Illy CS4 Question 1010 Responses

Last post: 1 year, 11 months ago | Thread started: Mar 4, 10, 6:57 a.m.

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• WhiteFace

  I'm sure there is a way to swap you entire colour palette without going through each element individually.

  Is this true? If so how do you do it?!

  Thanks.

  Mar 4, 10, 6:57 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Select same...

  • Classic method. I know they have these fancy palette options, but I'm not that cool.– monospaced1/2

    Groups, to be specific. If you've used Illustrator for as long as I have, this feature is useless.– monospaced2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 7:01 a.m. – Permalink

• WhiteFace

  ^ hmm not really, i'm looking for almost a css setup. Where I can substitute my existing colour palette with a new one and it will change all my existing colours with the new set.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 7:06 a.m. – Permalink

• Dancer

  You can load up a pre saved colour palette. Delete the old colours one by one and it SHOULD ask you what you want to replace them with... then specify your new colour

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 7:18 a.m. – Permalink

• uan

  > color groups
  http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Illu…

  • Yeeeeaaaaah Boyyyyyeeeeee!
    That's what I was looking for thanks.– WhiteFace1/4

    < Never used colour groups but yeah... this would be an even more advanced way– Dancer2/4

    glad it helped!
    lucky illustrator noob answer, as I rarely use AI this days :)– uan3/4

    It's a newer feature, and it's the fancy palette trick I'm not cool enough for.– monospaced4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 7:20 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  If you can anticipate color palette changes in the future, you set up your files with spot colors and make color changes on the fly. After using Illustrator for so many years, this becomes second nature and aids in revisions. Or, use color groups, which also requires the foresight when setting up a file. Good luck, bro.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 7:32 a.m. – Permalink

• WhiteFace

  Thanks chaps, fuck me this is complicated!

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 7:53 a.m. – Permalink

• Suave

  "recolor artwork" -> "edit"
  If that's what you're looking for

  • ooo nice, thanks!– WhiteFace1/3

    o rly!?!? gonna check it out now– monospaced2/3

    this is great, very handy– WhiteFace3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 8:05 a.m. – Permalink

• horton

  ^ yes what suave said... its def not intuitive though... you can swap individual swatches or flip the entire palette to a different group or let AI suggest.

  this feature is also super helpful if you have multicolor artwork that you want to convert into a 1 or 2 spot color job... will replace all colors with tints of your selected spots.

  still have so so so much to learn in that edit colors feature.

  • I will have to look into this, although I use Illustrator less and less these days.– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 9:21 a.m. – Permalink

• horton

  would be interested to see any more tuts on this stuff if people find them... that Adobe one is dry.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 9:23 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  I really wish Illustrator would handle swatches a little more like InDesign: delete a swatch that's been applied (used), and it should automatically ask you what you would like to replace it with.

  • yes would be nice– horton

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 10, 9:25 a.m. – Permalink