Using eyedropper to select gradient endpoints?

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davsf
Nov 13, 2011
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When editing a new gradient (to be used to fill a selected area), is there a way to use something like the eyedropper against selected pixels within your image to select the two end points? So that you don’t have to "guess" about the colors you want on the endpoints? This assumes you really want the two endpoints to be the exact same color as specific pixels within your image, and you don’t want to have to write down the rgb numbers and then edit your gradient with those numbers – can CS2 allow the endpoint colors to be selected by "picking" existing colors on your canvas?
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Ulysses
Nov 14, 2011
"surface9" wrote in message
When editing a new gradient (to be used to fill a selected area), is there a way to use something like the eyedropper against selected pixels within your image to select the two end points? So that you don’t have to "guess" about the colors you want on the endpoints? This assumes you really want the two endpoints to be the exact same color as specific pixels within your image, and you don’t want to have to write down the rgb numbers and then edit your gradient with those numbers – can CS2 allow the endpoint colors to be selected by "picking" existing colors on your canvas?
I don’t understand your problem
I tried it and it worked OK for me
took the eyedropper and set the foreground first
then set background next. used the gradient tool
and gradient went from foreground to background
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davsf
Nov 14, 2011
I don’t understand your problem
I tried it and it worked OK for me
took the eyedropper and set the foreground first
then set background next.  used the gradient tool
and gradient went from foreground to background

Thankyou. I am a newbie and I didn’t realize that I didn’t HAVE to click on the little "color" box, which gives you a color palette to choose from (and disallows using the eyedropper tool while the palette is open). By simply selecting "user" from the pulldown and NOT clicking on the color box, I just went ahead and clicked "eyedropper", and, although it rang a bell, it did allow me to select the endpoint color from my canvas with the eyedropper tool. I have several books on CS2 and didn’t find this anywhere. This board is very good for newbies trying to learn photoshop all alone. Thanks again.
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Joel
Nov 16, 2011
surface9 wrote:

When editing a new gradient (to be used to fill a selected area), is there a way to use something like the eyedropper against selected pixels within your image to select the two end points? So that you don’t have to "guess" about the colors you want on the endpoints? This assumes you really want the two endpoints to be the exact same color as specific pixels within your image, and you don’t want to have to write down the rgb numbers and then edit your gradient with those numbers – can CS2 allow the endpoint colors to be selected by "picking" existing colors on your canvas?

I don’t think there will be any simple answer for your question(s), or it’s much more than what you have in mind.

In general, the Eye-Dopper can’t be used on the complex slection but very simple slection like a SOLID color (like in Level or similar). In some case, you can select multiple color by using (+) (additional) selection (like in Color Range command). But then it may add the selection on the area you don’t want to inclue (then you will have to do something before or after *if* using the + option).

In "Color Range" (or similar) there will be the "+" option, in some other commands then there may be pressing the Shift-Key for "+".

But in general it often not a good choice of tool for more than it can chew.

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