This is a really cool and handy trick for the eyedropper tool in Photoshop!
Everyone knows that you can use the eyedropper tool to sample a color within Photoshop but you can also sample a color outside of Photoshop.
Select the eyedropper tool and hold down your left mouse button and you can sample a color from any visible area on your computer. Try it, I just learned about it and it really is going to save me some time.
Edit: I just realized that you need to have an image open in Photoshop for this to work. You need to actually click on the image with the eyedropper as if you were gatting a color from the image. The difference is you keep the left mouse button pressed and move it to the area outside of photoshop that has the color you want and then release the mouse button.
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Everyone knows that you can use the eyedropper tool to sample a color within Photoshop but you can also sample a color outside of Photoshop.
Select the eyedropper tool and hold down your left mouse button and you can sample a color from any visible area on your computer. Try it, I just learned about it and it really is going to save me some time.
Edit: I just realized that you need to have an image open in Photoshop for this to work. You need to actually click on the image with the eyedropper as if you were gatting a color from the image. The difference is you keep the left mouse button pressed and move it to the area outside of photoshop that has the color you want and then release the mouse button.
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this definitely cuts out a few steps