Originally Posted By: tacit
There is a problem in Photoshop CS5 and both Yosemite and El Cap: If you try to use the eyedropper to select a color for the Color Gradient tool and you click off the image, Photoshop crashes instantly. I've encountered this problem and a lot of other folks have as well. There appears to be no workaround other than to upgrade to CS6 or later. frown

I've experienced this eyedropper crash with Illustrator in El Capitan, but not with Photoshop. I've just eyedroppered every which way in the gradient tool and can't crash Photoshop in Yosemite. ???


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