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Kinda reminds me of another profession that likes to get lifetime customers by starting young. This has lead to a couple of other issues as well, which also has made users more susceptible of having to stay with the software that they learned long ago, because they really know the software more (or atleast more comfortable, typically those go hand in hand) and don't want to switch or feel like they can't.
Here is the thing, as more and more people use alternatives, especially those that actually know what they are doing (which in all honesty aren't the initial typical customers of those alternatives, some are, but I would say the majority are not), quality goes up in a variety of areas as more people use it (not always, but generally speaking). I remember when Unity did their oopsy, that lead to a lot of people using Godot, quality all the way around (dev, stability, tutorials etc) has been improving because of that for Godot.
Don't you have a camera with your Matthews setup? I never tried to read a printed swatch with it but we scan paint quite often. Maybe a print is too grainy?
Nope, but I'll inquire, Not that I match a lot of existing stuff, tends to be 'stick to the spec', and even if my stuff comes out significantly different, most customers realize their older products have just faded and they'd rather live with it than replace more than originally planned.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not telling anybody I can guarantee a color, especially coming from CMYK, but having a pms color means we all can aim for the same target, be it the customer looking through my chart, the painter mixing paint, the printer adjusting densities, or the designer sipping coffee and posting inspirational design quotes to facebook.
Just print your swatches and tell them to circle or sign the one they like. It wouldn't matter if you had the extra cones with Tetrachromacy, giving you perfect and extended color perception, you'd still be dealing with folks who know less about color than you, but while they are holding the green, their opinion trumps yours. As long as you can pull that signed off sample out of a drawer and slap it on something they are complaining about, you're gold!
I concur; The next generation of Adobe users are utilizing the software to showcase their creativity across different mediums. This includes graphic design, video editing, photography, and even animation. Adobe's versatile tools offer a platform for young creators to experiment and bring their artistic visions to life in innovative ways.