> Hi > > In the Scribus 1.3.5 review in LGW > http://www.libregraphicsworld.org/articles.php?article_id=9, Alexandre > mentions a technique to import pantone colour palette. I tried > this,but > it doesnt quite give enough detail to work. > >> >> EPS and AI as swatches >> >> Importing EPS and AI files as swatches actually means that you can >> easily enable Pantone color palettes in Scribus. This is how you do >> it: >> >> 1. Register at Pantone web site. >> 2. Download swatches installation package. >> 3. Install it (using WINE on Linux ??? it does work). >> 4. Go to /Edit > Colors/. >> 5. Click *Import* button. >> 6. Point to a EPS with a Pantone palette. >> > I registered and downloaded The MyPantone free app. and yes it does > work > under WINE. But how do you get it to save colours into a format that > Scribus can import ? You can save in various formats for Indesign, > Illustrator, even Coreldraw, but they are in bin formats such as .acb > > I'm sure this will be useful for many others, so i would appreciate > some > clarification
Hi, I have not attempted to follow Alexandre's instructions, but you might want to look at; http://gna.org/projects/swatchbooker/ That *I think* will convert the Pantone file to xml and then you can import it. -- Owen
