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This script was originally written in 2008 by Chris Mohler for Kuler's paletteexports. It was updated by Roy Curtis in 2018after an issue report on redditby /u/Adderbox76.

This plugin allows ASE palettes exported fromAdobe's Color Creative Cloud (formerlyKuler) to be converted to GPL files and imported into GIMP.

Simply saveASE2GPL.py into your local GIMP'splug-ins folder:

• Windows:%USERPROFILE%\.gimp-2.8\plug-ins
• Linux:$HOME/.gimp-2.8/plug-ins
• OS X:$HOME/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/

You mustrestart GIMP after (un)installing the script, for it to appear.

1. Open the Palettes dock with Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Palettes
2. Right-click an existing Palette and "Import ASE palette..."
3. Navigate to the target ASE palette and hit OK
4. Observe as the palette is imported and auto-selected

Note that if the ASE file has multiple palettes (as is possible, according to the spec),each palette will be imported as its own new palette file.

• Palettes that use CMYK and LAB colors will convert to RGB inaccurately, meaning some ofthe colors may be off by one or two values. The plugin will warn you about this.
• Grayscale palettes are not yet supported
• The code is not exactly clean or DRY...

References used for the ASE format:

• http://carl.camera/default.aspx?id=109
• http://www.selapa.net/swatches/colors/fileformats.php#adobe_ase
• https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~olivier-berten/swatchbooker/trunk/view/head:/src/swatchbook/codecs/adobe_ase.py

... and their archives, if they become lost to history:

• http://archive.is/C2Fe6
• http://archive.is/jFiTU
• http://archive.is/AEB9m