PANTONE® COLOR MANAGER User Manual
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1. PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual 2 Place the CAPSURE device over the color you want to measure and press the Measure button 3 The measured color will appear in the active palette a EE EE EE HT EE E SEF Measure a Multi Color Sample into a Custom Palette The CAPSURE device can be used to measure samples with multiple colors into a custom palette 1 Create a new palette or select an existing custom palette 2 Make sure the CAPSURE aperture is set to Automatic Large This enables the instrument to automatically determine if there is more than one color in the measurement area Aerie PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual 3 Place the CAPSURE device over the multi color sample you want to mea sure and press the Measure button Only the average measurement will appear in the CAPSURE palette but both the average and the component measurements will appear in the Color Manager palette e he initial color displayed in the Match window is the average color across the measurement area e When CAPSURE detects a sample containing more than one color the Color Picker icon in the function bar will begin to rotate and an audible tone will be heard The screen will automatically advance to the Color Picker function where you can select an individual color e The selected color is highlighted around the circle Use the up or down buttons on the navigation wheel to move between colors Th2. HS Export b Adobe Illustrator b Corel Painter Software not installed gt i1Profiler Adobe InDesign gt Adobe Photoshop b QuarkXPress Software not installed gt Mac OS X ColorPicker b myPANTONE com Style Guide Use Palettes with myPANTONE The palettes you create with Color Manager can be used with myPANTONE e Upload palettes e View other popular palettes e E mail palettes to others To connect with myPANTONE from within Color Manager click the Social drop down From here you can sign in to your account create a new account or check for palettes available downloads others have sent you Create Account Check for Available Downloads To learn more about myPANTONE visit http www pantone com pages MYP_myPantone mypantone aspx PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual PANTONE Colors displayed here may not match PANTONE identified standards Consult current PANTONE Color Publications for accurate color Pantone is the copyright owner of color data and or software which are licensed to user for use only in combination with PANTONE Color Manager PANTONE Color Data and or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part of the execution of PANTONE Color Manager PANTONE myPANTONE and other Pantone trademarks are the property of Pantone LLC Adobe Creative Suite lllustrator and Photoshop are either registered trademark
3. PANTONE 070 Me a AN ve Ss User Manual PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual PANTONE Color Manager 3 Features 4 Installing Color Manager 4 Basic Color Manager Workflow 5 Working with Palettes 6 Select a Palette 6 PANTONE Guides 6 Bridged Fan decks 7 Received Palettes 7 My Palettes 8 View a Palette 9 View Color Details 9 Bridge a Palette 10 Export a Palette to an Application 11 Export CMYK to myPANTONE 2 0 12 Search for a Palette 15 Color Manager Settings 16 Select Lighting Conditions 16 Show Split Colors for Bridges 17 Warnings 17 Viewing Display Info 19 iPhone Calibration 19 Creating and Sharing Palettes 20 Create a New Palette 20 Using a color measurement device 20 Create a Palette From an Image 21 Use the CAPSURE Device to Add Colors 22 Measure a Color into a Custom Palette 22 Measure a Multi Color Sample into a Custom Palette 23 Add Offline Measurements to a Custom Palette 25 E mail a Palette 27 Use Palettes with myPANTONE 27 PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual PANTONE Color Manager PANTONE Color Manager is a desktop application for Mac and PC that allows you to select a specific ICC profile then determine how any PANTONE Color will output on your selected device Think of it like the PANTONE Color Bridge which compares spot colors to their PANTONE process simulations except this digital version can be customized to your specific profiles applications and devices
