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Anonymous
March 26, 2010
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Getting the PMS hexadecimal value out of Photoshop using applescript/automator

  • March 26, 2010
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Hello,

I need to get the hexadecimal value for each PMS value out of Photoshop and into a spreadsheet. I am thinking that applescript the automator can do this, but I have never worked with either application before (PC guy at home, Mac guy at work). I have a marginal amount of programming skills so I am willing to learn, but I was wondering if anyone perhaps has done this before (or something similar) and can tell me if this is even feasible? And the charts that I have found out on the web are not accurate to Photoshop CS3 so it appears that Adobe has a proprietary way of calculating values?

Thank you,

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Michael_L_Hale
Inspiring
March 26, 2010

Xbytor's xtools has a script called ColorBookDemo.js

It reads the color book files( .acb ) that shipped with Photoshop. The output from that script does not seem to be effected by the Photoshop color settings as it reads the data from the files themselfs. Your on your own as to the licensing agreements though.

And hex values are used for RGB colors so converting the colors in the acb files to hex values will be where Photoshop's color setting will have an effect.

Chris Cox
Chris Cox
Legend
March 26, 2010

You'd have to talk to Pantone about that.

Trying to scrape Photoshop's data from Pantone for your own use probably violates more than a few licensing agreements.

And PMS colors are spot colors: LAB, not RGB or CMYK.

The RGB and CMYK values are going to depend on the exact color settings you set.

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Anonymous
March 30, 2010

Chris,

So how would I go about getting the information from Adobe? Is there a way to license this information? In no way to I want to violate any EULAs. I am trying to get the information so that what I see through a custom built system matches what I see in Photoshop. The table that was created for the custom application uses hexadecimal values (not my choice) to interpret PMS values that the customer is using . I am trying to repopulate the table with values out of Photoshop. Is there someone at Adobe that I could possibly contact about this?

Thank you,

Chris Cox
Chris Cox
Legend
March 30, 2010

Adobe licenses the Pantone information from Pantone.  Adobe has no right to sublicense it.

You have a license to use the values INSIDE Adobe applications, and that is all.

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