scamper Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 When I import swatches using the “Import Palette…” item, I should be able to select palettes saved from Photoshop (ACO – Adobe Photoshop Color Swatch File) or Illustrator (ASE – Adobe Swatch Exchange File). Are there foreign palette formats that AD can import? Maybe that information should be in the Open dialog box… or somewhere. (The Help Center doesn’t seem to do anything. I can search for a topic like “palette,” but can’t expand the results, so maybe the AD entries are just stubs?) eladams, ferreirex and cornishninja 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff TonyB Posted October 3, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 3, 2014 We only import our own palettes at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.A.V Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I'm also looking for the same feature. I'm very new to the Affinity designer & digital designing in general. (Affinity is the reason I started creating art again). I found an amazing artwork on dribbble and Instantly wanted to load that pallete and start creating but I couldn't. Dribbble lets you download the pallete only in .aco and I'm sure so many designers would want that too. F_Kal and ferreirex 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_Kal Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 I second that! I was about to start the next icon in a series I was making and thought that finally the time had come for me to put AD to the my everyday life! So far I was only experimenting with it. Then I realized I couldn't import my PS palette - sounds silly I know... but if you have to manually copy a few dozens of colors, it's no longer fun Of course that goes both ways - If you (like me) have to still use PS but also wish to use also AD too on the same project, being able to import but also export palettes to PS format, is essential! cornishninja 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 14, 2016 Staff Share Posted January 14, 2016 Hi F_Kal, Currently Affinity apps are already able to import .ase palettes. It's not yet possible to export them (only our own .afpalette format). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizeyner Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I can import ase swatches but not .aco. so the question becomes, if I can not import .aco is there a way to convert aco to ase so that I could then import them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_Kal Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hi F_Kal, Currently Affinity apps are already able to import .ase palettes. It 's not yes possible to export them (only our own .afpalette format). That was so useful - I had the palette in .aso format and exported it to .ase - great! @dizeyner: If you use PS/AI, you could open/import the swatches in Photoshop (and possibly Illustrator in a similar fashion) and from the Swatches menu icon choose -> Save Swatches for Exchange. This will give you an .ase file Thank you @MEB PS. I wouldn't had thought on my own that AD would support .ase but not .aso PS. additionally I noticed a bug with the display of the palette thumbnail colors - they are off - but I'll post it in the bug section! 深红命运 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrograde Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I just tried the aco to ase conversion and import. It brought in a totally different palette than the one I wanted and it took a full minute or so to import... Any news on support for aco? Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_Kal Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 On 24/01/2016 at 10:51 PM, retrograde said: I just tried the aco to ase conversion and import. It brought in a totally different palette than the one I wanted and it took a full minute or so to import... Any news on support for aco? I used PS's ability to re-export the palette as a .ase file. - My palette also appeared "different" in the swatches panel, but on a second inspection it was only a presentation issue; when I checked the RGB color values, they were as intended - is there a chance that you had the same issue as I did? http://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/17212-color-thumbnails-in-swatches-are-inaccurate/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00Ghz Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 any progress? Quote UI Designer, CG Artist Macbook Pro 15" 2014 2.5 Ghz, 750M https://www.behance.net/VladMafteiuScai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doeboy Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 I was wishing for the same .. I found the Color Palette Importer $0.99 on mac app store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petar Petrenko Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 It would be nice if affinity removes standard colors and deal only with global ones. So, when importing ASO, ASE... the colors automaticaly change into global colors. Quote All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosrod Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 There is a free program called Cyotek Palette Editor, and the version 1.7+ includes support for exporting .ase files and importing .aco files. A full list of supported file types are listed here. The program is 100% free to use. https://www.cyotek.com/cyotek-palette-editor/downloads (Make sure you download a version 1.7+) (Windows Only) 深红命运, Paul Lozano, aqcohen and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Lozano Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Mosrod: thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crayons Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Any luck adding the ability to use import aco files yet, or in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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