Where is my Color Book?

Question

I updateded to Photoshop 2020 and my PANTONE (R) F+H cotton TCX Color Book is now gone.

The last time I updated I had the same problem and I solved it by copying the Color Book from the previous Photoshop Presets>Color Books to the new Presets>Color Books. This solution does not work this time.

I need the swatches when I am color indexing artwork. I go to Image>Mode>Color Table. Then when I click on a specific color swatch the Color Picker comes up. I then click on Color Libraries and under Book: I should see my options including PANTONE (R) F+H cotton TCX or whatever.

It's really annoying that I have to figure this out everytime I update Photoshop.

rob day · Accepted Answer

The Color Pickers Color Libraries have to be .acb files—the Swatches panel uses .aco.

Are you sure you got the .acb (not .aco) file from the old version’s /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 20XX/Presets/Color Books folder, and copied the .acb into the new Color Books folder (Book Swatches not Color Swatches)?

gener7 · Answer

I presume you want the Color Books (.acb files)

I successfully used the Pantone Color Manager which is free if you own their swatch books.

https://www.pantone.com/products/digital-apps/pantone-color-manager-software

Just select the Color Books you want, then File > Export > Adobe Photoshop.

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