Christoph Sch?fer wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 13. August 2009 16:21:57 schrieb Julian Robbins: > >> 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 >> > > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Spot_Colour_Palettes_in_Scribus >
Thanks to both Christoph and Owen. I used the info in the wiki :- i should have looked in there first - duh ! Julian > HTH > > Christoph > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- Kind regards Julian Robbins Applications Engineer Q-par Angus Ltd Barons Cross Laboratories Leominster Herefordshire HR6 8RS UK Tel +44 (0) 1568 612138 Fax +44 (0) 1568 616373 Web www.q-par.com (Registered office) Incorporated in England No 1826221
