Quick sample color with brush

[Jeremy Bohn]

With Photoshop, while using the brush tool you can press the option key to quickly sample a new color. Is it possible to do something like this in Affinity Photo or do I have to switch to the Colour Picker tool every time?

[R C-R]

Hold down the Option key & drag to switch to the color picker.

[Jeremy Bohn]

Thanks. I never would have figured that out on my own which makes me wonder why they added in the extra drag step.

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, Jeremy Bohn said:

Thanks. I never would have figured that out on my own which makes me wonder why they added in the extra drag step.

I don't know why they added the drag but the Status bar at the bottom of the window tells you how to invoke it when the Paint Brush Tool is active.

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[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, >|< said:

Opt-click will sample the colour at the centre of the brush on a Mac (I don't know about the Windows app). The drag is unnecessary unless you actually want the loupe to show.

Alt+click also works on Windows. The status bar suggests Drag+Alt.

[Jeremy Bohn]

Now that I know all this, great. But I wasted a bit of time trying to figure this out online and eventually gave up. If the cursor would switch to the eyedropper while holding down option/alt then that all could be avoided.

[walt.farrell]

27 minutes ago, Jeremy Bohn said:

Now that I know all this, great. But I wasted a bit of time trying to figure this out online and eventually gave up. If the cursor would switch to the eyedropper while holding down option/alt then that all could be avoided.

The Status Bar can save a lot of time

[Jeremy Bohn]

 

33 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

The Status Bar can save a lot of time

Yes, now that I know that LOL. I'm used to the cursor acting as a sort of status indicator. Not only is it instinct, It makes more sense to me.

[v_kyr]

There is also this here which might be also helpful ...

• Download the very latest keyboard shortcuts for Affinity apps to view, print or customise

... the app help also lists those as does the online help.