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Faith5C32
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Jul 27, 2026 1:18 PM UTC
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Illustrator graphics different from one document to the next

I have two .ai docs and when copy/pasting graphics from one, the appearance drastically changes. I need them to stay as they are in the first image. Both are in RGB mode

 

    Nataliia_M
    Nataliia_MCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    Jul 28, 2026 11:16 AM UTC

    Hi ​@Faith5C32 
    Do you have the same Raster Effects settings in both documents? 
     

     

    Warmly, Nataliia

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    Nataliia_M
    Nataliia_MCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    Jul 28, 2026 11:16 AM UTC

    Hi ​@Faith5C32 
    Do you have the same Raster Effects settings in both documents? 
     

     

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    Warmly, Nataliia
    Faith5C32
    Faith5C32Author
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    Jul 30, 2026 1:58 PM UTC

    YES! Thank you, this was the problem.

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    Nataliia_M
    Inspiring
    Jul 30, 2026 7:08 PM UTC

    ​@Faith5C32 I’m glad that it worked! 👍

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    Warmly, Nataliia
    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jul 27, 2026 2:08 PM UTC

    Check the Layers panel. There are probably Appearances applied to layers.

    When copying what you can do:

    1. Set up a new layer and drag all the existing layers into it
    2. Turn on paste remembers layers
    3. copy
    4. paste into the new document
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    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Jul 27, 2026 2:10 PM UTC

    Here’s how the layers and appearances cooperate: 

     Here’s how the layers panel works:

     

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