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Cannot save pattern to swatches panel

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March 4, 2022
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I am fairly new to Illustrator, and am trying to save a pattern to my swatches panel. I copy my background tile, hit CTRL B and select No Fill and No Stroke. I then select all elements and drag over to my swatches panel, but nothing happens. What am I missing?

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Correct answer lambiloon

Hi check the video hope it helps you...regards

https://youtu.be/n34-YmNJMrc

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Make sure your Swatches panel is not filtered to show only one type of swatch. Click the button closest to the middle and see if it is set to show all swatches.

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There are images in it. Did you trace them?

Are those images embedded in the file?

And if you traced them, did you expand the trace?

DANDELION FAB23431385vlgqAuthor

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Thank you! I had missed embedding my images.

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Glad you could solve it.

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When you drag the selected artwork into the Swatches panel do you not see the blue outline around the swatches and the green circle and + sign?

From your description, your method should work.

Peter

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I had missed embedding my images. It is working now. Thank you.

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Hi check the video hope it helps you...regards

https://youtu.be/n34-YmNJMrc

Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional

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Thank you!

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What steps in the video solved your issue?

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