how do i create a swatch?

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Jul 9, 2006
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i have a number of numerical colour references that i would like to form a swatch with. i can find no way of entering numerical data to create swatches.

leslie

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edjh
Jul 9, 2006
ushere wrote:
i have a number of numerical colour references that i would like to form a swatch with. i can find no way of entering numerical data to create swatches.

leslie
What do you mean by numerical references? RGB (or CMYK) values? Set the color in the Color Picker, drag to Swatches palette. You can make your own Swatches set (palette) in the Preset Manager.


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ushere
Jul 9, 2006
edjh wrote:
ushere wrote:
i have a number of numerical colour references that i would like to form a swatch with. i can find no way of entering numerical data to create swatches.

leslie
What do you mean by numerical references? RGB (or CMYK) values? Set the color in the Color Picker, drag to Swatches palette. You can make your own Swatches set (palette) in the Preset Manager.

thanks for the quick response…

it’s a series of rgb values.

i can drag swatch colours to the colour picker, but not the other way around. am i missing something obvious? (other than a few brain cells)

leslie
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edjh
Jul 10, 2006
ushere wrote:
edjh wrote:
ushere wrote:
i have a number of numerical colour references that i would like to form a swatch with. i can find no way of entering numerical data to create swatches.

leslie
What do you mean by numerical references? RGB (or CMYK) values? Set the color in the Color Picker, drag to Swatches palette. You can make your own Swatches set (palette) in the Preset Manager.

thanks for the quick response…

it’s a series of rgb values.

i can drag swatch colours to the colour picker, but not the other way around. am i missing something obvious? (other than a few brain cells)
leslie
Once you have the color you want in the Color Picker just bring your cursor to a blank square in the Swatches Palette. The cursor will turn into a paint bucket and add to the palette. You will have to key in the values in the naming dialog though. I guess drag was the wrong term.


Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html
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ushere
Jul 10, 2006
edjh wrote:
ushere wrote:
edjh wrote:
ushere wrote:
i have a number of numerical colour references that i would like to form a swatch with. i can find no way of entering numerical data to create swatches.

leslie
What do you mean by numerical references? RGB (or CMYK) values? Set the color in the Color Picker, drag to Swatches palette. You can make your own Swatches set (palette) in the Preset Manager.
thanks for the quick response…

it’s a series of rgb values.

i can drag swatch colours to the colour picker, but not the other way around. am i missing something obvious? (other than a few brain cells)
leslie
Once you have the color you want in the Color Picker just bring your cursor to a blank square in the Swatches Palette. The cursor will turn into a paint bucket and add to the palette. You will have to key in the values in the naming dialog though. I guess drag was the wrong term.

great, many thanks indeed…..

leslie

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