Gradients to grayscale

[machineman]

Anyone know the best way to change Illustrator gradients to grayscale? or to black and white? ~ thank's

[Jochemdv]

He there Machineman,

I presume you're working in CS3.
For the best conversion:

- Selected the objects you want converted.
- Edit: Edit Colors: Convert to Grayscale


gr.
Jochem

[machineman]

I'm working with CS2 but will upgrade to CS3 shortly.
(Edit: Edit Colors: Convert to Grayscale
works on gradients in CS3? ~ sweet! thank's

[Chung Dha]

Yup cs3 got that option CS2 got has not, but I think its better to upgrade to Cs4 which is the newest with major differences making even easier use of gradients.

[Jochemdv]

Yup cs3 got that option CS2 got has not, but I think its better to upgrade to Cs4 which is the newest with major differences making even easier use of gradients.

Thats not entirely true.
CS2 does have that option only placed under a different menu.
I think its under Filters: Color (maybe not named exacly like that)
OR under Effects somewhere.
I wish i could show you exacly where, but i dont have it installed.
So search and you'll find

cs4 rocks just like Chung Dha sais.
I got it running on my mac now.
My pc still has to upgrade from cs3 though.
I recommend a good system to run it on.

[Chung Dha]

I got cs2 on my system and the color edit to grayscale under effects does not work on gradient only normal colors. I got cs2 because I got a packaging design plugin on it and that company has not made update for new Illustrator versions. Doing it manually shouldn't be that hard, unless you used too much colors and gradients. I always make swatches of gradient making easier to edit them too, with out touching the design.

[Jochemdv]

Guess i'm a bit spoiled, its been 1,5 year since i last touched cs2.

If you're going to do it manually, i'd recommend saving your image for web then turn it to greyscale in photoshop. Import that image back in illustrator and then handpick the colors from the image and use them in your design.
I'll need some tweaking but its the fastest way.

next time get cs3/4 or follow Chung Dha's advice:
"I always make swatches of gradient making easier to edit them too, with out touching the design."


good luck!

[machineman]

Guess i'm a bit spoiled, its been 1,5 year since i last touched cs2.

If you're going to do it manually, i'd recommend saving your image for web then turn it to greyscale in photoshop. Import that image back in illustrator and then handpick the colors from the image and use them in your design.
I'll need some tweaking but its the fastest way.

next time get cs3/4 or follow Chung Dha's advice:
"I always make swatches of gradient making easier to edit them too, with out touching the design."


good luck!

Going to upgrade! thank's