RGB to RGB (values!)

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strido
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RGB to RGB (values!)

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I have a client's color palette document with RGB values listed, but they go to 255/255/255.

My pitstop RGB color values only go to percentages of 100. Having a heck of a time figuring out how to convert the 255 values to percentages of 100.

Unfortunately, I don't have any documents that I can just grab the color from. I need to manually input these values into the action list, but converting them isn't coming easy.

I've been looking online for a converter but perhaps I'm not using the right search terms. Coming up empty.
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Re: RGB to RGB (values!)

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In your PitStop Preferences go to "Units and Guides" and switch off "Show percentages for RGB colors" :)
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Re: RGB to RGB (values!)

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I don't think i have that option. I'm using PitStop Pro 10. I don't see it.
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Re: RGB to RGB (values!)

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I don't know from which version this was introduced. All I know is, that it's there in both 12 and 13, so you'll probably need to upgrade to get this feature.
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Re: RGB to RGB (values!)

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You can go from 255 RGB values to percentages like this:
multiply by 100, then divide by 255

For example RGB of 51/102/204 (a relatively dark blue) would be:
51 * 100 / 255 = 5100 / 255 = 20% Red
102 * 100 / 255 = 10200 / 255 = 40% Green
204 * 100 / 255 = 20400 / 255 = 80% Blue.

The other way around is multiplying by 255 then dividing by 100:
20% Red * 255 / 100 = 5100 / 100 = 51 Red
etc.
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