Eyedropper Tool Reverse Selection

HI There,
I'm just new on this forum and I just installed FCS 2.0. In Color, on the Secondary Room can I invert the selection of the eyedropper tool from the once selected with white area to the black area? I hope you understand what I mean.
Thank you.

Am I following you if what I understand that what it is that you want to do is flip the area that is selected "white" to "black" and vice versa?
If this is the case, then it is, for the most part, irrelevant, as long as the area that you have defined encompasses the image content that you need to qualify. You control the image values that you wish to change by choosing either "Inside" or "Outside". The difference is all that matters, unless you start compounding the qualification with a vignette.
jPo

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You can do it. Click on the palette, hold and drag to your image. The eyedropper will sample colors outside the actual palette too.

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Quick question..
Why do you need to shift click to select the stroke color with the eyedropper tool?
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Hi, Nori,
If you have the red and blue rectangle selected and the Fill square selected in the tool panel, as at bottom left, then hold the shift key down and click with the eyedropper on the green stroke in the upper rectangle, then the red fill will turn green but the stroke stays blue. If you select Stroke, as at bottom right, then shift-click with the eyedropper on the green stroke, the blue stroke will turn green but the fill stays red. With Fill selected and shift-click on the yellow fill, the red fill turns yellow; with Stroke selected the blue stroke turns yellow. If you do not depress the shift key, the red and blue rectangle will become yellow and green.
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I've had this problem intermittently for a couple of months now and I've had no luck in resolving it. Sometimes restarting the program resolves it but only temporarily. I'm using the latest version of PS CC 2014.
The eyedropper tool is not selecting the correct colour. I'm definitely sampling from the current layer; I've even tried selecting a colour from a solid background and it's still wrong. The only way I can get the correct colour is to click the colour picker/foreground and select it the long way. That's a real pain.
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Hello gener7, thank you for replying quickly!
I've tried changing my sampling size but this doesn't make a difference, particularly because this occurs even if I'm sampling from a solid colour. With hope, I tried your suggestion of resetting the tool but unfortunately that didn't work either.
I've just quit PS and restarted it and hey! it's working properly again (for now!). I don't call this a "fix" though because it shouldn't be happening in the first place and it's really annoying to have to keep restarting, especially when I'm in "the zone".

How to select black with the eyedropper tool?

Hi,
I am attempting to lighten a black top my customer is wearing in a yoga DVD, or change it's color. I have successfully managed to make the grass greener, by using the eyedropper tool and then adjusting the range and tolerance handles to isolate the grass. But this is not working with the black top. I have many different settings and cannot isolate the black - in fact not even close, the destaturated preview is showing a very small percentage of the image is selected and the black not at all. Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

lawero wrote:
I am attempting to lighten a black top my customer is wearing in a yoga DVD, or change it's color. I have successfully managed to make the grass greener, by using the eyedropper tool and then adjusting the range and tolerance handles to isolate the grass. But this is not working with the black top.
In this case, forget the eyedropper.
Reset your HSL settings then adjust only the Luma tolerances, pulling the white end down until you've isolated the luma range you want. Then use a vignette or custom shape to isolate the key to shirt.
- pi

Eyedropper tool selecting background colour

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The eyedropper tool has suddenly decided to apply any colour it picks up to the background swatch. I would like it to change the foreground swatch. I am not pressing the Alt key.
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Second link down:
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Eyedropper tool isn't working correctly in Levels, Curves adjustments

I have installed PS CS 5 Extended on a new computer running Vista Home Premium. No other version of Photoshop has ever been installed on this system.
The problem that I am encountering is the eyedropper tools in both the curves, and levels adjustment doesn’t work. The actual sliders seem to work appropriately, but clicking an eyedropper and then clicking a spot on the photo has no effect at all on the image.
I do not encounter this problem when I run the 64 Bit version of the program. It only occurs in the standard version of CS5, which I need to continue to use due to plug-in incompatibility with the 64 bit version.
I’ve checked the obvious, and ensured that the “preview” box is checked, and that I have the correct layer selected!
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Not sure if it could be coming into play here, but the sample size for the Eyedropper Tool (proper) affects the use of the Eyedropper in other dialogs.
Do this:
1. Click the Eyedropper Tool in the Tools panel.
2. Right-click on the image, and choose Point Sample.
3. Now try your Curves function again.
A second possibility is that you have a small selection made somewhere, and the Curves operation is only affecting that, so you're not seeing the change overall. I know you said you checked everything, but you didn't mention checking for a Selection.
If these are not the issues, I have to wonder whether maybe something's wrong with your display driver. Since OpenGL is involved in making the display, perhaps an OpenGL problem could be blocking the ability for the eyedropper to pick up the color. What video card do you have and what version of the display driver?
You can test for OpenGL issues by temporarily deconfiguring the use of OpenGL Drawing:
1. Edit - Preferences - Performance
2. Uncheck [ ] Enable OpenGL Drawing.
3. OK out and restart Photoshop.
4. Does the problem still occur? If so, a driver update may fix it.
Hope this helps.
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I am using PS CC 2014, and the problem I am having is that when I want to use the eyedropper tool to adjust the colour range affected by a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, rather than selecting the colour in the Properties window for the adjustment layer, use of the eyedropper closes the properties window and changes the foreground colour in my palette.
Here's the real hitch... the same thing happened to me at school last night where a) the Mac's are older and b) CS6 is still used.
It's something with my user settings, to be sure, because the prof logged into his account on the Mac I was using in class to test it out, and it worked for him; we logged back into my account and it still did not work for mine.
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Indeed Trevor, that did solve the problem. Clearly it was something I changed... wish I knew what. But, I have a list of all the settings changes I made before, so I can figure it out by making one at a time then checking...
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Trouble Sampling Colors with Eyedropper Tool: InDesign CS5

