Trying to enter in RGB or Hex values inside of a Replicator / Cell Controls / Color Gradient and I am going nuts!

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Trying to enter in RGB or Hex values inside of a Replicator / Cell Controls / Color Gradient and I am going nuts!

Posted by Jiggy Gaton on May 11, 2017 at 9:04 am

Can someone help me get the exact RGB value inside of that control? I can’t be dragging an eyedropper around till I find the right RGB. And then you have the option of entering in the % of RGB which makes no sense to me :_) thx!
jigs

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Bret Williams replied 8 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 10 Replies
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Jiggy Gaton
May 11, 2017 at 9:33 am

Well, I figured out how add them to color picker as swatches, then drag the swatch to the control, but come on, I know what the numbers have to be!

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Simon Ubsdell
May 11, 2017 at 10:23 am

Twirl open the controls next to each color swatch and you can enter your RGB values in the RGB fields.

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Jiggy Gaton
May 11, 2017 at 6:28 pm

Thanks, but those decimals, not RGB values. What do I have to do, break out a calculator? Huh?

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Simon Ubsdell
May 11, 2017 at 7:21 pm

[Jiggy Gaton] “What do I have to do, break out a calculator?”

Yes.

And those are RGB values expressed on the scale of 0-1 rather than on the scale of 0-255. Doesn’t make them any less RGB values.

Simon Ubsdell
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hawaiki
Jiggy Gaton
May 11, 2017 at 8:16 pm

Ha! That’s apple for ya. I guess I’m not-converting-decimal-to-RGB right. Every single other tool I use allows me to enter in something (everything) other than decimal points, so matching colors is a pain… frig that dropper!

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Bret Williams
May 14, 2017 at 2:49 am

Why not click on the color search and enter the values in the color picker?

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Jiggy Gaton
May 14, 2017 at 9:57 am

Thx Bret. But I don’t see that here screenshot2017-05-14at3.37.18pm.png

But I am over this. If you can’t enter in values directly, like you do in Photoshop (HSB, RGB, LAB, or CMKY), then I’ll use the chiclets, but what a pain to match my colors in Photoshop to Motion.

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Bret Williams
May 14, 2017 at 12:02 pm

In your screenshot you can see there are 5 different ways to choose colors. You’re in chiclet mode. At the top of the color palette click the little rgb sliders icon. I believe you’ll also be able to enter hex values.

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Jiggy Gaton
May 14, 2017 at 1:11 pm

oh thank god. Perfect, I never thought to click that drop down showing gray scale. Problem solved!!!

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Bret Williams
May 14, 2017 at 2:22 pm

Awesome

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