Jenn and I recently got a comment from one our readers asking how to grab the RGB values of a color you like anywhere on your screen using Photoshop. Well, no problem! We pointed her to our post at Scrappers Work under the date of ……
Hmmm. There is no post with that subject!
But Jenn and I KNOW we wrote that; it’s one of our most popular Quick Tips. So where was it?
At Jenn’s old designers blog – Scrapkitty Design (www.scrapkittydesign.com/blog).
WOW! We had forgotten all of the great tips there! So we will be bringing back the great ones here at Scrappers Workshop.
Here’s the first one – How to Grab a Color Anywhere on Your Screen using Photoshop:
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:
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.
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!
Jenn and I have a lot of exciting posts coming in the next few weeks so if you haven’t already please subscribe so you are always up-to-date!
So how did you like this tip? Leave us a comment on this one or any other topic we can write about.
Till next week – Keep Scrappin’
Stan
Other posts you will enjoy:
- Quick Tip Tuesday – Undock those windows I have to admit when I first started using Photoshop CS4 I didn’t like it. It looks a lot different than the old version of CS2 I use here at home or even the CS3 I...
- Quick Tip Tuesday – An Old Dog Learns a New Trick Yup, even I can learn a new Photoshop or Elements trick. Any my lovely wife Jenn taught it to me! While working, I am constantly creating new layers to do more work on. And more often...
- Quick Tip Tuesday – Straight as a Arrow Ever needed to draw the perfect arrow in Photoshop or Elements? There is a great hidden feature to the line tool that makes it easy! Go ahead and select your Line Tool by clicking and holding...
- Quick Tip Tuesday – Change the Canvas Some things in Photoshop and in Photoshop Elements are so simple and would make your life easier – if you could only figure out how to do it!. Here’s one of those! I was working on...
- Quick Tip Tuesday – Get Moving! It’s been a LONG week at the White House – as some of you know I pulled a couple of all-nighters over the weekend to put together a talk I gave yesterday. It was an HOUR...
April 7, 2009
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Beckygtx
Another one I did not know. I think I better go back and look at her old blog again! Thanks!
Beckygtx’s last blog post..I have a freebie for my scrapping friends