When working in a CMYK Illustrator file, the Export for Screens function currently creates CMYK jpgs. Since it is for screens, it should convert to RGB. Or at least there should be an option to convert the color mode for the exported files. In a package design project, the files are primarily for printing, but digital mockups are a secondary purpose. So it is necessary for the CMYK color mode How to change the color mode in Illustrator from CMYK to RGB, in this case I am using Illustrator CC 2015.Follow me ===== Adobe Illustrator has three types of color swatches: process, global, and spot. Process and global color swatches are related to the document color mode. Changing the document color mode from CMYK to RGB converts the process or global colors. Changing the document color mode back again is a second conversion, not a return to the original color. Cyan, magenta and yellow are the primary colors, and they combine to create black. (Black is the “K” in “CMYK.”) RGB mode creates the maximum color combinations, with 16.7 million colors compared to CMYK’s 16,000 possibilities. Despite having more color possibilities, RGB files are usually smaller than CMYK files. Hi, I'm working in Illustrator 9. I have several .ai files that show "CMYK/Preview" when they are opened. I'd like to change their format to "RGB/Preview" so that I can use some of Illustrator's special effects not available in the CMYK mode. 1. Well, you can convert the image from CMYK to RGB, then tell it to use the "not so black anymore" color as reference as black. In Photoshop you can use the Image -> Adjustments -> Levels. Select the black eyedropper tool and click on the "not so black area". The area will now be completely black. No real solution so far. Try File > Export > Save for Web (Legacy) Ok, thank you. Maybe just use this method, or open PS, then change the model. I try to save AI document to different format, color model is right. Choose CMYK, it is CMYK, choose RGB, it's RGB. Only JPG is wrong. Sep 12, 2013. Dumble-dad, You should be able to change to RGB through the flyout (the right arrow (s) in the upper right corner of the Color palette. If all your paths are (to be) filled, you should be able to select everything and tick the Fill Color at the bottom of the Toolbox, then tick the RGB red. If you only want to fill certain paths In Adobe Illustrator, you can switch colors modes by navigating to File > Document Color Mode > RGB Color or CMYK Color. This will affect the output of your vector shapes when shifting between color modes. Photoshop. Within Photoshop, you can change color profiles by going to Image > Mode > CMYK or RGB Color. InDesign And when I opened the pdf print file up it would change it self to cmyk for some reason. The way around that is save the final design as a .ai open it in photo shop then just save it As a jpg. Place the jpg back on the ai file on it’s own layer save it. Delete all other layers beside the jpg and save as pdf. 71S7l.