Picking Colors From An Image Or Entire Screen; Changing Foreground And Background Colors; Using The Color Panel; The Color Tab - Ulead PHOTOIMPACT 11 User Manual

Picking colors from an image or entire screen

There are two ways to select a color directly from an active image:
• Use the Eyedropper Tool, located in the Toolbox.
• Use the Eyedropper command, located on the PhotoImpact Color Picker
pop-up menu when you right-click a color square.
Notes:
• By zooming in on an image, you can precisely select the desired color by simply
clicking on it.
• Color choices are limited to what the image contains.
Sometimes, the color you want to use might be visible within the monitor screen,
but not necessarily within the PhotoImpact workspace. To select that color, right-
click on a color square and use the Color on Screen command on the Color Picker
pop-up menu. Once activated, the pointer changes to an eyedropper cursor, and
you can then click on the spot on the screen that contains the desired color.

Changing foreground and background colors

The Foreground and Background color squares are found in the Toolbox for easy
access. The Foreground color refers to the color currently being used for a specific
tool, such as the Paint Tools, Bucket Fill Tools, and the Path Drawing Tool, among
others. The Background color is the base color of the canvas when you remove a
portion of the image and Preserve Base Image is not selected. It is also the
background color used when you drag an object out of a current document onto an
empty area in the workspace.
Click or right-click the color squares to select the Background and Foreground
colors respectively. Click

Using the Color Panel

The Color Panel is a centralized color manager that sets and organizes colors for
the various tools used throughout PhotoImpact, including Paint, Fill, Text and Path
Tools. It lets you apply predefined colors for your project easily. You can access the
Color Panel by selecting My Workspace: Panels - Color Panel or click Color
Panel in the Panel Manager.

The Color tab

The Color tab in the Color Panel gives you an alternate location besides the
Attribute Toolbar and Toolbox where you can set solid or gradient colors for the
various PhotoImpact tools you work with. The colors specified here will become the
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to switch the Foreground and Background colors.