Turn any color into a PANTONE! (Adobe Illustrator)

[@DOITYOURSELFNYC]

who would've thought this video was made 3 years ago and has helped me tremendously. You're a great teacher bro thank you!!!

[@Ryonet]

"Don't Trust The Machines" - Golden Press Studio
Wise words fellas!

There is a very simple shortcut for all this:
First Version:
* Delete all colors in the swatches
* Select your Artwork (Ctrl + A)
* Choose from the options of the swatches: add all selected colors
This will convert all your colors in global colors
- After this do your thing in "Recolor Artwork"
Second Version (using the swatches is not necessary):
* Select your Artwork (Ctrl + A)
* Choose from the Menue Edit/Edit colors/Recolor with Preset/Color library
* Hit the options for reducing colors to a palet (near the center of the window)
* choose Pantone whatever (constrain to colorbook Pantone)
* Hit OK and AI will give you the nearest color-match of Pantone to your RGB, CMYK, whatever
I have the german version of Illustrator here, so the translation may be a little different

[@juanlujano4895]

Thanks

[@TarikAssefa-d3e]

Thank You

[@nancyfrance8680]

thank you that helped me a lot can't thank you enough

[@haberdasheryfun4738]

You rock. This was great. Thanks so much

[@stacyconner_27]

You're a trip. Thanks for the stellar tutorial! ARF

[@GoldenPressStudio]

You’re welcome! ARF!!

[@Webpixum]

Great video! Thanks for this video helped me on my project.

[@GoldenPressStudio]

Love to hear that!!

[@NNNedlog]

Your channel name caught my eye. Thanks for sharing this helpful tip

[@pennellpartyof294]

Fantastic tutorial! Thanks for the help!

[@GoldenPressStudio]

Glad it helped!

[@Matticulous-Media]

YOURE THE MAN!!!!!!!

[@loomonda18]

Thank you SO much for this!! Quick question, so after converting the design to Pantone colours, if sending to a client, do you just export the files like normal afterwards into PNGs, PDFs, etc. any other file that you'd need?
Also, when do you choose which colour space to work in for print - CMYK or converting the colours to Pantone? Thank you!!!

[@sumydesigner5425]

🔴THANK YOU! VERY INFORMATIVE❗

[@Bromoteknada]

Great! What about neon-rgb prints?

[@Lifech8ngr]

thanks for the tip! very straight forward step by step!

[@GoldenPressStudio]

Happy to help!

[@ninie_vlt]

Thank you !

[@loriezweifel3364]

Thank you so much for the tutorial... How do you suggest matching artwork with a physical item?

[@GoldenPressStudio]

I would just hold a Pantone book up to the item and try to get as close as I could.

[@ricardoferreira2811]

X-rite rm200

[@Faybambi]

Hey mate. What about turning it into a Pantone TCX? (for textiles)

[@mahnoorasghar4456]

Same question

[@danselzer]

You would just select a different Pantone book, in this case the TCX, though I'm seeing now recolor artwork isn't recognizing the color books from Pantone Connect. oh well.

[@RomanNEDELLEC]

Hi there, do you have any clue on how to do this with this new pantone connect thing ???? the "Extract" button can only use jpeg files....such a pain in th ***, I work a lot with pdf an vector drawings. Please help ?? cheers

[@yamato7175]

What’s the difference between CMYK, Spot color and Pantone? when to use them and what is better for printing?

[@ahmadjumacomputerandmobile6384]

cmyk is better for printing. rgb for digital works

[@lupitaernand8290]

Are you still able to access Solid Coated through recolor menu now that Pantone has changed to subscription service?

[@GoldenPressStudio]

Unfortunately no.... It seems Pantone & Adobe hate us...

[@kielbudjangbautista8279]

Hi, I'm having a problem how can you get the pantone color of Hex code #F2F1F1, thank you

[@martin42382]

I have a screen printer asking to change the artwork into Pantone colors how do I change the actual artwork into Pantone?

[@GoldenPressStudio]

Recently Adobe made pantone colors a paid service instead of free like it used to be...BOO!!! But anyway what you would do is just use a pantone book to match up colors.

[@ciprianandrus1544]

Hello! Is there any possibility to replace only one color from CMYK let say Black to a pantone color? Thank you!!

[@sanfior5911]

did you find out?

[@ciprianandrus1544]

sadly no@@sanfior5911

[@softhesaint.]

hello, do you know what’s pantone darkest black ?

[@GoldenPressStudio]

I'm pretty sure its just black.

[@JavierZavaletaVirasoro]

Can we learn how to do the opposite now?

[@ArcaneCluster]

Today I learned that Plastisol ink is only used for textile / fabrics.. not for screen printing tour posters ;p

[@monislimdancer1]

Can this be done on photoshop?

[@GoldenPressStudio]

Adobe and Pantone have changed the way all this works unfortunately

[@1bookhouse1]

Universal, and that’s why Adobe stopped the licensing…

[@generalgrafx]

Coated and uncoated refer to the type of paper, not ink. There is no such thing as coated or uncoated ink.

[@GoldenPressStudio]

Yep… and it’s important to use the right paper when picking pantones for screen printing. That’s why it was explained that way, to make sure you are using the right book for the ink you are using. Thanks

[@ricardoferreira2811]

Background music is awful.

[@GoldenPressStudio]

Thanks!

[@theGoogol]

This didn't age well.

[@danselzer]

yup, just tested. Recolor Artwork isn't seeing the other color books even when logged into connect. Will have to find a workaround involving downloading the entire library.

[@theGoogol]

@@danselzer : I've saved all color books as Lab ASE libs. Seems to do the trick for now ... Until Adobe presents us with an alternative option.

[@LaurensHazelEyes]

Thank you!

[@GoldenPressStudio]

You're welcome!