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Format

Adobe Swatch Exchange

Summary

Name
Adobe Swatch Exchange
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1816
Description
Adobe Design software such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign use color swatches to assign specific color values to a design. These can be created using many different color spaces and can even use color libraries, such as Pantone. Adobe Swatch Exchange is a format used for storing, importing and exporting color samplers and pickers.
Note
https://www.cyotek.com/blog/reading-adobe-swatch-exchange-ase-files-using-csharp
File extensions
ase
Submitted by
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints / The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Developed by
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Supported by
Adobe Systems Incorporated

Internal signatures

Adobe Swatch Exchange

Description
Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes: ASEF..

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
415345460001
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V115

    Release date
    15 November 2023
    • Updated

      Adobe Swatch Exchange: Format Type removed. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.

  • V110

    Release date
    14 March 2023
    • Added format

      Adobe Swatch Exchange: Full entry added. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

    • Added signature

      Adobe Swatch Exchange: Signature researched and samples provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.