Hi Linda,

When you select the eyedropper, are you also selecting the "stroke" or "background" color? This may seem obvious but, when I'm frustrated with something, I oftentimes overlook the obvious! Maybe that's just me, maybe you just have a scan with a glitch.

Janet Wilkins

>From: Linda Feltner <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: 2008/08/21 Thu AM 09:21:45 CDT
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [SCIART] Illustrator CS2 color question

>  Hi Wendy:
>Yes, I selected a section out of the original digital capture, and madea new document, which should have the same default settings as I alwaysuse. Very baffling, indeed.
>Thanks so much for your help.
>Linda
>_______________________
>Linda M. Feltner Artist, LLC
>P.O. Box 325
>Hereford, AZ 85615
>(520) 803-0538
>www.lindafeltner.com
>
>Wendy Beth Jackelow wrote:Dear Linda,  
>    That is baffling. You mentioned that it was scanned differentlythan you normally do.  Did you try opening it (the pen and ink art) in photoshop andthen resaving it as a new file using the old parameters that  you normally use?  
>    Good luck!  
>    Take care,  Wendy  
>  
>    
>Wendy Beth Jackelow, MFA, CMI  
>Medical & Scientific Illustration  
>
>    
>266 Pelton Avenue  
>Staten Island, NY 10310  
>Tel (718) 273-0002  
>Fax (718) 273-0002  
>[log in to unmask]  
>http://members.aol.com/wbjackelow    
>=