problem with the swatches panel

[sipivu]

Hello

The swatches panels for Ps and Ai cc 2020 on my computer now looks like the top image since tonight. I don't understand what has happened. Is itr possible to revert back to the tradition swatches panel like on the image on the bottom, please?

I have reinstalled Ps without any change.

Thanks

[Nancy OShea]

For better help, please tell us the following:

• Which operating system?
• Which version # of Photoshop?
• Which version # of Illustrator?
• What if anything has changed on your system since yesterday?

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[sipivu]

Thanks for helping me:

MacOS 10.15.5 

Photoshop 2020, and Illustrator 2020, running from Creative Cloud

I just realized that I have updated the MacOS this morning with the latest version that was available this morning.

[gener7]

When you click on the right pointing arrow next to the folder, it shows the swatches in that folder as shown in the bottom screenshot.

So go through the list of folders until you arrive at one named "My Swatches" and twirl it open.

See how that goes. I also have 10.15.5 (latest fixes) and the 21.1.13  version of Photoshop 2020

Minor OS upgrades should not do anything to your libraries. They should all be there.

Now when you perform a major upgrade of PS, say from 2020 to 2021, remember to be sure "keep my settings" is checked on so you don't lose them.

[sipivu]

Thanks for taking the time to help me. 

I also have MacOS 10.15.5 and Ps 21.1.3.

The swatches menus I now have is a vertical list of folders, within which are a verical list of colors - second attached screen capture

I don't know how to go back to the former way to present swatches i.e. a table with with several rows of colors on top of each other - first attached screen capture from Ai 24.1.3. I didn't find the answer in the different comments.

Thanks

the presentation I would like to seethe swatches presentation I see

[PECourtejoie · Accepted solution]

Hi, click on the hamburger menu, and select "small thumbnail" rather than list, and you can click, shift+select last one and drag some out of the folder you want.

[sipivu]

Hello

Thank you very much for your help. It works! 

[sipivu]

Thank you very much for taking the solve my problem.

[gener7]

So this what you are looking for. Just click on the Panel menu, the four small horizontal bars.

[sipivu]

hello My "none" (=transparent) color has disappeared from my swatches panels and folders. Does anybody know how I can recreate it, please? Thanks

[gener7]

This must be Illustrator (which I don't have). Try "Reset Swatches" from the Panel menu.

[sipivu]

Thanks for your answer. In Illustrator, the swatches panels has not changed. My problem is with Photoshop. I tried resetting the swatches, without any success. From what I read in the forum, other Photoshop users are complaining about the swatches panel/grid evolution in the very latest version.

[gener7]

Photoshop never had that swatch:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/pse_req_for_none_as_a_colour_swatch

In a vector drawing program "none" turns off drawing of an element.
That concept doesn't exist in a pixel based editor. Each pixel always has a color, and a transparency value. You can paint with a color, an opacity value, and a blend mode. But you can't paint "none".

[sipivu]

Thanks for patiently explaining that. I am sorry for asking a beginner's question. I am writing a big marketing strategy presentation for our start up. I am trying to learn Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign all in the same time from the creativecloud.com tutorials while writing the presentation content. I am starting to get mixed up with each software's panels. Thanks again for your help.

[gener7]

That's what we are here for. 🙂

[sipivu]

You are vry kind 🙂