diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 14b04a951..8016fd8a9 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ add_library(app-lib
   file/gif_format.cpp
   file/ico_format.cpp
   file/jpeg_format.cpp
+  file/palette_file.cpp
   file/pcx_format.cpp
   file/png_format.cpp
   file/tga_format.cpp
diff --git a/src/app/app.cpp b/src/app/app.cpp
index 90caa59f6..8bf19dea7 100644
--- a/src/app/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app/app.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "app/document_location.h"
 #include "app/file/file.h"
 #include "app/file/file_formats_manager.h"
+#include "app/file/palette_file.h"
 #include "app/file_system.h"
 #include "app/find_widget.h"
 #include "app/gui_xml.h"
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ App::App(int argc, const char* argv[])
   }
 
   // Register well-known image file types.
-  FileFormatsManager::instance().registerAllFormats();
+  FileFormatsManager::instance()->registerAllFormats();
 
   // init editor cursor
   Editor::editor_cursor_init();
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ App::App(int argc, const char* argv[])
   if (!palFile.empty()) {
     PRINTF("Loading custom palette file: %s\n", palFile.c_str());
 
-    base::UniquePtr<Palette> pal(Palette::load(palFile.c_str()));
+    base::UniquePtr<Palette> pal(load_palette(palFile.c_str()));
     if (pal.get() != NULL) {
       set_default_palette(pal.get());
     }
diff --git a/src/app/commands/cmd_load_palette.cpp b/src/app/commands/cmd_load_palette.cpp
index 7dcebf88c..51997dab1 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/cmd_load_palette.cpp
+++ b/src/app/commands/cmd_load_palette.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "app/commands/command.h"
 #include "app/commands/commands.h"
 #include "app/context.h"
+#include "app/file/palette_file.h"
 #include "app/file_selector.h"
 #include "base/unique_ptr.h"
 #include "raster/palette.h"
@@ -51,9 +52,12 @@ LoadPaletteCommand::LoadPaletteCommand()
 
 void LoadPaletteCommand::onExecute(Context* context)
 {
-  std::string filename = app::show_file_selector("Load Palette", "", "png,pcx,bmp,tga,lbm,col,gpl");
+  char exts[4096];
+  get_readable_palette_extensions(exts, sizeof(exts));
+
+  std::string filename = app::show_file_selector("Load Palette", "", exts);
   if (!filename.empty()) {
-    base::UniquePtr<raster::Palette> palette(raster::Palette::load(filename.c_str()));
+    base::UniquePtr<raster::Palette> palette(load_palette(filename.c_str()));
     if (!palette) {
       Alert::show("Error<<Loading palette file||&Close");
     }
diff --git a/src/app/commands/cmd_save_palette.cpp b/src/app/commands/cmd_save_palette.cpp
index d84858dc4..074e0878b 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/cmd_save_palette.cpp
+++ b/src/app/commands/cmd_save_palette.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "app/commands/command.h"
+#include "app/file/palette_file.h"
 #include "app/file_selector.h"
 #include "app/modules/palettes.h"
 #include "base/fs.h"
@@ -50,11 +51,14 @@ SavePaletteCommand::SavePaletteCommand()
 
 void SavePaletteCommand::onExecute(Context* context)
 {
+  char exts[4096];
+  get_writable_palette_extensions(exts, sizeof(exts));
+
   std::string filename;
   int ret;
 
 again:
-  filename = app::show_file_selector("Save Palette", "", "png,pcx,bmp,tga,col,gpl");
+  filename = app::show_file_selector("Save Palette", "", exts);
   if (!filename.empty()) {
     if (base::is_file(filename)) {
       ret = Alert::show("Warning<<File exists, overwrite it?<<%s||&Yes||&No||&Cancel",
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ again:
     }
 
     raster::Palette* palette = get_current_palette();
-    if (!palette->save(filename.c_str())) {
+    if (!save_palette(filename.c_str(), palette)) {
       Alert::show("Error<<Saving palette file||&Close");
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/app/document.h b/src/app/document.h
index d3853fc39..d57ed05b0 100644
--- a/src/app/document.h
+++ b/src/app/document.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define APP_DOCUMENT_H_INCLUDED
 #pragma once
 
