I thought I'd ask this question here seeing as how everything I've learned about scripting has come from the knowledge everyone shares here (granted, I've only been at this a couple weeks now).
I've searched and searched and have been trying for three days to figure this out but can't. I've studied the scripts at http://forums.adobe.com/message/5082308#5082308 and tried implementing them but to no avail.
Basically, I have a document with multiple layers, all containing only one item each. Every placedItem is a tiff, all having the same dimensions. There could be either 4 or 6 of them, no more, no less. I'd like to split them up onto multiple artboards but whenever I try, I keep getting multiple boards put in the same location, e.g., stacked on top of one another. I can't seem to figure out the gridByRow command.
So far, I'm using the following script (that I found here) to build the file, which I've altered to fit my needs.
function getFolder() { return Folder.selectDialog('Please select the folder to be imported:', Folder('~'));
}
function importFolderAsLayers(selectedFolder) {
// if a folder was selected continue with action, otherwise quit var myDocument; if (selectedFolder) { myDocument = app.documents.add(); var firstImageLayer = true; var newLayer ; var thisPlacedItem; // create document list from files in selected folder var imageList = selectedFolder.getFiles(); for (var i = 0; i < imageList.length; i++) { // open each document in file list if (imageList[i] instanceof File) { // get the file name var fName = imageList[i].name; // check for supported file formats //if( (fName.indexOf(".eps") == -1) ) { if( (fName.indexOf("Base.tif") == -1) && (fName.indexOf("White.tif") == -1) && (fName.indexOf("Process%20Yellow.tif") == -1) && (fName.indexOf("Process%20Cyan.tif") == -1) && (fName.indexOf("Process%20Magenta.tif") == -1) && (fName.indexOf("Process%20Black.tif") == -1)) { // skip unsupported formats continue; } else { if( firstImageLayer ) { newLayer = myDocument.layers[0]; firstImageLayer = false; } else { newLayer = myDocument.layers.add(); } // Give the layer the name of the image file newLayer.name = fName.substring(0, fName.indexOf(".") ); // Place the image on the artboard thisPlacedItem = newLayer.placedItems.add() thisPlacedItem.file = imageList[i]; } } }
What I'd like to do at this point is spread these layers out to multiple artboards, which have been made based on the number of layers in the file.
3 days! I'm pulling my hair out. Can someone help? Using CS5.