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Welm_evolution
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March 24, 2025
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Externe Farbaufnahme

  • March 24, 2025
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Hallo, ich möchte gerne mit Photoshop oder auch einem anderen Adobe-Produkt Farben aus anderen Fenstern auf dem Mac über das Pipetten-Tool aufnehmen können. 

 

Ich erinnere mich, dass es mit einem Trick funktioniert hat. In den Videos, die ich aktuell dazu finde, wird mit gedrückter linken Maustaste einfach über das PS-Fenster hinaus zur Zielfarbe gezogen. Das klappt aber so nicht (mehr). Auch nicht, wenn ich in PS in der Farbauswahl drin bin.

 

Wer hat eine Idee für mich, wie das geht? Also eine Farbe beispielsweise aus der Mac-Vorschau herauspicken.

 

Vielen Dank!

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Jeff Arola
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Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
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March 26, 2025

On a 2019 MacBook Pro running macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 with both Photoshop 2021 and Photoshop 2025 installed you get the following screen dialogs with a new Photoshop 2021 (ps version 22.2) install and using the Eyedropper to sample outside the active document area.

 

Neither of the below dialogs appeared in Photoshop 2025 (ps ver 26.4.1) when i tried the same before doing the same in Photoshop 2021.

 

Photoshop 2021 works to sample colors outside the active document area with the Eyedropper while Photoshop 2025 does not.

 

Of all the Macs i tested it seems the bug is confined to Photoshop 2024 and 2025 running on macOS Sequoia 15.x.x

on both Intel and Apple Silicon.

 

 

    Jeff Arola
    Community Expert
    Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 25, 2025

    Here with macOS Sequoia 15.3.2 running on a 2022 Mac Studio with Photoshop 2025 (ps ver 26.4.1) and Photoshop 2024 (ps ver 25.12.1) do not pick colors with the eyedropper outside of the active document window, however, Photoshop 2021 (ps ver 22.2), Photoshop 2022 (ps ver 23.5.5) and Photoshop 2023 (ps ver 24.7.5) on the same Mac do work and show a screen recording symbol on the Menu Bar when the eyedropper is being used to pick a color outside the active document window.

     

     

    NB, colourmanagement
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    NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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    March 24, 2025

    @Welm_evolution if you want to pick up colour samples from outside of Photoshop be careful as the RGB numbers will very likely relate to monitor display colourspace (defined by the ICC profile of your monitor display screen).

    Photoshop (for the file you are working on) will generally be using a Photoshop 'working space' like sRGB or Adobe RGB, the colour values you picked will need to be converted from one colour space to the other if they are to visually match.

     

    Think of when you make a screen capture (at least on a mac this happens) and open it in Photoshop, you should get a "Profile Mismatch" warning [unless you disabled that warning in color settings] and be offered the opportunity to convert the file to your current working space. Same thing with a colour picker. 

     

     

    I hope this helps

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    fredore
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    March 25, 2025

    I think you can try this:

    Once the eyedropper tool is selected, hold it down and drag it out of the Photoshop window without releasing until it is positioned on the chosen area.

    The chosen color will appear in Photoshop as the foreground color.

    I hope it works on Mac, because I'm on PC.

    Sincerely

    Fred

    NB, colourmanagement
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    NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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    March 25, 2025

    @fredore Not on my mac unfortunately.

     

    neilB

     

    CMass
    CMass
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    March 24, 2025
    Hey @Welm_evolution,

    If you can’t pick colors from outside Photoshop on your Mac, it’s probably a permissions issue.

    1. Open System Settings (or System Preferences on older macOS).

    2. Go to Privacy & Security > Screen Recording.

    3. Make sure Photoshop is enabled.

    4. If it’s missing, click +, add Photoshop, and restart the app.

    That should do it! Let me know if it works! 🎨😊


    ^CM

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      LAMY2017
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      March 25, 2025

      I'd always wondered why this technique stopped working, so thanks CMass.
      I made the system setting change, closed and reopened Ps but still no go.

      Maybe a computer restart is required?

       

      -- update --

      computer restart didn't restore the ability to pick colors outside of Ps.

       

      Larry
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