We already know how to choose a color using the Swatches palette. Unfortunately, the range of choice in it is very narrow (256 colors as default) and we (the masters of canvas and brush by now) may need some special paint. So, what about other colors? It may be a very simple task if you can find the required color on your picture.
1. Open an image to your choice.
2. From the Toolbox, select the Eyedropper
Tool.
3. Find a color on the image that you'd like to paint with and click with the Eyedropper
on it. Now look at the Foreground Color Selector in the Toolbox. The color is chosen
(movie). Activate the Brush
Tool and paint.
Very often, however, we are not completely satisfied with the colors either presented in the Swatches palette or defined with the Eyedropper. Use the Color Picker dialog box to customize the color.
3. Click on the Foreground Color Selector (upper square at the bottom of the Toolbox) to call the Color Picker. In the dialog box, select a color within the color field. If you can't see the required color, click a radio button - H (hue), S (saturation), B (brightness), R (Red), etc. - to change the color scheme and fine-tune the color with the slider (movie).
4. Similarly, you can customize your color by moving sliders in the Color palette. As default it presents RGB (Red-Green-Blue) sliders. However, you may choose HSB (Hue-Saturation-Brightness), CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black) or any other color model available in the palette menu (movie).
Since 1999, Andrei has run the digiCollage – an online image editor's shop. Having edited all kinds of customers' images, he has vast Photoshop experience that he willingly shares with you in this course. You are invited to look over an expert's shoulder and see Photoshop in action.
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