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Using the Eyedropper tool - Flash Professional Tutorial
From the course: Flash Professional CS5 Essential Training
Using the Eyedropper tool
The Eyedropper tool allows you to sample colors and apply them to different objects in your applications. So on the Stage here I have some artwork, and let's say I wanted to reuse some of the colors in it. Maybe I want to reuse this off-white color that's used in the olive oil bottle. So to capture that color I can select the Eyedropper tool, notice the keyboard shortcut is I, and then I can hover my mouse over that color. Then when I click the color, Flash automatically updates my fill color to whatever I selected with the Eyedropper. I could then use this fill color to create artwork. Note that when you use the Eyedropper tool, Flash automatically goes to the Paint Bucket tool so that you can paint a fill with the color that you just selected. There is another way to access the Eyedropper, which is actually my preferred way to use it. If you click on any color swatch in Flash, for example, the fill color or the stroke color picker in the Properties panel you can pick a Color Swatch…
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Selecting lines and fills3m 57s
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Modifying lines and fills2m 16s
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Using the Pen tool5m 25s
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Using the Brush tool5m 52s
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Optimizing shapes for enhanced performance1m 15s
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Using the Eraser tool1m 54s
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Working with groups2m 39s
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Using the Eyedropper tool1m 20s
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Changing fill and stroke colors with the Paint Bucket and Ink Bottle tools3m 30s
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Using the Color panel2m 50s
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Using the Color Swatches panel1m 51s
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Creating gradients2m 19s
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Using the Gradient Transform tool2m 4s
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Using the Free Transform tool3m 27s
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Aligning objects with the Align panel3m 57s
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Using the 3D tools4m 11s
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Using rulers and guides2m 11s
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