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  Select Any Color from Outside of Photoshop Using the Eyedropper Tool Edited 04-26-2023 When working in Photoshop (both in the full Photoshop version and Photoshop Elements), color is an important factor in design. Photoshop offers a variety of tools to make the color selection process easy, and one of the most helpful is the Eyedropper Tool. You can use this tool to select a color on an active document within Photoshop or even a color outside of Photoshop. In this tutorial, you will learn how to select any color from outside of Photoshop. Here's how: To begin you must have an open document in Photoshop. It can be a document you are working on or a blank document; it doesn't matter.  Click on the Eyedropper Tool to select it. Move your cursor within the bounds of your Photoshop document. Press and hold the left mouse button.  Drag the Eyedropper onto the page from which you would like to copy a color. Once you have targeted the color you would like to copy ...

 I was asked about photo-clipping masks this week, and so I went to the gallery to snag a few examples for you.  Here are just three. In this layout by Retired Lady, she used a clipping mask on her main photo. I love how this highlighted the photo, and how the soft edges of the mask help blend her photo perfectly into the paper. Here is one by nightshadow.  I love how she used the mask on her photo and has it spilling out of the frame! And one more example for you by LiMa Inspirations. Her use of a mask on her photo is the perfect touch for her gorgeous page.   So how do you use a clipping mask?  I think you will be surprised at how simple it is! I am using Photoshop CC2017 for this tutorial, however, this technique works the same way in Photoshop Elements . What is a Clipping Mask? Simply defined, a clipping mask is a shape, which will define the edges of the item to which it is clipped. The shape can be as simple as a square, circle, oval, or anoth...