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‎Nov 24, 2024
01:16 PM
Yep. That's what it was. Thank you!
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‎Nov 24, 2024
01:15 PM
It turned out it was, in fact, Magnet. Awesome!
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‎Nov 22, 2024
06:12 PM
I am having the same issue on Illustrator 29 on MacBook Pro 16-inch 2023. I have figured out that, in my case at least, it only occurs when you hold the space bar to drag the window. When I release the space bar, the hand does not go away but if I click click in the window, then click the space bar again, it does away. Also, it ONLY happens when viewing in GPU mode. CPU view mode works as it should.
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‎Oct 21, 2020
09:15 AM
You need to set the activeDocument to the current iteration in the docs array. var docs = [];
if (app.documents.length == 0) {
docs = app.documents;
docs.sort(function(a, b) {
if (a.name > b.name) return -1;
if (a.name < b.name) return 1;
return 0;
});
// Loop through docs array and save each one
for (var i = 0; i < docs.length; i++) {
app.activeDocument = docs[i];
for (var i = 0; i < app.activeDocument.placedItems.length; i ++) {
app.activeDocument.placedItems[i].embed();
}
}
}
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‎Oct 21, 2020
09:11 AM
You can list the open documents, sort them, then save them via your sorted list. if (app.documents.length == 0) {
var docs = app.documents;
docs.sort(function(a, b) {
if (a.name > b.name) return -1;
if (a.name < b.name) return 1;
return 0;
});
// Loop through docs array and save each one
}
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‎Oct 20, 2020
09:57 PM
I believe this repository should have everything you need. Look in ContactSheet.jsx. If you search for createFromFile that will show you how to import files such as SVG, PDF, AI, etc. You will need to follow through the logic to figure out the other pieces but I've fairly certain everything you've mentioned is in there. I am happy to try to answer any questions I can to explain the code. What this script does is fairly simple : Select a folder of SVG files (or other formats), and enter paramters to import all of the files and place them in rows and columns creating a contact sheet. While this places all of the imports on the same artboard, it is fairly trivial to place each one on a separate artboard. I have an extension I am waiting to be approved that does this. It will be free as soon as it is published. These don't do exactly what you want but I think all of the concepts are covered by the code. https://github.com/iconifyit/contact-sheet
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‎Oct 20, 2020
09:27 PM
1 Upvote
The function below will center an "item" on the parent artboard. An "item" can be a PageItem or GroupItem. I'm not sure how to place library items in an AI document as I have never tried it before. I did a quick search of the Illustrator script guide but did not find anything. I'm sorry this is the only part I can be helpful with at the moment. function centerItem(theItem) {
try {
var doc = app.activeDocument,
artboard = doc.artboards[doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex()];
if (! artboard) {
doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(0);
}
var left = artboard.artboardRect[0],
top = artboard.artboardRect[1],
right = artboard.artboardRect[2],
bottom = artboard.artboardRect[3];
theItem.position = [
Math.round((right - theItem.width)/2),
Math.round((bottom + theItem.height)/2)
];
}
catch(ex) {
try {
theItem.position = [0, 0];
}
catch(ex) {/*Exit Gracefully*/}
}
}
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‎Oct 20, 2020
08:31 PM
Adobe extensions allow you to use NodeJS in panels. With access to NodeJS you can easily run command line commands. Do so is pretty easy. The challenge will be creating the CEP (Common Extension Protocol) panel. It's not really that hard and is, for the most part, the same as scripting but with a UI. There is a bit of a learning curve but it isn't terrible if you have some coding experience. CEP panels are built in HTML, CSS, and JS so anyone with basic web development experience cna learn it.
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‎Jan 24, 2020
04:32 AM
I found a partial solution. I will try to post it later today.
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‎Nov 21, 2019
05:48 AM
Cool. Thank again, Oleg. This has been a very tough experience (very difficult problem) but some really generous and helpful folks like yourself redeemed the experience for me.
