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morriemc
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August 20, 2018
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Select same fill colour not working

  • August 20, 2018
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I've upgraded to CC Illustrator 22.1. I've opened up an older file containing many small bitmap images. When I select one of these bitmap images and then 'select same fill colour' it won't grab any other image of the same colour even though the colours have the EXACT same cymk breakdown and are the exact same bitmap linked file. Why on earth would this feature not be working when it has worked in the past?

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      Correct answer Monika Gause

      Sorry it was 2014... however it was created by someone else in our studio who says it didn't work in this version after all!! So perhaps there has never been a feature that works for bitmaps. Sorry for the confusion.


      You can use either:

      - Edit > Edit colors > Recolor art

      - "add used colors" from the swatches panel menu to create global swatches.

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      sallyc88572244
      New Participant
      December 13, 2018

      Select same fill colour used to work in CS6 for bitmap tiffs, is there a reason why this ability has removed?

      Edit > Edit colours > Recolour art is a much more involved work around.

      c.pfaffenbichler
      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      December 14, 2018
      Select same fill colour used to work in CS6 for bitmap tiffs,

      Are you talking about 1but images?

      c.pfaffenbichler
      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      August 20, 2018

      The oldest Illustrator version I still have installed at work is CC 2015 and there it does not work either, so which version are you referring to?

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      morriemcAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      August 20, 2018

      CC 2018 is what I have now.

      c.pfaffenbichler
      c.pfaffenbichler
      Community Expert
      August 20, 2018

      Yes, but you seemed to claim the same color selection worked for bitmap images in an older version – in which one?

      Monika Gause
      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      August 20, 2018

      So you have applied a color to a 1-bit-image in order to colorize it?

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        morriemcAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        August 20, 2018

        Yes I have and now i want to change all those bitmaps that have the same colour to a new colour.

        c.pfaffenbichler
        c.pfaffenbichler
        Community Expert
        August 20, 2018

        Did you use Global Colors?

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