3 Replies Latest reply: Dec 1, 2014 11:46 AM by Mike Gondek2 RSS

    Recoloring a halftone pattern in Illustrator

    Gingercookie

      Hello, I have a question regarding changing the color of a halftone pattern created in Illustrator. Here is what I do step by step: 1) fill the expanded text with a black and white gradient 2) apply Effects>Pixelate>Color Halftone 3) expand the halftone pattern 4) use Image Trace on the halftone (with "Ignore White" selected) 5) expand the vectorized halftone pattern. So far, so good, but when I select the halftone pattern and try to change its color the whole block around the halftone gets recolored (not the halftone pattern itself). Here is a picture:

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      I have been trying to figure out what is wrong for a while, but can't seem to find the answer. Please, help!