Deleted global colors

We get something called Deleted global colors, it corrupts the files and consisantly copies itself when you are copy and paste from one document to another. We have also noticed that we get the virus when the deleted global colors are not in the swatch palette. It is now showing up in the brushes palette.
In order to get around this we have to place the document into a new file but this screws up the groupings and the masks. Is there a fix?

You have to do us a little favor and describe your set up Mac or PC version of illy something about the specs of your computer OS etc.
Also the other software you use and perhaps the type of work you do in general as well as what you use Illy for.
Also what about any plug ins you have or recently installed software and or fonts and any color calibrations you may have done and the software you mat have used.
I am being very specific because you are pretty vague.
My gut feeling is you have some third party software that is conflicting with Illy.

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Global Colors issue, in Adobe Illustrator CS 3/4

We have this issue where I work of colors remaining in swatches even when deleted, which for some reason creates huge files when saved, 1 gig + at times.
The colors that remain in the swatch are all titled "Global Color", it is possible to select and delete them all, but it is just an illusion, as soon as you copy and paste anything from the document all the Global Colors return.
I have browsed the web and seen no solution to the problem. I have many files infected with these colors and can upload a file somewhere for any one to investigate.
Thanks.

Same problem here. Any copying and pasting between documents spreads this. Here is what I have tried so far that has not worked
Recovered the file using 'Content Recovery Mode = 1". Edited this in simpletext to remove all code that has "Deleted global colors" & the "Begin PluginObject: Object". There was lots of junk to remove and I got everything in between the open & close tags.
Saved files as AI3
Copied & Pasted all elements into a new document
Removed all unused Brushes, Swatches, Graphic Styles
Removed all layers & did a save as, the file is still 6mb with nothing in it.
In my situation, 1000s of brushes reappear in the library(see images below) after any copy/pasting. I also had "deleted global colors"(see images below) reappearing but that has gone away since I cleaned up the code. The problem must lie in in the non-standard characters. I also am getting the HUH error(see images below) when saving. I stopped getting the swatch conflict error(see images below) after pasting, after I cleaned up the code. The file though is still huge, slow and any copying is really slow. Can't load CS5 trial here at work(to try out that new cleanup command), but am on CS4 Mac.

How To Delete All Colors In a Swatch Palette?

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Is it possible to do a GLOBAL color change for both text and graphics in ACrobat XI?

I used to do this using the Pitstop Pro plugin but now Pitstop is almost $900 and this is the only thing that I would use it for, not worth the investment
I can change text color by selecting individual text items, but I want to change all of the red text into white text
I also need to change all of the red graphics into white graphics and I can't figure out how to do that either
I have a trial version of XI on a Mac and will buy it if it can do what I am trying to do, i.e. global color changes to both text and graphics
thanks!!

I have version 6, but it is way out of date, doesn't work on my current system, I downloaded a trial version of the new one, version 12 I think, now I have to decide if I can afford to buy it, it is not cheap!
oops, sorry, I didn't read your entire message, aargh!
I'll check with them if I can upgrade from this early version, thanks for the suggestion!
(edited because I didn't read properly!)

Global color values differ between palettes and when converted (Adobe Illustrator)

I have a swatch file with a bunch of global colors inside. When converting the global color to editable RBG in the Color palette, the values are correct. However, if I use the Eyedropper and sample the color, then double-click the boxes in the Tool Palette or Color Palette, the values are completely different. When the colors don't have the 'global' setting checked this doesn't happen. Does anyone know why?
A lot of people are going to use this swatch file, and likely will use Eyedropper to select like colors, and with some peoples' workflow it's likely these incorrect values will creep in.

philwiles wrote:
... my eps logo ..
Why are you using EPS? It is kind of outdated format these days.
EPS does not support color profiles. The default Save as EPS options in Illustrator include CMYK conversion which changes the values. To avoid this uncheck "Include CMYK Post Script" in the save options. Then when you open the file in Photoshop the RGB values will be the same and if you want it displayed the same, in Photoshop choose Edit > Assign Profile and choose the same profile - Adobe RGB in your case. The color settings in Photoshop will have no effect and can remain unchanged.
If you do that using the same computer the colors will be identical in values and appearance. If you do it on different computers the values will be the same and the color appearance will depend on if both computers have been calibrated to display colors accurately.

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How do I delete vertical color stripes on my destop screen. There are 6 of them in pink, red and green. Can't believe I'm having problems with my wonderful iMac!

Unfortunately, they aren't something to be "deleted." Might be a hardware/graphics chip problem. You should run the Hardware Test in Extended. Might have to run it several times to pick up an error.
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How can one delete all color swatches in a palette, or delete all "unused" swatches, such as one can do with Muse?
Or: how can one create a new set of swatches, that would be blank?

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A few years ago I learned in school the usefullness of global color. I used it today and it was very usefull to quickly change the color of a lot of different objects at the same time.
HOWEVER; I remember they also tought me that it was also possible to change the brightness or shading or something inside one global color.
for example lets say I picked a red as a global color, and I have 10 objects all in that red. Then it should be possible to let 5 of those objects have a lighter version of that red color.
Then afterwards when I change my global color to green, all the objects change to green, and those 5 objects now have a lighter green color.
Am i remembering this correctly, and if so; how do I apply this? Because I cannot figure it out...
Thanks in advance for replying!!

Yes, you would just assign a percentage of the global color using the Color Panel.
1. Select object
2. Assign Global color
3. Drag Color Panel slider to the percentage desired
When the global color is changed any object using the global color (100% or other percentage, or gradient containing the global color) will update automatically.
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Delete Global Service Manually

Hello,
First of all I would like to say that I already read the previous Delete Global Service topic.
Now, the problem: I have a custom global service implementation. I want to completely remove it from the portal. The thing is that during development this service was renamed several times and a number of configuration changes have been made (I cannot trace back all the changes).
Now I have several instances of the service and I want to delete them. Is there a way to delete them, manually? (if I remove the co.xml from the par and upload again, it doesnt work).
I am running portal version 6.0.14.0.0 (NW04 SPS14).
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Silviu Lipovan Oanca.

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Another bug in CC: Global colors will not convert

In CS5 I often converted a global color by using the Color Panel flyout menu: "Invert" or "Complementary". This is no longer possible in CC. The color must first be converted to CMYK or RGB. I realize the conversion loses to "Global" designation, but understanding that, it is a real time-saver to convert it directly instead of first converting to a non-global color. Why do you do these things, Adobe?

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So to trace the corrupt file I had to keep moving emails from my inboxes to sub-folders until the system was able to give me the name of the sub-folder it was working on. Then, by shuffling emails between folders, I was finally able to identify the offending message. This was extremely tedious and time-consuming, as I had to restart Thunderbird every time I did a reshuffle in order to re-initialise the indexing process. The culprit turned out to be a copy of a phishing email I had previously reported. I'm guessing it contained intentionally bad data that confused the indexing system.
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I use my own palette for my keynote presentations, using each color for a specific purpose consistently throughout. But I usually want to fine-tune these colors when I ultimately connect to the projector I'm going to present on, to compensate for both the projector's color capabilities and the room lighting. Is there a way to do this quickly, to change a color in a palette globally across the entire presentation? Or do I have to define a new color and change each diagram individually? What do you experienced keynote folks do to solve this problem? I'm a bit of a keynote newbie...

Welcome to the discussions, anthonysan.
There isn't a way within the program to do it, however it IS possible I think. I'll give you some tips to start down that path, and, if you have any questions, just post back here.
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Now, save that document, then right-click (two-finger-click, control-click) on it's icon in the Finder. You should see an option to Show Package Contents. Select that and you should then see a few folders and some files. You're looking for index.apxl.zip. Double click that one to unzip it, then put the .zipped version in the trash (Keynote can read either just as well). Now, you should have an index.apxl file.
When you double-click the index.apxl file, you'll have to choose to open it with TextEdit, then search for your unique text "firstone".
Things get more detailed from this point, but it does lead to a potential solution. Let me know if you're following so far, and we can look at the mysteries within they Keynote file

Can't delete custom color profile

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Message was edited by: Chad3405

Chad,
Open your Color Sync Utility, and find the profile in question. Once highlighted, it will show the path for that profile under "Profile Information:". Follow that path, and you can delete it from there, though it will probably ask for an administrator password. That should be it.
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(Apologies in advance for improper terminology.)
Question: Can I select a color in a photo (call it Color A) and then select another color in the photo (Color B) for Color A to globally replace?
Scenario: I do amateur studio photos with single-colored foamboard for background. Using the Color Adjustment, I can change this background color, but only within a narrow range (e.g., a blue foamboard can be adjusted to aqua or to lavender using Hue or Saturation, etc.).
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But I'd like to change the blue to, say a red or a yellow (or whatever) out of the blue range. Can I?
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