pranav Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Hi I am trying to import the color palette into AD from ase file which isa standard for illustrator. Is there a way I can do this. Right now the AD doesn't recognize this file type. Thanks Pranav Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted October 26, 2014 Staff Share Posted October 26, 2014 Hi ontopranav, Welcome to Affinity Forums. Currently it's not possible to import color palettes in other formats other than our own. This will be improved later. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniemcbride Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Hi I am trying to import the color palette into AD from ase file which isa standard for illustrator. Is there a way I can do this. Right now the AD doesn't recognize this file type. Thanks Pranav Though you can not import this file format, there is a work around for getting your illustrator color pallet into your Affinity document. 1. Take a selective screenshot of just the color pallet in your illustrator document 2. Import the jpg of that color pallet into a new Affinity document. 3. open the affinity designer swatches panel. 4. click on the little option pull down in the upper right hand side of the swatches panel 5. Choose > the create palette from document 6. then after Affinity designer creates your pallet of colors go back to options and give your palette a name. All the colors you use will be available to you in your document. IT won't have all the actual names of the swatches but the colors will be at least available to you. This work around will only work for solid colors, unfortunately it won't work for gradients. I hope that helps until that functionality gets implemented. Good Luck! Quote LEARN AFFINITY DESIGNER TODAY. Follow me on twitter:@mixmediasalad or WATCH my FREE Youtube Channel Content Also check out my Affinity Designer Essential course on Lynda.com or Affinity Designer UX tools course and get a 30-day FREE!! trial to Lynda.com entire LIbrary by clicking this link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pranav Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Thanks for the prompt reply. I tried the trick you suggested me. I imported the image containing the color palette. But AD recognized very few swatches. I am trying to include the color swatches from google material design specification which was released just last week. Here is the link to it. http://www.google.com/design/spec/style/color.html#color-ui-color-palette Its an excellent collection of swatches. If someone can come up with a way to include all this color palette, let me know. Thanks Pranav pranav and MastroPino 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmagy Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Thanks for the prompt reply. I tried the trick you suggested me. I imported the image containing the color palette. But AD recognized very few swatches. ..... Thanks Pranav I had the same results, and noticed that, at least for me, AD consistently only imports 68 swatches per palette using this method. The workaround I used was to take multiple screenshots in Photoshop's swatches panel of the Google palettes you referenced, then named them sequentially, e.g., "Google Material Expanded Palette 1", "Google Material Expanded Palette 2", etc and imported them individually. That seemed to allow me to capture more of the colors, but the downside is they are spread across multiple palettes in AD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAlien Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 On 10/26/2014 at 11:46 AM, MEB said: This will be improved later. I wonder if there is any progress on this. I have palette in easily readable text file that I can convert to anything: json, xml or whatever else, but AD palette format is not plain text. Can you add possibility to import/export palette in some easy to read/write format? It would be helpful for integrating AD into workflow that uses other tools. Image import is not an option because it doesn't even keep colors in same order as on image (for some reason in my tests first 5 colors are always moved to end) and there is no way to assign names without editing each color manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 1, 2018 Staff Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hi CyberAlien, Welcome to Affinity Forums Affinity apps are now able to import .ase (Adobe Swatch Exchange) files besides our own format. Are you able to generate a palette in that format? To import them go to the Swatches panel, click the small menu icon on the top right of the panel and select Import Palette..., then the type of palette you want (document/application or system palette) and finally select the .ase file from the dialog that will open. Templatemaker and Cybin Talus 2 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Heath Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 On 02/02/2018 at 6:29 AM, MEB said: Hi CyberAlien, Welcome to Affinity Forums Affinity apps are now able to import .ase (Adobe Swatch Exchange) files besides our own format. Are you able to generate a palette in that format? To import them go to the Swatches panel, click the small menu icon on the top right of the panel and select Import Palette..., then the type of palette you want (document/application or system palette) and finally select the .ase file from the dialog that will open. Thanks - This works perfectly. I also like the options, e.g., adding it to the Apple (System) colour picker which makes it available to other apps. Quote You can: find my website here: www.geometrical.design buy fabric, wallpaper and home decor items that feature my work on Spoonflower join the Geometrical Design Secrets community on Facebook check my work out on Behance, and see me teaching at Geometrical Design School Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard S. Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Will the import of ase files be coming to the iPad versions of photo and Designer? Thanks. Quote High-End Photographic Prints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Ika Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) Hi! I tried importing an .ase as programm or document color palette. It does create a palette in the list called "Navigator Exported Colours", but when i choose that palette only one color of it comes up. Can somebody help me? Thanks Edited August 5, 2020 by Ann Ika Ecifircas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Could you upload the .ase file here? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Ika Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) NCS.ase It should have the whole ncs color palettes inside.. back when i worked with adobe illustrator i used that very same file and it was all in there Edited August 5, 2020 by Ann Ika Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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evtonic3 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 2/1/2018 at 11:29 AM, MEB said: Hi CyberAlien, Welcome to Affinity Forums Affinity apps are now able to import .ase (Adobe Swatch Exchange) files besides our own format. Are you able to generate a palette in that format? To import them go to the Swatches panel, click the small menu icon on the top right of the panel and select Import Palette..., then the type of palette you want (document/application or system palette) and finally select the .ase file from the dialog that will open. What about gradient in .ase file format? I couldn't get them to import. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ecifircas Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Anyone had any luck with the NCS colour palette? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokambrian Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Hi there, Is it possible to import into AD a pattern palette exported from AI (.ase file)? Or is there any other way to import AI patterns? 🥺 Thanks! 🖖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 8 Staff Share Posted January 8 Hi @pokambrian, Welcome to Affinity Forums Affinity apps only support ASE colour palettes. Exporting patterns as AI files will also not work because the generated Ai files are not PDF compatible and thus we can't interpret them (contrary to regular AI files where you can enable the "Create PDF compatible file option" when saving them). So there's no way to import patterns as such directly from Illustrator generated files (ASE, AI). You can however import regular AI files as long as "Create PDF compatible file" option is ticked/on when saving. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokambrian Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 7 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi @pokambrian, Welcome to Affinity Forums Affinity apps only support ASE colour palettes. Exporting patterns as AI files will also not work because the generated Ai files are not PDF compatible and thus we can't interpret them (contrary to regular AI files where you can enable the "Create PDF compatible file option" when saving them). So there's no way to import patterns directly from Illustrator generated files (ASE, AI). Is the situation similar for the CorelDraw pattern files as well? What I would like to do is use the standard cartographic and geologic patterns and symbols (https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/11A02/), but I would like to quit Adobe and use Affinity instead. Is there any pattern file that could work or the only way to use patterns in AD is to create them myself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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