Importing Assets and Pallets Easily From Mac

[Jason Ramasami]

Hi (and thanks in advance)

If I have set up my Mac with everything - Pallets and Custom Assets - is there a simple way of migrating all of that onto my iPad without it being a tiresome grind? It might be obvious to some but I can't see how. 

FWIW - I am mainly using Publisher v2 and piggy backing all my work on Designer through that. 

Jason

(I was hoping that this process would be taken care of in some automatic background sync procedure... but I guess this was too ambitious a hope.)

[StudioJason]

On Desktop versions at least,  both the Color Panel and Assets Panel…should be able to click on the small Hamburger (top right of Panel near name) and Export. 

Color Panel, just click on Swatches…then select from the Hamburger in there.

Just choose a Files location (or create one to retrieve later) or put onto Cloud Storage. Will have .afpallette or .afassets extension on them. Forget if Desktop has a way to Airdrop.

Then open whichever V2 and import (within Color/Swatches Panel or Assets Panel).

 

[walt.farrell]

27 minutes ago, StudioJason said:

Then open whichever V2 and import (within Color/Swatches Panel or Assets Panel).

Or, easier, use Import Content. On Desktop, that's in the File menu. On iPad, click the app icon in the top left of the app's Home Screen.

[StudioJason]

7 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Or, easier, use Import Content. On Desktop, that's in the File menu. On iPad, click the app icon in the top left of the app's Home Screen.

How convenient…yet another hidden untold feature. (and yes…I looked through Help)

Perhaps we will discover more, or they’ll tell us telepathically.🤣

[Jason Ramasami]

Thanks @walt.farrell - the assets tip works a charm. Unfortunately the colour palette file is not recognised at the iPad end of things sadly. I know I can likely recreate things but I want a quick way just in case I need to import a few colour palettes in the future. 

[walt.farrell]

You/re welcome, @Jason Ramasami.

Can you share one of the .afpalette files that's not working with us?

[DM1]

15 hours ago, Jason Ramasami said:

Unfortunately the colour palette file is not recognised at the iPad end of things sadly

Have you tried using Import Palette in the Swatches menu?

[Jason Ramasami]

Thanks for helping - much appreciated.

@DM1 I have tried that Import Palette option and the files remain greyed out in the iCloud panel. 

@walt.farrell i attach one of the pallets below for you to look at - it was exported using desktop Publisher. 

Rama Maps.clr

[walt.farrell]

4 minutes ago, Jason Ramasami said:

 i attach one of the pallets below for you to look at - it was exported using desktop Publisher. 

Thanks. The Help on iPad says it expects .afpalette files. I think that Publisher should give you that choice when exporting, but I'm not sure if this is depends on the type of Palette you're dealing with (Application, Document, or System).

[DM1]

10 hours ago, Jason Ramasami said:

have tried that Import Palette option and the files remain greyed out in the iCloud panel. 

As Walt stated, iPad requires .afpalette format.

[Jason Ramasami]

That's the problem here - the desktop version doesn't speak the same format language as the iOS app. This needs changing or it will be an annoying workaround

[walt.farrell]

53 minutes ago, Jason Ramasami said:

That's the problem here - the desktop version doesn't speak the same format language as the iOS app. This needs changing or it will be an annoying workaround

Are you sure you can't export in .afpalette format? (I can't check, as Windows only allows that format.)

[DM1]

On 12/3/2022 at 11:23 PM, Jason Ramasami said:

That's the problem here - the desktop version doesn't speak the same format language as the iOS app. This needs changing or it will be an annoying workaround

According to Help file it does. Expott palette is format .afpalette same as iPad 

[walt.farrell]

On 12/3/2022 at 7:23 AM, Jason Ramasami said:

That's the problem here - the desktop version doesn't speak the same format language as the iOS app. This needs changing or it will be an annoying workaround

What kind of palette are you exporting? There are 3 types on macOS, within the Affinity apps: System, Application, and Document.

When you export, what options do you get? Can you show us some screenshots?

[Jason Ramasami]

This is very strange - I tried this both ways and this works exactly as you say. I am certain it wasn't happening earlier in the week. The .clr file (see below) was what WAS exporting before. The newer 'from IOS' file is what I exported this morning. 

 

Thanks for your persistence and help. 

 

Jason

Rama Maps test.clr Rama Maps Updated again from iOS .afpalette