+#include "app/file/format_options.h"
 #include "base/disable_copying.h"
 #include "base/observable.h"
 #include "base/shared_ptr.h"
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ namespace undo {
 namespace app {
   class DocumentApi;
   class DocumentUndo;
-  class FormatOptions;
   struct BoundSeg;
 
   using namespace raster;
diff --git a/src/app/file/file.cpp b/src/app/file/file.cpp
index a1edf345e..4ac54dac8 100644
--- a/src/app/file/file.cpp
+++ b/src/app/file/file.cpp
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ using namespace base;
 
 static FileOp* fop_new(FileOpType type, Context* context);
 static void fop_prepare_for_sequence(FileOp* fop);
-
-static FileFormat* get_fileformat(const char* extension);
 static int split_filename(const char* filename, char* left, char* right, int* width);
 
 void get_readable_extensions(char* buf, int size)
 {
-  FileFormatsList::iterator it = FileFormatsManager::instance().begin();
-  FileFormatsList::iterator end = FileFormatsManager::instance().end();
+  FileFormatsList::iterator it = FileFormatsManager::instance()->begin();
+  FileFormatsList::iterator end = FileFormatsManager::instance()->end();
 
   /* clear the string */
   ustrncpy(buf, empty_string, size);
@@ -74,8 +72,8 @@ void get_readable_extensions(char* buf, int size)
 
 void get_writable_extensions(char* buf, int size)
 {
-  FileFormatsList::iterator it = FileFormatsManager::instance().begin();
-  FileFormatsList::iterator end = FileFormatsManager::instance().end();
+  FileFormatsList::iterator it = FileFormatsManager::instance()->begin();
+  FileFormatsList::iterator end = FileFormatsManager::instance()->end();
 
   /* clear the string */
   ustrncpy(buf, empty_string, size);
@@ -162,8 +160,10 @@ FileOp* fop_to_load_document(Context* context, const char* filename, int flags)
     goto done;
   }
 
-  /* get the format through the extension of the filename */
-  fop->format = get_fileformat(extension.c_str());
+  // Get the format through the extension of the filename
+  fop->format = FileFormatsManager::instance()
+    ->getFileFormatByExtension(extension.c_str());
+
   if (!fop->format ||
       !fop->format->support(FILE_SUPPORT_LOAD)) {
     fop_error(fop, "ASEPRITE can't load \"%s\" files\n", extension.c_str());
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ FileOp* fop_to_save_document(Context* context, Document* document)
 
   PRINTF("Saving document \"%s\" (%s)\n", fop->document->filename().c_str(), extension.c_str());
 
-  /* get the format through the extension of the filename */
-  fop->format = get_fileformat(extension.c_str());
+  // Get the format through the extension of the filename
+  fop->format = FileFormatsManager::instance()
+    ->getFileFormatByExtension(extension.c_str());
+
   if (!fop->format ||
       !fop->format->support(FILE_SUPPORT_SAVE)) {
     fop_error(fop, "ASEPRITE can't save \"%s\" files\n", extension.c_str());
@@ -848,25 +850,6 @@ static void fop_prepare_for_sequence(FileOp* fop)
   fop->seq.format_options.reset();
 }
 