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‎Nov 21, 2019
03:51 AM
Hi Oleg, My apologies for the slow reply. I did not get an email that I had a reply. Yeah, it is for one-dimensional only. Thanks for pointing out the incorrect operators. I will go back through it to make sure they make sense. Clearly 1 * anything is meaningless. I have spoken directly to Hernan. I had a big break through last night and got help from Tomas, who wrote the Flow extension. This project has been put on hold for a bit but I will keep chipping away at this. Thanks again for the reply.
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‎Nov 13, 2019
02:38 PM
1 Upvote
Hi. I am a seasoned developer (20+ years) and experienced Adobe CEP developer (3-4 years) but I am new to After Effects. In addition to development I've been a digital illustrator for 30 years but I have never used After Effects (Just some background for context). I am building an extension for AE for a client to export keyframes as JSON. I have everything working the way the client wants but they need the keyframe easings expressed in cubic beziers instead of AE's format (speed & influence). I'm afraid it has been a long, long time since I've done any trig or calculous so I have forgotten most of it. I found a snippet of code by Hernan Torrissi, the author of the wonderful Bodymovin' extension dated 2015. In the original post Hernan says that he had not, at that point, figured out how to do the calculations. I have tried the code he shared but I don't know if it is working correctly or not since this is not my area of expertise. What I'm looking for is help from other devs (or perhaps from Hernan himself) to better understand the underly concepts & maths, validation whether or not the results are correct (I don't believe they are), and help figuring it out. Yes, I'm aware I'm asking for a lot and I apologize. I will do whatever leg work needs to be done to make this easier but since I'm a bit out of my depth with AE I will need a little bit (a lot?) of hand-holding. I'm not looking for "something-for-nothing" or for someone to do it for me. I sincerely need some help figuring it out. So thanks in advance for not giving me too hard a time if I'm not following protocol for asking for help. Here is the code from Hernan (cleaned up a bit to match my coding style): var EasingToCubicBezier = function(property) {
var curves = [];
for (var i = 1; i < property.numKeys; i++) {
var x1 = 0,
x2 = 0,
y1 = 0,
y2 = 0,
/*
* Key times
*/
t1 = property.keyTime(i),
t2 = property.keyTime(i + 1),
/*
* Key Values
*/
val1 = property.keyValue(i),
val2 = property.keyValue(i + 1),
/*
* Speed
*/
avSpeed = Math.abs(val2 * val1) / (t2 * t1),
/*
* easeIn & easeOut for current keyFrame & next keyFrame
*/
k1in = property.keyInTemporalEase(i)[0],
k1out = property.keyOutTemporalEase(i)[0],
k2in = property.keyInTemporalEase(i + 1)[0],
k2out = property.keyOutTemporalEase(i + 1)[0],
/*
* Max & min values
*/
max = property.maxValue,
min = property.minValue;
/*
* Perform calculations.
*/
if ( val1 < val2) {
x1 = k1in.influence / 100;
y1 = x1 * k1out.speed / avSpeed;
x2 = 1 * k2in.influence / 100;
y2 = 1 - (1 * x2) * (k2in.speed / avSpeed);
}
if ( val2 < val1) {
x1 = k1out.influence / 100;
y1 = (-x1) * k1out.speed / avSpeed;
x2 = k2in.influence / 100;
y2 = 1 * x2 * (k2in.speed / avSpeed);
x2 = 1 * x2;
}
if (val1 === val2) {
x1 = k1out.influence / 100;
y1 = (-x1) * k1out.speed / ((max * min)/(t2 * t1)) ;
x2 = k2in.influence / 100;
y2 = 1 * x2 * (k2in.speed / ((max * min)/(t2 * t1)));
x2 = 1 * x2;
}
curves.push([ x1, y1, x2, y2 ]);
}
return {
getCurves : function() {
return curves;
}
}
}
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‎Sep 22, 2019
10:56 AM
This extension is now available on Adobe Exchange. https://exchange.adobe.com/creativecloud.details.102897.file-merge-for-ai.html - would love to hear your thoughts.
