Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: Illustrator and Photoshop working together?

  1. #1
    Guild Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Enterprise, Alabama
    Posts
    51

    Help Illustrator and Photoshop working together?

    Does anyone know, or has figured out, if I can select an object in Adobe Illustrator, then use the Illustrator Eyedropper to reach over into an open image in Photoshop and drop the color there back onto the selected Illustrator object?

    Thanks for any assistance, even if it's the bootheel of reality crushing my graphical dreams.
    "..the next Riddick movie? It's a wild ride, I hear they're calling it Alice in Underverse."

  2. #2

    Default

    Your best bet is to use the eye dropper in PS to get an RGB or CMYK breakdown of the color. Then in Illustrator create the same color.

  3. #3
    Guild Novice
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    St Louis, MO, USA
    Posts
    24

    Default

    Just tried, and the same trick works for Illustrator as it does for Photoshop when snatching a color outside the window. Here's what you do.

    1. Arrange your windows so you can see both your Illustrator window and Photoshop window at once
    2. Select the eyedropper tool in Illustrator
    3. Click on the Illustrator window, and WITHOUT RELEASING THE MOUSE BUTTON, move the eyedropper over to the photoshop window and the color you want to grab. See how the Illustrator color keeps changing as you move.
    4. Release the mouse when you're over the color you want.

  4. #4

    Default

    Yep, that works. My cursor changes from the eyedropper back to standard pointer when I leave ILLustrator making me think it didn't work, but it was. Nice job AlanShutko.

  5. #5
    Professional Artist Facebook Connected Coyotemax's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    1,945

    Default

    never thought of that before. awesomeness +1

    My finished maps
    "...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."

  6. #6
    Guild Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Enterprise, Alabama
    Posts
    51

    Default

    Very cool! Thanks. Definately be useful in some spots.
    "..the next Riddick movie? It's a wild ride, I hear they're calling it Alice in Underverse."

  7. #7
    Guild Novice
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Winnipeg, Manitoba
    Posts
    7

    Default

    Used this trick many times. Sure beats copying and pasting a swatch.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •