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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?

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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.

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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!

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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