Need Photoshop color picker help

[john_onderstall]

I need some help with Photoshop CS 2. When I pick a colour using any one of the

various methods available it jumps that colour into my background swatch not the

foreground colour. So every single time I pick a colour I need to hit ?x? to

switch the colours around. It never used to do this and I can?t find a way to

switch it back to the default so the colour I pick becomes the colour I?m

working with and not the background??

Please help ease my frustration level

John

[tmcleland]

Just a quick follow up. Is this happening with the eye dropper only, or with EVERY color

selection process (clicking the swatch on the Tools palate for example)?

[keith_clementson]

To make foreground default again just double click on the foreground square at the bottom

of

your tools bar. From then on, any colors you choose will be FG.

[keith_clementson]

Sorry John. That wasn't right. The following is the right way: Click on the little icon just

above your FG and BG squares at the bottom of your tools bar. That toggles back and forth

from FG to BG.

[tmcleland]

If the eye-dropper is making the color your select the background color, open your color

palatte ("Window > Color" or "F6"). Make a note of which one has a thin black line around it.

That will be where Photoshop assigns the eye-dropper selection. <br><br>

<img src="http://www.tmcleland.com/stuff/colorselection.jpg"><br><br>

Hope that helps.

[john_onderstall]

Thanks so much! I got the answer I needed. TM Cleland?s answer was very helpful, the problem is resolved! And my blood pressure is back to normal. I was stuck with that problem for about three months and it is now fixed. I have had photoshop for many years and can?t believe the stuff there is still to learn! Thanks everyone.

[tmcleland]

Glad I could help!