Custom Palettes

Hey, Picasso said art is theft. So when you see a pretty picture, steal its colors for use in Photoshop! Here's how I do it.

I feel like there's got to be a better way to do this, in either Photoshop or Manga Studio, so....
If you know one, PLEASE, PLEASE leave a comment.

Off we go---

• Start with a picture whose colors please you. Open it in Photoshop. (You may want to save your current palette via the Swatches palette's tiny drop-down menu in the upper right)

End of the season, Lake Michigan-- photo Tom Hollowell

•  Click on Filter>Filter Gallery>Mosaic  Voila!

•  The resulting mosaic titles contain only single flat hues. Using the Eyedropper Tool {I}, pick out a range of colors, clicking on the open part of the Swatches palette after each to enter them.

•  Holding down Option (alt)  as you enter your swatch saves you a 2nd click.

• Lastly, Save your new palette, as an .aco file, using that Swatches palette drop-down menu in the upper right.

If you know a better way, please share it with us in the Comments!
JH