Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Reducing the number of colors in your art, part of Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Advanced.
In this move I'll show you what to do if the number of colors inside of a Color Group that…you want to use is less than the number of colors currently assigned to the selected…objects, in which case you need to go ahead and double up colors. And let me show you how that works.…Now what you're seeing here is the final piece of artwork that we created at the end of the…previous chapter, but while this brownish background works great with these blue shirts, if you…turn off the blue Ts layers here inside the Layers panel you'll see that I have a brown…Ts layer below it, and now we're losing the contrast.…
So I need to assign a different color scheme to the background.…And I am going to do so by Alt+Clicking or Option+Clicking on the back drop layer in…order to select all of its path outlines.…And then even though the Recolor Artwork dialog box is going to automatically hide these selection…edges, I'm going to manually hide them by pressing Ctrl+H or Command+H on a Mac, and…that will just make it easier to show you a before and after when we are done.…
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12/13/2012- Installing dekeKeys, Deke's free custom keyboard shortcuts
- Understanding the color-managed workflow
- Creating a multicolor blend
- Establishing a clipping mask
- Blending different levels of opacity
- Combining a letterform with a path outline
- Warping logo type around a circle
- Adding neon blur and bokeh in Photoshop
- Mixing and matching color harmonies
- Recoloring artwork
- Working with the Calligraphic, Scatter, and Art Brushes
- Creating translucency
- Editing attributes in the Appearance panel
- Adjusting and updating dynamic effects
Skill Level Advanced
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22. Shortcuts and Settings
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Welcome to One-on-One2m 5s
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23. Blends and Masks
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Creating a multicolor blend7m 12s
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Establishing a clipping mask5m 40s
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Rotating objects in 3D space5m 36s
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24. Logos and Specialty Text
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25. The Color Guide Panel
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26. Recoloring Artwork
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27. Calligraphic, Scatter, and Art Brushes
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Designing a custom art brush7m 35s
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Painting with path outlines1m 24s
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28. Transparency and Blend Modes
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29. The Appearance Panel
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Drawing circular stroke elements10m 13s
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30. Dynamic Effects
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Creating beveled ornaments6m 50s
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31. Graphic Styles
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32. Combining the Powers of Illustrator and Photoshop
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Conclusion
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Until next time1m 5s
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