Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
NOTE
Technically, this tool
used
to go by the sensible name of Eyedropper, but for some incom-
prehensible reason Adobe now calls it the Color Picker tool even though it has nothing to
do with the Color Picker described on
The Color Picker
, at least not directly. To avoid
confusion, this topic calls this tool by its old name: the Eyedropper tool. If you go looking
for it in the Tools panel, just look for the eyedropper icon in the Draw section.
Sampling
a color (that is, snagging it for your own use) couldn't be simpler with the Eyed-
ropper: Just move your cursor over the color you want, and then click. It even works on col-
ors that aren't in Elements, as explained in
Figure 7-18
. Sampling is perfect for projects like
scrapbook pages where you want to use, say, the color from an event program cover as a
theme color for the project. Just scan the program and then sample the color with the Eyed-
ropper tool.
