[scribus] Scribus 1.3.5 and use of pantone colours in Scribus

[Christoph Schäfer]

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

HTH

Christoph