Color picker box missing in Premiere

[nathank74259036]

I think my color picker window is missing.  I am trying to find the exact RGB values of colors within a clip, and think I am supposed to have a color picker window here:

In all the tutorials I have found, everyone seems to have a color picker window box here.  Do I need to change something in my preferences.  This is a brand new install, so I can't imagine that I shut it off.

Thanks,

Nathan

[John T Smith]

>brand new install

Is that the CS6 (or earlier) discussed in this forum, or the new Premiere Pro CC version?

[nathank74259036]

It is the current version of Premiere Pro CC.  Any ideas?

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[R Neil Haugen]

12.1.2 is the current version. Check that in the "About ... " box under Help, as the desktop app is so often mistaken.

How about a screen grab of your current screen?

Neil

[MyerPj]

Interesting color choice on the Arrow, going for the black on black look?

No, that's not a color picker it's a White Balance Selector you are pointing to, as the label says. In this case when you click the WB Eye dropper, you simply get an eye dropper from which you are expected to click on something white in your scene.

[MyerPj]

If you go to the project window and create a new item - a color matte - after the confirm the size you get a color picker window that shows the color value, and that window has an eye dropper bottom right from which you can select any visible color, etc...

[Ann Bens]

You need to be very careful what tutorials you watch.

Things change per Premiere version.

[nathank74259036]

Thanks for all your suggestions so far.  I guess what I am looking for is a what to set my white balance to a specific RGB value.  Without the color picker box in the color panel, I am puzzled.

[R Neil Haugen]

That tool isn't to set a specific balance, but simply for you to select a place in the image where you want the three color channels balanced. What it does is balance the tops (gain) of the three channels.

What sort of thing would you like? I'm both puzzled and curious about setting to an RGB value ...

Neil

[nathank74259036]

Forget what I said about setting a white balance. I'm trying to color correct some video to match a photo.  I need a color picker within Premiere to give me an RGB value.  I need to see (in numbers) how close I am to the color in the photo.

Thanks.  Sorry for the confusion.

Nathan

[R Neil Haugen]

Ahh ... yea, that would be sweet.

SpeedGrade, rest in peace ... had a nice display for clicking anywhere in the program monitor ... you got a double set of numbers, the original R/G/B numbers for that pixel and the current R/G/B numbers for that pixel, with a small patch for each side showing a maybe 20x20 pixel area of that value.

PrPro ... doesn't have it. I know of people making a screen-grab of the PrPro program monitor, and with Photoshop set for the same sRGB color space, opening the png/jpg in Photoshop to do their sampling.

Neil