I know, this is more work than it needs to be, but it's for a good cause. I'm working on the Aseprite API plugin for sublime text 3, and the extension I'm releasing with that to show off what it will help people do is a palette editor,saver, modifier wizard thing. It's coming on, and this was a way for me to study the way Aseprite understands extension-style palettes. They are not the same as other types.

For example - in older versions of Aseprite, you could save files in the .pal format - this is no longer the case. That said - the functionality still exists, and my code will reintroduce it, as the .pal format is in my opinion an easier thing to work with over the gimp .gpl that is the new standard.

Sorry for the technical explanation, but I just wanted to say that there's more to this than meets the eye!

I know this, and this was not intended to do anything other than to help me to learn about the way aseprite parses and requires files that already exist in a .pal format. I do not benefit from this being posted here at all - and it's usefulness to others is up for them to decide. I spent time making it to learn more about the software's API .

That said, the one listed in the documentation is not the filetype I intend to work with, nor is it the kind that most people would  understand if they wanted to make palettes of their own. This is why I am giving an alternative, because for a while, Aseprite stopped allowing users to save in a .pal format (which is my preferred style, whether or not it is the most efficient or not)

If my palette sucks - don't use it. But I  make things for myself whenever I can to learn more about the way they work behind the scenes. Thanks for stopping by though!