Color Picker

Color can be applied to the following frame effects/palettes:

Background
Border
Glow
Shadow
Bevel

You can control the color used by using the color picker located in the above palettes. The color picker provides access to the interactive Color Palette, the current Photoshop Foreground and Background colors, and the Photoshop Color Picker. Color values are shown on the right side of the palette, in RGB. You can type in RGB values for a given color if you know them.

To preview colors interactively using the Color pop-up:

From the Frame Stack, select the element that you want to work with.
Open the Background, Border, Glow, Shadow, or Bevel palette.
Click the current-color box to open the color picker.
Move the cursor over the color array on the color palette and click and drag within the array to observe the changes in the effect’s color on the Preview window.
When you see a color that you like, press the apply button.

• To close the color palette pop-up without changing the color, click on the cancel button.

The color picker also shows the current Foreground and Background colors in Photoshop. You can click on either of these options to use these colors. If you need to select a color in a different color mode (CMYK, HSB) or a specific web color or a Pantone color select the Use Photoshop Picker option which will open the standard Photoshop color dialog.

You can also select a color out of the Preview window by using the Eyedropper tool located to the right of the Color Picker.

To preview colors interactively using the Eyedropper:

From the Frame Stack, select the frame that you want to work with.
Open the Background, Border, Glow, Shadow, or Bevel palette, depending on which effect’s color you want to work with.
Select the Eyedropper tool on that palette.
Click and drag the Eyedropper around in the Preview window and observe the changes in the effects’ color.
When you see a color effect that you like, release the mouse to select that color.

There are two options in the Color Picker labeled Transparent and None. These options are useful when working with multiple elements or a multiple layered file, like a layout, that contains transpareny. These options allow you to make the background, the area outside of an element either transparent or non-existent. While both of these options appear similar there are a couple of differences.

Transparent: The transparent option is available with any element. The transprent option will make the area outside of an element trasparent. If the options palette is set to Apply to Current Layer this option will paint away the area outside fo the element on that layer. This is the method used to "rip" the edge of an image. If the Options Palette is set to one of the new layer options it will leave the area outside of the element transparent. This is useful if you are using the border or glow effects and do not want a background.

The None option is only available for certain elements, usually those that contain color like the tape and tack adornments and most of the film edges. With the none option enabled the background area is rendered as transparent no matter the preference in the Options palette.