Operation Manual
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USING PHOTOSHOP
Color fundamentals
Last updated 12/5/2011
Replace Swatches Replaces the current list with a different library. Select the library file you want to use, and click
Load. Photoshop gives your the option of saving the current set of swatches before replacing them.
Name of a color library Loads a specific color system listed in the lower part of the Swatches panel menu. You can
either replace or append the current set of colors with the library you’re loading.
Save a set of swatches as a library
1 Choose Save Swatches from the Swatches panel menu.
2 Choose a location for the swatch library, enter a file name, and click Save.
You can save the library anywhere. However, if you place the library file in the Presets/Swatches folder in the default
presets location, the library name will appear at the bottom of the Swatches panel menu after you restart the
application.
Return to the default library of swatches
❖ Choose Reset Swatches from the Swatches panel menu. You can either replace or append the current set of colors
with the default swatch library.
Share swatches between applications
You can share the solid swatches you create in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign by saving a swatch library for
exchange. The colors appear exactly the same across applications as long as your color settings are synchronized.
1 In the Swatches panel, create the process and spot-color swatches you want to share, and remove any swatches you
don’t want to share.
Note: You cannot share the following types of swatches between applications: patterns, gradients, and the Registration
swatch from Illustrator or InDesign; and book color references, HSB, XYZ, duotone, monitorRGB, opacity, total ink, and
webRGB swatches from Photoshop. These types of swatches are automatically excluded when you save swatches for
exchange.
2 Select Save Swatches For Exchange from the Swatches panel menu, and save the swatch libraries in an easily
accessible location.
3 Load the swatch library into the Swatches panel for Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign.