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Color Sampling Tool - Hasn't its time now come?

Jan 12, 2012 6:06 AM

For reasons best known to Adobe, one of the most useful tools in Adobe Camera Raw, the Color Sampler Tool, was omitted from Lightroom. A mystery.........?

 

There are numerous uses for the Color Sampler Tool (I use it a lot in ACR in conjunction with the Graduated Filter for balancing photographs of interiors) but, as pointed out in this thread http://forums.adobe.com/message/4134487 , it would be nice to have this tool to monitor the new RGB channels in the curve - amonst many other uses.

 

Well?

 

D.

844 Views   8 Replies   Latest reply: Dinarius, Jan 16, 2012 10:27 AM
 
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  • Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață
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    1. Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață,
    Jan 12, 2012 6:08 AM   in reply to Dinarius
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    You can do it in Soft Proofing mode.

     
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    2. Dinarius,
    Jan 12, 2012 8:03 AM   in reply to Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață
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    I'll have to check that out.

     

    If I can't use a color sampler tool and the grad filter together, then it's not what I'm looking for.

     

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    D.

     
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    Jan 12, 2012 8:32 AM   in reply to Dinarius
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    Just curious, are you using it to fix white balance issue with mix lightning? If so, you can use the local WB adjustment with GND now.

     
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    Jan 12, 2012 8:35 AM   in reply to hsbn
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    hsbn wrote:

     

    Just curious, are you using it to fix white balance issue with mix lightning? If so, you can use the local WB adjustment with GND now.

    No.

     

    Thanks.

     

    D.

     
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    5. vinsolo,
    Jan 12, 2012 4:06 PM   in reply to Dinarius
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    perhaps i missed something in the posts.

     

    one can sample a color by going to the adjust brush panel, click on "color" icon at bottom right of the panel. when that panel opens, click and hold on the little circle in the color area, and drag it anywhere on the screen and release. you will have "picked" that color for the adjustment brush. it is interesting to note that this does not work in ACR.

     

    vince

     
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    6. Dinarius,
    Jan 16, 2012 12:56 AM   in reply to vinsolo
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    vinsolo wrote:

     

    perhaps i missed something in the posts.

     

    one can sample a color by going to the adjust brush panel, click on "color" icon at bottom right of the panel. when that panel opens, click and hold on the little circle in the color area, and drag it anywhere on the screen and release. you will have "picked" that color for the adjustment brush. it is interesting to note that this does not work in ACR.

     

    vince

    AFAIK, you can only pick one colour sample in LR. In ACR, you can pick nine. That's why I want the same tool in LR.

     

    D.

     
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  • Victoria Bampton
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    7. Victoria Bampton,
    Jan 16, 2012 1:38 AM   in reply to Dinarius
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    It's a good request - I can think of uses for it too.  As it may not make the final release, and we wouldn't want the request to get lost in beta land, might I suggest adding it as a suggestion on the Feature Request forum http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family where it can easily be tracked?  If you post the link to your request here, others can also vote on your request. 

     
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    8. Dinarius,
    Jan 16, 2012 10:27 AM   in reply to Victoria Bampton
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    Hi Victoria,

     

    Thanks for your input and the suggestion.

     

    I've started a thread here> http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/color_sampler_to ol_in_acr_why_not_in_lightroom

     

    Let's hope it get some support!

     

    D.

     
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