Changes to Pantone Color Books

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July 15, 2022
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Some of the Pantone Color Books that are pre-loaded in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign will be phased-out from future software updates starting in August 2022. To access the complete set of Pantone Color Books, Pantone requires customers to purchase a premium license through Pantone Connect and install a plug-in using Adobe Exchange.

For more information, please refer to the following FAQ pages:

HelpX: Pantone FAQ (Photoshop)

HelpX: Pantone FAQ (Illustrator)

HelpX: Pantone FAQ (InDesign)

Correct answer David Cardillo, PRH

Thats great Adobe is preserving existing spot colors now.. thats was a drag re-converting colors and a real headscratcher. If I might ask, how do I find and load the appropriate color book into the appropriate folders.. is there a link you could direct me to?.. I was looking for a work around but never found a resolution. I have the Pantone subscription but havent been able to find out how to get those libraries back in Adobe apps

go back to a previous installation (or a backup) in the application folder > Presets > Color Books

For Photoshop you're looking for files with the ACB extension.

Illustrator and InDesign can create swatches from ACO and ASE files.

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NB, colourmanagement

Community Expert

HI Pattie & Kevin, you're right that’s rather important info. It'll cause a lot of consternation I imagine.

For a big change like this Adobe should write to all Photoshop subscribers.

But can one actually "pin" a post on Khouros? Google isn't helping, if you know how to do it and can explain I'll do it for you

I hope this helps
neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer:: co-author: 'getting colour right'
google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management

Kevin Stohlmeyer

Community Expert

I belive its an Admin-only option (not moderator). You can see where other topics are pinned to the top of the discussion board (some that could probably be removed at this point). @Pattie-F Can you pin this post?