Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Manual (Page 129)

ILLUSTRATOR CS3
User Guide
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Reducing selected artwork to two colors
Quickly reduce colors using a preset
Reducing your colors by using a preset is a quick and easy way to limit your artwork to a specific number of colors
or a swatch library.
1 Select the artwork you want to reduce.
2 Choose Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor With Preset, and choose a preset option.
3 Do one of the following:
• If you want to limit colors to a swatch library, click the library button , select the library you want, and then
click OK.
• If you don’t want to limit colors to a swatch library, click OK.
The Live Color dialog box opens. The New column displays the number of colors you chose as your preset, plus
black. The new colors are taken from your original artwork.
4 Assign your original colors to the new colors as desired.
5 Make sure Recolor Art is selected, and click OK.
Reduce colors using custom options
1 Select the artwork you want to recolor.
2 Choose Edit > Edit Colors > Recolor Artwork.
The Live Color dialog box opens. The New column displays all the colors from your selected artwork.
3 To use different colors, select or create a new color group.
4 Choose the number of colors you want to reduce down to from the Colors menu.
5 Click the Color Reduction Options button , specify any of the following options, and click OK:
Preset Specifies a preset color job, including the number of colors used and optimal settings for that job. If you select
a preset and then change any of the other options, the preset changes to Custom.
Colors Specifies the number of new colors that the current colors are reduced to.
Limit To Library Specifies a swatch library from which all new colors are derived.