Batching In Illustrator??
In PhotoShop CS3, you can select File/Automate/Batch, and run an Action on an entire folder. I don't see that option in Illustrator CS3? Is there a way to run an action on an entire folder? I'm...
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Hey yall, In the CS6 reference it states: Scripting plug-insThe CS6 JavaScript scripting interface allows for limited scripting for plug-ins. A plug-in can define a command, with an event and...
View ArticleAppleScript moving certain colours to new layers
Hi all. This is my first question here. I'm attempting to use AppleScript to organize the layers of my art files. What I am looking to do is have all objects with a fill color that is a specific CMYK...
View ArticleMove layers to new artboard
Hi everybody, I'm trying to create a script via javascript for Illustrator. My problem is : I have a AI file with multiple layers, i want to create one artboard per layer, in order to export a...
View ArticleCS6 placedItems relink method, sometimes producing Error: 376('x ')
Hi, I am creating a script on illustrator CS6 that will loop through all the images and relink these images to there current location, it is used to update all of the links in the file. However...
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Recreate gradient thru script
I'm trying to recreate a gradien thru script... but i can't seem to use the following functions: GradientColor ---> hiliteAngle, hiliteLength, length, matrix and origin. Please help! I've enclosed...
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JPEG Export options in Javascript
Hi All, How to export below snapshot setting through idExportJPG type since could not find color model, format, and resolution settings in javascript export options. Regards,Selvakumar
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Cutting a circle
Hi all, I need to make shapes like this based on a value for graph purposes - usually I would just create a cutting shape based on trig (this shape representing around 60%) and subtract it from the...
View ArticleHow can I place image into an .ai file using java?
I am working on my school's Yearbook project. For last few years we have done it all using python to generate png files for all the pages but now that I have discovered adobe's scripting, I wanted to...
View ArticleSplit Text into Layers
I was wondering if anyone is aware of a script that is able to do the same as this photoshop one http://www.agasyanc.ru/text-splitter, I would use that one in photoshop but its not working in CS6. I...
View ArticleRemove Horizontal Scale on circular characters only
Lino's CrTronic used to have a command to set horizontal scaling to 100% for these 3 characters, and leave the rest alone.® circle R© circle C• bullet Because those 3 characters are circles we often...
View ArticleBatch combine files into one illustrator document - how to open target document?
I am making a script which will: 1) Open a folder of Illustrator files2) Open each file in the folder (these files are called the source files)3) Select all the contents of the source file4) Copy the...
View ArticleImporting Color to Swatch Library from Text File
Hi,I have a large list of custom colors in Excel that has the color name and CMYK breakdown of each color. I'm looking for a way to import this information to create a custom Color Swatch Library. That...
View ArticleBatch export .ai files to pdf
Hi guys, I found a script that does the job, export tones of ai files to pdf, but I have some files which are in sub folders, and I was trying to find a way to modify this script to include subfolder,...
View ArticlePlacing registration marks on the corners of document
I have to process a lot of files to be router trimmed which requires them to have very specific registration marks. There are 2 different marks we have to use. The first mark is at the top left...
View ArticleHow to Log data to a consol file or elsewhere
When I use Javascript in Apples Quartz Composer application, it has a Log command I can inspect the state of my code with eg: Log("Give Feedback" + variables) the Log statements appear in the QC app...
View ArticleStoring a persistent variable with scripting?
Hello -- is it possible to store the value of a variable via scripting after a script has been executed or does it only exist during runtime? The use case here would be to store a user entry between...
View ArticleScript: rename layers?
Hi, is there a quick way how to renumber or batch rename all layers in a file so they would be named in consequent numbers? Doesn't have to start from exact number, I was wondering if maybe there is...
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 ArticleSet unit preferences (Javascript)
I can't find a way to set the unit preferences for Illustrator CS6/CC using JavaScript. I found that this works (setting units for stroke):var units = 2; // 0-inches, 1-milllimeters, 2-points...
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