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ozskry's picture
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Illustrator transparency grid default colors

Hi all,

Is there a way to define a default colors set for the transparency grid in Illustrator? Or do I always need to go in the document setup in each document to change the grid colors?

Thx

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Ivan's picture

I tried to save the color into the deafault page but it still doesn't open that way.

creativemurf's picture
160 pencils

I opened the "Startup_CMYK.ai" found in Applications > Adobe Illustrator > Plug-ins > Adobe Illustrator Startup_CMYK.ai Changed the Illustrator Preferences to the desired result then saved the file. Now when I create a new Illustrator file it has the tranparency grid I selected and saved previously.

ozskry's picture
61 pencils

Didn't work for me neither.

imurf, which version of Illustrator do you use? I use CS2. You quote "Illustrator Preferences" but in CS2 the transparency grid preferences are in "Document Setup".

creativemurf's picture
160 pencils

OK I forgot to say that you have to change something solid. For example : I created a shape on the artboard then deleted it, then hit save.
Sorry about that. :-)

ozskry's picture
61 pencils

This is not working.

I opened the "Adobe Illustrator Startup_CMYK.ai" file, opened the ""Document Setup", modified the 2 grid colors to C 100% and M 50 % to have a full dark blue in background, turned on the transparency grid and saved the file. I re-opened the file and I had the blue background. I quit Illustrator and re-launched it. When I created a new document, it opened with the transparency grid visible but with the default white and grey chessboard. Not my dark blue background.

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