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Re:This file has Pantone colors that have been removed and r... by karaterobot on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:51PM (#33373985)
Let's get specific here: what does "replaced with black" mean? Is the swatch itself remapped to the "black" swatch, or is my Pantone color name the same, and only the values change? If the swatches are still named the same thing, at least I can recreate the colors, but if that information is lost, we've got chaos on our hands.
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Re:This file has Pantone colors that have been removed and r... by funwithstuff on Saturday October 29, 2022 @07:02AM (#33382927)
I'm the author of the original tweet, and I made a video which answers a few of these questions.

https://youtu.be/OBs2-2KcN-w

Essentially, the biggest issue is with spot color channels in Photoshop files. If you don't have a license for the spot color used in the file, it goes black, with no clues other than the name left behind. If you can look it up somewhere, you'll be OK, but it's a real pain.

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