Color picker and eye dropper tool not working
is there stright forward tellephone number to report and progam error on cs6 so i can get some thing do about this, adobe seem a big workn around why can't they just leave a tele number
Update your graphics driver and check your color profile settings. Not a bug, just a bad configuration on your computer.
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Eye dropper tool not working! (color picker)
Okay, I am fairly new to photoshop, so maybe I am doing something wrong. My eye dropper tool is not working at all.
Say I want to select the color of someone's face. I click my eye dropper, then click somewhere on the subject's face. My foreground and background colors both become white (when one was previously black). I click on a green shirt... both are still white. I click something black... both are still white. Am I going about color picking wrong? I have tried the sample size as point sample, 3X3 and 5X5. No luck.
How do you color pick?Make sure you are selecting the right tool. It's in the Draw section of tools. Please donot confuse it with Red eye removal tool.
Try resetting the Editor's preferences. To do it, close Editor. Open Welcome Screen. Before clicking to launch Editor, press Ctrl+ Alt+Shift and then launch Editor. It will open a dialog box. Click Yes. See if this helps. -
Eye dropper tool not working PS CS6
when I try to use the eye dropper it tells me it cannot be used because of a program issue. Anyone know how to fix this.
Thanks,
Trish PittmanHave you tried resetting the tool by following 1, 2, 3?
Quit and restarted Photoshop?
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I have CS3 and after I chose a color with the eye dropper tool, the filler fills in a grayer version of the color for some reason. Everything was fine till I accidentally picked the color sampler tool instead of the eye dropper tool. I undid that, but then after that everything with the regular eye dropper tool and the fill tool got messed up. How can I fix it?
Sorry, I am new to the forum, and a novice with not much knowledge about computers. Sorry if some terms that I use here may not be entirely correct, as I am ignorant of terms of the trade. My Operating system is Mac 10.6.8. I am using Photoshop 10.0.1. I am doing a many layered color RGB setting artwork from scanned and photo images, 8 bits/channel. I have been working on this project for a month without any problems. I was using the eye dropper tool. I selected a color in my artwork and it showed up in the background color box, in the tools window, as a match from the sample that I had taken. Then I selected an area, with the lasso tool, and I accidentally picked the tool called "color sample tool", that puts a little target on the sample area and then a box pops up with numbers that move when the tool moves. That wasn't what I wanted, so I got out of there and chose the eye dropper, I selected the color, it looked good in the box in the tools window, but then when I went up to the fill command and chose fill ( which was set at 100%). I filled the selection, but it was not the color I chose that is in box, it was a grayed and lightened version of the one that I chose. I checked the layers setting and the opacity and fill were at 100%, as was the fill setting. I can't figure out what is making it not fill in the color that is chosen in the tools color window. Does anyone on this forum have an idea of what might be happening and how to fix it?
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How do I copy just the color with the Eye Dropper Tool?
Anytime I use the tool to copy a color, the entire format copies and changes the look of the object I already have selected. Is there a way to set my preferences so I only copy color with the Eye Dropper tool?
Hmm...I'm not sure what's going wrong, but even that doesn't seem to work. I think using Shift will help fine, because I do still benefit from copying objects in the same format. But I still appreciate the help. Thanks.
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Ultra Key problem. Eye Dropper tool not picking up color.
Hi. Has anyone had problems with the eye dropper tool in the chroma key filters? When I use the dropper tool to pick up the color nothing happens. Any suggestions?
Thanks.Hi, thanks for your post. Yes, I did find a solution but it's not going to make any sense to anyone. I was having problems also with other programs such as adobe bridge and Camera raw (the color was yellow). So, I, as it is my custom, did a back up of my harddrive as a system image (just in case my computer crashed) and all of a sudden all these problems got resolved! I know it sounds crazy but whatever took place internally solved it. And trust me, I had tried all kinds of stuff before for not only Premier but also bridge and camera raw - nothing had worked.
So, I guess you could try that ( you have nothing to lose ). I hope it works for you. -
PS CS6: stroke color picker preview in real time not working
re: NEW color picker stroke color not updating in real time (previewing).
Is it me or has the stroke color preview been removed in CS6 or is there a setting that needs to be changed to enable it?
The problem: When I create a shape layer, press enter and then chose a stroke color from the color picker, I select a color but it doesnt update the stroke color until I press enter. I'm sure it used to change in real time as you clicked on the color picker panel before accepting it.
Any sugestions or ideas as to whats going on or am I going mad?
Further update: This is when creating a shape but using the new stroke feature in the properties bar at the top (the one which gives you the new fancy options like having a dashed, transparent or gradiented stroke) and not the traditional method of adding it as an effect. This still shows a real time update, but the new method doesnt.Curt Y wrote:
zarrdave wrote:
You're then moving the colour picker dialogue box to one side so you can see he shape created, and you've then tried clicking on different colours and the border color has changed after each click (but before you press OK)?
If thats working so the color changes in real time for you, then unfortunatley I've got a problem with my version.
