Amdival Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Does anyone have a workflow that makes use of maintaining global colors when using pixel brushes? I was really hoping that the process would be easy, but it takes a little hacking to get it to work. If anyone has an easier method, I'd be happy to hear it!Goal: Have pixel brushes change colors when Global Swatches are edited. Also be able to select them when using Select Same Fill Color. Solution: Convert Pixel Layer to a Mask. Mask over a shape with assigned Global Swatch. Put the described combo inside of a clipping mask. This is ridiculously cumbersome. Having to switch back and forth between personas is a little annoying, but I think with a little practice, I wont have to think about it. It did take me awhile to figure out how the pixel masks work and I still don't think I completely understand them. A second screenshot with a quick editing of the global colors: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Slightly easier: add a rectangular shape per global color, and assign one of the colors. add a pixel layer and nest it in masking position. you can now paint on pixel layer with any color, or erase. Opacity is king. if desired, create multiple smaller layers like this. The Pixel layer acts as mask. iuli 1 Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amdival Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 22 minutes ago, NotMyFault said: Slightly easier: add a rectangular shape per global color, and assign one of the colors. add a pixel layer and nest it in masking position. you can now paint on pixel layer with any color, or erase. Opacity is king. if desired, create multiple smaller layers like this. The Pixel layer acts as mask. Can I get a screenshot of the layers? EDIT: nvm. I got it, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Of course, the file is attached global color brush.afdesign Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amdival Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, NotMyFault said: Of course, the file is attached global color brush.afdesign 208.37 kB · 0 downloads Awesome, thank you so much! Fewer layers is a plus! NotMyFault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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