You can choose a foreground or background color from any open image, or from any color within Corel PaintShop Pro (such as a color on a toolbar). This feature is useful when you want to use the color of a specific icon, or when you want to match the Windows desktop colors. You can also choose a color from other applications or from Web pages displayed in a browser.
You can enable Sample and Fill mode to sample a color an image and click another area or another image to apply the color as a fill.
To choose a color from the active image with the Dropper tool
Edit tab
1 On the Tools toolbar, choose the Dropper tool .
2 On the Tool Options palette, set the options you want:
• Sample Size drop-list — specifies the pixel area for sampling
• Use all layers check box — mark this check box to sample from all image layers
3 Click a color in the image to make it the foreground color, or right-click to make it the background color.
You can also choose a color from the image while using brush tools, such as the Paint Brush or the Eraser tool, by holding down Ctrl and clicking in the image to choose a foreground color or right-clicking to choose a background color.
To sample and fill with a color selected with the Dropper tool
1 On the Tools toolbar, choose the Droppertool .
2 On the Tool Options palette, click the Sample and Fill button .
3 In the image window, click the color you want to sample.
The tool icon changes to a fill icon automatically.
4 Click the area that you want to fill with the sampled color.
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