Graphics Programs Reference
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Using the HUD Pop-Up Color Picker
If you've ever thought, “There's got to be an easier way to pick colors than clicking on
the Foreground color swatch every time,” you're gonna love this: it's a pop-up color picker
(Adobe calls it the HUD [Heads-Up Display], because you keep your eyes on the image,
instead of looking over and down at the Foreground/Background color swatches). First,
choose a Brush tool, then press
Command-Option-Ctrl (PC: Alt-Shift)
and
click (PC:
Right-click)
on your image. It brings up a simplified color picker where you can choose
your color (I find it easier to choose the hue first, from the bar on the right, then choose the
tint and saturation of the color from the box on the left).
