Hello @Daniel278071203fq6, I'm sorry to hear about your experience.  I tried replicating this behavior on my end but could not. Would you mind trying to update Illustrator to the latest version and check if the problem persists? Looking forward to hearing from you.   Anubhav ... View more

That's kind of what I did.  By @Daniel278071203fq6 I watched the video, which is why  I suggested an alternative method that you didn't use... "kind of" isn't what I suggested. ... View more

https://www.veed.io/view/d3edb04b-e8e8-4627-a8c5-fb40c14f4d2a?sharingWidget=true&panel=share Thank you. ... View more

Hi @Daniel278071203fq6 please share a full screen shot of your workspace include the layers panel expanded so I can see how you are applying the red color to your threshold image. ... View more

That seemed to work. Thank you for your help. ... View more

Thanks for the comment. How do I define the color space then to make it look indentical? ... View more

You can remove a lot of the noise with a few steps: Convert the content to a Smart Object so that you're working non-destructively (with the layer selected, right-click in the Layers panel to the right of the layer name and select Convert to Smart Object or go to Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object) Go to Filter > Camera Raw In the Basic section, drag the Clarity slider all the way to the left (-100) In the Basic section, drag the Dehaze slider about halfway to the left (-50) In the Detail section, drag the Noise Reduction slider all the way to the right (100) Click OK Go to Filters > Dust and Scratches and try Radius at 1 and Threshold at 100 ... View more

It didn't occur to me to look! Yes, there is one for the large text and one for the small:   ... View more

I have a similar suspicion about the problem (@Daniel278071203fq6 , are you trying to get rid of the green lines and checkerboard background?), and if that is the problem, thejanebradbury is probably right about the cause.   I think the Illustrator new document preset that was chosen was Film & Video, not Web. The Web new document preset opens with a solid white background and no guides. The Film & Video preset opens with the transparency checkerboard, and most tellingly the green lines because those are specifically for video only: They include the video rulers and the video markers for title-safe and action-safe margins.   So Daniel278071203fq6m, if the green lines and checkerboard are the problem, here’s what you can do:   If you don’t need to save that document and can start over, close the document and next time you create a new one, pay attention to which new document preset you are clicking. Click a new document preset type that matches your document’s delivery medium, such as Print, Web, or Film & Video.   If you did start a document and want to continue with it, you can: Remove the checkerboard transparency background: Choose View > Hide Transparency Grid.  Remove the green video rules: Choose View > Rulers > Hide Video Rulers.  Remove the green video safe area markers: Double-click the Artboard tool to open Artboard Options, then deselect Show Center Mark, Show Cross Hairs, and Show Video Safe Areas.    (I had to solve this puzzle for myself recently, and yes, it was annoying that changing all of those setttings involved locating three different places in Illustrator. There doesn’t even seem to be a command for Artboard Options. Although the Artboard Options button does show up in the Properties panel if you select the Artboard tool, if you don’t select that tool you might never figure out where to turn off those safe areas.)   And yes, this thread should be in the Adobe Illustrator community, not Photoshop. ... View more