How do I check and/or change the sample size of the eyedropper in Adobe Camera Raw

[stevel64136712]

In Photoshop, you can choose the sample size of the color picker — point sample, 3x3 average, 5x5 average, 11x11 average, etc. But I've never seen how to figure out what the sample size is in ACR. Can someone please show me where to check the sample size and change it, if possible? Thank you.

[lambiloon]

Hi please check the video for help...regards

https://youtu.be/I6QQ9VGReLQ

[stevel64136712]

I didn't see anytthing about changing the sample size in this video.

[JJMack]

[stevel64136712]

That works for photoshop but not Adobe Camera Raw.

[Chuck Uebele · Accepted solution]

I don't think there is an option to do that. The best you can do is press and drag the cursor to create a marquee box that will average the color of that selected area.

Moving post to Camera Raw forum.

[stevel64136712]

That's helpful. Thank you.

[TheDigitalDog · Accepted solution]

In ACR and LR, the sampling is always reads 5-by-5 screen pixels at zoom levels of 100% or less, so it may give different values at different zoom levels. When you fit the entire image into Camera Raws preview, you are sampling an average of a fairly large number of pixels - the exact number depends on both the camera's native resolution and the size you've chosen from the Size menu in the Workflow controls. At zoom levels greater than 100%, the sample size is always 5x5 image pixels. But WB is zoom level dependent. So if you want to average over a larger area, zoom out.

[stevel64136712]

Thank you.