Operation Manual

Fill, Lines, Colours, and Transparency 155
Gradient sampler
Use for picking up colour gradients
present in images. Great for sampling
colours in sunsets.
Use the Colour tab's Colour Picker to sample colours anywhere
on your computer screen—click, hold the mouse button down, drag
to the target area, and then release.
To sample colours:
1. On the Drawing toolbar, click Colour Picker.
2. From the context toolbar, choose a colour picker type (e.g., Point
Sampler).
If you use the Square or Circle Sampler, set a Colour Picker Size
appropriate to the area you want to sample. The Gradient Sampler
offers a Gradient Picker Sensitivity option, for controlling the level or
detail to which the gradient is sampled.
3. Hold the mouse button down, and drag to the target area then release.
For gradient sampling, rather than clicking, you sample by dragging a
line across your chosen colour gradient.
The sampled colour(s) is picked up in the Colour tab's
Picked Colour swatch.
4. Click the Colour tab's Line or Fill swatch, then the Picked Colour
swatch to transfer the colour to the chosen swatch. You can then apply
the colour to any object (this will then be stored automatically in the
Swatch tab's Document Palette for further use).