CMYK / RGB to Pantone | Converting colours in Adobe Illustrator 

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Thank you for this video. I'm in a college Ai course that requires me to work in CMYK, then upload my artwork to a discussion board in RGB. I was shocked by the shift in colors between the 2 versions, so I asked my instructor how to get consistent colors between Ai and .jpg files. Her answer "you just have to live with it". I've had lots of other questions for my instructor that got similar responses. I'm so thankful for your channel with its easy to understand tutorials. It's really sad when I can learn more from your YT videos than I can in a college level course I paid lots of money for. Again, sincere thanks for what you do. Because of your channel, I am able to use Ai much more efficiently than if I had relied only on the instruction in my college class. Now if I could only get my instructor to stop lowering my grade because I work in multiple layers...Gareth, will you come and teach at my school?

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Thank you, Gareth! This video was really easy to follow along. I had just got off a call with a client who needed the CMYK values converted to Pantone. And this tutorial helped me provide a quick solution. Many thanks, again!

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Not able to find this pantone option in color books of the latest AI version, pls help

Great timing on this video/ I have almost completed my first profoessional pieces of art which are going to be printed on T-shirts. Up to now I have been copying and pasting and trying to manually guess the colours. This technique will be so much more accurate as well as quicker

Great job, thank you soo much for this video. I'm just trying to self-teach Adobe Illustrator and this is exactly what I needed.

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i Screamed when I saw how easy this was!!! I was doing this manually !!!

... this technique works up to a point to get the structure into separate unique ink channels ... however this method depends on the output intent profile of your working color spaces ... if you change the output intent color profile of your working space, the output pantone value will differ ... it's the same problem in reverse with pantone to CMYK ... the output intent profile determines the conversion ... this is fundamentally about output intent on different materials ... in the printing industry different profiles are created for different materials and special finishes ... try converting a pantone in photoshop to CMYK using different working space profiles and you will see what I mean ...

Fantastic Video! First time I've seen it explained so easy.

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thanks for this video. It helped me to find out the right pantone number for my logo and monogram. thanks again.

very neat and clear to understand! Thank you very much!

Very cool! Thanks! I can't wait to go to work tomorrow and try that!

Excellent video

If it's not working, don't forget to click the little arrow @2:13 between "Current Colors" and "New". I had the same problem, now it's working

Great explanation, thank you so much Gareth!

Very helpful. Thank you Gareth.

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Thanks! Great video.. And your nice calm voice is a plus!

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Great lesson! thank you so much!

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My life has just become easier. Thank you so much :)

Hi there! When I follow your instructions I do not get new (pantone) colour swatches next to my original swatches like you do. Is there something not correct in my settings?

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Thank you so much! Also for the file, it always helps to remember these things so much easier when you actually do the same stuff along ^^

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Thanks so much for this tip! Always wondered if there was a way to do this.

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Thanks, I was looking for same.

This is great and helpful! Could you recommend any of your tutorial which shows converting CMYK/RGB to Pantone in Photo Shop please? Great help - thank you so much!

Thanks for this tutorial. I always wondered that how to convert colours from one profile to another. But can you tell me that how I can choose profile (Pantone or CMYK) before starting my design in Illustrator? Thank you in anticipation.

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Thanks for this, you're awesome. So is it inevitable that sometimes we will not reach the EXACT RGB or CMYK color with Pantone, given there's only a select range of colors in that specific pantone color category?

THANKS!!!! GREAT TUTORIAL

Big help. many thanks

Great tip and much appreciated. Thank you.

Well Explained. Please explain why pantone colors are important? or when they are handy and when not? i have searched over the internet but couldn't find answer. Thanks

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instead of selecting every item to replace the color you could perhaps show how to "select > same > fill color", for example.

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Great clear presise video. Can I select all objects and change all colors at same time?

That helped a lot, thank you

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Thanks for the tutorial! Q: what would you do if the Pantone color is lighter or darker than what you expected?

Cool. That's a great tip.

Thank you.

Thanks! but one question: As some people commented before, I do not get a new Pantone swatch added on my swatch panel after following your procedure. Also, when I select a previously finished work, the normal colour swatch does not get selected on my swatched panel (even though the item does appear selected with the bounding box). Any advise on this?

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when would you choose pantone over cmyk or rgb? And what's the difference between coated and uncoated?

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Hi, thanks for the video. I have changed the colours to pantone, but when i saved it in PDF, the review show very different colour scheme. However, when I open it in illustrator, the colours seem right again. Just wondering which will be the closest colour when i print? the Illustrator file? or the pdf review? thanks

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Can you please make a video on how to apply gradient cmyk color to pantone colors?

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wow that was quite informative

thank for your tut, it's really helpful, you know, I'm processing my brand identity project, and I found your tutorial. Thanks a lot By the way, are there any videos showing the different between those sorts of Pantone? And which Pantone should i choose for printing on paper? is that Pantone Coated?

ok but what if I have a pantone chart and I want to make a swatch that is one of the specific pantone numbers... say on my chart (or book) it says pantone 2935 c how do I make that into a swatch ??????