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Does this really work?

Community Beginner ,
Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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Hello there, folks,

 

I have been told that if I drag and drop any image (jpeg or png) that is 100% in grayscale inside Illustrator you can quickly recolor it just by clicking on your any color of your Swatches. I just tried to do that and it did not work. Maybe I misunderstood it, or there are more steps that I missed?

 

Thanks in advance.

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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With A TIF this is possible.

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Community Expert ,
Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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If it contains transparency it cannot be colored.

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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It should work with greyscale jpeg, tiff, psd and bitmaps.

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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in that case why do you think it doesn't work? I even tried to trace the image and it still does not recolor. 

I tried with a high contrast image, which had only full black and full white and was a jpeg.

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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Can you share an image that does not work for you?

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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I tried JPEG, and it doesn't work.

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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Works for me, can you share that jpeg?

Screenshot 2024-04-19 at 00.16.31.png

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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I figured it out - I did save it in RGB accidentally. I used Save for Web out of habit, which of course converted the color space. 

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Apr 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024

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I see, curious to find out why it does not work for @aicity_323895367xtw 

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Community Beginner ,
Apr 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024

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aicity_323895367xtw_0-1713523819871.png

I have tried with this jpeg photo in black and white. As you can see, even the Edit Colors area don't have any options available to be applied.

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Community Expert ,
Apr 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024

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If the image is linked, there are not many edit options.

But linked files can also be colored.

Can you share that file or a part of it?

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Community Expert ,
Apr 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024

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Changing the (monotone) color of a grayscale JPEG should work, also with recolor with Preset ...

Is your JPEG a real grayscale image, or is it just Black & White (but in RGB/CMYK modus)?

 

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Apr 19, 2024 Apr 19, 2024

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This also works in InDesign, by the way. 

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Apr 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024

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Hello @aicity_323895367xtw,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind sharing some more details, like the exact version of the OS/Illustrator, public links to sample files after uploading them to Dropbox/Google Drive/etc., and a screen recording of your workflow and the problem (https://adobe.ly/3Uzt5Vo), as suggested by Ton, so we can investigate this further?


Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

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