Ironically it's Adobe that made mainstream the concept of subscription based graphic software
Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
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Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
#12Photoshop is subscription too now right? So they’re just wanting a cut. It’s almost a funny way to indirectly protest the move to subscription everything.
> So they’re just wanting a cut.
A cut that is actually larger than the price of Photoshop, which is $10 / month.
Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
#13Photoshop is subscription too now right? So they’re just wanting a cut. It’s almost a funny way to indirectly protest the move to subscription everything.
The Pantone subscription is 1.5x as expensive as Photoshop.
Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
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Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
#15Can someone tell me what value does Pantone bring to the table? As a man-on-the-street I fail to understand what they are claiming for. Is this about the naming Pantone has given to a particular Hex Code?
Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
#16Photoshop is subscription too now right? So they’re just wanting a cut. It’s almost a funny way to indirectly protest the move to subscription everything.
> So they’re just wanting a cut. A cut that is actually larger than the price of Photoshop, which is $10 / month.
Yes, but Pantone colours is more specialised software and its price shouldn’t be compared to that of software for a wide audience. If you really need Pantone colours, it’s an expense easily worth it.
I understand the outcry but TBH I think it’s a bit exaggerated. That being said I‘m also not sure whether it’s really worth it for Pantone to charge for their digital stuff. I can’t imagine it being a huge part of their revenue.
Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
#17The title should really be Pantone wants $15/month for the privilege of using its colors in Creative Cloud or Photoshop Subscription.
>To hear Pantone tell it, Adobe had not been updating the Pantone color libraries in its apps for more than a decade, which prompted the end of the previous licensing deal and the wholesale removal of the old libraries from Adobe's apps in favor of the Pantone Connect Extension.
It sounds like Adobe doesn't want to pay X amount of money for it. And we now end up with the drama. But considering the cost of other Pantone tools, I am not surprised at the $15 mark.
Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
#18Can someone tell me what value does Pantone bring to the table? As a man-on-the-street I fail to understand what they are claiming for. Is this about the naming Pantone has given to a particular Hex Code?
It’s not just the rgb value. Using a specific Pantone color ensures that when you get it printed or manufactured it’s the color that you expect.
Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
#19Well, color me surprised!
Re: Adobe no longer licenses Pantone colors to be used freely Photoshop
#20Can someone tell me what value does Pantone bring to the table? As a man-on-the-street I fail to understand what they are claiming for. Is this about the naming Pantone has given to a particular Hex Code?
From what I recall, its about phyiscal to virtual color matching, so pantone offers samples of say plastic with the exact matching color as the virtual ones, so you can pick a color, tell the manufacturer you want the plastic molded that color and be pretty sure you'll get the right color of product (or if not you can go back to them and tell them to do it according to spec).
You'd also want to calibrate your monitor accordingly of course