by Ruuubick·Workflow
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This add-on earns its spot in the blender_extensions library by covering a format other palette importers skip: PNG. It reads Lospec's export layouts directly, so palettes go from download to Blender without a format conversion step.
Import PNG Palette is a lightweight Blender add-on from Ruuubick that reads a PNG image and turns it into a color palette. Community add-ons already handle several palette formats, but not PNG, and this add-on was built to fill that gap.
You import from File → Import → Import PNG as Palette and pick your .png file, for example one downloaded from Lospec. Options let you cap the total with Max Colors, merge near-identical shades using an adjustable Color Similarity Tolerance, and skip transparent pixels and blank regions. The finished palette lands under Properties → Tool Settings → Palette, named after the image file. It works with Lospec's horizontal, vertical, and grid exports at 1x, 8x, and 32x resolution.
Version 1.0.2 is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. A few limits apply: very large or photographic PNGs may be slow to process, colors past the Max Colors limit are skipped, and a duplicate palette name overwrites the existing one unless renamed manually.
Import PNG Palette is best for blender artists who want to bring PNG color palettes, such as those from Lospec, directly into Blender.
Import PNG Palette is completely free to download and use.
Import PNG Palette is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, so any current release on that line can run it. The add-on is lightweight, at around 2.0 KB, and you install it by dragging the downloaded file into Blender or installing it from disk. Once enabled, it adds an entry under File → Import called Import PNG as Palette. If you are on a Blender build older than 4.2 LTS, that version is listed as the minimum, so you would need to upgrade first before the add-on will load.
Import PNG Palette runs from File → Import → Import PNG as Palette, where you choose your .png file, such as one downloaded from Lospec. Before importing, you can set Max Colors to cap how many colors are read, enable Merge Similar Colors with a Color Similarity Tolerance to drop near-identical shades, and turn on Ignore Transparent Pixels to skip transparent areas. After you click Import PNG as Palette, the new palette appears under Properties → Tool Settings → Palette, named after your image file.
Import PNG Palette works with Lospec's PNG palette exports in all three layouts — horizontal, vertical, and grid — and across 1x, 8x, and 32x resolution. You can pull palettes straight from Lospec's Palette List and bring them into Blender without converting to another format first. The add-on was made specifically to cover PNG, since other community add-ons import palettes in other formats but not PNG. Beyond Lospec, it can import any PNG image as a color palette.
Import PNG Palette is listed as free here and is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. You can add it to Blender by dragging the download into the application or installing it from disk. For the current license terms and any updates, check the developer's page. The add-on's issue tracker is hosted on GitHub, where you can report problems or follow ongoing development on the project.
Import PNG Palette notes that very large or photographic PNGs may be slow to process, since the add-on is built around compact palette images rather than full photos. A couple of other behaviors are worth knowing: if the color limit set in Max Colors is reached, any additional colors are skipped, and importing a palette with a duplicate name will overwrite the existing one unless you rename it manually. Sticking to dedicated palette PNGs keeps imports quick and predictable.
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