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Files with the extension
.BCLF are known as "
Adobe Color Table".
This file format was added to our database by a visitor to this site, but no additional information was provided.
We have yet to investigate the BCLF file extension any further, or there was simply not enough information available at the time to report accurately on the format. If you know how to open BCLF files or even how to convert or edit them, please use the form below.
However, it is possible that other file formats exist which also use the
BCLF extension, so please
let us know if you do not think the BCLF extension matches the file format you are looking for.
Categories
BCLF could mean "Binary Color Library Format", because it was used for the definition of color libraries (Pantone, DIC, Trumatch, ...) in Adobe PageMaker (last update in 2004).
Since Adobe integrates all publishing applications under the "CS" label ("Creative Suite"), .BCF became obsolete and was replaced by cross-application exchangable formats:
.ACT ("Adobe Color Table") for palettes in all CS application programs;
.ACO ("Adobe Color Swatch") for libraries in Photoshop and Photoshop CS;
.ACB ("Adobe Color Book") for libraries in Photoshop, Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS and InDesign CS (successor of PageMaker).
Could be an explanation why the visitor put BCLF to .ACT - but they are not compatible.
A nice resource of color swatch file formats you can find here:
http://www.selapa.net/swatches/colors/fileformats.php