Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ASE file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ASE to another file type
To convert ASE files to another format, you need Adobe Photoshop or other Settings software.
Convert a file to ASE
To convert other file formats to the "Color Palette File" file type, you need software like Adobe Photoshop or a similar tool.
About ASE files
The .ASE file format primarily functions as an Adobe Swatch Exchange file, storing discrete sets of color palettes used across the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign. Alternatively, it operates as an Aseprite Sprite file containing layers and frames for animated pixel art created in Aseprite. As an Adobe Swatch Exchange file, .ASE files are highly proprietary and locked into the Adobe ecosystem. They are not natively supported by web browsers, standard image viewers, or text editors. Viewing the colors requires launching heavy, expensive desktop software. Furthermore, .ASE palettes are severely limited - they only transfer solid colors, meaning gradients, patterns, and tints are silently dropped upon export. As an Aseprite file, you cannot view the animation frames outside of the paid editor without exporting. Users need to convert these files to make the enclosed data accessible. For color palettes, convert .ASE to ACO for legacy Photoshop compatibility, or extract the raw color codes by converting to CSV or HEX text formats for direct web design integration. For Aseprite pixel art, convert to PNG or GIF for web publishing, or WEBP for optimized browser performance. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ASE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ASE file to PNG, PDF, ACB, ACO, JPG, CLR, GPL, XML, ACT, GIF, BMP or TIFF, you can use Adobe Photoshop or similar software from the "Color Palette Exchange" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to ASE, try Adobe Photoshop or another comparable tool in the "Color Palette Exchange" category.
The ASE Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ASE converter.