RECOLOR ARTWORK in Adobe Illustrator CC 2019

This video will not only teach you how the powerful Adobe Illustrator CC 2019 feature Recolor Artwork works. You can learn everything you need to know about this tool and discover all its hidden options like the Temperature slider under Global Adjust, and the Harmony Rules.
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Use the Contents below to jump to a specific feature quickly:
CONTENTS:
0:00 Intro
2:20 Save new Color Groups
3:30 Harmony Rules
5:27 Reduce amount of colors (Assign tab - Colors down arrow)
7:24 Reset colors (Assign tab - Eyedropper tool)
7:48 Recolor Black/White
8:00 Exclude colors from recoloring (little arrow)
8:18 Global Adjust (Assign tab - sliders dropdown)
8:42 Saturation and Brightness
10:07 Find colors (Assign tab - magnifier icon)
11:56 Color order
12:33 Randomize
13:55 Sat/Hue to Brightness/Hue switch below color wheel
14:16 Third parameter is slider under color wheel
15:00 Link Harmony colors
15:30 Color wheel/Color bar switch (Edit tab bottom left)
15:45 Swap colors (drag swatches on right onto each other)
16:20 Merge colors in Assign panel (drag and drop)
17:38 Separate merged colors (two icons on bottom left)
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[@Sweden2023]

This is so much better than trying to read the User Guide.

[@YesImaDesigner]

I'm glad I managed to make it easier 🙌

[@JaisKoenig]

Dude, you are my hero!!! Thank you for being so clear and concise, your ability to teach with calm and clarity is masterful... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

[@josephhalderman]

Excellent tutorial! I knew this tool was powerful but didn't realize how much I didn't know about it. I love how much there is to learn using these programs. I've been working in Adobe Creative suite for 15+ years and I'm learning new things all the time.

[@NaderTaghinia]

You did a great job in the least possible amount of time. Every important and practical feature covered. Thank you !

[@nataliagutierrez55]

I was looking for a tutorial like this! Thanks martin :)

[@VICTORHUGO-ii9qk]

THE BEST RECOLOR ARTWORK EXPLANATION! Thanks man for the easy, simple and clear explanation tutorial!

[@graphicallydeb9897]

HOLY SMOKES!! This is a game changer for sure. Everytime I think I have made so much progress, I stumble into something else I just took my courthouse vector with 84 colors and made it 35-- I like it better.. OK, going to go play some more. Thank You Martin, Yes You're a Master Designer and Teacher!!

[@Ineedanameasap]

That was an extremely useful tutorial! Didn't realise that it had a lot more control than I thought. Everything was a mystery until today! Thanks!

[@UlaMage]

MIND FREAKING BLOWN. I had no idea this was even in AI. Thank you for the video.

[@daylematthews]

Amazingly clear. So many things i didn't know as well. A really excellent tutorial.

[@welshjs]

I've been using this feature for a while, just muddling around. Always confused. Now with this info I think I can do something cool!

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

This is the best video on re-coloring and the Colorisation tools in Illustrator. I learned so much about the finer points of all the sliders. Thank you for this excellent tutorial. Outstanding.

[@yvonnehills3067]

Excellent tutorial, the best one I've found covering recolouring artwork. Thank you so much :)

[@TheAnggelinne]

You are amazing!!! Great teacher. Please continue to spread your knowledge.

[@willaskt]

Wooow! This is a whole universe of colours. Easy and clear explanation covering essentially everything we must know. Amazing! :)))

[@YesImaDesigner]

William Fanzeres glad you found it useful ✌️

[@klausbrutti6975]

wow .. finally i got the answers to my questions about color groups!

[@fadisabsabi9968]

this is very important tool thank you \ shukran\شكرا

[@bmfadmin7123]

I've just up-it from 799 to 800 for this wonderful tutorial.

[@haidarabdurrahman1008]

thanks, really help me out... finally got the perfect video for recoloring

[@amirkamel3274]

OMG This video was so helpful to me! Thanks a lot for sharing these tips.

[@anthonyhulett4428]

Thanks for the new video. I just did a project which needed to recolor artwork. I found out there's no white for Pantone + solid coated. Had to go with the lightest.

[@cassiemyers6689]

This was SO helpful! Thank you!!