Hey everyone,
My name is Quin, and I've used InDesign CS5 for the past few years and am working on a magazine layout for the first time. I'm suddenly having a really difficult time getting the eye-dropper tool to extract color samples from images i've placed in my layout. These are either jpeg or PDF images. If I recall correctly, in my past use of the program, i could simply click the eyedropper tool in an image and get my color sample – but suddenly, i'm having trouble getting it to sample color/make a color swatch.
I tried double clicking the tool and excluding everything i wouldn't want it to sample. Tried locking/unlocking layers, tried making sure the image frame itself is selected, tried holding down option, tried trashing the preferences (using a 2012 MacBook Air with the latest version of OS X Mountain Lion)… most of the time when i attempt to sample a color, nothing shows up in the fill box, except the classic diaognal red line over white.
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Quin, I just had a eureka moment! I was having the exact same problem, unable to sample color from images with the eyedropper tool, and when I sampled text to apply formatting, it strangely applied a black rule around the new text. The problem was intermittent, with the tool both working and not working within the same document. I finally realized the tool was misbehaving when sampling an item on the document, but worked fine when sampling images or text on the pasteboard.
So, the document I'm working on is an ad with a 1pt rule around the border. I have the border on it's own layer at the top level, and locked, so I can select items on the ad without the border getting in the way. What I found is, even though it's locked, the eyedropper tool is sampling the border from that layer!
I tried turning off stroke settings in the eyedropper options just gave my text a fill of 'none.' Turning off both stroke and fill settings had no effect on the new text at all. I tried unlocking the layer and just locking the border on it's own, but it still picked up the formatting from the border.
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How do I get my Aperture eyedropper tool back?

I'm at my wit's end! I've lost my Aperture eyedropper tools--and my mind!
I installed the Aperture 3 Trial hoping the new version might resolve whatever corruption is causing my "lost eyedropper tool" problem, but alas, the issue persists.
Here's the deal: Sometime after Snow Leopard, my Aperture 2 no longer has any "eyedroppers". This means that I can't use the eyedropper to set a white balance or a custom tint, etc. When I select the eyedropper, I see a brief "flash" in the display (kind of like a very brief ghost loupe), but the eyedropper itself never appears. I only have the arrow tool and clicking on the image does nothing.
I used the eyedropper frequently during the last months, then at some time it just disappeared.
I hoped maybe Aperture 3 would make the problem go away, but alas, it persists in 3 as well as in 2.
I tried trashing several Adjustment presets in user/library/application support/Aperture and the general .plist file in Preferences and restarting. No change.
I've tried running Aperture with just my MacBookPro and no monitor. No change.
I've tried using the sidebar Adujstments panel and not the HUD. No change.
Oh, and my permissions and directory are in good shape.
Obviously I can manually set the white balance, etc, but I sure would like to have the eyedropper back as a starting point!
I've Googled but can't find any help anywhere. Can any of you smart folks please help me?

Thanks, MacDLS. When I login as a new user, I have the eyedropper.
So that suggests a corrupted preference, but I've trashed every preference file I can find and still can't get an eyedropper back when I'm logged into my account.
Arrgh!

Eyedropper tool does not copy all attributes

Illustrator CS2 with Windows XP (SP2)
Every document I've checked says that AI CS2's eyedropper tool will copy all appearance attributes. Yet it fails to copy the Align Stroke attribute.
It's not given as an option on preferences so I haven't inadvertently turned it off. All the others work ok. I gather from other documents in this forum that Align Stroke is new to CS2? Could Adobe have forgotten to add a line of code?
Grimble.