Using Win7 CS6 extended, and following your instructions it works for me.
Border changes withn I click on color pallet with color picker.
Odd, same version/ O.S. here, thanks for that though Curt Y. Are you sure you're not clicking on the preset colours and actually using the color picker dialogue box.
I've been in a bit of a rush here at the office and appologise for not being clearer and posting a screencap earlier.
To clarify, its the Cyan dialogue box not the orange box I'm talking about (nice choice of colours I know ). The top right icon in the organge box with the colours in is how you get to it. -
My color picker in elements 8 is not working
When I pick a color with the color picker on Photoshop Elements 8 and I click OK, no matter what color I pick it shows gray. What is wrong??
Thank you. It only went to grayscale when I opened a new blank file. Now it works. Never happened before. I must have inadvertantly hit the grayscaler mode key when I opened the blank file. Thanks again.
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Eraser Tool and Pattern Stamp Tools Not Working Properly
I recently downloaded Photoshop CC on my Mac. I've been using Photoshop for years and don't recall experiencing these problems.
When using the eraser tool in brush mode, I select the appropriate preset and opacity, flow etc.
Let's say I have the brush size set at 70px and hardness at 100%. I erase, but the area erased is only 2/3rds of the actual size of the brush.
The same is true for the pattern stamp. Only 2/3rds of the pattern stamp is working.
I've tried resetting to the tools and have search all over for similar problems in the forums but cannot find a solution.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.Not being a Mac user I don't recall the specifics, but there is I believe a system setting for cursor size. You may have it set larger than it should be to work with Photoshop.
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I'm running Windows 8, Premiere CC 2014 with two monitors. The eye dropper tool (color picker tool) isn't working correctly. It is selecting colors that are not the colors being hovered over. I've reasearched and see solutions to the problem when occurring with Mac, but do not see a solution for Windows. When I disconnect the second monitor, the eye dropper tool works correctly (as described by Mac users). I deleted any profiles for the montors that weren't the same, and still having the issue. I've also tried putting the source monitor on the second monitor, and tried sampling color from there... same result.
Hello All,
Problem solved...I reset all tools in the Tool Preset window. Seems to be working.
Hope this helps someone...
Cheers! -
Hi,
I have a background set at 40% of C:9/M:6/Y:17/K:0.
I want the eye dropper tool to tell me what the CMYK breakdown of this TINT. It keeps telling me that it is C:9/M:6/Y:17/K:0 - but this is the breakdown of the 100% colour.
It did it correctly for me once and it does it for my colleague. I have checked my eyedropper settings against his and they are the same - everything checked.
From this one time that it worked I know that the CMYK breakdown of the tint is (rounded up) 4/2/7/0. But I can not replicate this result.
I have attached a screen grab showing my eyedropper settings as well as the BG tints.
I am on Ilustrator CS3.
I hope someone can help.
ThanksSo. You have a global swatch, that you apply to an object and drop down to a XX% tint and now you are looking for the actual CMYK breakdown of that tint, correct?
When you select your XX% tinted object and look at the color panel. Looks like this, right?
When you go to the flyout menu and select cmyk from it, it should change to showing the CMYK breakdown.
This should work for global CMYK swatches as well as spot colors. -
Gradients and the eye dropper tool
When you're editing a gradient within the shape (as opposed to in the Gradients palette), is there any way to use the eye dropper tool to sample an existing color? In-shape gradient editing (or whatever Adobe calls it) is useless without the eye dropper.
Hi, I came looking for an answer to this very question... but now I have figured out a way to do what you want to do.
1. Select the object you want to make into a gradient and make it so... it'll be the dreaded white to black
2. Select the colour that has the fil that you want to use for one end of the gradient
3. Now Select the gradient and notice that the fill you previously selected is in the "last color" box in the color tab group.
4. Now drag the color from the "last color" box to the gradient color box
5. repeat as necessary... click color, then gradient, then drag the previous colour to the gradient color box.
Hope this helps :-) -
Why won't my eye dropper tool work?
What I want to happen:
1) select a path or text block with the direct path selector tool
2) select eye dropper tool
3) use eye dropper to apply appearance from a different path to selected path/text
When I try steps 1-3, this happens:
4) the appearance shows up in the appearance panel as having been applied to the path/text in step 1 but the path itself doesn't change appearance.
Things to note:
1) I just switched from cs6 to creative cloud subscription
2) I've already been on the phone with adobe for hours-on-end and they have been unable to help even after allowing them remote controlled access of my computer.
I'm really hoping someone else has ran into this issue and could lend some help because this process is very important to my workflow. My productivity is dropping like crazy because of this.How is the eye dropper tool set up?
Please show a screenshot: text object and appearance panel. -
My Siri and microphone in other apps hasn't been working lately. I've cleaned the mics, took off te case, and it's still not working. My camera only picks up audio when it's off of vibrate. And now I can't answer texts with the new pull down thing. please help
Hello Sarahd200037,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot the microphone on your iPhone please follow the steps in the article linked to below.
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