-static FileFormat* get_fileformat(const char* extension)
-{
-  FileFormatsList::iterator it = FileFormatsManager::instance().begin();
-  FileFormatsList::iterator end = FileFormatsManager::instance().end();
-  char buf[512], *tok;
-
-  for (; it != end; ++it) {
-    ustrcpy(buf, (*it)->extensions());
-
-    for (tok=ustrtok(buf, ","); tok;
-         tok=ustrtok(NULL, ",")) {
-      if (ustricmp(extension, tok) == 0)
-        return (*it);
-    }
-  }
-
-  return NULL;
-}
-
 // Splits a file-name like "my_ani0000.pcx" to "my_ani" and ".pcx",
 // returning the number of the center; returns "-1" if the function
 // can't split anything
diff --git a/src/app/file/file_formats_manager.cpp b/src/app/file/file_formats_manager.cpp
index a95e579d0..62a532710 100644
--- a/src/app/file/file_formats_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/app/file/file_formats_manager.cpp
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ extern FileFormat* CreateTgaFormat();
 static FileFormatsManager* singleton = NULL;
 
 // static
-FileFormatsManager& FileFormatsManager::instance()
+FileFormatsManager* FileFormatsManager::instance()
 {
   if (!singleton)
     singleton = new FileFormatsManager();
-  return *singleton;
+  return singleton;
 }
 
 // static
@@ -91,4 +91,21 @@ FileFormatsList::iterator FileFormatsManager::end()
   return m_formats.end();
 }
 
+FileFormat* FileFormatsManager::getFileFormatByExtension(const char* extension) const
+{
+  char buf[512], *tok;
+
+  for (FileFormat* ff : m_formats) {
+    strcpy(buf, ff->extensions());
+
+    for (tok=strtok(buf, ","); tok;
+         tok=strtok(NULL, ",")) {
+      if (stricmp(extension, tok) == 0)
+        return ff;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 } // namespace app
diff --git a/src/app/file/file_formats_manager.h b/src/app/file/file_formats_manager.h
index c3bf37553..61a53d1f0 100644
--- a/src/app/file/file_formats_manager.h
+++ b/src/app/file/file_formats_manager.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace app {
   class FileFormatsManager {
   public:
     // Returns a singleton of this class.
-    static FileFormatsManager& instance();
+    static FileFormatsManager* instance();
     static void destroyInstance();
 
     virtual ~FileFormatsManager();
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ namespace app {
     FileFormatsList::iterator begin();
     FileFormatsList::iterator end();
 
+    FileFormat* getFileFormatByExtension(const char* extension) const;
+
   private:
     // Register one format.
     void registerFormat(FileFormat* fileFormat);
diff --git a/src/app/file/file_tests.cpp b/src/app/file/file_tests.cpp
index 48fd484e8..160234701 100644
--- a/src/app/file/file_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/app/file/file_tests.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ TEST(File, SeveralSizes)
 {
   she::ScopedHandle<she::System> system(she::create_system());
   // Register all possible image formats.
-  FileFormatsManager::instance().registerAllFormats();
+  FileFormatsManager::instance()->registerAllFormats();
   std::vector<char> fn(256);
   app::Context ctx;
 
diff --git a/src/app/file/gif_tests.cpp b/src/app/file/gif_tests.cpp
index 2ba7085aa..ee33b1f51 100644
--- a/src/app/file/gif_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/app/file/gif_tests.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ using namespace app;
 class GifFormat : public ::testing::Test {
 public:
   GifFormat() : m_system(she::create_system()) {
-    FileFormatsManager::instance().registerAllFormats();
+    FileFormatsManager::instance()->registerAllFormats();
   }
 
