Eyedropper

[DDL]

Hi - thanks to this board, I have learned about the
eyedropper tool. I am importing a photo and would like
to match a color in the photo and apply it to a box (I'm
framing the photo), but it seems the eyedropper tool
won't pick up color in the photo. Am that correct, or is
there something that I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for any help.

 

[Sonia]

Which eyedropper tool are you using? How are you inserting the image?

 

[DDL]

Hi - the eyedropper tool is called "Pick Up Object Sytle"
and "Apply to Defaults".

The photo is a JPG taken with a digital camera and
inserted using the Insert Picture From File command.

 

[Guest]

The eyedropper in PPT doesn't work like the eyedroppers in most image editing programs. http://groups.google.com/[email protected]&rnum=1 has a quick explanation of how the eyedropper (pick up style) in PPT works (compared to Format Painter).

For your situation, you'll need to open your image in an image editor and use the eyedropper there to get the RGB values of the color you're trying to match. Then just plug those in on the Fill Color options in PPT when you fill your autoshape.

There's a utility called Color Picker which may help you, though. It's available at http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/...aphics+Tools:+Other+Utilities&sb=0&so=descend A quick try here seemed to do what you want. Just click on the palette in the color picker and drag your mouse over your image. The color values will change as you move your mouse. Once you let go of the mouse, the color values "stick" in the color picker window. Pretty slick, actually. I think I'll keep this one, thanks.

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[Ute Simon]

There's a utility called Color Picker [...]

Another nice tool for this job is Pixie:
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html. It's also a freeware color picker and
it's a very slim program: only 8 KB(!). Once you have startet it, you just
move the window to one corner and it always shows you the color of the pixel
at cursor position. (In HTML, hex, CMYK, HSV, too - if you need that.)

Kind regards,
Ute

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

You might find this interesting:

Color Picker - http://snipurl.com/colorpicker


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[Guest]

There's a utility called Color Picker [...]

Another nice tool for this job is Pixie:
http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html. It's also a freeware color picker and
it's a very slim program: only 8 KB(!). Once you have startet it, you just
move the window to one corner and it always shows you the color of the pixel
at cursor position. (In HTML, hex, CMYK, HSV, too - if you need that.)

Ahhhh. Thanks, Ute. I knew there was another color picker which had been mentioned here from time to time, but I couldn't remember the name. I'm sure it was Pixie I was trying to recall!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Ahhhh. Thanks, Ute. I knew there was another color picker which had been mentioned here from time to time, but I couldn't remember the name. I'm sure it was Pixie I was trying to recall!

They're both "memorized" now at

Find the color of a pixel in an image
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00619.htm

'-)

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[Guest]

They're both "memorized" now at

Find the color of a pixel in an image
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00619.htm

Thank you!

Echo

 

[Ute Simon]

Ahhhh. Thanks, Ute. I knew there was another color picker which had been
mentioned here from time to time, but I couldn't remember the name. I'm sure
it was Pixie I was trying to recall!

They're both "memorized" now at

Find the color of a pixel in an image
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00619.htm

Thank you Steve, for adding it to your website. I owe thanks myself to Mary
Sauer, who pointed me to it some time ago

Best regards,
Ute