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Why is everybody insisting that the lookup table isn't 1:1? Can't you do a reverse mapping of "closest Pantone color to this CMYK"? There are only thousands of
by pxx 4y ago
Why is everybody insisting that the lookup table isn't 1:1? Can't you do a reverse mapping of "closest Pantone color to this CMYK"? There are only thousands of Pantone colors and as many CMYKs as you have bit resolution. So if you know your file previously used Pantone colors, you can have it in a "preview" mode with CMYK and then a "production" mode where you convert it back.
I am not a lawyer, but I don't see how the process of reverse-engineering a map is copyrightable. Sure, I might not sell a tool to convert to/from Pantone colors in Illustrator files as Adobe (who might want continuous business and/or a bite at the revenue apple), but somebody else can certainly fill this space. The only problem is that the names of the colors themselves are probably trademarked, but that's not a copyright problem, and the utilization of another's trademark to identify a good seems within typical fair use.
- dagmx 4y agoBecause Pantone spots don’t just represent the digital representation of CMYK or RGB. They’re a lot more complex because they represent how the color should look at the end. There’s a lot here that isn’t just a simple 1:1 lookup
- pxx 4y agoThat's... exactly the argument that I'm responding to in my original comment. My argument is there are billions of CMYKs to encode thousands of Pantones with. Just do the reverse mapping if you know it's supposed to be a Pantone color.