How to make button Illustrator script ?
Dear All, Recently, I alway use free 2 Illustrator script text are: "joinTextFrames" & "divideTextFrame"but I lost many step to do it for example click: 1. select text -> 2. File -> 3....
View ArticleHELP! Need a script for renaming layers
Hi-I've got an Illustrator CS6 document that has 500+ layers with individual words on them (a word cloud). I'm needing to animate this in AE. When I "Release to Layers (Sequence)", all of the layers...
View ArticleChange the fill color of an object in illustrator using extendscript
HiI have a script that scan through items on the page in an illustrator file. I would like to be able to say if a particular colour is found, say c=0, m=0,y=100,k=0 (yellow) change that colour to cyan....
View ArticleConvert CSV to Swatch Library?
Hi everyone I have a list of 300+ colors that I need to make into a swatch library for Illustrator. The data looks like this: GREEN GRASS,127,187,0PALE YELLOW,241,235,135LIGHT...
View ArticleCan you hide a layers using scripting?
I have a very complex graphic with many elements and I would like to find a way to hide layers based on a list. In the documentation that there is a way to tell if a layer is hidden, but didn't see...
View ArticleChange color and line weight
Hi, I am trying to create a script who could act as an Autocad plot (ie convert each color to black, with a different lineweight). I did some research, and tried to mix some scripts found here to...
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ChangeSizesOfTextSelection.js
Illustrator version 10 installed with a sample script named ChangeSizesOfTextSelection.js. The script gradually changes the size of text. The way it works is, you type some text in Illustrator, select...
View ArticleLooking for "Replace with Symbol" script
So I am trying to replace gps points with a symbol I have created. I have found blogs referencing a script that can replace selected items with symbols saved in the symbols panel, but I can't seem to...
View ArticleHow to select same font and apply auto kerning?
How to select all text frames with same font (for example 'NewCenturySchlbk-Roman') and apply auto kerning? Thanks.
View ArticleAi Packaging Script
Ok.. I'm sure this has been posted before (already searched, didn't find however), but does a file packaging script exist for AI? (one that collects all linked images and fonts and places them in one...
View ArticleIs there a script available for arranging elements for optimal use of the...
I'm starting a sticker printing business using Illustrator as my main layout and illustration too. I was wondering if there's a script available for automatically arranging a set of elements on a page...
View ArticleHow do I write a script that returns the size and position of the artboards...
I am just starting with scripts and this is my first visit here, so if there is a protocol for this (I should search first or something) please let me know. What I am hoping to accomplish is to have a...
View ArticlePossible to round font size if in decimal with AppleScript?
Hi, Is it possible to automate the rounding of font sizes if they are in decimal form? I have a few thousand files I have to prepare for upload and they can't have font sizes such as 8.214 which...
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Find and Replace script with values via Excel
Dear Adobe Community, I am searching for a simple automated Find and Replace script, the idea is that in Excel the Find and Replace with texts are located. The script finds the textblock in Illustrator...
View ArticleScript taking far too long to execute
var sel = app.activeDocument.selection; for (i = 0; i < sel.characters.length; i++ ){ var aChar = sel.characters[i]; if(aChar.contents =="~") {...
View ArticleUI (Window, dialog, palette etc) reference info for AI scripting
I'm looking for standard reference info on UI elements like popup windows (dialogs, palettes etc). I've been through the Illustrator CS6 Javascript Scripting reference guide and also the CS6 Scripting...
View ArticleScript for making an object the artboard size.
I am looking for some help on trying to make an object the exact size of the artboard. This is something I do on a daily basis for several different reasons and it would be very helpful if this can...
View ArticleDimension Illustrator CS6
Does anyone know of a script that will automatically put dimensions on rectangular shapes in Illustrator CS6?
View ArticleMoving objects jsx?
Hello everybody. Is there any way to move a object using its width? ex: "move to left a box with 10cm(width) using this value (10cm)". But I want to capture the width of any selected object.Another...
View Articlehow to clear clipboard
As the title says, how do i clear the clipboard while scripting with copy/paste functions? Because i am affraid for crashes because too much items are on the copy buffer Thanks.
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