 protected:
diff --git a/src/app/file/palette_file.cpp b/src/app/file/palette_file.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97a8361e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/file/palette_file.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/* Aseprite
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2014  David Capello
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "app/context.h"
+#include "app/document.h"
+#include "app/file/file.h"
+#include "app/file/file_format.h"
+#include "app/file/file_formats_manager.h"
+#include "base/path.h"
+#include "base/string.h"
+#include "raster/cel.h"
+#include "raster/file/col_file.h"
+#include "raster/file/gpl_file.h"
+#include "raster/image.h"
+#include "raster/layer.h"
+#include "raster/palette.h"
+#include "raster/sprite.h"
+
+namespace app {
+
+using namespace raster;
+
+void get_readable_palette_extensions(char* buf, int size)
+{
+  get_readable_extensions(buf, size);
+  strcat(buf, ",col,gpl");
+}
+
+void get_writable_palette_extensions(char* buf, int size)
+{
+  get_writable_extensions(buf, size);
+  strcat(buf, ",col,gpl");
+}
+
+Palette* load_palette(const char *filename)
+{
+  std::string ext = base::string_to_lower(base::get_file_extension(filename));
+  Palette* pal = NULL;
+
+  if (ext == "col") {
+    pal = raster::file::load_col_file(filename);
+  }
+  else if (ext == "gpl") {
+    pal = raster::file::load_gpl_file(filename);
+  }
+  else {
+    FileFormat* ff = FileFormatsManager::instance()->getFileFormatByExtension(ext.c_str());
+    if (ff->support(FILE_SUPPORT_LOAD)) {
+      FileOp* fop = fop_to_load_document(NULL, filename,
+        FILE_LOAD_SEQUENCE_NONE |
+        FILE_LOAD_ONE_FRAME);
+      if (fop && !fop->has_error()) {
+        fop_operate(fop, NULL);
+        fop_post_load(fop);
+
+        if (fop->document &&
+            fop->document->sprite() &&
+            fop->document->sprite()->getPalette(FrameNumber(0))) {
+          pal = new Palette(
+            *fop->document->sprite()->getPalette(FrameNumber(0)));
+
+          // TODO remove this line when support for palettes with less
+          // than 256 colors is added.
+          pal->resize(Palette::MaxColors);
+        }
+
+        delete fop->document;
+        fop_done(fop);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (pal)
+    pal->setFilename(filename);
+
+  return pal;
+}
+
+bool save_palette(const char *filename, Palette* pal)
+{
+  std::string ext = base::string_to_lower(base::get_file_extension(filename));
+  bool success = false;
+
+  if (ext == "col") {
+    success = raster::file::save_col_file(pal, filename);
+  }
+  else if (ext == "gpl") {
+    success = raster::file::save_gpl_file(pal, filename);
+  }
+  else {
+    FileFormat* ff = FileFormatsManager::instance()->getFileFormatByExtension(ext.c_str());
+    if (ff->support(FILE_SUPPORT_SAVE)) {
+      app::Context tmpContext;
+      doc::Document* doc = tmpContext.documents().add(
+        16, 16, doc::ColorMode::INDEXED,
+        Palette::MaxColors);
+
+      Sprite* sprite = doc->sprite();
+      doc->sprite()->setPalette(pal, false);
+
+      LayerImage* layer = dynamic_cast<LayerImage*>(sprite->folder()->getFirstLayer());
+      Image* image = layer->getCel(FrameNumber(0))->image();
+
+      int x, y, c;
+      for (y=c=0; y<16; y++)
+        for (x=0; x<16; x++)
+          image->putPixel(x, y, c++);
+
+      doc->setFilename(filename);
+      success = (save_document(&tmpContext, doc) == 0);
+
+      doc->close();
+      delete doc;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return success;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/file/palette_file.h b/src/app/file/palette_file.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39579ef44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/file/palette_file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* Aseprite
+ * Copyright (C) 2001-2014  David Capello
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef APP_FILE_PALETTE_FILE_H_INCLUDED
+#define APP_FILE_PALETTE_FILE_H_INCLUDED
+#pragma once
+
+namespace raster {
+  class Palette;
+}
+
+namespace app {
+
+  void get_readable_palette_extensions(char* buf, int size);
+  void get_writable_palette_extensions(char* buf, int size);
+
+  raster::Palette* load_palette(const char *filename);
+  bool save_palette(const char *filename, raster::Palette* pal);
+
+} // namespace app
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/app/res/palettes_loader_delegate.cpp b/src/app/res/palettes_loader_delegate.cpp
index 43657bd37..79309da75 100644
--- a/src/app/res/palettes_loader_delegate.cpp
+++ b/src/app/res/palettes_loader_delegate.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "app/res/palettes_loader_delegate.h"
 
