After Effects: How To Use System Color Picker

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Adobe After Effects CC 2023: How To Use System Color Picker

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to change the default Color Picker to the System (computer) Color Picker instead of using the default color picker in Adobe After Effects CC 2023. One advantage of using the System Color Picker is to save custom colors making it easy to access frequently used colors.

**Chapters:
**00:00 Intro: About This Tutorial
00:14 System Color Picker: Benefits
00:32 Example 1: Default Color Picker
01:01 Adobe CC Library: Color Palettes
01:39 How To Change To System Color Picker
02:01 Example 2: System Color Picker
02:35 Example 2: System Color Picker
03:03 System Color Picker: How To Delete Favorites
03:13 Revert To Default Color Picker

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**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2023 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Change To System Color Picker in Adobe After Effects CC 2023:

1. Open After Effects
2. Go to After Effects in the Top Menu
3. Click on ‘Settings’
4. Click on ’General’
5. The the box ‘Use System Color Picker’
6. Click ‘OK’
7. Select a layer with Color Fill Effect or Text Layer
8. Click on the Color Swatch
9. System Color Picker is now the default
10. Go to ‘After Effects Settings’ to revert back to default AE Color Picker