Swatches to ASE

Convert Procreate Swatches files to ASE format (Adobe Swatch Exchange).

Can be used for importing Procreate palettes into Photoshop or other compatible programs like Illustrator or Affinity Designer.

Example

Go to the examples folder to see some converted palettes like this one:

Source palette

Converted palette imported in Photoshop

How to use

Be sure to have Node.js installed, then:

• Download or clone the repo.
• Run npm install in the root folder to install dependencies.
• Add your swatches files in the palette-import folder.
• Run npm run convert to convert the palettes.
• The converted files should be in the palette-export folder.

Configuration

The input, output, color naming and addition of black & white colors can be changed in: config.json

Configuration parameters

• inFolder: folder used to read the swatches.
• outFolder: folder used to output the resulting ase files.
• colorNameFormat: sets the collection of color names to be used. Available namings are: roygbiv, basic, html, x11, pantone, ntc. See color namer for reference.
• addBlackWhite: if true, two extra colors will be added:

Converted palette with extra black and white colors imported in Photoshop

Credits

Source of the provided palettes:

https://bardotbrush.com/procreate-color-palettes/

Libraries used

• https://github.com/szydlovski/procreate-swatches
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/color-convert
• https://github.com/DominikGuzei/node-ase-utils
• https://github.com/colorjs/color-namer