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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen OC_Formula for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, Nov. 6, according to The Verge, last week, Adobe removed support for free PANTONE Pantone colors (Pantone colors) from its Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator Creative Cloud apps. PSD files containing Pantone colors will be displayed in black and must be paid for to be used again.

"as we shared in June, Pantone decided to change its business model," Ashley Still, senior vice president of digital media marketing, strategy and global partnership at Adobe, said in a statement to The Verge. Some of the Pantone colors pre-installed in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign were phased out from the software update in August 2022, and to access the full Pantone color, Pantone now requires customers to purchase advanced licenses through Pantone Connect and install plug-ins using Adobe Exchange. "

Public information shows that the Pantone color card (PANTONE) is an international standard color card, commonly known as Pantone in Chinese. PANTONE color card is a world-renowned color authority, covering printing, textile, plastic, drawing, digital technology and other fields of color communication system, has become an international standard language for the exchange of color information.

Pantone claims that its internal color library in Adobe has not been properly maintained for many years, resulting in inaccurate Pantone colors, resulting in a total lack of hundreds of colors in Adobe applications. A special Pantone FAQ said: "Pantone and Adobe jointly decided to delete outdated libraries and work together to focus on improving the in-app experience to better serve our users."

Creative people who want to continue to use the industry-standard color system need to pay US $15 per month / US $90 per year for Pantone license subscription through the Adobe Pantone Connect plug-in, which is 49.91 yuan per month or 599 yuan per year in China.

CTOnews.com learned that according to Adobe official documents, after November 2022, only the following Pantone color books will be available: Pantone + CMYK coating, Pantone CMYK uncoated, Pantone metal coating.

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