This article describes how the user created color palettes in Visual Impression can be transferred to another computer. This is useful if you get a new computer or if you wish to provide your materials to another user. These files are typically stored in your Documents\CAP\Materials folder. They will be the same name as you see them displayed in Visual Impression with a .materials file extension. Those files can be copied and simply placed into the other computers Materials folder.
Locating Your Material Files from the Program
If you are having difficulty locating the material files you can use the below process to find them from the application.
- From within Visual Impression click the Visual Materials button to launch the Visual Materials application.
- In the Visual Materials program you can click the folder icon to the right of your Color Palettes.
- This will open Windows Explorer to the location where these files are located.
- You may copy or transfer these files to another computer.
- You simply need to place the .materials files into the Materials folder on the other computer. You can use the same method above to locate that folder, by clicking the folder icon within Visual Materials.