There is also another method that I’m sure everybody has already thought of.
This method is for when you want a very exact and very specific shade of Color Board. Like for instance that one particular shade of Umber that’s in the left hand corner of that sunset photograph from your trip to Mexico, that you’ll be using in your project.
In Windows, do the following …
- Right click on your sunset image and open with MS Paint.
- Using the Eyedropper tool, click on the desired shade of Umber. (zoom in if necessary)
- Click on Colors > Edit Colors > Define Custom Color > Add To Custom Colors > OK
Your custom “Sunset Umber” will now appear in your palette of colors at the bottom of your screen.
- Right click on your Sunset Umber color in the palette of colors.
You will now see that “Sunset Umber” appears twice (2 boxes stacked on top of each other)
- Use the Select tool (dotted line rectangle), to apply that “dotted line box” so it frames the whole image.
- Click on Edit > Clear Selection.
Your whole image will now be transformer into a Color Board of that exact specific shade of Sunset Umber, and you won’t have to do a lot of experimenting to achieve that exact shade in PD.
- Save your Sunset Umber as a regular image file. (I would suggest as a .bmp file)
- Right click on your Sunset Umber Color Board image, and open with your photo editor.
In your photo editor, change the resolution of the Sunset Umber color board to 640x480 for a 4:3 aspect ratio color board, or to 640x360 (1280x720 if you're a stickler) for a 16:9 aspect ratio color board.
I know that in a written form like this, it looks too time consuming and complicated to be worth it all. But it really isn’t. Once you’ve done it a couple of times, it only takes a couple of minutes to get that precisely shaded color board, at the correct aspect ratio, saved and imported to your project’s library.
What? Precise shading is dumb and not all that important?
Say that to a future bride planning her wedding. But be prepared to duck.
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Aug 15, 2009 17:20
) and then on the right hand side you will see 4 little squares with holes on them. Left Click on this and select "new color board" from the drop down menu, then select the color of board you want and press OK - it will appear in your Library.
