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sirkillen
Participant
June 20, 2021
Question

Illustrator document has converted all vector to white fill and black stroke (NOT OUTLINE MODE)

  • June 20, 2021
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All the vectors have converted to white fill and black stroke .. ARRGGH. All swatches remain in the swatch panel and the strange this is that some effects like outer glow are still on and visible. 
Attached are the screen shots - Im running version 25.3 on an imac with Big Sur.

I have also attached an exported file of what the artwork should look like.

The document is all RGB, no attachments, all vector logo concepts.

Thanks in advance.

What is should be like:

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2 replies

Anna Lander
Inspiring
June 20, 2021

Might it be that you occasionally clicked D having all objects selected?

And what does the Appearance panel say? Do the objects have just default attributes (black stroke and white fill) or these settings are added over the original ones?

Mike_Gondek10189183
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 20, 2021

Command Y to go into outline mode, then again to go back to preview mode.

 

Turn OFF GPU perfomrance

 

 

sirkillen
sirkillenAuthor
Participant
June 20, 2021

Thanks for the reply but the problem is not outline mode - see before and after shots.

Also, now when I open the document it comes up with the attached message.

GPU performance is not problem either 🙂

 

Thanks again, I spent many hours on this one and I will be soooo sad if its lost 😕😕

 

Message on open:

Normal view:

Outline mode:

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Larry G. Schneider
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 20, 2021

What happens if you choose the top option in the list presented? You always want to use color management if possible.