.ASE File Extension

File used by Adobe InDesign and Illustrator professional page layout and graphics applications; contains a color swatch, which is a saved collection of colors; allows illustrators and publishers to share color swatches.

NOTE: ASE files were introduced with version 2 of Adobe's Creative Suite (CS). Photoshop saves color swatches as .ACO files.

Text file containing 2D or 3D scene information; exported by various Autodesk programs; saved in a text format, which is more compatible with other programs.

ASE files are similar to Autodesk .ASC files, but contain additional scene information, as well as points and shapes.

Audio sample used by Velvet Studio, an audio tracking program; used for creating different instrument sounds