Using the eyedropper tool to grab a color from outside your document.
createObject(‘swf’,'/design/players/swfplayer.swf?video=videos/day483.flv’,'width’,’500′,’height’,’415′,’scale’,'exactfit’,'quality’,'high’,'allowScriptAccess’,'sameDomain’,'bgcolor’,'#ffffff’);
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You don’t need to open the colour picker to do this. Just select the eyedropper tool, click anywhere on your image, and drag anywhere outside the image like they were doing in the video.
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I spoke to soon. This isn’t working for me whether I open the color picker or not.
i guess this is just a CS4 trick
oops.. nevermind.. just click and drag.. not click.. and click..
works great!