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‎Sep 22, 2019
10:55 AM
This extension is now available on Adobe Exchange. Let me know what you think. https://exchange.adobe.com/creativecloud.details.102897.file-merge-for-ai.html
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‎Jul 16, 2019
01:12 PM
1 Upvote
Fortunately I was able to solve my own problem. I changed my email address back to the one used when I originally created my account and was able to log in. Lessons learned: 1. Adobe's systems take time to sync Adobe ID. Catch-22. Clearly not great system design but understandable given the size of their customer base. Still pretty bad, though. 2. Adobe Technical support is not, err, supportive. Complete waste of time. 3. As much as I love Adobe's products, I think their support is pretty awful.
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‎Jul 16, 2019
01:07 PM
I am at my whit's end with Adobe. I contacted technical support for what is a clear technical issue with my account. I created an Exchange Partner Portal account yesterday. I have the welcome email, and have created a listing for a CEP Extension for Illustrator. My session timed out overnight and I tried to log in today but keep getting a "403 Not Authorized" error. The only thing that changed overnight is I changed the primary email address on my Adobe account. I have cleared cache, cleared saved passwords, etc, etc, etc. (I am a 20-year veteran web dev. I know the drill). No matter what I try, I get the same 403 error. When I contacted Tech Support, they basically said nothing but "Please wait while I check your account" then sent me the same link I had been trying to log into and said, "Log in there. If it doesn't work, you have to ask in the forum". How is someone in the Forum, with no access to my account going to help? I have no way to access my account. I can't create a new one because in order to do so you have to log in. Whenever I log in then try to access the Exchange portal, I get the 403. It's an endless loop.
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‎Jul 15, 2019
03:59 AM
If you are willing to be a tester, I can provide the files needed to test and detailed instructions. I will give you a free copy of the finished product if you can help out. Thanks!
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‎Jul 15, 2019
03:59 AM
Thank you, I appreciate the feedback. Would you be interested in testing for me? I just need to make sure the extension runs as expected on Windows and Mac. I can provide files to test with and detailed instructions. Thanks again.
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‎Jul 14, 2019
06:42 AM
Hi, I have written a CEP extension for Adobe Illustrator and need 5-6 testers. Specifically I need testers for WINDOWS (I work on Mac). But it would be good to have 2-3 testers for both platforms. Please reply here if you can help. In exchange, I'll let you have a free copy of the extension. The Extension : Ai Merge Ai Merge allows you to select a folder of Ai, SVG, EPS, and/or PDF files and automates merging them into a single Ai file with each of the original individual files saved to its own layer and artboard. Obviously, because of Illustrator's 1,000 artboard limit the extension can only import up to 1,000 files. I have tested with 1,000 files and while JavaScript is slow and it takes a couple of minutes, it is still exponentially faster than doing the task manually. You can watch a demo of the extension on my YouTube channel here : Ai Merge - Adobe Illustrator Extension - YouTube My full channel is here : http://sketchandbuild.com (redirects to the long, ugly YouTube channel URL that you have to use until you hit 100 followers). Thanks in advance and all feedback is welcome.
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‎May 01, 2019
11:45 AM
Ah yes, you are correct. Hmm. I will have to give this some thought. Entering an admin password "might" not be a big deal. Anyone installing using a tool like Anastasiy's Extension Manager would have to do the same so I am not terribly worried about that as long as that is the only obstacle, I think that is acceptable.
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‎May 01, 2019
11:17 AM
The extension calls the API from the site so it is the same server-side service that is doing both. The website is good for single images but if you are a photographer processing hundreds or even thousands of images it will become a huge pain to do it through the web browser. This is also the first version of the extension and I know Kaleido (the maker) has a lot more features planned for the future. The only way to remove the necessity to enter a password for modifying Application Support is to change the file/folder permissions but this is not a good idea. They are set this way so that any malicious code that might be introduced to your system cannot access that folder. If it could it could easily inject code into other apps.
