Recolor artwork with patterns doesn't work
Using Mac OS Ventura 13.3
Adobe Illustrator 29.2.1
As described, I am able to access the recolor artwork panel but when I click OK it doesn't do anything. Video below. It used to work.
Katie Story
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This behavior can be controlled with the Preserve Black option inside of the Color Reduction Options dialog, hidden under a small button at the top of the Recolor dialog
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Ah, yes, most probably! But I admit this one should be telegraphed better, without a nested window perhaps. Recolor is a very dense dialog, very powerful, but at the same time pretty convoluted.
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Thank you Egor, this worked! When I've been able to recolor black in the past, maybe it was a rich black and that's why it wasn't "preserved".
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Katie, in the Recolor Artwork dialog click the Color Reduction Options button (the one I have my cursor over at the attached screenshot), and in the smaller dialog uncheck Preserve Black.
By default Ai won’t do anything with black or white when recoloring anything, so you should uncheck these when needed before tweaking these.
Please check if it works and comment back.
