SJHooks wrote:There really should be an eyedropper tool to pick up colors on the canvas in version in AS 6, I mean, I can't tell you how many times I had to color an object but I lost the original color and had to go find the exact rgb coordinates to get the same color tone and then have to do it all over again
You should start using "Named Styles". If you have a certain fill and stroke you use all the time in a project make it a style and you will never "lose it".
In the style palette there is an option to create a new style and give it a name. You set the color of the fill, stroke, effects etc. Now you can select any shape at any time and apply that same style to it by choosing the style in one of the two pull down menus at the bottom of the style palette.
Now if you change that saved style later it updates ALL the shapes that use that style in one shot. I hardly ever use styles directly in the shape itself anymore. I try to use as many named styles as possible. It is a huge time saver.
There is also a new tool or script someone created recently that can globally change colors in shapes to change the overall "mood" or appearance.
On the topic of "scripting" don't be afraid to take advantage of some of these "scripts". Especially Fazek's "replacement" tools (which are far better than the tools that come with AS). You don't have to know scripting to take advantage of them. I remember when I first started using AS (moho) I thought "scripting" was this scary advanced "thing". In reality it's only scary and advanced if you want to create your own scripts. Using someone else's is simple... relatively simple of course.
-vern