Digital Light & Color

When generating a "file new" image, when a second (or more) image is also open, how can I use the colour picker to sample a colour from one of those other images? When I start this process, a new blank image appears and covers the other image that was visible, preventing me from accessing that image. Clicking on the image in the browser eliminates the new image dialogue.

Marv

This is one of those things that used to be easier.

The way you do it now is via the Palette tool which lets you place custom colors in the color picker. This is from the help file (there is additional information in the help topic for the color picker):

Palette Mode

You turn on the palette mode by clicking the  button on the main tool bar. Activating palette mode pops up a palette window, docked just below the main tool bar. When the palette window is in this docked position, you can change its settings.

There are 11 user-selectable palette colors with a color button for each one. Clicking on a color button brings up a color picker you can use to select the color directly. The small white squares under each color button are radio buttons that let you select which of the 11 colors in the current palette color.
When you click and drag the cursor over the image area, the cursor changes to a crosshair and the palette window follows the cursor. As you move the cursor, the current palette color is updated by sampling the image at the crosshair. When you release the mouse button, the palette window returns to its docked location.
Settings Menu
Reset Palette Colors to Defaults -- this option resets the 11 palette colors to their default values as shown above.
Load saved palette colors from file -- this option asks you for the name of a palette file and loads it. Some predefined palettes are installed with Picture Window Pro.
Save palette colors in file -- this option saves the current set of palette colors in a file. This lets you create a library of custom colors such as skin tones or sky and foliage colors, etc. and save them for later recall.
Selecting Palette Colors in the Color Picker
The current palette colors are available in the color picker as the bottom half of the color palette bars. You can also set palette colors, reset palette colors, load palettes or save palettes directly from the Color Picker.

Thanks, I will have to give this tool a try.

Marv

Here's the procedure:

1) Click on the Image you want to get a color from
2) Click on the Palette tool in the main tool bar
3) Select a slot in the palette you want to set
4) Click on the image to set the selected palette color
5) Do a File New
6) Click on the color to bring up the color picker
7) Click on the palette color you want

Thanks very much.