you know but forget to use it maybe I need to write it down also. Thanks for all your tips.

  3. Shelley Says:

    Excellent tip! Learn something new everyday, I know this tip will come in very useful! Thank you!

  4. Zanne Says:

    Thanks Stan I had no idea you could do that. There is so much I don’t know about PhotoShop.

  5. Lisa Says:

    You’re the best DaddyKitty! You know how much I adore these tidbits!

    Lisa

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