Pantone

[Tracy]

Ugh! I updated my illustrator yesterday, no more Pantone, I do have the older version on my other Mac
but I think I'm going to need the Pantone license.

[Joe]

I have decided I don't need any Pantone license. 

[Tracy]

  I just got approved to buy it!
what the heck we have to buy colors!

[David]

just get all the best colors, the others are just ugly.

[Joe]

  I just got approved to buy it!
what the heck we have to buy colors!

Can I just get the blue ones?

[David]

dibs on green!

[Possum]

Pantone? We don't need no stinkin' Pantone.

[madbugger]

Pantone? We don't need no stinkin' Pantone.

ummm, unfortunately we do . . . and they know it, and that's why we are now where we are at.

[DigiCorn]

so... again... being out of the game, what happens to legacy files with Pantone, and what happens when you build your own spot color library and name the colors like Pantones? And what happens with customer supplied files who have the license and you don't?

[swampymarsh]

If the spot colour is linked to a ACB that isn't installed, then the colour will be visualised as black. It will still separate correctly and be picked up by a spot colour replacement lookup table correctly in other software if the name matches... But in Adobe CC software such as InDesign, Illustrator it will be black! In Photoshop, if the linked spot colour is using one of the legacy colour book files that have been removed, the colour will be displayed correctly as it was defined in that historical point in time.

In all cases, all one needs to do is break the link the old library file by defining the spot colour values in Lab, RGB or CMYK values rather than using the linked color book values.

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2022/12/photoshop-2022-pantone-color-book.html

[Possum]

Pantone? We don't need no stinkin' Pantone.

ummm, unfortunately we do . . . and they know it, and that's why we are now where we are at.

These companies are getting too good at holding people and companies hostage.

[Tracy]

I saved all that info to use the old swatches, but I decided against it, Problem waiting to happen?

[born2print]

i keep waiting for any hint of a problem whatsoever...
Business as usual so far without Connect.

[Foozball]

Former employers statement at the start of 2023: "We need all those (1100+) pieces of packaging updated, just change the name in the fine print, so it's only a K plate change to save money."

Even if it worked out their way, which would be for 20% (maybe) of all files - we have to explain thet Adobe pulled support for any files using Type-1 fonts, and also Pantones on layouts that print as 4C-Process ... this is (unemployed) me now 

[Tracy]

Its when you do the updates That your swatches disappear

Holy cow I thought buying connect was going to allow things to be the same 
NOPE! I have to learn how to use the POC