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Zirngibism
01-13-2009, 11:43 AM
Is there any way to alt+click-sample the color that's ONLY on one layer?

Most tools, such as the cloner, the magic wand, and the smudge give you the option to apply to the whole compiled image, or just the active layer.

It would be so useful to be able to sample only the color you've laid onto your layer.


I might be getting my hopes up here, since I didn't readily see a drop-down for it, and maybe for some reason, PS can't pick a "clear" color, but I figure it's worth a shot... :\

Thanks.
danlefeb
01-13-2009, 02:35 PM
Is there a reason you can't turn the visibility of the layers you don't want to sample from off? Set up a layer comp to do it quickly if you need to switch them on and off a lot.
Zirngibism
01-13-2009, 09:37 PM
Is there a reason you can't turn the visibility of the layers you don't want to sample from off? Set up a layer comp to do it quickly if you need to switch them on and off a lot.

That's a good suggestion- I usually don't work with layer comps so thanks for bringing that to my attention.
See, I'm coloring underneath a shaded drawing, which is set to multiply, so I can just turn it off to pick. I do a lot of color-picking, and switching to different layer comps does take some extra time, but it's certainly better than nothing. (I just hotkeyed the switch layer comp.)

I'm still open to other ways of customizing this tool, but this does work-- thanks. :)
danlefeb
01-13-2009, 11:11 PM
Glad it works.... I can't think of another way to do it off the top of my head.