Monday, March 8, 2010

HOW TO MAKE PANTONE SWATCHES IN ILLUSTRATOR

Hey Everyone!
Finally beautiful weather, no snow and 60 degrees outside. Spring is on the way!
Today I am going to tell you how to use and make the Pantone swatches palette in Illustrator CS4.

After opening the Illustrator program: Go to the "Windows Tab" at the top, select the "Swatches Palette".

Next in the "Swatches Palette", select the arrow drop down menu on the right hand corner of the swatches palette. Choose: Open Swatch Library: then select Color books: then select the Pantone colors you wish to use, there are many choices. Pantone Solid Color is pretty standard in printing, but there are metallics, pastels and much much more.

Then the swatches show and you can type the pantone color you are looking for in the find field at the top of the pantone swatches palette. It will then take you directly to the color you wish to use.

Have a great day!

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