Color

  • Find: The color to look for. Click the swatch to pick a color, or type a hex value in the box, with or without the #
  • Replace: The new color, set in the same way
  • ▼: Lists the recent colors of that row
  • ⇅: Swaps the two colors

Search in

  • Scope: Where to look: "Selected Layers", "Active Composition", "Selected Compositions" or "Entire Project"
  • Layer Properties: Every color property on a layer: effects, shape fills and strokes, layer styles and a light's color
  • Text: The fill and stroke color set on a text layer
  • Solids: The color of a solid. A solid's color belongs to its source item, so changing it also changes every other layer that uses that solid

Results

  • The list shows every place the Find color was found, with its Comp, Layer and Property. It updates when you change a color, the scope or a checkbox
  • Double-click a row to open its composition and select the layer
  • ⌘/Ctrl + double-click a row with an effect color to bring the Effect Controls panel to the front as well

Buttons

  • Replace All: Replaces the color in every place in the list
  • Close: Closes the window

How to use

  1. Run the tool
  2. Set the Find color and the Replace color
  3. Choose a Scope and tick what to search: Layer Properties, Text, Solids
  4. Check the list of places that will change
  5. Click Replace All. The number of colors replaced shows at the bottom of the window

Note

💡 Locked layers are skipped and left out of the list. The line at the bottom of the window says how many were skipped