> If you wouldn't mind humoring me a little longer, could you confirm that the attributes listed under Appearance, Focal Stroke are: Color, Transparency, Overprint, Weight, Cap, Join, Miter Limit, and Dash Pattern; i.e. that Align Stroke does not appear in the list?
Yes, that is correct. Align Stroke is an effect, so like all other effects it does not appear specifically on the list. The transfer of effects with the Eyedropper is controlled by having the main Appearance checkbox checked. So checking all the items listed
underneath Appearance while leaving the Appearance checkbox itself unchecked means you want to transfer all aspects of Appearance
except Effects. (Brushes are another Effect that is applied through a palette instead of through the Effects menu.)
Since the behavior of Effects are dependent upon each other and upon the fills and strokes (for example, many of them are applied to a specific fill or stroke), they can only be transferred if the entire Appearance is transferred. That's why there is no Effects line. The Appearance checkbox itself means transfer the
entire appearance.
Is your Eyedropper tool transferring other kinds of effects such as Drop Shadow and Roughen?
> Secondly, when I choose a tool, such as pen or rectangle, with no object selected (in order to draw a new object), I find that the Align Stroke option is greyed out - and it is the only option greyed out in Stroke. It only becomes functional after the object is drawn (and still selected) or when another object is selected. This also seems unusual behaviour and I'm wondering if it is normal?
I think it's odd too, and would consider it a bug. The Align Stroke item seems to have very conservative enabling rules. There are many other conditions under which it is disabled even though it is legal for the selection to carry aligned strokes. For example, it is disabled if you have a text object or a compound shape selected. Yet you can transfer outside or inside aligned strokes to compound shapes or text objects using the Eyedropper tool, and you can apply them to those objects by applying an appropriate Graphic Style, and you can apply them to those objects by dragging the Appearance indicator in the Layers palette.
My guess (I did not work on this feature so I don't know for sure) is that when it was first implemented it only worked on path objects, so the button was disabled for other kinds of selections, and then the implementation was beefed up to handle other kinds of objects, but the button enabling logic was never revised to reflect the new capabilities.

Eyedropper tool for Defringe?

While searching for instructions on how to use the new Defringe controls, I came across mention of a an eyedropper tool in this Lightoom Journal blog - New Color Fringe Correction Controls http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2012/04/new-color-fringe-correction-controls.html
I cannot find an eyedropper tool on the panel. The blog is dated April 25 - so I assume the eyedropper tool did not make into ACR 7.1. Is that correct?
The blog does explain the Defringe controls - but the image examples provided show the results of using the controls, not the actual settings used to achieve the results. Would like to find more instructions.
The eyedropper sounds useful
Description of Eyedropper Tool
The 4 global Defringe controls above are powerful, but new users may find them tricky to learn. For this reason, there is an “eyedropper”tool so that users can click directly on the image to help set the appropriate parameters.
Using the eyedropper for Defringe is similar to using the eyedropper to using the White Balance selection eyedropper: when you’re in the LensCorrections -> Color tab (so that the Defringe controls are visible), select the eyedropper and click on a fringe in the image. It helps to be zoomed in (e.g., 200% or even 400%) to facilitate accurate color picking.
Clicking on a pixel will cause the Defringe system to perform a local analysis of the pixels in the neighborhood, resulting in one of the following 3 outcomes:
It determines that you clicked on a purple fringe, and it automatically adjusts both the Purple Amount and Purple Hue sliders.
It determines that you clicked on a green fringe, and it automatically adjusts both the Green Amount and Green Hue sliders.
It determines that you clicked on an area that was too neutral or outside the supported color range (e.g., all white or gray area or an orange color) and reports an error message.
While moving the eyedropper tool over the image, you will see the eyedropper icon change to purple or green and the Purple Hue or Green Hue slider highlighting. This shows approximately what hue you’re currently targeting, and which of the two fringe colors (purple or green) would be adjusted if you were to click.

bmad2012 wrote:
Thank you CameraAnn. I could not find this solution - where did you find it? Not an obvious solution. BTW you do not have to be in PV 2012 - the eyedropper trick works in PV 2010.
Eric Chan described this in some notes which he posted earlier. I don't remember exactly where but possibly in either the Lightroom or Photoshop CS6 Public Beta Forums.
I do agree with you about the Missing Manuals and am a little surprised that at least a set of preliminary PDFs could not have been posted on the day that the CS6 Suites shipped. Having to wait a month for the CS6 Manuals when so much is new in this version is not making things very easy for Adobe's customers.

Ignore Adjustment Layers option for the Eyedropper tool

The Clone Stamp tool has a button in its options that says "Turn on to ignore adjustment layers when cloning". It is hard to imagine as to why Adobe didn't do the same with the Eyedropper, it is equally important not only for creating artworks from scratch but photo retouching too.
When the Eyedropper is set to sample from All Layers, there should be also an option to ignore adjustment layers above the currently selected layer.
The lack of this feature in Photoshop makes art creation and photo retouching extremely difficult when adjustment layers are used.
To reproduce the problem:
Create several layers with some colors or images in them.
Add one or more adjustment layers on top that change the colors of all layers.
Select a layer to paint on.
Set the Eyedropper tool to sample from All Layers.
Pick the Brush tool, hold Alt to get to the Eyedropper and pick a color from any of the layers and paint.
The result is a different color because the Eyedropper picked the adjusted color and this makes painting and retouching in this natural way impossible.
The above steps is basically the most common workflow when a user paints or retouches a certain layer using the Brush tool while constantly picking colors form other areas of the image by holding Alt to get to the Eyedropper tool, similar to using the Clone Stamp Tool,

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