Click on the red box in the style pallet-will bring up picker
ps – did you solve your printer prob?
Click on the red box in the style pallet-will bring up picker
I think she’s asking how to change that "Red Box" to a different color when you first open the style pallet.
That’s a good question Patty. I can’t think of any way (yet).
Although, while I was messing around I discovered you can change the default settings for Global Light. 🙂
I think she’s asking how to change that "Red Box" to a different color when you first open the style pallet.
Yes, graff, that’s what I’m asking–a permanent change without having to do the color picker each time.
Silly me, but I just can’t imagine that "red" is the color default of choice for most people. heh heh.
Barry, yes and no on the printer deal. Chris Cox and Phos pointed out that when I choose a "measured" circle I am dealing with vector vs photos pixels. Then I discovered that even though I set up my initial document at 150 res, that there seems to be maybe a default issue there. So, I’m still sort of in the puzzlement phase.
Here’s the funny part. I spent hours trying to figure the whole thing out. I was bound and determined to figure out the computer interaction of the whole deal. Reality clicked in last night–"Patty, something’s might not be worth your effort." I should have just "visually made the corrections I needed based on the good old eyeball method after my first printing attempt.
There’s something to be said about good old common sense and I let my desire to figure out the computer stuff take over! ugh
As always, I appreciate the "smart people’s" time and effort to help me.
Patty 🙂
Silly me, but I just can’t imagine that "red" is the color default of choice for most people. heh heh.
Remember, the Adobe engineers are just that, engineers. From the looks of the defaults that they pick, I’m guessing that there aren’t too many designers that get involved in the process. <g>
Bob
Gee , I should a read the ? a little closer. That’ll teach me. The old "eye ball" comes in handy sometimes. You still aught to have it print what you draw, I know my Epson will, so there must be something we’re all missing.
You could save it as a layer style.
Remember, the Adobe engineers are just that, engineers. From the looks of the defaults that they pick, I’m guessing that there aren’t too many designers that get involved in the process. <g>
Bob, I got a chuckle out of your response. But those Adobe engineers are "supreme beings" in my book. The more I learn about their programs the more in awe I am.
Just so the Adobe Gods don’t get a big head—I’ve progressed from total computer deficient status to just a few levels above, so my "worship" factor might be slightly "distorted." (heh heh)
Patty 🙂
The default red stroke in Layer Styles can’t be changed, and Chris Cox has never deigned to reveal the details about why red was chosen. From what I’ve gathered, it is a rather juicy and sordid tale.
From what I’ve gathered, it is a rather juicy and sordid tale.
Yup. It usually is when red is involved.
From what I’ve gathered, it is a rather juicy and sordid tale.
Well, then I guess the color red makes perfect sense to me now!
Thanks Phos, I’ll just accept the red default and move on to other things. 🙂
Patty
edit: gosh graff, "great minds" think alike–you’re just faster on the draw than me. 🙂
Waitaminute! A juicy, sordid tale that involves engineers? That’s almost as rare as one involving…well…rocket scientists.
Barry is right. Although it still will come up red if you click on the ‘’ in the Layers palette, or from Layer > Layer Style.
So Patty, you might want to go to the "features request" sub-forum and ask for a way to change the default colour, as one can do to change the default global angle, when no document is open…
Chris and company have been made aware that we’d like to be able to set our own default colors for Layer Style settings.
I think that red was chosen because it’s the upper-left spot in the color-picker (in S and B view), but that’s just a guess on my part.
I would love to see a clickable color-watch IN THE Layer pallete on a per-effect basis for effects that have color(s) as a setting, so we could change the colors without having to open up the blending-effects dialog. It would make the in-layer view of effects much more useful to me.
~Hanford
