8 Replies Latest reply: Aug 30, 2013 4:36 AM by SujaiS

Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

rryanhayes79 Aug 28, 2012 1:54 PM

Program: Flash CS6

OS: Mountain Lion

Hardware: Intel MacBook Pro 2012

Steps to recreate issue:

1. Paint a color on the stage (brown seems to have the most dramatic results)

2. Use the color picker to sample the (brown) color from the stage

3. Use the paint bucket to apply the selected color to the stage

Result: the color painted from the sample color is not the color that has been originally sampled.

If you then sample the new color you have just applied, it again changes the color. Repeating this process over and over again eventually turns the color into the brightest red on the color palette.

Is anyone else have this issue or know how to correct it?

UPDATED: Attached is a link to the video of the issue in progress. For whatever reason my cursor doesnt show up correctly in the video, but what I am doing is using the color picker to sample the color and then painting the sampled color. As you can see from the video, the color becomes more and more red until it maxs out, even though I am just sampling the same color over and over again. The color on the left is the control color (the one that I originally sample) and the color on the right illustrates the bug.

video link:

http://vid.ly/5x8u6d

1. Re: Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

Line Sep 4, 2012 2:38 PM (in response to rryanhayes79)

Did you resolve this issue? I'm having a similar one.
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2. Re: Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

rryanhayes79 Sep 4, 2012 2:56 PM (in response to Line)

Nope, I have had no resolution to this problem as of yet. I have submitted a bug to Adobe but have not heard anything from them yet either.
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3. Re: Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

Line Sep 5, 2012 9:05 AM (in response to rryanhayes79)

Hey Ryan, my problem was solved for my monitor. Perhaps it may work for your laptop screen:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1060487?tstart=0

-Line
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4. Re: Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

rryanhayes79 Sep 5, 2012 10:35 AM (in response to Line)

Unfortunately this did not fix the bug I am experiencing. Its also not just limited to my laptop monitor, but also occurs on the external display my monitor is connected to, which leads me to believe it is a software issue. Thanks for looking out though!
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5. Re: Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

rryanhayes79 Sep 25, 2012 12:33 PM (in response to rryanhayes79)

I just wanted to update this thread. Today I installed the update for Flash CS6 and I am still experiencing the exact same bug. It has not been fixed.
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6. Re: Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

balgram Feb 26, 2013 11:11 AM (in response to rryanhayes79)

I'm updating this thread mainly because it's the only thread I could find that describes my exact issue. I am having this problem. When I select a color using the color picker, it settles on a different, lighter color. THIS HAPPENS EVEN WHEN I ENTER THE HEX CODE VALUE. It's like Flash is auto-correcting a problem that doesn't exist. Help? This is becoming a serious problem for me!

Also Flash CS6, Mac OS X (10.8.2). The monitor I'm using shouldn't be relevant; Flash is literally changing the hex code value after I type it in or select it.

EDIT: Just did some research, found out that Flash isn't 10.8 compatible. When is that going to be fixed?
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7. Re: Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

stduerr-swa Aug 28, 2013 2:12 AM (in response to rryanhayes79)

Same with me, in both Flash and FW CS6.
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8. Re: Color Picker in Flash CS6 Changing My Picked Color

SujaiS Aug 30, 2013 4:36 AM (in response to stduerr-swa)
This could be because the System Color settings on MAC OSX 10.8 is set to a value other than sRGB. To reset System Color Settings, do the following:
On MAC OSX 10.8, go to System Preferences > Displays > Color.
Select the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 display profile.

Please check if changing this setting works?

-Sujai
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