dhayton Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Where are gradient map presets stored? And how can they be loaded once they have been created? I've made a number of presets. I've clicked the "Add preset" button and typed in a name. Something has happened (I guess). And poof. No more preset. What am I missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 From the What exactly do the Clear User Data options clear? topic, it appears custom gradients are stored in the fills.propcol file. The path to that file is a long one: for AP: ~/Library/Containers/com.seriflabs.affinityphoto/Data/Library/Application Support/user/fills.propcol for AD: ~/Library/Containers/com.seriflabs.affinitydesigner/Data/Library/Application Support/user/fills.propcol where ~ is your user Home folder. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 8, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 8, 2016 Hi dhayton, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) You can find your preset in the Adjustments panel (on the left of the Layer panel). Scroll down a little and click on the Adjustment name to expand it and access the presets. melior64 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhayton Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 R C-R: Thanks for the pointer. It seems that perhaps gradients are saved in the "Adjustments.propcol" file. When I looked in that directory after saving a gradient preset, the "fills.propcol" had not been modified (since July 2015). But the "Adjustments.propcol" had been modified at the time I saved the present. Looking in the files using a text editor, I found the name of the gradient preset in the "Adjustments.propcol" but not in the "fills.propcol." Hi MEB, Thanks a million. I was in the middle of replying to R C-R as you replied, so I missed it initially. Now I see it. Great. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhayton Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 I want to add to my last comment: This is great. I LOVE the way the adjustments panel works. Thanks again MEB and Affinity for making a great product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhayton Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Another quick question: Once I have added a preset, how can I delete it? Thanks, Darin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 9, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 9, 2016 Right-click on the preset in the Adjustements panel and select Delete. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Hi dhayton, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) You can find your preset in the Adjustments panel (on the left of the Layer panel). Scroll down a little and click on the Adjustment name to expand it and access the presets. I want to follow along on this topic but I got lost here MEB. Where is this found? And looking for saved gradient maps right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted March 9, 2016 Staff Share Posted March 9, 2016 Hi evtonic3 This is only available in Affinity Photo. By default the Adjustement panel is located on the left of the Layers panel. If it's not there check if you have it enabled in menu View ▸ Studio ▸ Adjustment. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhayton Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 MEB— Thanks for that. I tried a range of key combinations along with click, but never the simpler "right click". Duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastisk8 Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Is there any place where we can download presets of gradient maps for Affinity Photo? Photoshop has loads of them and creating the all by ourselves would take a lot of time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photogeek Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'm interested in this as well. I know the post is over a year old, however, the gradient presets are severely lacking, and creating new ones is time consuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- S - Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 3 hours ago, photogeek said: I'm interested in this as well. I know the post is over a year old, however, the gradient presets are severely lacking, and creating new ones is time consuming. Not only that but if you spend time creating Gradient Map presets, it's not possible to import/export them either. Therefore you can't share them for example and if you re-install the OS, buy a new computer, etc. you would have to create them all over again. Instead of just more Gradient Map presets though, I think it would be better to allow Gradient Map adjustment layers to use gradients from the Swatches panel and then add more default gradients to the Swatches panel. There was a feature request for this HERE. photogeek and ESPR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Sima said: Not only that but if you spend time creating Gradient Map presets, it's not possible to import/export them either. You can add as many application palettes as you want, store gradients in them, & export/import those palettes. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
- S - Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 10 hours ago, R C-R said: You can add as many application palettes as you want, store gradients in them, & export/import those palettes. The problem is Gradient Map adjustment layers can't use gradients from the Swatches panel. See my post HERE. photogeek and lepr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 11, 2017 Staff Share Posted October 11, 2017 Hi Sima, I've moved that thread to the Feature Requests section as it has more chances to get picked up there. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sveto Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Quick question: Is it possible to backup the data in AppData\Roaming\Affinity\Photo\1.0\user and restore it later, if i install Affinity Photo on a new computer? Would this restore all my custom gradient presets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sveto Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I am still hoping for an answer to my question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 9 hours ago, sveto said: I am still hoping for an answer to my question. Yes, it's possible. And yes, it would. You might have gotten a faster response if you'd posted your own topic, by the way. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sveto Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Thanks. Well, usually forum etiquette recommends to avoid spam, so i use existing topics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 18 hours ago, sveto said: Thanks. Well, usually forum etiquette recommends to avoid spam, so i use existing topics... Spam is "Look at my website!", it is not "I have a question." and "I have another question." etc. This forum is about getting questions answered. So ask away, in separate/new topics. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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