How to import procreate color palettes
In this video, I show you two ways to import ready-made color palettes into Procreate using Dropbox and with an open Procreate document from the color palette menu.
Watch How to Import Procreate Color Palettes
If you have already downloaded one of my Procreate color palettes and are using Dropbox, be sure to have the Procreate .Swatches file in your Dropbox account before following the steps in the video.
For instructions on how to add files to your Dropbox account, see these instructions on the Dropbox website on how to add files to your account.
How to Import Color Palettes into Procreate Transcript:
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In this video, I will show you several ways to import
color palettes into procreate.
importing color palettes with Dropbox
I already have the color palette files in my Dropbox account
login to your Dropbox account
and add the files to your account before following
these instructions in the description
below this video. There is a link to instructions from
Dropbox and how to add files to your
Dropbox account if you need help with getting them into
your account
Right now I'm in the procreate Gallery, but I'm
switching to using the Dropbox app that is
on my iPad.
Let's open up the Dropbox app. This will load
all the files and folders in my Dropbox account.
I have a lot of folders I have organized in Dropbox.
For this example, I'm going to open up a folder from
my florals for products course and use.
A swatches file here as an example.
But you can do this for any folder that you
have saved procreate swatches, too.
You can create a folder and Dropbox specifically for
swatches if you want to organize them that way so
that they are all in one place.
I am definitely going to do that as well. Now that
I said that.
Here is one of the Swatch files. I have saved for
a lesson. Now. I have the swatches file
selected. If I select these three dots
on the top, right it will bring up some options for
this file. I'm going to select the first option
which is share and then select export
file. Now you can see that several options
have come up.
I can airdrop to my computer or I can select the
procreate app. I'm going to select the procreate
app.
Now it opens up the procreate gallery to
check that. My color palette was imported into procreate.
I need to open up a document to access
the color palettes.
So I'm going to select this blank canvas at
the top of my gallery.
If I select palettes and go to compact view, I
can see all of my palettes.
You can see this palette was placed in my color palette at
the top, but sometimes it places the palettes
at the very bottom of your palette. So check there
as well. I'm going to delete this palette though, since it's
a duplicate for me since I already have this palette in
here.importing pallets from an open document
Since we now have a procreate document open, I'm
going to show you how to import color palettes into an
open document from the palettes panel.
At the top of the palettes I'm selecting the plus button.
This will bring up some options. I'm going to
select new from file. This will open
up the file manager and I'm in my Dropbox files.
It's showing me the last place. I was
in my account.
So I'm going to select this watch file and import this
one again, and you can see it imported it into my
palettes here that is it for this How To tutorial
and getting Swatch files into your color
palettes in procreate.