4. display a palette This palette will appear under My Palettes and can be used like any other palette Select an image from which to extract PANTONE Colors Qsearch search a Dandelion gif oe Ixia gif Spiked gif rr v sSunflower gif Name Sunflower gif Size 4 KB Kind Graphics Interchange Format GIF 3 Sunflower Canon Color Printer Profile 2005 PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Use the CAPSURE Device to Add Colors MAC Only Feature When using a Mac you can use the CAPSURE device to measure a single or multiple colors into a custom palette You can also add measurements taken of fline with CAPSURE Colors measured with CAPSURE can be used just like any other swatches in PANTONE Color Manager CAPSURE Sync is not required to run PANTONE Color Manager but is necessary to add new fan decks Please Note e You can only add color swatches into custom palettes not a PANTONE palette e f you have non PANTONE fan decks on your CAPSURE device measure ments that match to colors in those non PANTONE fan decks will not ap pear in Color Manager e To use a color measured with CAPSURE in PANTONE Color Manager the color must exist within one of the Color Manager libraries Measure a Color into a Custom Palette The CAPSURE device can be used to measure a color into a custom palette 1 Create a new palette or select an existing custom palette
5. prompts on the device to measure the displayed colors from the iPhone and create a profile The created profile will then appear under this option in Color Manager ensuring the colors you see in your myPANTONE application are more accurate PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Creating and Sharing Palettes When you create a custom palette you can use it just as you use any of the PANTONE palettes including selecting an ICC profile to bridge colors exporting it to an application uploading it to myPANTONE or your myPANTONE iPhone and e mailing it to others Create a New Palette To create a new palette select File New Palette Give your palette a name and click OK You can then click on the icon to select a PANTONE fan deck and then drag and drop your selected colors into the custom palette Using a color measurement device You can also use a color measurement device such as the i1Pro or ColorMunki Design to measure physical samples and find the closest PANTONE Colors to include in your palette PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Create a Palette From an Image With Color Manager you can import an image and create a custom color palette with the main colors This palette will appear under My Palettes and can be used like any other palette Select File gt New Palette from Image Browse to and select the image and select Open Color Manager will extract the color from the image and
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7. can reproduce on your selected output device P No profile RGB Canon lJ Color Printer Profile 2005 Canon mini260 MP2 Canon mini260 PR1 Canon mini260 PR2 Canon mini260 PR3 Canon mini260 SP2 Canon mini260 SP3 hp color LaserJet RGB v402 hp color Laserjet RGB v402 sRGB Matching Profile sRGB Matching Profile Canon mini260 SP3 Canon mini260 SP2 CanonlPrinter2005 Canon mini260 PR2 PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Export a Palette to an Application Once you have created a color bridge using your selected profile you can export these colors to your creative application Select File Export A list of applications will appear grayed out applications either are not loaded on your system or are not available to your current fan deck selection Select the application from list and your new Color Manager palette will transfer to the selected application Then when you open this application you will be able to select your custom palette as the swatch library Quick Tip The complete PANTONE guides are not available to export to myPANTONE com Create a custom palette or bridge the colors to your output profile to share them with other myPANTONE com users File New Palette N New Palette from Image 3N Save as Bridge 35S z Export e Adobe Illustrator Corel Painter Software not installed il Profiler Software not installed Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Q
8. e Uncoated e PANTONE GoeGuide coated e PANTONE GoeGuide uncoated e PANTONE Goe Bridge coated Fan Deck Done FanDeck PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Bridged Fan decks The custom bridges those PANTONE fan decks that use an ICC profile you ve created will be listed here For example separate bridges for uncoated and coated papers will ensure that you are judging your color accurately in each scenario FanDeck Received FanDeck Bridged test default rgb obc icm PRA TOE Soden Cred J rE PLATOAL poki Usred n wo LFE PRA TOA Pastels amp brons Cased Received Palettes With Color Manager you can send and receive custom palettes If you receive an e mail alerting you that someone has sent you a new palette sign in to your myPANTONE website account under the Social drop down Under the same drop down select Social gt Check for Available Downloads A download box will appear Follow the steps to download and the new palette will automatically load into Color Manager behind the Received palette PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual If you do not have a myPANTONE user account a user name and password will be assigned to you in the palette notification e mail Sign in with this infor mation under the Social drop down to receive your palette ANIONS Welcome it myPANTONE fachies wants to share a fila with youl ifs a custom color palette created
