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skilled_thinking15A8
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skilled_thinking15A8
Adobe Employee
January 17, 2014
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Photoshop: Supporting Global Color on the Swatches panel

  • January 17, 2014
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In Photoshop, the legacy of the Swatches panel is just color references ("archives").
There is no link between the swatch and the object filled with this reference color cause of the Pixel based original purpose of Photoshop.
But now, that we use Photoshop for graphic design and webdesign, we use a lot Text layer, Shape layer and Layer Styles.

In Illustrator, by default, a basic swatch is also a simple reference/archive, but if you double-click on a swatch color and check Global in the option, the future objects (fill, stroke, pattern...) which will use it, will be linked with this Global swatch.
So that, you could edit the value of the swatch to modify all the applied color at once and sync your modification!

Here a video explaining in details my feature request:
https://vimeo.com/84398366 (PW: request)

What do you think about that idea?

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 12, 2017
    As Stephane pointed out this is clearly possible and it has been for some time like so many other things. I think Adobe just doesn't care about improving their product anymore since the code is too bloated, probably abandoning ship to other apps (like XD).
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    KillerMom
    Participant
    May 13, 2017


    It would be fantastic to have global swatches for Photoshop just like there is in Illustrator.

    I'm sure there is some technical issue between vector areas and solid fills that I'm not aware of to hinder this or it would have been implemented years ago, such a useful tool. Would save me many hours. I have the need to use it so much everyday.

    But there is some fan-made function for this so it's doable. at least to repeate moves like an action only saved as a variable. SO please please look into making Global Swatches for Photoshop bitmap (not vector)
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    KillerMom
    Participant
    May 12, 2017
    Jacquilyn..
    Oh harsh! 🙂
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    KillerMom
    Participant
    May 12, 2017
    Chris.
    I'm sure there are issues But what you say doesnt sound like a hinder.
    You're saying that rastered colors "cost" more to keep track of but you don't actually have to keep track of the colors one object has but instead remember the fill I give to the object for example..which is math before fill. Then repeate that to all connected objects.

    Right?
    Cus what you're talking about is an algoritm that checks what is already filled..that would be "costly" in processing but not if you repeate the math you did before the fill.
    skilled_thinking15A8
    Adobe Employee
    skilled_thinking15A8作成者
    Adobe Employee
    August 14, 2015
    Or something like:
    http://colorkit.maketheweb.pl/
    http://www.codeadventure.com/prisma

    But synced in CC Libraries 🙂
    skilled_thinking15A8
    Adobe Employee
    skilled_thinking15A8作成者
    Adobe Employee
    August 6, 2015
    Just to add some new infos:

    Something like Ditto but only for one variable in a CC Library (Gobal Color like) for "non-pixels" stuff (fx, shape, stroke, text color, diffuse color...): http://casualnotebook.com/ditto
    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 2, 2015
    »I think, that Ps and Ai should have been already integrated to one app a couple of years ago.«
    To me that seems about as sensible as »integrating« car, aeroplane and boat into one vehicle ... while there might be cases where such a thing would be useful in general it would probably be wasteful and unwieldy.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 31, 2015
    What do I think about the idea? I think, that Ps and Ai should have been already integrated to one app a couple of years ago. But no. We have the marketing staff.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 1, 2015


    Enhancement request: Linked swatches. Changing the color of a linked swatch changes it EVERYWHERE that it’s used. Changing the same color in 10 layers is really tedious, even with actions.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    June 30, 2015
    This would indeed be a real time saver, and it would also make the inclusion of colors swatches and styles in the Photoshop CC libraries actually mean something. For now they're mostly there as reference.
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