CMYK to Pantone converter

[rufus]

I think something like this is what you're after http://rapidshare.com/files/2392239/CMYKtoSPOT.zip.html. it comes in very handy. mac based program

[planet_that_spins]

Video Tutorial - Convert CMYK to PANTONE:

Quick Tip: Quickly convert CMYK to Pantone | Vectortuts+

[billw@mlode.com]

I have attached a PDF that has 4 steps to do this inside Illustrator. Another way in addition to the one shown in the video link that was submitted by planet_that_spins.

[NoviceNic]

The Pantone library contains colors you cannot make using CMYK colorants. For example, what might be called fire-engine red -- Pantone 185 -- cannot be duplicated in the CMYK world. The closest you can come is 100% magenta plus 100% yellow (which, by the way, is Pantone 485).

Converting CMYK to PMS185 is EXACTLY what I am trying to achieve-- lol

[arkay_desai]

hi xMattx, YES there is a lot of difference in creating designs for web and print. Also it is depending on designs you are creating, generally all presses prints with CMYK. In special cases it is required Pantone colors, i.e. normally called as SPOT COLORS. Pantone colors are mixture of CMYK color and printing required color directly. Pantone colors are identifying with Pantone #. Based on your requirement use Pantone colors which are already available in all designing apps. Trapping knowledge is essential if you are using pantone colors.

[David Milisock]

The new specidication from Pantone lists LAB as the conversion color spcae, Adobe products (CS5) stil use RGB so I'll ask this how serious are you?

[peatoire]

This is a great web utility, it also gives ΔE to see how close the match is
CMYK → PANTONE

[meddington]

The new specidication from Pantone lists LAB as the conversion color spcae, Adobe products (CS5) stil use RGB...

Hi David. Not sure what you mean here...Adobe still using RGB?

[David Milisock]

Hi David. Not sure what you mean here...Adobe still using RGB?

I haven't checked the the CS 5.5 suite but the Pantone conversion to CMYK tables specs are now based on LAB specs, Corel moved there with X5 and my CS 5 uses RGB values for Pantone to CMYK conversions.

[meddington]

I haven't checked the the CS 5.5 suite but the Pantone conversion to CMYK tables specs are now based on LAB specs, Corel moved there with X5 and my CS 5 uses RGB values for Pantone to CMYK conversions.

Well, the RGB values might be displayed (depending on preferences of the user), but any underlying conversion in Adobe CS from Pantone to CMYK would be through either an ICC connection space (LAB)...or a reference to a process library, not an actual RGB->CMYK conversion. Even then it would be RGB->LAB->CMYK, right?