color swatches
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- harlequino
I've never needed to do this, so I've never thought about it. But-
Say you've built a color swatch set in whatever app-PS, AI, whatev.
Is there any function to export a report or breakdown of PMS or CMYK colors used. Like a color list of some sort?
- harlequino0
*bumpity
- horton0
there's "save for exchange" in AI through the swatch palette but i don't know how compatible the resulting .ase file is.
also "save swatches" but it basically just saves an AI document with your swatch set.
i've always thought this was kinda pointless.
- harlequino0
It would be a seriously convenient feature yeah?
*writes letter to Adobe
- jaylarson0
yeah. somewhere is the colors (PS), there is not only an option to export swatches, but also find CMKY configs of PMS colors.
peace.
- jaylarson0
i just checked it out. I made a document a monotone image. in the process, when I chose my color, I then used the picker after I selected a PMS swatch, and viola, the color window comes up with your color preselected and with defined hsb, rgb, lab, cmyk values...
peace.
- harlequino0
Whoah, hold up mate. Where do I go, what do I do?
- jaylarson0
sorry.
say you have a color image, make it greyscale in the Greyscale mode. Then choose Duotone and choose your colors.
Instead of using the color picker here, try the Color Libraries
IMAGE > MODE > GREYSCALE
IMAGE > MODE > DUOTONE
Choose color type: Monotone, Duotone...
Click color square (mine was Black), and the COLOR PICKER will appear.
Click COLOR LIBRARIES on the right side
Choose any BOOK in the DROP-DOWN menu t\for your colors.
In the colors that appear, chose the one you want. Let's say: PANTONE 2395 C (I am in Pantone solid coated)
Now choose PICKER on the right side and the COLOR PICKER appears again with the color you chose with all fields in detail (CMYK, RGB, HEX, etc.)
I think that should help. Let me know if you have more questions.
Peace.
- monNom0
in illustrator: open the document properties pallete, select spot colours in your twist off menu, and then select save...
it'll give you a .txt file listing the pantones.
make sure you name them in your swatches though... or you'll get "untitled swatch 1" untitled swatch 2" etc.
- ********0
- harlequino0
Synchronize swatches mo'fucka!
- horton0
nice tip monNom.
i still wish there was a more intuitive way to copy and paste your palette into new documents...
it'd be cool in AI if you could duplicate a selection of swatches through the twist off in the same way that PS allows you to select layers and duplicate them into new docs.
know what i mean jellybean.
i still do it old-school and make a little mini palette in my doc and copy/ paste it through files req common colors.
- harlequino0
I agree. Pain in the toodles. Let's all focus our chi, and hope for Adobe Suite version what ever it is, CS3?
- ********0
synchronized and hypnotized like a pig from space b*tches!!
- monNom0
you can.
I can't recall the exact names, but its something like window >load swatches > more... and select your .ai document that has the swatches you want...
or am I not following?