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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    Quote Originally Posted by Miguel B. View Post
    This would be easy if Xtreme allowed to copy/duplicate a group of selected colors, but it doesnīt, so you have to manually duplicate all the colors you use and assign them to the group of objects you want to be diferent. This way you can get exact same modification/transformation on all.
    Ah, there's the answer then? Xara doesn't support anything I asked about in this thread, I have to do it all manually, each individual color, each individual gradient point...

    Thanks for the information, anyway!
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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    Quote Originally Posted by eobet View Post
    Ah, there's the answer then? Xara doesn't support anything I asked about in this thread, I have to do it all manually, each individual color, each individual gradient point...

    Thanks for the information, anyway!
    Well... You have to recreate the same named colors with a diferent name and reassign them to the copy of objects you want to be diferent. Itīs a little tedious but it can be done. Duplicating colors is a little laborious but reassigning them is just a question of dragīnīdrop.

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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    Eobet there is a way to do what you want automatically.

    Copy one of your objects that has named colours and paste into a new document.

    Deselect the object.

    Open the Colour Editor and drag the named colour you want to change onto the Editor. Adjust the colour to what your want. If you used named and linked or Tint/Shade colours your gradient will update in real time.

    Copy the object with it's new colour and paste into the original drawing.

    You will see the new named colours added to your colour line and you can now edit the colours separatly from the other objects.

    The attached .xar file began with the group of circles in the upper left. After naming the base colour, the tint was created then the linked colour. I copied the group to a new document and dropped the named base colour onto the Colour Editor. In HSV mode I simply dragged the crosshair to another Hue. The colours all changed dynamically. Copied the new group and pasted into the original document. The left most rectangle was given a gradient using the first named colour base colour, copied to a new document and given a new Hue, copied and pasted back into the original drawing. The other rectangles are simple copy/pasted edit colour and paste again using the described technique.
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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    Brilliant ideia Bill !!!
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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    Quote Originally Posted by Soquili View Post
    Eobet there is a way to do what you want automatically.

    Copy one of your objects that has named colours and paste into a new document.

    Deselect the object.

    Open the Colour Editor and drag the named colour you want to change onto the Editor. Adjust the colour to what your want. If you used named and linked or Tint/Shade colours your gradient will update in real time.

    Copy the object with it's new colour and paste into the original drawing.

    You will see the new named colours added to your colour line and you can now edit the colours separatly from the other objects.
    Awesome workaround!

    That's exactly what I wanted!

    Big thanks, man!
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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    Thanks Miguel, I'm sure someone else posted that technique before I just don't remember who at this moment.

    Glad that works for you Eobet.
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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    yep - doing too all the time - good thing :b

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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    Quote Originally Posted by FLySOLO View Post
    yep - doing too all the time - good thing :b
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    Default Re: Switching/altering multiple colors/hues in a group of objects?

    ... the color changing workaround thing mentioned in this thread.

 

 

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