Book VI 6 in Java

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When you create an illustration that uses the same colors on each page or for several objects, mixing the color each time you need it is time-consuming and inefficient You can save a considerable amount of time if you add the colors you use frequently to the Swatches tab of the Assets panel You also use the Swatches tab to organize and apply colors from standard preset color-matching systems This option is handy if you re creating a document that will be printed by a service center If you re creating a document for a Web page, you can also choose a color from the Web safe color library Another option you have with the Swatches tab is saving the current color palette for future use To open the Swatches tab, shown in Figure 6-7, choose Window Swatches or press Ctrl+F9 The Swatches tab shown in Figure 6-7 already has colors added to it The default colors when you create a new document are None, Black, White, and Registration You cannot rename or delete these colors Black is a spot color that is used for the black separation plate when printing a process color The registration color, a combination of C, M, Y, and K, all at 100 percent, is used for crop or trim marks and prints solid on separations

You can differentiate color types in the Swatches tab of the Assets panel as follows: Process colors: The names of process colors are italicized Spot colors: The names of spot colors are displayed with plain type RGB colors: RGB colors display a triangular icon with red, green, and blue spheres after the color s name Colors derived from the HLS color wheel or the System Color Picker are displayed as RGB colors as well CMYK colors: CMYK colors are displayed with no icon After you open the Swatches tab of the Assets panel, you can do any of the following: Apply a color to an object: You can apply a color to the stroke or fill of an object by selecting the color and dragging and dropping it on an object Alternatively, you can apply a color by selecting an object, clicking the Fill, Stroke, or Stroke and Fill button at the top of the Swatches tab, and clicking the desired color s name in the Swatches tab Modify a color: You can modify a color in one of two ways: Mixer tab: You can modify a color in the Swatches tab by opening the Mixer tab and dragging and dropping a color from the Swatches tab to the left side of the rectangular color swatch at the bottom of the Mixer tab Tints tab: You can modify a color in the Swatches tab by opening the Tints tab and dragging and dropping a color from the Swatches tab to the left side of the rectangular color swatch at the bottom of the Tints tab Change the stroke color: You can change the current stroke color by selecting a color from the Swatches tab and then dragging and dropping it on the Stroke color box on the Tools panel Change the fill color: You can change the current fill color by selecting a color from the Swatches tab and then dragging and dropping it on the Fill color box on the Tools panel

You can add a color to the Swatches tab of the Assets panel from either the Mixer tab or the Tints tab, as outlined earlier in the chapter If you fast-forwarded to this section and need to know how to add a color to the Swatches tab from the Mixer tab, read the section, Adding a color to the Swatches tab of the Assets panel ; to add a tint to the Swatches tab, read the section, Creating Color Tints In this section, we show you how to add colors to the Swatches tab from preset color matching systems To add a color from a preset color matching system to the Swatches tab, follow these steps: 1 Choose Window Swatches The Swatches tab of the Assets panel opens 2 Click the Options menu (the bulleted list icon at the upper-right corner of the Assets panel) and choose one of the preset color matching sets If the document you re creating will be printed commercially, find out the system your printer uses for color matching For example, they may use one of the PANTONE or Munsell matching systems If the document you re creating will be displayed on a Web page, choose Web Safe Color Library When you choose a color matching system, a dialog box appears 3 Select a color (or colors) from the Library dialog box You can select additional contiguous colors by clicking them while holding down the Shift key, and you can select noncontiguous colors by holding down the Ctrl key 4 Click OK The Library dialog box closes, and FreeHand adds the selected color(s) to the Swatches tab and uses the color s default library name You can also double-click a color to add it to the Swatches tab, which also closes the dialog box