How to limit number of colors in artwork?

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March 14, 2020
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Image Trace has the ability to limit color when tracing. I'm looking to do something similar, but with artwork that is already vector. I also knw that I can use the Edit Colors function, but that requires a manual ressaignment. I created an Object Mosaic and there are at least a hunderd or two hundred different shades used. I am looking for a way to limit the colors without having to drag and rearrange them all manually in the Edit Colors dialog box.

I also know there is a way to choose a color group when using the Edit Colors function, but it doesn't apply to colors correctly and sometimes really misses the mark. What would be really cool if there was a way to limit the colors as part of the Object Mosaic function.

Maybe a third party plugin or script can do this? Thanks in advance for your help.

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baruch26157144wtp2

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Monika Gause

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Can you help me understand your solution? Have same question

By @baruch26157144wtp2

Can you please detail your questions?

Monika Gause

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You could try if Phantasm can achieve it. It offers color control like the image editing functions in Photoshop.So e.g. Posterize.

Document Geek

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I actually need to reduce colors in the vecor image, not the raster. So Phastasm doesn't work for that. But I did a little digging into Edit Colros and I can make it work.

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sarah5E95

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I think I finally figured it out. There are two colors groups available by default in the Recolor dialog box (Grays and rights). They each have 6 swatches. In the "Colors" dropdown, the choices are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and All. So it would seem that you're limited to 6 colors when reducing colors. But that's not the case.

Make a new color group with the number of swatches you want
Then choose that new color group in the Recolor dislog box.
Then click on the dropdown next to the color choice, then choose Exact.

Hi

Did you manually create the colors for Color Group 1 or did it choose one from the current colors panel next to each color? I am trying to reduce the number of colors in a watercolor turned vector piece of art.

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