Share swatches between applications, Create a process-color swatch, Create spot-color swatches – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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ILLUSTRATOR CS3
User Guide
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Guide colors
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Colors in objects that are inside compound shapes and are not visible
If you change a gradient fill, pattern fill, or symbol instance to a new global color, the color is added as a new swatch
and the original color swatch is retained.
Add all document colors
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Make sure nothing is selected, and choose Add Used Colors from the Swatches panel menu.
Add colors from selected artwork
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Select the objects containing the colors you want to add to the Swatches panel, and do one of the following:
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Choose Add Selected Colors from the Swatches panel menu.
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Click the New Color Group button
in the Swatches panel. Specify options in the dialog box that appears.
Share swatches between applications
You can share the solid swatches you create in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign by saving a swatch library for
exchange. The colors appear exactly the same across applications as long as your color settings are synchronized.
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In the Swatches panel, create the process and spot-color swatches you want to share, and remove any swatches you
don’t want to share.
Note: You cannot share the following types of swatches between applications: patterns, gradients, and the Registration
swatch from Illustrator or InDesign; and book color references, HSB, XYZ, duotone, monitorRGB, opacity, total ink, and
webRGB swatches from Photoshop. These types of swatches are automatically excluded when you save swatches for
exchange.
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Select Save Swatches For Exchange from the Swatches panel menu, and save the swatch libraries in an easily acces-
sible location.
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Load the swatch library into the Swatches panel for Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign.
Create a process-color swatch
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Select a color using the Color Picker or Color panel, or select an object with the color you want.
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Do one of the following:
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Drag the color from the Tools panel or Color panel to the Swatches panel.
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In the Swatches panel, click the New Swatch button or select New Swatch from the panel menu. In the dialog box
that appears, select Global if you want the swatch to be a global color. Set additional swatch options, and click
OK.
(See “Swatch options” on page 106.)
See also
“About process colors” on page 98
Create spot-color swatches
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Select a color using the Color Picker or Color panel, or select an object with the color you want.