Choose a color picker, Select a color with the eyedropper tool, Select a color with the adobe color picker – Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual
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USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Color
Last updated 12/21/2009
A. Opacity stop B. Color stop C. Opacity midpoint D. Eyedropper E. New-color rectangle F. Original-color rectangle
Choose a color picker
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Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or After Effects > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and do one of
the following:
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To use the color picker provided by the operating system, select Use System Color Picker.
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To use the Adobe Color Picker, deselect Use System Color Picker.
Jeff Almasol provides the PickerSwitcher script on his
, which toggles the Use System Color Picker
setting. Use this script when you prefer to use the Adobe Color Picker for certain tasks, but the operating system color
picker for others, and want a quick way to change this setting. This script works especially well in conjunction with the
LaunchPad panel, with which running the PickerSwitcher script is as easy as clicking a button. To download the
Select a color with the eyedropper tool
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Click the eyedropper button, and move the pointer to the pixel that you want to sample. The color swatch next to
the eyedropper button dynamically changes to the color under the eyedropper.
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Do one of the following:
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To select the color of a single pixel, click the pixel.
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To sample the color average of a 5-pixel-by-5-pixel area, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the area.
Note: When sampling from within the composition frame of the Composition panel, the eyedropper by default ignores the
composition background color and samples only straight color channels. To sample color channels premultiplied with the
composition background color, press Shift as you click with the eyedropper. Shift-clicking with the eyedropper samples
colors as they appear in the composition frame in the Composition panel.
to change the area sampled by the
eyedropper tool.
Press the Escape key to deactivate the eyedropper.
Select a color with the Adobe Color Picker
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Click a color swatch to display the Adobe Color Picker.
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