Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2 User Manual page 138

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Painting
To add a color to the Swatches palette:
Set the foreground color in the toolbox to the
1
color you want to add. (For information on setting
the foreground color, see "Using color settings in
the toolbox" on page 128, or "Using the
eyedropper tool" on page 128.)
Do one of the following in the Swatches palette:
2
Click the New Swatch button at the bottom of
•
the Swatches palette. The color swatch is added
and named Swatch.
Choose New Swatch from the More menu in the
•
Swatches palette.
If the palette is in thumbnail view, position the
•
pointer over an empty space in the bottom row
of the palette (the pointer turns into the paint
bucket tool), and click to add the color.
If the palette is in list view, position the pointer
•
over an empty space in the rightmost column of
the palette (the pointer turns into the paint
bucket tool), and click to add the color.
3 Enter a name for the new color and click OK.
Note: To save swatches you add to a library, you
must save the entire library. See "To save and use
custom swatch libraries" below.
To save and use custom swatch libraries:
Choose one of the following commands in the
Swatches palette:
• To save a library of swatches, choose Save
Swatches from the More menu. To make the set
appear in the palette's swatch libraries pop-up
menu, save the file to the Color Swatches folder
inside the Presets folder of the Photoshop
Elements application folder. (To see the new
swatch set in the menu, you must restart the
application.)
• To select and load a swatch library, choose Load
Swatches from the More menu in the palette.
• To replace the current swatch library with a
different library, choose Replace Swatches from
the More menu in the palette, and select a
library.
You can also load or save swatches using the Preset
Manager. (See "Using the Preset Manager" on
page 29.)
To delete a color in the Swatches palette:
Do one of the following:
Drag the color swatch to the Trash button in the
•
palette.
Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to
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change the pointer to a scissors icon
click a color in the Swatches palette.
Note: To permanently remove swatches you delete,
you must resave the library that contained them.
To reset a swatch library to its default color swatches:
Choose a swatch library from the pop-up menu
1
in the Swatches palette.
2 From the More menu in the Swatches palette,
choose Preset Manager.
3 In the Preset Manager dialog box, choose
Swatches from the Preset Type menu.
4 Choose Reset Swatches from the More menu,
and click Done.
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