• replace a color and all its tints throughout the work zone
• convert images to the required color model
• find colors in text, fountain fills, patterns and other objects
• apply group operations: HSB adjustment, rounding and conversion

The ReproScripts Core Replace colors plugin provides fast, consistent color replacement throughout a CorelDraw document. It processes nested groups and PowerClips, fountain fills, patterns, images and other supported objects. The plugin requires an open document in CorelDraw and can be started from the ReproScripts Core command bar. Once launched, it compiles a list of colors found on the current page, on all pages, or in the selected objects.

The Replace colors plugin can process colors in fountain fills, two-color patterns, hatches, black-and-white or duotone images, and other supported objects. Both fill and outline colors are included. All replacements are combined into one operation that can be reversed through Edit > Undo. Each list row shows the source color on the left and the target color on the right.

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Grouping colors

By default, each tint of a spot color is added as a separate entry with its percentage. Hover over the color name or sample to see the palette it belongs to. 1 Enable grouping to process the same spot color independently of its tint percentage. 2 All tints of the grouped color are then replaced while preserving their original percentages. Grouped entries are marked with the letter "G", and more information is available in a tooltip. Composite CMYK colors that use more than one channel, and colors in other models, are not grouped.

Processing text shapes

For faster analysis, text objects are normally treated as single shapes with one fill and outline color. 1 CorelDraw can also assign different colors to individual characters. Enable character-by-character processing when those colors must be found and replaced. In the example, the red letter is omitted when character-level processing is disabled. 2

Working with images

In addition to vector artwork, the plugin can convert images between supported color models. Each image type found in the work zone (RGB, CMYK, duotone and others) is added to the list so that all matching images can be converted together. Duotone and black-and-white images can be treated either as images or as containers whose inks are replaced like vector colors. The corresponding checkboxes select the required mode.

The figure shows duotones listed as images 1, or their inks added as colors when ink processing is enabled 2. Color replacement and image conversion can be performed in the same operation. 3

Choosing target colors

For each color in the list, click the target sample and choose a replacement in the standard CorelDraw color dialog. Rows whose target differs from the source are highlighted with a pink background. For a grouped spot color, every tint is replaced by the corresponding tint of the new color.

Color list menu

The color-list header contains commands that affect every row. "Restore all" resets all target colors, while the buttons on the right provide batch operations for target colors.