As of March 2022 Adobe will no longer preload Pantone colour libraries

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December 7, 2021
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Does anyone know the details of this recent announcement that Adobe will no longer preload Pantone colour libraries into Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop as of March 2022? Through the usual process of adding colour swatches will there be no listing for Pantone colours at all? Is there a solution to the change and if so what might it be?

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rob day

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The Pantone .acb files haven’t been updated since CS6. Assuming the CC apps continue to allow the use of .acb presets, there shouldn’t be a problem with saving the current Pantone .acb files and manually copying them into the Presets Swatch Libraries.

For the latest Pantone libraries you can get the Pantone Connect extemsion—there is a free version which lets you search the libraries and add any swatch to the ID Swatches panel:

edgydoug1Author

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very helpful information, thank you. However Adobe's notice on their website is fairly vague and given Adobe's focus in recent years one shareholder interests vs user interests one might assume there's a licensing cost they no longer have an interst in carrying. That said I'm hopefull they have a suitable solution ready to launch.

rob day

Community Expert

I see this new development as a way for Pantone to start a subscription service (and therefore, generate a dependable stream of income).

It look like they are going to continue to offer the search and swatch saving for free.

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi edgydoug1,

do you have a link to this announcement?
That's totally new to me.

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

edgydoug1Author

Participant

here it is: https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/swatches.html
highlited in blue box.

rob day

Community Expert

The implication seems to be there will be an alternative—maybe something like Pantone Connect lite will be automatically installed? Currently Pantone Connect has a paid version, but to simply get a swatch you don’t need an account. Not sure if it going to stay that way, but in the past Pantone hasn’t tried to restrict swatch sharing. These are the features you get with a paid account:

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