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Mar 8, 2006
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This may be a noob question, but I’m out of ideas. I’m using Photoshop 7. When I have an image open, I try to select a color from the default toolbar, but when I do it automatically selects the eyedropper tool and the only way to do anything else (I cant even close the app) is to hit Ctrl-F4 to release control of the eyedropper.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
MD
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Mike Hyndman
Mar 8, 2006
"MD" wrote in message
This may be a noob question, but I’m out of ideas. I’m using Photoshop 7. When I have an image open, I try to select a color from the default toolbar, but when I do it automatically selects the eyedropper tool and the only way to do anything else (I cant even close the app) is to hit Ctrl-F4 to release control of the eyedropper.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
MD
It is supposed to do this. When clicking on the foreground/background colour squares in the toolbox, The Eyedropper tool becomes selected, and the cursor changes to an eyedropper to sample when hovering over an open image, or to a small circle to select from the Color Picker when hovering over that. So when you’re over the colour you’re after, click your mouse button to make this the foreground/background color.

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MD
Mar 8, 2006
It is supposed to open the Adobe color picker, not the eyedropper. I’m not new to Photoshop. I know what the tools do for the most part, I’ve just never saw the eyedropper auto select with I’m trying to pull up the color picker.

"Mike Hyndman" wrote in message
"MD" wrote in message
This may be a noob question, but I’m out of ideas. I’m using Photoshop 7. When I have an image open, I try to select a color from the default toolbar, but when I do it automatically selects the eyedropper tool and the only way to do anything else (I cant even close the app) is to hit Ctrl-F4 to release control of the eyedropper.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
MD
It is supposed to do this. When clicking on the foreground/background colour squares in the toolbox, The Eyedropper tool becomes selected, and the cursor changes to an eyedropper to sample when hovering over an open image, or to a small circle to select from the Color Picker when hovering over that.
So when you’re over the colour you’re after, click your mouse button to make this the foreground/background color.

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Mike Hyndman
Mar 8, 2006
"MD" wrote in message
It is supposed to open the Adobe color picker, not the eyedropper. I’m not new to Photoshop. I know what the tools do for the most part, I’ve just never saw the eyedropper auto select with I’m trying to pull up the color picker.

You click on the fore/background colour swatches and this should open the "colour picker" dialogue box, are you saying that you are not seeing this dialogue box?
The cursor will display as a circle in this box and as an Eyedropper whilst moving over the open image (sampling a colour) Has this problem just appeared or has it always been like this?
When "strange" things happen in PS there is nothing to lose in deleting the preferences file. Hold down the control+Alt +Shift whilst starting PS.

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Mike Hyndman
Mar 8, 2006
"MD" wrote in message
It is supposed to open the Adobe color picker, not the eyedropper. I’m not new to Photoshop. I know what the tools do for the most part, I’ve just never saw the eyedropper auto select with I’m trying to pull up the color picker.

Could the colour picker be off the screen? Try increasing your screen resolution to shrink your PS window.
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