Adobe photoshop cs2 User Manual
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
To select a color from another application (ImageReady)
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Select the Eyedropper tool, click in the image, hold the mouse down, and drag anywhere on the desktop. You can
use this option to select a color displayed in another application, such as a color in a web page displayed in a browser.
To select colors in the color table
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To select a color, click the color in the Color Table palette.
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To select multiple colors in the color table, press Shift and click another color. All colors in the rows between the
first and second selected colors are selected. To select a nonadjacent group of colors, press Ctrl (Windows) or
Command (Mac OS) and click each color that you want to select. The Color Table palette menu also provides
commands for selecting colors.
first and second selected colors are selected. To select a nonadjacent group of colors, press Ctrl (Windows) or
Command (Mac OS) and click each color that you want to select. The Color Table palette menu also provides
commands for selecting colors.
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(ImageReady) To select colors based on a selection in the image, make a selection in the image and choose Select
All From Selection from the Color Table palette menu.
All From Selection from the Color Table palette menu.
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To deselect all colors, choose Deselect All Colors from the Color Table palette menu.
To view selected colors in an image (ImageReady)
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Select the optimized image. Then click and hold a selected color in the Color Table palette to temporarily invert
the color in the optimized image, enabling you to see which areas of the image contain the color.
To view a contiguous group of colors, press Shift and click and hold another color. All colors in the rows between the
first and second selected colors are inverted.
first and second selected colors are inverted.
To view a discontiguous group of colors, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click each color that you
want to select, and hold the mouse button down on any color in the group.
want to select, and hold the mouse button down on any color in the group.
To shift a color
You can change a selected color in the color table to any other RGB color value. When you regenerate the optimized
image, the selected color changes to the new color wherever it appears in the image.
image, the selected color changes to the new color wherever it appears in the image.
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Double-click the color in the color table to display the default color picker.
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Select a color.
The original color appears at the upper left of the color swatch and the new color at the lower right. The small square
at the lower right of the color swatch indicates that the color is locked. If you shift to a web-safe color, a small white
diamond appears at the center of the swatch.
at the lower right of the color swatch indicates that the color is locked. If you shift to a web-safe color, a small white
diamond appears at the center of the swatch.
To revert shifted colors to their original colors
Do one of the following:
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Double-click the swatch for the shifted color. The original color is selected in the color picker. Click OK to restore
the color.
the color.
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To revert all shifted colors in a color table (including web-shifted colors), choose Unshift All Colors from the Color
Table palette menu.
Table palette menu.