9. e color description will be displayed below Select the desired color by pressing Enter on the device 4 All of the colors will load into the active palette Sunflower PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Add Offline Measurements to a Custom Palette PANTONE Color Manager allows you to add measurements to a custom palette that you have taken offline with CAPSURE 1 Using the USB cable connect your CAPSURE device with the computer 2 In PANTONE Color Manager create a new palette or select an existing custom palette 3 Click the button next to the Search box 4 Select the CAPSURE device Dandelion PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual 5 Click Reload in the upper right corner All of the available swatches on the device will appear 6 Drag and drop the swatches you want to add to the active palette 7 When you are finished click Fan Decks to go back to the list of fan decks and click Done PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual E mail a Palette To e mail a palette to another Color Manager user go to File gt Export and choose myPANTONE com users Enter your user s email address If they do not have a myPANTONE account a new account will automatically be created for them and they will receive a notification gy Edit View Social Window Help _ New Palette N New Palette from Image N Close Window HW Save As Bridge 5 Save As
10. e shared CMYK space CMYK Received You have received Uncoated FOGRA29 ISO 12647 2 2004 from Do you want to use this as your current CMYK In the myPANTONE app menu choose Settings Email Palette Post to myPANTONE Send to Other Device View in Layout Palette Details Settings Cancel PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Under Color Manager your CMYK selection Is displayed CMYK Uncoated FOGRA29 IS gt Display Profile profile icc gt Images i Ct ee Settings SWOP2006_Coated3v2 Uncoated FOGRA29 ISO 12647 PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Search for a Palette To search for a specific color type in the color number in the search field Any color in the selected fan deck with that number description will appear For example searching for 185 in the Solid Coated Formula Guide will bring up PANTONE 185 C and PANTONE 5185 C FORMULA GUIDE Solid Coated PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Color Manager Settings You can customize settings within Color Manager to fit your specific workflow needs Select Lighting Conditions Color Manager allows you to select from two default lighting options D50 2 and D65 10 From the Settings icon in the bottom right of the window select Lighting and choose the condition you wish to mimic A checkmark will appear next to the option you have selected Lighting v DSO 2 D65 10 View Setti
11. ettes cannot be saved as bridged 2 Select a profile The bridged colors will appear on screen 3 Save a fandeck as a bridged palette 4 Export a palette or bridged fan deck to Use in your favorite creative application Others in an e mail myPANTONE myPANTONE iPhone app Quick Tip When you choose to use an ICC profile you may notice that your bridged color values don t match the CMYK or RGB values in your PANTONE Color Bridge guides That s because these values have been optimized for your output through your ICC profile For example a large format inkjet printer may be able to reproduce more PANTONE Colors than a traditional offset press even though they are both CMYK devices To get the most predictable output be sure to bridge your colors to a profile that represents your workflow PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Working with Palettes Select a Palette When you launch Color Manager the PANTONE PLUS Formula Guide Solid Coated palette will open as the default palette If this is not the one you wish to use click the Fan deck icon in the bottom right corner to select a different one Your options include PANTONE Guides e PANTONE PLUS Formula Guide Solid Coated e PANTONE PLUS Formula Guide Solid Uncoated e PANTONE PLUS Pastels amp and Neons Coated e PANTONE PLUS Pastels amp Neons Uncoated e PANTONE PLUS Premium Metallics Coated e PANTONE PLUS Color Bridge Coated e PANTONE PLUS Color Bridg
12. file e he lighting condition you have selected e The color values based on the selected profile Red text indicates this color will not be within an acceptable DeltaE range or the measureable amount of difference between colors Quick Tip Want more information about DeltaE Check out The Color Guide and Glossary from X Rite PANTONE 7628 C PANTONE 7628 C 15842 43 sRGB 158 42 43 9E2A2B HTML Ink formulas Warm Red Rubine Red Black Trans White Trans White Bridge D50 2 Color Details Canon mini260 MP2 22121 64 Color Details with Bridge Information PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Bridge a Palette When you select an ICC profile in Color Manager the spot colors in the selected palettes will appear as they will be reproduced with that profile If you would like to visually compare your bridged color to the original PANTONE Color check Show Split Color for Bridges in the Settings menu Fan Deck gt Previous Fan Deck Ce Next Fan Deck va Lighting View Settings v Show Split Color for Bridges HB Warnings Display Calibration Warning 2 D Show Soft Proof Warnings HF v Show Reproduction Device Warnings 3R To select a profile click on the Profile drop down menu A list of all ICC profiles loaded on your system will appear Chose the profile you wish to use This will bridge these colors from the PANTONE spot color to the color you
