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Posted: Tue Mar 16th, 2004 05:40 pm |
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Dear Experts,
I need quick help with the Pantone colors. To convert my CMYK color to Pantone Basic color -- my first time working with Pantone!! what Pantone should I pick from AI pantone list (pls see list below):
PANTONE SOLID UNCOATED
PANTONE SOLID COATED and so on....
Is there any option in AI to let me type in the pantone I need, for example, PANTONE grey 425 C??
Any quick help is very much appreciated.
Nee
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Posted: Tue Mar 16th, 2004 06:08 pm |
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Please also tell me what is an easiest to match the pantone color I know to a cmyk value,
for example, if pantone is orange 425 C what is the equivalent cmyk??
Is there any source from the web that provide the whole chart?
Pls help,
Thanks,
Nee
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Woodman
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Posted: Wed Mar 17th, 2004 12:44 am |
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Greetings,
You've probably already figured this out, but here's the answer anyways for other inquisitive folks heh  .
For the first question, you can convert CMYK color to Pantone's best match using Photoshop. You can do this by first opening the Color Picker window, typing in the CMYK value, and then clicking on the Custom button. The selection isn't the best match of matches, but will do for everyday applications. Users can also pick colors using guides fron Pantone, which should offer the best match possible, but they're expensive.
Second question concerning coated/uncoated I'm not sure of unfortunatly.
For the third question, yes there is a way for both AI & Photoshop. In AI, you start by loading the Pantone library (if you haven't already done so). Do this by first going to the Window menu, then to Swatch Library, then to Other Library. Browse to AI's directory, then go to the Presets folder. There should be a Pantone folder in there. Pick & load up a library file, and a new window should open up. There should also be a "Find" bar above the colors, you can type in your colors in here to find them. For Photoshop, you can do the same by going to the Pantone color list & typing the color in yourself. No text entries are necessary, though for both cases, you should type the name as fast as you can.
And the last question, it's pretty easy too. In AI, when you get the Pantone window up, you simply select a color, and then double-click the color in the vertical menu at the side, to bring up the Color Picker. The best CMYK value should be displayed. In PS, you first pick a Pantone color from the list, and then switch back to the color picker (through the Picker button), and you'll have the best CMYK color values it'll give you.
Well good luck mate .
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Posted: Wed Mar 17th, 2004 07:43 pm |
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Hello Woodman,
Thank you for being always on top of helping with our question. It is very much appreciated as always.
My 2nd thanks to you for the detailed guide on my question about the Pantone color. And I had not figured it out. I am now going through the steps you provided and I'm sure they will give me answer to what I'm searching for.
Thanks again and have a great day,
Nee
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Posted: Wed Mar 17th, 2004 11:44 pm |
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Hello Woodman,
Just can't thank you enough.
Following the tips that you provided, I'm now quite okay with converting Pantone colors to CMYK.
Thanks a million.
Best regards,
Nee
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Woodman
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Posted: Wed Mar 17th, 2004 11:59 pm |
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Posted: Fri Jan 7th, 2005 08:07 am |
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the best way to manage pantone colors is to buy the pantone color books.
there is no way that photoshop is going to show you what a pantone color is going to look like when printed in 4-color process cmyk.
the pantone color books are not cheap...but they are very useful if you do a lot of print work as well as web design.
color management is very tricky and takes a great deal of experience to master.
print design is not like web design at all.
you definitely need the right tools to be successful at it.
color disasters are easy in the printing game...and very expensive.
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Posted: Mon May 15th, 2006 12:18 pm |
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Hello and sorry for bringing up an old topic, but i was searching on google for conversion cmyk to pantone and found this one.
I'm making a logo for a competition in ai and want to give the pantone color. I'm working with cmyk.
Woodman wrote:
For the first question, you can convert CMYK color to Pantone's best match using Photoshop. You can do this by first opening the Color Picker window, typing in the CMYK value, and then clicking on the Custom button. The selection isn't the best match of matches, but will do for everyday applications. Users can also pick colors using guides fron Pantone, which should offer the best match possible, but they're expensive.
I can't find the custom button you are talking about.
Thank you
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