Exporting Importing swatches

[scgreentea]

Hi all.
I have created and exported a swatch in designer but not able to share or import it into publisher. any help much appreciated.
Thanks

[walt.farrell]

How are you trying to Import it? The process is very similar to Exporting, except you choose Import from the Hamburger menu rather than choosing Export. If you're doing something else, like trying to Open the file, that won't work.

[scgreentea]

I am trying to import through the hamburger and it goes the my working file that i exported to but there no swatch file for it to open.
how that makes sense

[walt.farrell]

Sounds odd. Can you share the file you exported with us?

[scgreentea]

Handcrafted Islannd Design Logo.afdesign

[walt.farrell]

You would normally Export a swatch using the hamburger menu in the Swatches panel, and you would get a .afpalette file. That's what you need to use Import from the Swatches panel. 

 

[scgreentea]

I did export through the hamburger in the swatches.

[scgreentea]

But u did notice that the icon is different to normal

[scgreentea]

i did notice that the icon is different to normal

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, scgreentea said:

I did export through the hamburger in the swatches.

Then did you attach the right file? You attached a .afdesign file, not a .afpalette file.

1 hour ago, scgreentea said:

i did notice that the icon is different to normal

If you mean this icon that indicates it's a Document Palette. And it is certainly a part of the .afdesign file you provided, but if you want it as a standalone palette you'll need to export it as a .afpalette file so you can add it properly.

Note, though, that your palette contains Global colors, and they can exist only in a Document Palette. You can't have Global colors in an Application Palette or (on Mac) a System Palette. If you want that Palette to be available to other documents that you create, and have the colors stay Global, you might want to Save your .afdesign document as a .aftemplate document (File > Export as Template) so you can access it easily via the Templates part of the File > New dialog.

[scgreentea]

Thank you for that. So a document palette with Global colors will not export the right way in order to it open in AP via the swatch hamburger option?
Good to know.
Thanks.

[walt.farrell]

9 minutes ago, scgreentea said:

So a document palette with Global colors will not export the right way in order to it open in AP via the swatch hamburger option?

It will import using the hamburger menu in the Swatches panel, and at that time you have a choice of making it an Application Palette or a Document Palette:

1. If you make it a Document Palette the Global colors will still be global, but the palette is only in that document.
2. If you make it an Application Palette the Global colors will not be global, but the palette will be available for all documents in that application.

My suggestion was that you put it into a Template as a Document Palette, which is the only way to have it available in other documents that you create without having to Import it into each one individually, while still keeping the colors as Global.

[scgreentea]

You have been most helpful thank you.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome. I've learned some things, too, so it's been a useful conversation.