I attached a screenshot of my illy with the 651 swatch out just to show ya. In that menu, go down to OPEN SWATCH LIBRARY and the sub menu will show, you should see your new ORACAL folder there, in that menu are the oracal color swatches, select the one you want to use, and voila Delete the userinks.cpl file you copied in step 2. Click OK to close the Palette Editor dialog box. Click Close to close the Select Color dialog box. Now fire up illy, and click WINDOW/SWATCHES your color swatch will pop out on the right.click the button at the top of that window that has the down arrow and 4 horizontal lines beside it.it will drop down a menu. Select the colors from the list that you want to add to Custom Spot Colors and click the Add to Palette button. Once in that directory, create a new folder and name it ORACAL or whatever you prefer. Now you have to navigate to your Illy swatch directory:įor CS4 the directory is C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Illustrator CS4Presetsen_USSwatches AI files you want to install, and copy them (control+c) (if you only use 651, you may only want to put the 651 file in, up to you.) AI files for the different models of vinyl.

Unzip the file to somewhere convenient (i like the desktop ) But for Illy (and this is for CS4.earlier versions the directory is slightly different, but its still the swatch library directory.)įirst go to the link above and click the link to the software that you use, and download the file. Note that I only use Illy to design, so for the other software you will have to locate your swatch library directory. Best of all.they are free from oracal Grab em from here: Basically its like having the oracal color chart right there in your program, but also, when you are ready to cut it, it shows the color and number of that color (eg. 651, 751, etc.) I personally installed them all, just to have them. The swatches are separated by vinyl model (eg. My dad found the swatch files on oracal, and I just got them put into illy cs4, and I personally think its a must have if you use oracal. Not sure if this has been posted or not, but I thought I would share it.

Corel color palette for 3m vinyl