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Franky Spills
Franky Spills
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August 19, 2022
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Library VS Swatches question

  • August 19, 2022
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Hello. 

I have a handful of textures I've been working on in photoshop.  I've saved them all as .tiffs and imported them into AI.

 

I pulled them into my library.  Which AI does just fine.  However if I want to apply that "texture" to my shape fill, nothing happens.  Instead I have to import them all into a swatch pallete and then I'm able to use it as a shape fill.  But I prefer to work from the library.  I'm I missing something? I thought it would be possible to work from the Library on this...

 

Thanks!..

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Correct answer Anshul_Saini

Hi Franky,

 

Thanks for reaching out. Monika's workaround is the correct way to apply pattern/ texture in Illustrator. I found a similar UserVoice and would request you to upvote it & add your comment there. By doing this, you will get updates on this, and it will help prioritize the request.

Regards,
Anshul Saini

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Anshul_Saini
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Anshul_SainiCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
August 24, 2022

Hi Franky,

 

Thanks for reaching out. Monika's workaround is the correct way to apply pattern/ texture in Illustrator. I found a similar UserVoice and would request you to upvote it & add your comment there. By doing this, you will get updates on this, and it will help prioritize the request.

Regards,
Anshul Saini

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2022

    In order to save Illustrator patterns in the library, you still have to use the workaround and drag an object filled with a pattern into the library. This also cannot be directly applied to the next shape.

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