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Creating and Editing Artwork
To delete a saved search, select the Custom option in the pop-up menu. Then clear the searches you want to delete,
and click Save.
Working with themes
You can use the Kuler panel to create or edit themes, and include them in your projects.
Note:
In Illustrator, you create and edit themes with the Edit Color/Recolor Artwork dialog box, rather than the Create
panel. For details, see Illustrator Help.
Add a theme to the Swatches panel of your application
1
In the Browse panel, select a theme you want to use.
2
Click the triangle on the right side of the theme and select Add To Swatches Panel.
You can also add a theme from the Create panel by clicking the Add To Swatches button at the bottom of the panel.
Edit a theme
1
In the Browse panel, locate a theme you want to edit and then double-click the theme in the search results. The
theme opens in the Create panel.
2
In the Create panel, edit the theme using the tools at your disposal. For more information, see the Create Panel
Tools topic that follows.
3
Do one of the following:
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Save your theme by clicking the Save Theme button.
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Add the theme to your application’s Swatches panel by clicking the Add To Swatches Panel button at the bottom
of the panel.
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Upload the theme to the Kuler service by clicking the Upload button at the bottom of the panel.
Create panel tools
The Create panel provides a variety of tools to create or edit themes.
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Select a harmony rule from the Select Rule pop-up menu. The harmony rule uses the base color as the basis for
generating the colors in the color group. For example, if you choose a blue base color and the Complementary
harmony rule, a color group is created using the base color, blue, and its complement, red.
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Select the Custom rule to create a theme using free-form adjustments.
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Manipulate the colors in the color wheel. As you make your adjustments, the selected harmony rule continues to
govern the colors generated for the color group.
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Move the Brightness slider beside the wheel to adjust the color brightness.
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Set the base color by dragging the Base color marker (the largest, double-ringed color marker) around the wheel.
You can also set the base color by adjusting the color sliders at the bottom of the dialog box.
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Set one of the four other colors in the color group as the base color. Select the color’s swatch and click the bull’s-eye
button below the color group.
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Set the host application’s foreground/background color or stroke/fill color as the base color. Click one of the first
two buttons below the color group.
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Remove a color from the color group by selecting the color’s swatch and clicking the Remove Color button below
the color group. Add a new color by selecting an empty color swatch and clicking the Add Color button.
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Try different color effects by selecting a new harmony rule and by moving the markers in the color wheel.
Updated 5 March 2009
