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Inspiring
May 20, 2023
Question

CC Library: Not doing what I expected - colors, object styles, etc.

  • May 20, 2023
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I may be missing something about the libraries, but I can't seem to get it to save anything useful that has styles or adjustments applied.

 

Example 1

I have a square filled with green. The green is screened back to 20%.

I can only save the color to a CC Library at 100%.

 

Example 2

I have a text frame set up as a green square with a blue outline and the bottom right corner is rounded through an object style.

When I save to the library, all the individual styling elements are saved separately into the library, as well as the original object. (I only need the original object.)

 

Is there some setting that will save only the object I'm adding, and include all setting as it appears before adding it?

thanks!

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Ton Frederiks
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May 20, 2023

How do you add them to your library? With the + sign or Drag & Drop?

turner111Author
Inspiring
May 20, 2023

I've tried both, but neither works as expected. At least with an object, it also saves the whole object.

I've just discovered that CC Libraries still don't support tints, so that may have something to do with it, for those objects with tints... ?
(Because who in their right mind would want to add a tint to a CC Library?)

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 20, 2023

I created a global green color and filled an object with 50%

I dragged the object (or you can choose Add Graphic) to a CC library.

You can Alt drag it into a new documen to get the 50% global green added to your document.

Same for the text object, add it as a graphic.

Libraries are not very reliable with colors unless they are added as part of an object.