To change the current pen or fill ink: Make sure no objects are
selected in the document, then press the pen ink or fill ink icon to
select a current ink in the Inks palette.
Using the Color Dropper
You can use the Color Dropper tool to select and apply colors. The
Color Dropper tool is located in the toolbar containing Effects tools
in the toolbox.
The Color Dropper can select colors from any object in a document
and from anywhere on screen, even outside of the Canvas application
window.
Colors you select with the Color Dropper become the current fore-
ground or background colors for painting and the current pen inks
and fill inks for new vector objects.
The Color Dropper helps you use colors consistently throughout a
document. It can also help you identify colors from documents that
you import into Canvas. By letting you match colors, the Color Drop-
per can be useful for photo retouching.
The Color Dropper has two modes: Object Ink and Pixel Color. The
tool selects the actual color at the point you click, taking into account
transparency effects. Or, it selects the ink (in vector and text objects)
or the paint color (in images). See Color Dropper modes on
page 18.308.
Selecting an ink
In vector objects and text, the Color Dropper can pick up texture, gra-
dient, hatch, and symbol inks; in paint objects, the Color Dropper
selects the original color applied to the pixel you click.
1
Double-click the Color Dropper icon. In the dialog box, select
Object Ink and click OK.
2
Select the Color Dropper tool.
To set the fill ink, click an ink to make it the current fill ink. You can
click a pen ink or a fill ink; in either case, the ink you click becomes
the current fill ink.
To set the pen ink, Option-click (Mac) or right-click (Windows) an
ink to make it the current pen ink. You can click a pen ink or a fill
ink; in either case, the ink you click becomes the current pen ink.
Color Dropper tool