makolej Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Hello, I'm using Affinity Photo on 64 bit Windows 8. In some files when I use eyedropper tool, the color I pick up is way darker than the original. I wonder why that might be? In other files I don't encounter that issue. I first started that file in Designer trial, and then continued in Photo. Can it be the reason? How do I fix that? It's really slowing down my work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted July 11, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 11, 2018 Hi @makolej, Welcome to the forums. Can you please attach the .afphoto in question so we can have a look? Does it happen just on that project file? Can you try on a new document and see if you can replicate it? Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makolej Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 I have found out what whas wrong I had Brightness/Contrast layer on top of my artwork, and the eyedropper tool had been sampling the edited colour. I hid this adjustment layer and it started working just fine. But, I have another question about this tool. Sometimes it samples the colour of the background instead the one of the layer on top of it. When it happens I have to change the active layer, sample the color I want and then go back to the layer I'm working on. Is there any particular reason why this happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted July 27, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 27, 2018 If you have the sample to "global" it will not take into account the layers ( basically sampling as it all the layers were flattened). If you set it to layer, it will only sample from the layer you have selected in the layer studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makolej Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 2 hours ago, GabrielM said: If you have the sample to "global" it will not take into account the layers ( basically sampling as it all the layers were flattened). If you set it to layer, it will only sample from the layer you have selected in the layer studio. I know I have it set to global, and yet sometimes it samples background. Maybe I accidentally use some shortcut that changes eyedropper settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted July 30, 2018 Staff Share Posted July 30, 2018 There is no shortcut to swap between the 2. It would help if you could get a screen recording when this happens. Other than that, we could not replicate the issue and we are not aware of any other reports for this. Sorry You can always try to reset the app and see if that fixes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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