[@ScottMiller777]

This is immense! Thank you!

[@xiandavis]

Recommended by my friend in Sweden-Thank you, very helpful!

[@ramivideos167]

An amazing explanation! Many thanks!

[@kplicanic]

This was so great-thank you!

[@finlandsnaturebykalii]

Thank you! You made me love illustrator even more 😍😍

[@babismelikidis5877]

There are so many things i didn't know about adobe illustrator... Thanks!!! Greetings from sunny Athens Greece!!

[@mistertamura6190]

Great walk-through. Thank you.

[@emanueleborasco2381]

great teaching as always! Thank you so much

[@nadaadel5372]

Thank You Sooooo Much, really I love the way that you Explain things :)

[@spootypoils]

Thanks!! I really like this tool but I couldn't find any complete and clear tutorial.

[@morganmendieta3738]

This was a great walkthrough of this tool Did not know this existed!

[@alexandrugrecov8964]

Very useful tool and great explained by a master

[@DigiRuns]

Really u r an excellent mentor... I Like Your Way of Teaching...thank you.

[@socheekypirate]

Great tutorial, thank you!

[@Lyndaadlng1]

Excellent , explained so well Thank you

[@rezagovahi4618]

Awsome Martin, Thank you!

[@yuriflagrare]

This is insanely useful. Thank you very much

[@doudoud8549]

Thank you Martin you are the best ^^

[@bachutiemphim]

Amazing festures! Thank you

[@user-gk1bh1cy8s]

You are great been explain things! it was awesome!

[@TCap2002]

Outstanding. Thank you.

[@swordali]

Thank you it is very clear and nice explanations.

[@littlemisspk]

Thank you so much Martin.

[@gilbertoguadalupesanchezre1513]

Marvelous tutorial!!!! Bravo !!!

[@ObjectBarns]

Thanks Martin for the nice video

[@MrDev3dworx]

Great tutorial. Thanks Mate

[@LeahStredz]

Really helpful video, Thankyou!

[@milaspasovska3776]

You are the best... Thank you for all the tutorials they changed me.... I am really interested in making custom brushes, I know that you already have a tutorial about this but I am using illustrator as a textile designer and would love to know how I can make some splatters and just basically brushes acting as an actual physical art brush, or paint stroke if you will. Do you have any tips?

[@jefftopping5542]

This is great stuff. Thanks.

[@naing3712]

Yes!Thank for everything.

[@leeloo700]

Amazing video, concies, super well explained.

[@natanaelsosa1533]

Gracias por tu ayuda

[@RaviK-sg7zd]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!! Tons of Thanks

[@ashishsoni2431]

The elephant illustration looks very awesome

[@crea2rs133]

Thank you for this

[@emilyennulat-lustine5645]

Excellent video. You are a great teacher

[@rafaelart6237]

Superb tutorial!

[@JunedzHan]

Thank you !

[@bogdanspineanu]

Great stuff !

[@wiennhoang5517]

This is very helpful video. Thank you. I wonder how do you recolor gradient ?

[@Inbakanth]

Wonderfully explained. 👏👏🙌

[@sanjeewa18613]

Thank you very much...

[@shikadstella792]

thanks so much!

[@nazrulislam-kf5wu]

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

[@timekeepercollective2791]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@Menirasmon]

Excellent tutorial

[@himaloyzazabar]

WOW Thank you

[@creativeksb]

Thanks a lot

[@jonnibailey8108]

Love this tutorial! Thank you. I'm curious how to apply a specific color pallet from a library or from say spot/PMS colors. For example, if you want to apply your brands' colors to an illustration.

[@Zoleeka52]

You can pull in palettes in Assign mode under the Preset dropdown / Color library... option. AI will automatically assign colors based on the pallette. If you want to manually assign a color from your pallette to a given color in your artwork, double-click the new color's tile and you can choose it there (I was trying to figure out the latter, hence I stumbled upon this video :D)

[@abduljalil3360]

Very helpful video.

