From the course: Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign Powercombo for Design
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Exchanging native Photoshop swatches
From the course: Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign Powercombo for Design
Exchanging native Photoshop swatches
- The Adobe Swatch Exchange file format unfortunately comes with a few limitations. It's unable to save specific swatch types like tint swatches, gradients, and patterns, which is unfortunate. The main reason for this is because most of these swatch types are very specific to certain design applications, making it impossible for other apps to correctly interpret them. But what is possible is to take a different approach to these limitations if you're intention is to reuse these swatches in the same program from where they originated. I am here inside Adobe Photoshop where I currently have two files open. I have my gift certificate file, and I have my social media post file. Now the idea is very simple. I would like to apply a gradient to this box here and then reuse that gradient here in this file. Now to make that happen I'll quickly go back to the social media post, and I'll make sure that the rectangle layer is…
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