+#include "app/file/palette_file.h"
 #include "app/file_system.h"
 #include "app/res/palette_resource.h"
 #include "app/resource_finder.h"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ std::string PalettesLoaderDelegate::resourcesLocation() const
 
 Resource* PalettesLoaderDelegate::loadResource(const std::string& filename)
 {
-  raster::Palette* palette = raster::Palette::load(filename.c_str());
+  raster::Palette* palette = load_palette(filename.c_str());
   if (!palette)
     return NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/raster/palette.cpp b/src/raster/palette.cpp
index c2ac687a7..691ca6e57 100644
--- a/src/raster/palette.cpp
+++ b/src/raster/palette.cpp
@@ -22,19 +22,13 @@
 
 #include "raster/palette.h"
 
-#include "base/path.h"
-#include "base/string.h"
 #include "gfx/hsv.h"
 #include "gfx/rgb.h"
 #include "raster/conversion_alleg.h"
-#include "raster/file/col_file.h"
-#include "raster/file/gpl_file.h"
 #include "raster/image.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
-#include <allegro.h>            // TODO Remove this dependency
-
 namespace raster {
 
 using namespace gfx;
@@ -405,73 +399,6 @@ void Palette::sort(int from, int to, SortPalette* sort_palette, std::vector<int>
 // End of Sort stuff
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-Palette* Palette::load(const char *filename)
-{
-  std::string ext = base::string_to_lower(base::get_file_extension(filename));
-  Palette* pal = NULL;
-
-  if (ext == "png" ||
-      ext == "pcx" ||
-      ext == "bmp" ||
-      ext == "tga" ||
-      ext == "lbm") {
-    PALETTE rgbpal;
-    BITMAP* bmp;
-
-    bmp = load_bitmap(filename, rgbpal);
-    if (bmp) {
-      destroy_bitmap(bmp);
-
-      pal = new Palette(FrameNumber(0), MaxColors);
-      convert_palette_from_allegro(rgbpal, pal);
-    }
-  }
-  else if (ext == "col") {
-    pal = raster::file::load_col_file(filename);
-  }
-  else if (ext == "gpl") {
-    pal = raster::file::load_gpl_file(filename);
-  }
-
-  if (pal)
-    pal->setFilename(filename);
-
-  return pal;
-}
-
-bool Palette::save(const char *filename) const
-{
-  std::string ext = base::string_to_lower(base::get_file_extension(filename));
-  bool success = false;
-
-  if (ext == "png" ||
-      ext == "pcx" ||
-      ext == "bmp" ||
-      ext == "tga") {
-    PALETTE rgbpal;
-    BITMAP* bmp;
-    int c, x, y;
-
-    bmp = create_bitmap_ex(8, 16, 16);
-    for (y=c=0; y<16; y++)
-      for (x=0; x<16; x++)
-        putpixel(bmp, x, y, c++);
-
-    convert_palette_to_allegro(this, rgbpal);
-
-    success = (save_bitmap(filename, bmp, rgbpal) == 0);
-    destroy_bitmap(bmp);
-  }
-  else if (ext == "col") {
-    success = raster::file::save_col_file(this, filename);
-  }
-  else if (ext == "gpl") {
-    success = raster::file::save_gpl_file(this, filename);
-  }
-
-  return success;
-}
-
 int Palette::findExactMatch(int r, int g, int b) const
 {
   for (int i=0; i<(int)m_colors.size(); ++i)
diff --git a/src/raster/palette.h b/src/raster/palette.h
index 916c619db..3ccf2725e 100644
--- a/src/raster/palette.h
+++ b/src/raster/palette.h
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ namespace raster {
     void makeRectRamp(int from, int to, int columns);
     void sort(int from, int to, SortPalette* sort_palette, std::vector<int>& mapping);
 
-    static Palette* load(const char *filename);
-    bool save(const char *filename) const;
-
     int findExactMatch(int r, int g, int b) const;
     int findBestfit(int r, int g, int b, int mask_index = 0) const;