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zanecameron
Participant
February 26, 2021
Question

Packaging illustrator file drastically changes colour of artwork

  • February 26, 2021
  • 2 replies
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Hi guys,

 

I have been having an issue when packaging an illustrator file to send to my colleagues or a client. Every time I package an .ai file to upload to the drive the colours of my art work are completely different, only when viewing the file in the drive... However when myself or someone else downloads the .ai file and opens it with illustrator, all the colours are as they should be. I would ideally like to be able to view the preview in the drive with the correct colours.

I have tried saving the file in both CMYK and RGB colour modes prior to packaging, both with the same outcome. Any suggestions??

 

I have attached below images as an example, the yellow and red artwork is the correct colour. The purple is what im being shown when previewing the .ai file on google drive.

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2 replies

Participant
September 19, 2024

Jees, same stuff! 2024, everything used to be good before couple days ago I faced this issue & still got no solution

awwwwwww, hope client won't freak out (in case he sees the preview at all))) 

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 19, 2024

What kind of viewer is that? You are viewing this with the built-in viewer of some cloud service?

Mylenium
Legend
February 26, 2021

Web services operate without any specific color management. They just assume generic sRGB or a default color profile. Previews will never be exact, much less so in CMYK mode. Never been any different. The text getting inverted is another issue and could simply boil down to AI's PDF previews being kind of busted, but that's nothing you can fix. You have to wait for an update.

 

Mylenium