Tip of the Week: How to Instantly Switch a Swatch’s Color Mode
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When creating or editing a swatch, the fastest way to change the color mode is to Shift-click on the square color proxy. This cycles through RGB, CMYK, and LAB modes.
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What?! I didn’t know that one… dang… subtle but useful.
Yep. It goes along with shift-clicking the color ramp at the bottom of the Color panel to change modes. That’s how I remember it’s there.
Wow, never knew this one! Completely new for me. Still someone can surprise with with ‘unknown hidden feature’s…’ – If I don’t know them I consider them hidden hahaha! ;-)
Those little hidden gems. Thanks for this discovery.