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Post by ipbr21054 on Feb 7, 2016 17:02:33 GMT
I was looking at this, photoshopelementsandmore.com/thread/593/snag-colour-off-webpageHad a issue with the fill where the colour was not the same as its taken place, so i did this to see if i could find the problem. I thought i would make a new file and fill it FF0000 then save it. I was then going to do the same but fill it FFFFFF and save it. I would use the tip from the above link a using the eyedropper tool i would select the red file and then fill the white file. I was then going to check the # number in the background/foreground palette. This was my problem following the link and also trying to fill the red file. When i filled it was not FF0000 but more like a pale pink,i had to then click on the file again & again say 4 times in all until the file looked anything like the red i selected FF0000 I cant remember this happening before,i would just fill and done ? Any advice please why fill is not working correctly. |
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Post by Sepiana on Feb 7, 2016 18:21:53 GMT
A shot in the dark . . .
Are you by any chance using the Paint Bucket tool to fill your file with FF0000? If so, check the Opacity setting in the Tool Options bar. Make sure the Opacity is set to 100%. It you have reduced it, what you describe will happen -- "When i filled it was not FF0000 but more like a pale pink,i had to then click on the file again & again say 4 times in all until the file looked anything like the red i selected FF0000." |
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Post by tourerjim on Feb 7, 2016 19:26:26 GMT
I've tried this method meself in the past & its not always that accurate with a picker, best way ive found is to right click on the page you want the color & choose 'view page source' then you can read the color from the script.
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Post by ipbr21054 on Feb 7, 2016 19:32:46 GMT
Opacity was 100%.
I found at the top of toolbar etc reset brush,no all ok
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Post by Sepiana on Feb 7, 2016 19:37:14 GMT
I've tried this method meself in the past & its not always that accurate with a picker, best way ive found is to right click on the page you want the color & choose 'view page source' then you can read the color from the script. I have never had any problem with the technique described by Bayla. |
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Post by Sepiana on Feb 7, 2016 19:40:01 GMT
Opacity was 100%. I found at the top of toolbar etc reset brush,no all ok Do you mean resetting the Paint Bucket tool did the job? If so, this is great news. |
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Post by ipbr21054 on Feb 7, 2016 19:46:11 GMT
With paintbucket tool selected top left of page is reset tool.
This did the job for me.
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Post by Sepiana on Feb 7, 2016 19:46:50 GMT
OK! Thanks for the clarification!
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Post by ipbr21054 on Feb 7, 2016 19:49:21 GMT
No Problem.
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Post by tourerjim on Feb 7, 2016 19:53:03 GMT
I've tried this method meself in the past & its not always that accurate with a picker, best way ive found is to right click on the page you want the color & choose 'view page source' then you can read the color from the script. I have never had any problem with the technique described by Bayla. Must admit ive not used the picker in that way for very long time since early days of web site building so newer pse pickers are a lot more sensitive to colors detection, however it is another option. |
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Post by Tpgettys on Feb 7, 2016 22:34:10 GMT
Must admit ive not used the picker in that way for very long time since early days of web site building so newer pse pickers are a lot more sensitive to colors detection, however it is another option. Perhaps I don't need to point this out, but you do have the option with the color picker to sample a point, a 3x3 group of pixels or a 5x5 group. |
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Post by Sepiana on Feb 8, 2016 0:32:35 GMT
Must admit ive not used the picker in that way for very long time since early days of web site building so newer pse pickers are a lot more sensitive to colors detection, however it is another option. I have used this tool in Elements 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. I don't find this tool being any more sensitive to sampling colors in more recent versions of Elements. I may be wrong but I don't believe Adobe has made any changes in this area. What I know is that they have renamed this tool. It was called the Eyedropper tool in earlier versions of Elements. It is called the Color Picker tool starting with Elements 11. Fortunately, the shortcut remains the same -- I. |
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Post by Sepiana on Feb 8, 2016 0:56:00 GMT
Perhaps I don't need to point this out, but you do have the option with the color picker to sample a point, a 3x3 group of pixels or a 5x5 group. Just adding some more information for the benefit of new users of Elements.
When you use the default Point Sample setting, the Eyedropper/Color Picker tool selects the color of the exact pixel you click on. On the other hand, when you select the 3-pixel square average (3x3) or the 5-pixel square average (5x5) setting, this tool samples this block of pixels and then averages them. These two latter settings work really well when there is some pixel-to-pixel variation in a given color.
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Post by Squirrel2014 on Feb 8, 2016 15:07:55 GMT
Just adding some more information for the benefit of new users of Elements.
When you use the default Point Sample setting, the Eyedropper/Color Picker tool selects the color of the exact pixel you click on. On the other hand, when you select the 3-pixel square average (3x3) or the 5-pixel square average (5x5) setting, this tool samples this block of pixels and then averages them. These two latter settings work really well when there is some pixel-to-pixel variation in a given color. Thanks, Sepiana, for this little gem. I had no idea ....  Julie |
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Post by Sepiana on Feb 12, 2016 10:16:42 GMT
Thanks, Sepiana, for this little gem. I had no idea .... ![;)]() Julie Julie,
You are most welcome! Glad to share.
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