mikeswarts Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 "Add to Swatches…" > "From Fill As Global" doesn’t work for text frames or artistic text. I can create a swatch from a text object, but not a global color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Interesting. I see that on Windows, too. mikeswarts 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeswarts Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 In addition, there are many times where “From Fill As Global” doesn’t work with objects. Reproduction is complicated, but it isn’t rare in my workflow. The work around is to quickly make a dummy object, get its color with the color picker, and then select “From Fill As Global” on the new object. That’s always worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 hour ago, mikeswarts said: "Add to Swatches…" > "From Fill As Global" doesn’t work for text frames or artistic text. I can create a swatch from a text object, but not a global color. Are you using a Document Palette? It is the only one which will accept Global Swatches. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeswarts Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 41 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Are you using a Document Palette? It is the only one which will accept Global Swatches. Yes, it doesn’t work for me. Does it work for you? Update: I think I figured out what causes the feature to fail to apply to non-text objects. If the object was copied and pasted in from another document in which the object was filled by global color in that document. Seems like a bug because I obviously want to make it a global color in the current document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 38 minutes ago, mikeswarts said: If the object was copied and pasted in from another document in which the object was filled by global color in that document It is then, already a Global color. Just not one that is recognized in the new document. You can see similar behavior, I think, if you create an object with a Global fill color, and save it as an Asset, then drag the Asset into a different document. If you check the color name, it says it is a Global color, but it does not act as one without playing some games. I've forgotten the details and would have to experiment to rediscover them. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted May 31, 2022 Staff Share Posted May 31, 2022 Hi @mikeswarts, I can confirm that your issue with adding the text fill as a global colour has been previously logged with the developers for resolution. 🙂 walt.farrell and mikeswarts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 20 hours ago, mikeswarts said: ... If the object was copied and pasted in from another document in which the object was filled by global color in that document.... When you do this do you wind up with two document palettes for the swatches? Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.0 | Affinity Photo 2.4.0 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeswarts Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Old Bruce said: When you do this do you wind up with two document palettes for the swatches? No, the action is just ignored. Nothing seems to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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