which pantone book?
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- openmind
Hi all,
I'm new to print design and have mainly been doing web and interactive stuff before.
I have designed a few print things business cards etc no probs and have always used the printers pantone books. Now I'm doing a lot more print work and really need to get a pantone book my self but don't know which one should I get?
I was looking at the "printers edition" and the "designers edition". Which one to you guys find most useful when designing?
thanks :)
- ********0
If you are just needing to pick colors, you have no need for a process book, and should stick to uncoated, coated, matte, but if you need to convert to process (which is not accurate, ever) than a process book is a useful tool.
Also advisable to get chip books, where you can remove chips, which is useful when showing the client color...
- wendell0
post some links of youre web sites up, i find it verry fun when people have only done web and interactive. post some links that what you done
- swollenelbow0
the most useful one to get is the Pantone formula guide, coated/uncoated. This is the one i've been using for a while. You can always call pantone if you need info on any colors you may not have...
- Bunkum0
If yer on a budget the one that's split to show solid and process colours is preety useful (I dunno what they call it, sorry).
- openmind0
Thanks so much for all your help.
I've notice that a lot of printers offer buiness cards quite cheap, by doing print runs with lots of different cards and printing them using CMYK. While this is obviously great as it lowers the cost, I also know that it means that some colours like red and orange etc come out more dull.
Is this a trend in the industry to print business cards using CMYK? And therefore is it best as a designer when creating a corporate ID or logo to use a colour that can be achieved in CMYK? Just curious to know what you approach is?
thanks again