[@artpottle4385]

Hey Martin, very useful information shared in this video. I am wondering if there is way to change a large number of colors? There are 5 main colors and over 14000 shades overall. Appreciate your insight :)

[@jkprint366]

very informational video , best you are 🥰

[@suzanne_louise]

Love your videos! I have created two floral motifs both using a reference photograph and image trace of different blossoms of the same plant. Motif 1 and motif 2 were created at different times with different color palettes. I would now like for the second floral motif to have the same colors in the same places as the first motif. Could you show me how I can do this with the recolor artwork tool? Thanks so much!

[@shivashelva_]

Nice one,Thanks

[@ceciliaiglesia8013]

Love this tutorial!

[@alito3ma]

thankx

[@AFX]

Thank you so much, this will be very powerful to me. Cause for 2 years i did recolor everything by selecting elements, im stupid, thats fun and sad.

[@ilariamast]

Thank you so much for your help, I could fix an illustration with at least 200 levels and sublevels in 15 minutes.

[@YesImaDesigner]

That's awesome! Glad that this video helped. 🙌

[@gayantikasethi6267]

thank you

[@jfosterdesigns]

Is it possible to change a color to transparent using recolor artwork? For example, I have a design that will be printed on a black T-shirt so I want all of the black parts to be transparent. Thanks for this video and thanks in advance for any feedback on this question!

[@saddasong]

Nice work I learn desgin before my suzophrina

[@mellosays]

Thanks for the tutorial. But how about when you already have your own color theme from Adobe Color? How do you automatically incorporate these colors into the color wheel options without having to type all hex codes?

[@choicemas]

after selecting the object, i am not getting the Recolor Artwork option. The recolor option is greyed-out. The only option In am getting is Recolor with Preset. Any help with that would be awesome. Im trying to place a colored object in the middle of circle and turn the entire image white. Im aiming ton create a silhouette of the image with an all white fill.

[@quimacuadernos]

Thanks for your videos! What I like to learn, is how convert a photograph in a draw. I don´t know if I explain myself. ..

[@mohiyudheenzaheem6243]

If we import any raster images into illustrator there will be an option at the top "image trace" if not, go to object>image trace>make. It will pop up its properties. Change options and check. This is the solution from what I understood by reading your question. I hope I am correct. Else sorry.

[@fatihdora]

Thanks :)

[@SpamBotRheinMain3118]

He´s so happy about the knights!!

[@LayarMonitor]

sangat inspiratif

[@psrosemary]

I can see that I would learn a lot from this video if we were starting on the "same page". My Adobe Illustrator doesn't look anything at all like yours and nothing is working the same or even similarly. All to say, I wish you'd start the video by saying something like, "I'm using X version, in Y workspace, with Z window/Panes open". Anyway, at least I have an idea of what I'm aspiring to... Thanks.

[@sheikhmuhammadadnan3]

very nice Stori . I like you

[@stephanieseguin2306]

I was hoping to learn how to swap a colour for a specific colour already saved in my swatches. - Otherwise, very helpful - thanks!

[@himanshupatkar3876]

Wow, excellent description. I did know about the tool but didn't know about the link harmony colors option, even after clicking on it one problem i am facing in the edit tab that hue is changing of all the colors by moving one color tool but the saturation is not changing of all the color tools, only the selected one is changing... got any idea ????

[@zaini66]

Hi, can you show how to tweak a design with a picture to have the same color when you print?

[@lindsyhuawei6812]

hi this is very helpful. but if i may ask. how can you incorporate new color palette using the edit colors. meaning the illustration has already a set of colors right but i want to change it to a different color swatch that i personally curated which came from an image swatch mood board. hope you can answwer! thanks

[@pascalpictures5308]

Hello to you and thank you tutorials. Stp I need help, in fact I have to download an Ai template file for editable CV Professional, but changing the icon in this template is beyond me, would you have a tutorial for that stp?

[@davidson7838]

Can you show how to select objects in a multi color vector art, I find it very difficult to select an object on a multi-color vector art piece. is there any easy way to switch between colors on a vector drawing?

[@leonzlotnik4135]

Dude! how do you make that first option appear

[@andreasgaschka]

I've been using Illustrator for so many years with deep in-depth knowledge, but the Recolor dialog always felt bloated and not very intuitive. Thanks for this highly comprehensive in-depth dive.

[@sonedi]

This is a great tool... but, why isn't the color picker for extern colors present?