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dparsons85
dparsons85
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Mar 9, 2021 6:44 PM UTC
Question

Eyedropper doesn't work with colors in Librarary

I used Photoshop to save a couple color swatches in a Creative Cloud Library for easy access in After Effects. The problem is the Eyedropper in After Effects never reads the colors correctly and I have to manually type in the hexadecimal color code. Here are the results of trying to use the Eyedropper on a Fill effect:

 

 

 

As you can see the hexadecimal color code and RGB values do not match up. I even tried turning on Use System Color Picker in the Preferences but that didn't work either.

 

Any idea on how I can get this working? 

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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Mar 9, 2021 7:09 PM UTC

You have to match the color management settings and you should open up your Preferences/General tab and make sure that the System Color Picker is NOT selected. You can get to your Preferences panel by pressing Ctrl/Cmnd + ;

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dparsons85
dparsons85Author
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Mar 9, 2021 7:34 PM UTC

Unfortunately it doesn't make a difference whether I have 8bpc or 16bpc selected, they're both wrong (same incorrecte hexadecimal color code). 

 

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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Mar 9, 2021 8:54 PM UTC

I'm not talking about the bit depth of the comp, I'm talking about color management. The same color space in all adobe apps. You should also have a calibrated monitor. I use a spider and calibrate my monitor once a month. All of my apps are using the same color profiles everywhere. I don't have time to dig up screenshots or instructions for you now, but color management is critical. It either needs to be off for everything or on and perfectly matched.

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