10 Replies Latest reply: Jul 9, 2012 7:39 AM by Andy Bay

Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

Andy Bay Jul 9, 2012 5:19 AM

Hi!

Is it possible to make the color sampler tool show hsv values in the info panel instead of rgb?

1. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

c.pfaffenbichler Jul 9, 2012 5:52 AM (in response to Andy Bay)

If HSB is any use for you try Panel Options from the Info Panel’s fly-out menu (or click the little triangle next to the eyedropper icons in the Info Panel).
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2. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

Noel Carboni Jul 9, 2012 6:32 AM (in response to Andy Bay)

I like to keep the display on HSB myself because I find the B value handy for judging brightnesses of faces, etc.

-Noel
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3. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

Andy Bay Jul 9, 2012 6:53 AM (in response to Noel Carboni)

Hi!

What I'm talking about is the actual color sampler tool (you know the tool that you can use to choose several points in the document and display their color in the info panel). What you have suggested in the panel options doesn't seem to affect the color sampler tool sample values (they still remain rgb). I need this because I want to be able to match hues of different areas of my document.
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4. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

c.pfaffenbichler Jul 9, 2012 6:59 AM (in response to Andy Bay)

You wanted to have the values displayed in the Info Panel, did you not say so?

(they still remain rgb).
In an RGB-image that seems not altogether surprising, but does the Color Picker not offer HSB-values, too?

Anyway, which version of Photoshop do you work with (and why have you not told us that straight away)?
There used to an optional plug-in for HSB, I guess:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4965
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5. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

Noel Carboni Jul 9, 2012 7:00 AM (in response to Andy Bay)

Sorry; there's no way I know of to get it to read out other than RGB, except to have your document in a mode other than RGB.

-Noel
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6. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

conroy Jul 9, 2012 7:22 AM (in response to Andy Bay)

Click on a sampler icon as boxed in red in the image below. That gives a menu of readout choices.
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7. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

c.pfaffenbichler Jul 9, 2012 7:25 AM (in response to conroy)

Ah, I had misunderstood the OP.
But I did mention the small triangles …
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8. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

Noel Carboni Jul 9, 2012 7:27 AM (in response to conroy)

I stand corrected! Thank you, Conroy, for teaching me something new! I never tried clicking on that icon before.

-Noel
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9. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

conroy Jul 9, 2012 7:33 AM (in response to Noel Carboni)

Noel Carboni wrote:

Thank you, Conroy, for teaching me something new!

Hah! I don't expect that'll happen often, though
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10. Re: Color sampler hsv values (instead of rgb)

Andy Bay Jul 9, 2012 7:39 AM (in response to conroy)

Thanks conroy, never realized that there is a menu in that spot as well!
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