13. ngs Show Split Color for Bridges 0HB sample test Warnings Display Calibration Warning dD Show Soft Proof Warnings 2 F Show Reproduction Device Warnings R So what do these settings mean D50 is approximately 5000 degrees Kelvin This corresponds to the mid morning light in most of the Northern Hemisphere and is the graphics industry s standard viewing condition D65 is approximately 6500 degrees Kelvin and is closer to the lighting you would see at noon 2 and 10 degrees are standard observer angles corresponding to the way that most people visually assess color Quick Tip If you create a custom lighting condition in 11Profiler Color Manager will automatically load this information into your drop down menu PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Show Split Colors for Bridges If you select Show Split Color for Bridges you will see a visual comparison of the original spot color on the left and its process representation color on the right To turn Split Colors on and off select the Settings icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and select Show Split Color for Bridges A check mark indicates this option is turned on Lighting View Settings Show Split Color for Bridges Warnings v Display Calibration Warning Show Soft Proof Warnings Show Reproduction Device Warnings Warnings Color Manager will give you several notifications to ensure you can see and reproduce you
14. on your selected output device with the selected profile A red triangle may indicate one or both warnings To turn off warning triangles select View gt Show Spot Color Warnings and or Show Reproduction De vice Warnings Viewing Display Info Displays Details Done A calibrated and profiled display is very important in accurate color judgement If your design applications don t have accurate information about the color characteristics of your display you may not be predicting your output correctly Profile For more information on professional display calibration options visit http pan came Color Ci tone com profiling Age 252 days old To see the name and date of your Current monitor profile click the Monitor Color LCD was last profiled 252 1 1 da gt Y di calib io icon in the bottom left corner of the window Select the display The name and et get ean ae w creation date of the current profile will appear on screen may not be accurate iPhone Calibration Through Color Manager it is also possible to calibrate and view color for your iPhone and iPod Touch Tether your device to your computer and it will appear under Mobile Displays TIP Creating a calibration of your iPhone is easy Connect your ColorMunki i1Pro or i1 Display 2 and your mobile device with the myPANTONE 2 0 iPhone app installed Launch the myPANTONE 2 0 app on your iPhone when Color Manager detects your mobile device follow the
15. r colors correctly If you see a red warning bar at the top of the Color Manager application window your monitor has not been calibrated in the past 30 days and the colors you see may not be displaying accurately on screen To turn off this warning select View gt Show Display Warnings IE Color Manager Register The current display needs to be profiled Color LCD was last profiled 252 days ago Your display ca ors you see on screen may not be accurate PLUS SERIES PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual ig iting View Settings Show Split Color for Bridges Warnings Display Calibration Warning Show Soft Proof Warnings Show Reproduction Device Warnings If you see a red warning triangle on a color swatch click it for more information Color Details PANTONE 102 C 252 227 0 HTML FCE300 Ink formulas PANTONE Yellow PANTONE Trans W Bridge D50 2 Profile CanoniPF6300 HWSatinPP_600H_pm5 RGB 250 239 1 PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual e lf This color may not display correctly on screen appears this is a spot color warning telling you your monitor may not be displaying this color properly o Quick Tip If you see a spot color warning be sure to refer to your PAN TONE fan deck for a visual confirmation of your selected color e fared warning triangle and red text appear in your device color calculation this color may not reproduce correctly
