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

[Julian Robbins]

Christoph Schäfer 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
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