Creative Cloud to stop including Pantone Libraries!!

[Slappy]

So, will we have to push clients to use Pantone Connect instead? I'm really not sure how designers or providers can use the Adobe products without integrated Pantone support.

[Possum]

Oh, yeah, another thing for clients to learn. Like they haven't yet learned to use what they have correctly yet.

It does look good on their screens without Pantone Connect, ya' know.

[wonderings]

All the features I just don't need. I simply need pantones that somewhat accurately appear on screen for proofs and be able to make plates. Hoping Pantone Connect Basic which is free will let me continue to do this. Gotta love these brand new features that take things away!

[scottrsimons]

Maybe we all will get lucky and everyone will switch to only using CMYK? Or better yet LAB? Or RGB? Maybe we will stop using Spot colors in printing, because print is dead, right? 

[orka81]

There's an interesting read over at the other place about this:

https://printplanet.com/threads/pantone-color-libraries-will-be-removed-from-future-adobe-updates.291824/

[Foozball]

Maybe we all will get lucky and everyone will switch to only using CMYK? Or better yet LAB? Or RGB? Maybe we will stop using Spot colors in printing, because print is dead, right? 

I miss straight up CMYK printing!!

So 12 months ago, we start this "CMYK +2 PMS" push, which is cool and going pretty well, as we move away from a lot of HEX-Color builds where the volume isn't worth it ... 
And now we are lost ... in a sea of blood sausages who believe adobe will get it right, despite never editing a file. 


On the up-side - my unpopular stand/rant about "DO NOT mess with the color proofs ... don't be CHEAP." is looking pretty sweet now! 

[Syphon]

I found this article on how to copy your Pantone libraries and save them, then hope that one can import them back in.

https://www.fespa.com/en/news-media/blog/adobe-removing-pantone-colour-books-from-the-next-release-of-adobe-cc

[Tracy]

Holy cow! I just read this!
sheesh and Joe's retired dang it!!  :laugh:

[Possum]

Oh oh. Now you'll have to contribute to his retirement fund to get any help.

[Joe]

Holy cow! I just read this!
sheesh and Joe's retired dang it!!  :laugh:

Who? Did what?

Right now I'm freezing my butt off. It is nice not having to get out in it to go to work though.

[Tracy]

Lucky duck, I'm still working from home because I can't drive yet.
Not feeling like going back, back on the 18th tho

[jwheeler]

Pantone has provided an explanation in this article:https://creativepro.com/pantone-color-libraries-are-leaving-the-adobe-apps/

Key notes:

   • Pantone VP explains: "...the future of Pantone colors in Adobe products lies in add-on software, Pantone Connect, which will let the color systems company sell complete and up-to-date color data directly to its own users. . .Pantone was unable to actively update the library to correct any changes to the color data or to update it with new colors," Cheng told CreativePro. "We had to find a way to address user problems regarding these outdated libraries.""
    • "On top of the usual Adobe Creative Cloud subscription plans, Pantone Connect will cost $7.99 per month or $35.99 for a full year for the first year and $59.99 annually thereafter."
    • "Nothing will prevent a user of the affected software from creating a brand-new color swatch as a spot color, selecting a color using RGB sliders to match the printed Pantone chip."
    • "Users of Photoshop on the Mac M1 processor will find that the Extension won't load at all, as Adobe has changed the file format for add-on software. Users wishing to access Pantone Connect and other Extensions will need to run the Intel version of Photoshop under Rosetta 2 or downgrade to version 22.2.0 via the Creative Cloud app."
    • "Existing documents—both native application documents and PDFs generated for publication or distribution—will be unaffected by any changes, with essential color information (though it might be from data that Pantone says is long outdated) remaining embedded in the documents that are created with current tools."

[Possum]

Easy peasy, right?

Does the word SNAFU apply here?

[abc]

Money, money, money, money. Moneeeeeeyyyyyyy

[bornrd]

Did someone say Money?