16. rs that cannot be prop erly printed on your target output device or properly displayed on your monitor e synchronizes spot color values to design applications e synchronizes device specific values to myPANTONE iPhone application e Extracts colors from your images to find the nearest PANTONE Color matches e Style guide generator helos you specify and share your color palette e Measures and calibrates your iPhone display for improved accuracy in viewing PANTONE Colors requires myPANTONE 2 0 for iPhone and a calibration device such as ColorMunki i1Pro or i1 Display 2 e Enables custom ambient light measurement with 11 Pro or ColorMunki Installing Color Manager To install Color Manager follow the steps below Mac Double click the zipped file you downloaded to extract the installer package Click the installer and follow the instructions to complete the installation process PC Double click the exe file and follow the instructions to complete the instal lation process Once you have installed PANTONE Color Manager it will automatically update all of your applications with the latest PANTONE Colors PANTONE Color Manager will also automatically alert you when software updates are available from Pantone PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Basic Color Manager Workflow 1 Select a PANTONE fan deck or palette PANTONE fan deck Bridged fan deck one that uses an ICC profile Note Custom and Received Pal
17. s or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Macintosh iPhone and iPod Touch are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc QuarkXPress is a trademark or registered trademark of Quark Inc and its affiliates in the U S and or other countries Corel and is a trademark or registered trademark of Corel Corporation and or its subsidiaries in Canada the United States and or other countries Windows is a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Any omission of such trademarks from any product is regretted and is not intended as an infringement on such trademarks Pantone LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of X Rite Incorporated Pantone LLC 2010 All rights reserved 04 201 1 PANTONE
18. so you re always seeing and reproducing the best possible representations of PANTONE Colors Register PLUS SERIES PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE ANTONE 1555C 1565C 15750 1585C 1595C PANTONE PANTONE 1605C PANTONE 1615C PANTONE PANTONE 162C 163C 164C 165C 166C 167C 168C A PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE r C TTC TTR Tn Tn T T Sa Color Manager will also let you use ICC profiles to create your own color managed PANTONE Color Libraries and create custom PANTONE palettes from your own images and photographs Sync up those libraries and use them with your design and page layout applications or the myPANTONE iPhone app email them or upload them to share on the myPANTONE website PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual Plus Color Manager will update all of your PANTONE Libraries automatically ore than 9 000 colors in all including the new PANTONE PLUS SERIES Colors and make them ready to use in your QuarkxPress Corel and Adobe Creative Suite design programs Features e Automatically updates all PANTONE Color Libraries and keeps them up to date e Uses PANTONE PLUS Color Bridge values e Builds ICC profile based device specific RGB CMYK and CMYK n recipes for any PANTONE Graphics Library e Simulates and helps you visualize spot vs process colors including display and print gamut warnings to make it easy to identify colo
19. uarkXPress Software not installed Mac OS X ColorPicker myPANTONE com NTONE PANTONE PANTONE PANTONE DC a C a 102C a YelowC Style Guide PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual From this menu you can also e Upload your palette to myPANTONE com e Use your palette with your operating system s Color Picker to specify your PANTONE Colors in applications like Word or PowerPoint e Export your palette to myPANTONE iphone app which you can purchase through iTunes App Store e Save out a CxF8 file for use in a number of applications like ColorMunki or 11 Profiler for more information on CxF3 go to http colorexchangeformat com e Easily define your color specifications by exporting a style guide e Export CMYK values to myPANTONE 2 0 Export CMYK to myPANTONE 2 0 Make sure your iPhone is on the same network as your computer and that the myPANTONE 2 0 app is launched Under File gt Export choose CMYK to myPANTONE New Palette New Palette from Image Close Window Save As Bridge Save As Adobe Illustrator Corel Painter Software not installed i1Profiler Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop QuarkXPress Software not installed Mac OS X ColorPicker myPANTONE com Style Guide CMYK to myPANTONE s iPhone Select the CMYK profile you want to send from the drop down menu PANTONE PANTONE COLOR MANAGER User Manual In myPANTONE 2 0 accept th
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