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See also
"Adjust exposure for previews" on page 133
"Exposure effect" on page 395
"HDR Compander effect" on page 541
"HDR Highlight Compression effect" on page 542
Select a color or edit a gradient
In many contexts, you can click an eyedropper button
swatch to open a color picker. If you use the Adobe Color Picker, you can also activate the eyedropper from the
Adobe Color Picker dialog box.
If you click a gradient swatch for a shape layer's stroke or fill, or click Edit Gradient in the Timeline panel, the Adobe
Color Picker opens as the Gradient Editor, with additional controls for editing gradients included at the top of the
dialog box.
Note: The
expression samples the color values in a way similar to that of the eyedropper. Use this method
sampleImage
to use color values of specific pixels as input into an expression. (See "Layer General attributes and methods" on
page 565.)
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B
A. Opacity stop B. Color stop C. Opacity midpoint D. Eyedropper E. New-color rectangle F. Original-color rectangle
Choose a color picker
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Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or After Effects > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and do one
of the following:
• To use the color picker provided by the operating system, select Use System Color Picker.
• To use the Adobe Color Picker, deselect Use System Color Picker.
Select a color with the eyedropper tool
Click the eyedropper button, and move the pointer to the pixel that you want to sample. The color swatch next to
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the eyedropper button dynamically changes to the color under the eyedropper.
C
to activate the eyedropper tool, or you can click a color
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E
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