Palette Tool

[Marpel]

Don't even know if this is the best method to accomplish what I am trying to do, if not please advise.

I pretty well use PWP to color balance an image as I find it works best of the programs I use. I often do this a couple times on the same image, by changing the location of the cursor, for comparison purposes.

When doing so, I like to use the Palette Tool to sample a spot on both the before and after images, giving each it's own button. I then open the Color Picker and watch same while clicking each button to see where the cursor in the Picker lands. I find this gives me a good visual way to compare the results of the color balance.

However, the placing of the cursor in both/all images is a visual calculation only, so I wonder if there is/could be a way to place the cursor in all the images at exactly the same location?

Marv

[jsachs]

You can use the Ctrl-D keyboard shortcut to switch between the before and after images.

So press Ctrl-D to display one of the image, move the cursor to the location you want to click, without moving the mouse, press Ctrl-D again, and finally click again.

[Marpel]

Thanks for the response.

However, your suggestion does not seem to accomplish what I was wondering about (although I will say, I never realized what Ctrl+D does, so that is something that I will use in the future - a lot).

If I use Ctrl+D, and leave the cursor in a certain location in the image, I can only apply that to one "button" set in the Palette Tool. To use a second, or more Palette Tool buttons, the cursor has to be moved from the image up to the Palette buttons to identify a new button. The exact spot in the image is then lost (although I will admit, it will be pretty close when repositioned).

I was hoping I could apply different colors to at least two buttons, then bring up the Color Picker, by clicking one of those color buttons, and see exactly where the circle lands, then just click on the other color button(s) and watch where the circle moves. This lets me know whether the image may more green/blue/orange etc than in the original/other image. Sometimes the changes between images is so subtle, I find this method better to distinguish the change.

Marv

[jsachs]

The only way I can think of to approximate what you are asking for is make sure synchronized scrolling is on and to zoom in on the before and after images with the mouse wheel so far that it is easy to identify the same pixel in each.

[Marpel]

Thanks, that's sort of what I suspected.