Global Process Colors get added twice when added from a CC library, lose their name and become Spot colors.
Create a Global Process Color Swatch and add it to a CC library.
In a new document, select this color in the library, right click and choose
Add to Swatches.
The color gets added 2 times, becomes a spot color and loses it’s name.
Or, in a new document double click the color in the Library. It gets added only once, keeps it’s name but becomes a Spot color.
Ton
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Hi Everyone,
The fix has been rolled out and is available in our latest release build – 29.3.0 which is available worldwide now.
Illustrator will now preserve Global colors newly added to CC Library from this release onwards.
What’s new in 29.3: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/whats-new.html
You can update to the latest release using Creative Cloud desktop App: https://helpx.adobe.com/in/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html
Thank you for all the feedback.
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Greg commented
+1
Really hope Adobe fixes what is seemingly a fundamental flaw. -
Derek S.
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+1. Still an issue three years later.
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Alex Bruno
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Would really love a solution to add Global Colors to my Library without them changing to a spot color.
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Anonymous
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Adobe, where is your response? Essential to fix this; design software for designers, this affects the design process.
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Michelle Cheney
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This is STILL an issue? It's 2020, can we get this looked at?
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Dylan Weaver
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Not that I am any kind of expert but if Illustrator just matched InDesign's swatch behaviour, I'd imagine this wouldn't be a problem.
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Jan MacGregor
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Colors still coming in from Library as spot colors in Ai 2020? This comes up so often; when will it be resolved?
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Josh
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When is this going to be fixed? It's been a problem forever, and I run into it on a daily basis.
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[Deleted User]
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Makes it very difficult to use CC Libraries for working with clients - we need to share Pantone colors like Pantone+ Color Bridge, which are all global, process swatches. Hoping for a fix soon - this is crucial for Adobe Illustrator and all CC workflows. Thank you.
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InDesign swatches are always global.
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Anonymous
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I'm trying to make better use of Libraries and am having this same issue. Adds another time-consuming step to what should be a seamless process of simply adding the colors, once, as they are in the library.
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Anonymous
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still an issue... it's silly.
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Jeff
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When will this be fixed? It's ridiculous that's this is still an issue.
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Anonymous
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This was reported in 2017 and it's now 2019, any update on this??
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Sarah Combs
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Happens primarily in Illustrator. I have to convert the imported swatch from spot to process manually each time. Huge frustration, especially when working with multiple brand-specific process swatches.
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Alexander van Aken
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Any updates?
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Christine
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Any updates on this issue?
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nana
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@Ton Thank you so much for your advise. That was the best solution. I've saved a lot of time . I've just thought I should change each colour type from spot to process.
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@Nana, you can convert spot to process by selecting your objects and choosing: Edt > Edit Colors > Convert to CMYK
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nana
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Please fix it ASAP. I didn't know about this issue when I designed my artwork using the only CMYK. My client complained me to change all Pantone(spot) colour(I used CC library) to CMYK and now I have to spend so many time to change a bunch of files.
Is there any way finding spot colour where I used?
I was really hard to find and change where I used spot color and change to CMYK.