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- [Voiceover] In this movie I'll show you



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how to constrain the colors in a custom



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color group to those inside

of a given swatch library.



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And the reason you might need to do this



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is you have client or an art director



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that wants you to stay

inside a certain group



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of corporate colors or

they might be this year's



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latest fashion colors, you never know.



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But before we go any farther,



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let me define the difference between



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a color group and a swatch library.



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By returning to the Swatches panel



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and then clicking on the Library



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icon in the bottom right

corner of the panel,



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and I'm going to choose Earthtone.



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And I want you to notice here,



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and I'll go ahead and make this panel



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a little bigger and I'll switch



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to the medium thumbnail view.



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Just so that we can see our

swatches a little better.



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And notice that the first

color group is called:



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Earthtone One, then

we've got Earthtone Two,



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all the way down to Earthtone 10.



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And I'm not clicking on any of them



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because I don't want to add

them to my Swatches panel.



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I just want you to note that these groups



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contain anywhere from

four to six swatches.



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The swatch library that we're

currently seeing includes,



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every single swatch in

all 10 of those groups.



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So that's a relatively

rich array of colors.



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So let's say we want to

stick with those earth tones,



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I'll go ahead and close this panel,



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and then I'll switch over

to the Color Guide panel



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and notice the icon in

it's bottom left corner



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limits a color group to the

colors in a swatch library.



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So first what you want to do, by the way,



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is here inside the Swatches panel



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make sure that the

Seafarer colors are active.



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So we want to make sure

we have the right group.



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And then return to the Color Guide panel,



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and click on this icon right

there and choose Earthtone.



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This time you will not bring

up the Earthtone panel,



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instead you will limit the

colors that are available



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to you here inside the Color Guide panel.



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Alright now let's say

we want it more formal.



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And so we want to actually

create a color group



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that's limited to those earth tones.



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Then you want o click on

a circular Edit Colors



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icon at the bottom of the panel.



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So in other words,



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this icon is available at bottom of both



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the Color Guide and the Swatches panel.



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Alright so I'll go ahead and click on it



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to bring up this dialog box.



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Notice, by the way, that

we're seeing ourselves



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limited to certain colors

here inside the preview.



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And that you can change your mind



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by clicking on this icon right here



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and I can even change it to None.



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So we have no constraints at all.



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However, I want to stick to

those earth tone swatches.



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So I'll go ahead and select that option.



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And I'm going to take care to make sure



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that I unlink my colors

before I drag any one of them.



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So we'll go ahead and

click that Unlink icon,



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and then I'll drag this guy around.



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Now I want you to notice

the difference here.



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Notice how we're seeing a dark

purple inside of that circle,



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and we're seeing a

lighter purple around it.



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This preview isn't always accurate,



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because it's trying to show

you one level of brightness.



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Whereas these swatches

right here are occurring



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at many different levels of brightness.



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And so I need to drag this

guy just in ever so slightly,



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in order for him to

match the color around.



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Now notice that even though

these colors are very



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different over here on the

left hand side from each other,



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and that we're seeing a shade of green



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as indicated by these HSB values;



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whereas this guy is a shade of blue



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with very different different HSB values.



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That is super misleading.



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Because notice, if I go

ahead and name this group.



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And I'll just call it

"Earthtones" let's say.



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And then click on the little folder icon.



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Now I'll twirl this guy open



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and notice that the two colors



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are utterly, and completely identical.



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They have the very same CMYK values.



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And that's obviously not what I want,



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because it wouldn't do me any good.



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So, one option would be

to get Remove Color tool,



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and click on that guy to get rid of it.



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But that's not what I'm going to do.



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And remember you don't have an Undo



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so you gotta be careful.



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I'm going to turn that tool off.



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And I'm going to drag

this guy up and over here.



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And notice that still doesn't

match the color around it.



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And so I'm going take the brightness value



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down here at the bottom of the dialog box,



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up just a little bit in order to make



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it match the colors in the preview.



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Now we want to update the color group



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by clicking on the Hard Drive icon,



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and you will see that we

now have different values,



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which of course is what we want.



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And so then go ahead and click OK



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in order to accept that change.



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Now I'll return to the Swatches panel,



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and I'll make it even taller right here



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and I'll select my new Earthtones group.



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And then I'll return to

the Color Guide panel.



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I'll click on one of these red

shapes to make them active,



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and then I'll click on

this top left swatch



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in order to set it as a base color.



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Now I'll click on this

background rectangle



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on the right hand side of the document.



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And I'll change it to this

shade of green let's say,



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only maybe a little lighter.



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And remember that you may

have to click more than once.



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And then I'll select this blue rectangle



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in the background on the left hand side



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and I'll set it to this kind

of darkish, purplish gray.



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Maybe a little darker still.



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And then I'll click this busy

group of shapes right here,



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and I'll set it this

second to brightest color,



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in the 3rd row.



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And if that doesn't take

the first time you click,



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just click again.



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And then I'll press Control + Shift + A



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or Command + Shift + A on the Mac



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to deselect my artwork.



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And that friends is how

you limit the colors



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inside of a custom color group



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to those found inside of a specific



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swatch library here inside Illustrator.