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- [Voiceover] Alright,

so here I am looking at



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two different versions of this document,



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experiment six and experiment three.



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Let's say I now want to

recolor experiment three,



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which is based on these blue objects



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instead of these red ones,



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and I want to do so using

that earth tones group.



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Problem is the earth tones

group is not available



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in this experiment three document.



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Instead it contains complementary

two and vintage colors.



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And that's because, unlike

in something like Photoshop,



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where swatches are global,

inside Illustrator they are saved



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along with the active document.



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So what we need to do is

bring these two groups over



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to the experiment six document and then



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save out all the groups

as a swatch library



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that we could then use

in all future documents.



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And so the first thing I'm

going to do is get rid of



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all these swatches that are

included with a basic RGB



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document because I just don't need them



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and they're taking up space.



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So I'll click in this very light gray,



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in this gray swatch right here,

and then I'll Shift + Click



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on white, then I'll

Shift + Click on white,



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to select this entire range of swatches.



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And then to avoid any alert

message, I'll press the ALT key



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or the OPTION key on the Mac,



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and click on the little trashcan icon



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in the bottom right corner

of the swatches panel.



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Now I want to load in

those two color groups



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from the other document by clicking on the



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little library icon in

the bottom left corner



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of the swatches panel and

I'll choose Other Library.



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And then what I'm gonna do

is navigate my way to the



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exercise files folder to the

26_Harmony folder in fact,



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and then I'll find experiment three



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is the document I'm looking for,



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and then click on the open button.



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And as you can see

Illustrator just goes ahead



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and opens the document as

if it's a swatch library.



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At which point we need to

move in these two groups



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right here by clicking on the

folder for complementary two,



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which adds it to the swatches panel,



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and then I'll click on a

folder for vintage colors



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and it comes in as well, at

which point I'll go ahead



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and close the floating panel.



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And then I'll drag each

one of these folders



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to the top of the stack, like

so, if only for the reason



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because they are earlier groups.



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Alright now what I want to

do is save off all of these



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folders as a swatch library

by clicking on the little



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libraries once again, and

I want you to notice that



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Harmony experiment 3 is

going to continue to appear



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at the bottom of this popup menu



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for the rest of this session.



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Next time you quit and

restart Illustrator,



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it'll go away, just so you know.



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Alright what we want

to do however is choose



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the Save Swatches command

and that's going to take you



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to a very specific folder,

do not navigate away from it.



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Just go ahead and call

this guy something like



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Seafairer swatches and notice

this is a standard AI file



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by the way, which is going

to include out all these



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color groups but it's not

necessarily gonna include



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your layers or any of the

objects inside this document.



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At which point go ahead

and click the Save button



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in order to save that

swatch library, and now,



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return to Harmony experiment 3 right here,



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and go ahead and click

on this final swatch,



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then Shift + Click on the white swatch,



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then ALT or OPTION click

on the trashcan icon



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to get rid of all the colors

inside of this document.



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Then I want you to click

on that library icon again



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drop down to User Defined,

and choose Seafairer swatches,



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which is going to open

those swatches inside a



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floating panel as we're seeing right here,



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and just so we can see

them a little better,



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I'm going to switch to

the Medium Thmubnail View,



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and notice that we're seeing

all the colors that were



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inside the document, and

that's why I got rid of those



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default basic RGB swatches

because they would have just



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cluttered up this swatch library.



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And now, assuming I want to

add all the color groups,



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I'll just go ahead and click

on each one of these folders



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sequentially in order to add

the groups to the document.



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And then I'll go ahead

and hide this group,



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by clicking on the close

box, and with the file group



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selected, earth tones,

I'll switch back to the



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color guide panel, I'll

click on of the blue shapes



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to select it, then I'll

click that top left swatch



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to make it the base color, now

I'll click on the background



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rectangle on the right-hand side,



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and I'll select this

color swatch right there,



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inside the Shades to Tints region,



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and then I'll select

this left-hand rectangle



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on the background and I'll

change it to this kind of



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dark brown right there, and then I'll



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click on the busy shapes, the little ones,



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and I'll change them to

this bright shade of violet.



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Again, if it doesn't take the first time,



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just go ahead and click the swatch again



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until you see the colors change.



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And then I'll go ahead and

press Control + Shift + A,



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or Command + Shift + A on the Mac,



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in order to deselect my artwork.



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And that's how you share

swatches between documents



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either by opening a document directly



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from the swatches panel or by creating



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a custom swatch library

here inside Illustrator.