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Grab a color scheme from a web pages CSS data.

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Topic: The Swatch Panel Advanced

Grab a color scheme from a web pages CSS data.

When to use

If you love the color look of a particular web page you can now import all of its CSS color instructions in one hit.

Instructions

Finding the CSS file

  1. Go to the page that you want to grab the color scheme from (ideally in the chrome browser).
  2. Right click the page and select ‘View Page Source’.
  3. Look for the .CSS reference file link in the code (usually near the top).
  4. Click on the CSS link and save file to computer.

Load the CSS file into Photoshop

  1. In Photoshop go to your swatches panel (Menu/Window/Swatches).
  2. Click on the top right of the panel and choose ‘Load Swatches’.
  3. Navigate to and load in the .CSS file.
  4. This will load in all the CSS colors in a new swatches window.
  5. Save swatches if desired.
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  • 00:00 One of the smaller features that was added with Photoshop CS6 13.1
  • 00:08 is the ability to create swatches from a CSS or HTML document.
  • 00:14 If you're a web designer, you may already have a CSS or HTML file on hand.
  • 00:18 But, if you ru across a website like flat U Y colors,
  • 00:21 this will allow you to grab all the color at once.
  • 00:25 For this page we'll want to grab the CSS file
  • 00:27 which can usually be found within the source of the website.
  • 00:31 On Google Chrome, right clicking on the page and
  • 00:34 choosing the view page source will bring up the pages HTML document wheer you
  • 00:38 can usually find the CSS file referenced towards the top.
  • 00:42 Click on the CSS link and then save that file somewhere to your computer.
  • 00:48 Now, back in Photoshop, under the swatches panels menu, you can load in
  • 00:51 that CSS file, which will bring in all the colors that were used on that page.
  • 00:57 And, just like you learned earlier,
  • 00:58 clicking on any of the swatches will turn that into your foreground color.
  • 01:02 And, just in case you're worried about losing our new swatches.
  • 01:05 You can save them as a backup or to share with your friends.
  • 01:08 And, that's the Swatches Panel in Photoshop.
  • 01:10 A very simple way to add and access your most commonly used colors.
  • 01:15 And, as of Photoshop CS6 13.1, you can now import colors from CSS or HTML documents.
  • 01:21 So, thanks for watching guys.
  • 01:22 I hope that helped.

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