The Eyedropper Fill effect applies a sampled color to the source clip. This effect is useful for quickly picking a solid color from a sample point on the original clip or picking a color value from one clip and using blending modes to apply this color to a second clip.

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Original image (left), and with different color samples applied (center and right)

Sample Point

The center of the sampled area.

Sample Radius

The radius of the sampled area.

Average Pixel Color

Which color values are sampled:

Skip Empty

Samples the average RGB color values, excluding those of transparent pixels.

All

Samples the average of all RGB color values, including those of transparent pixels.

All Premultiplied

Samples the average of all RGB color values, premultiplied with the alpha channel.

Including Alpha

Samples the average of all RGB color and alpha channel values. The result is that the sampled color also contains the average transparency of the sampled pixels.

Maintain Original Alpha

When selected, the effect maintains the original clip’s alpha channel. If you choose Including Alpha from the Average Pixel Color menu, the original alpha is stenciled over the sampled color.

Blend With Original

The effect’s transparency. The result of the effect is blended with the original image, with the effect result composited on top. The higher you set this value, the less the effect affects the clip. For example, if you set this value to 100%, the effect has no visible result on the clip; if you set this value to 0%, the original image doesn’t show through.