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‎May 01, 2019
10:56 AM
1 Upvote
I write a lot of extensions for my own use and am currently working on some products I intend to sell. And yes, I work on a Mac. But this specific question is for a client. I did not build the original extension but re-wrote a fair amount of the code to add new features, new UI, etc. They recently released the extension on Adobe Exchange - https://www.adobeexchange.com/creativecloud.details.101546.removebg-for-adobe-photoshop.html . The only issues we've run into are with folks who have CC Enterprise. Those with CC Enterprise get an error however they try to install the extension. We have figured out that if you install the un-archived source directly in CEP/Extensions it works fine but my concern is that for some users that will be too much effort. In general we can say this is the case with most things. People have a short attention span and want things to be "one-click and forget it". Some of their users are more advanced and do imaging and animation and get such huge benefit from the product that taking 5-10 minutes to do the manual install isn't a big ask, but there will almost certainly be users who won't make that effort. That's not a criticism, just observation of user behavior. Having a way to install that we control will also help minimize risk of errors. Ideally Adobe would correct this issue. My guess is that since Enterprise software is often installed en masse to many machines across the organization, having 3rd party code that has only been minimally screened installed is a huge security risk. I have no idea how Adobe can solve it but it sure would be nice if they could. Cheers.
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‎May 01, 2019
10:38 AM
1 Upvote
Awesome. Thanks. I should probably buy a cheap Windows machine at some point for testing. Very much appreciated.
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‎May 01, 2019
10:27 AM
Thanks for the feedback. I will take a look at this as an option. Question for you to follow up. I work on a Mac so I know the path to the CEP/Extensions folder. Do you happen to know the path on Windows? I'm sure I can look it up and will do so but thought I'd ask for the sake of clarity and completeness on this thread. Thanks again.
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‎May 01, 2019
09:17 AM
I am looking for ideas/input on a potential work-around to install ZXP extensions on Photoshop CC Enterprise that does not require a lot of confusing, tedious manual steps (from the end user's perspective). According to the Enterprise documentation - Including extensions in your package - encrypted packages, i.e., ZXP extensions from Adobe Exchange are not installed via the package method and based on my own experience launching a product to Exchange and reports from Enterprise users, you cannot install from Exchange nor using any of the popular Extension Manager installers. I have verified that it is possible to un-archive the ZXP and manually place the folder structure in /Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions but my concern is that this might be problematic for end users. I don't think it is really all that technical, obviously, but many users have a psychological aversion to messing with what they perceive as the core system. It is probably a long shot but I'm curious if anyone else has encountered this problem and what solutions you've employed to work around it. Thanks in advance.
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‎Mar 13, 2018
11:27 PM
Yes, they are hacks but they are not dangerous. But take it with a grain of salt. Folks who posted ideas/solutions were trying to be helpful, nothing more. It is also clear that those of us who were discussing hacks have experience doing so and are comfortable with it. If someone is not comfortable with the hacks, or do not know what they are doing, then they definitely should not use them. I have 20 years experience as a career software developer and do a lot of scripting and hacking on Illustrator so I'm totally comfortable with it. If you botch the preferences file, the worst that will happen is you have to delete the preferences file and reset your preferences. Annoying? Yes. Dangerous? No. The most likely issue is that the hacks will get over-written the next time Adobe Illustrator is updated. You aren't (and can't) change any core code. They are simply configuration files. They get corrupted all the time. If there is a feature you would like to see added or think something would work better another way, believe it or not Adobe _does_ care. You can write to the dev team and ask for it. I have actually had this very conversation with both the Illustrator marketing manager and the head of the Illustrator product team. They are aware that they have that reputation but it simply isn't true. Unfortunately, as a large company with, you know, deadlines to meet, it is difficult for the people who do the coding and can make decisions about these kinds of things can't interact with every customer the way some smaller software makers like Bohemian (Sketch) and Serif (Affinity Designer) can. Nothing at all against those folks. I know them as well and they are all very dedicated and care deeply about their users and their products. The illustrator team is absolutely no different in that respect. What is different is that they simply have hundreds of times more customers and can't possibly talk to everyone and include every feature request. But if you can manage to get in touch with someone who has influence, they are very open to talking, listening, and doing what they can. I would encourage anyone who wants to see this issue addressed just get in contact with Adobe's dev team and talk to them. I think you will be very surprised to learn that they are not at all what most people seem to think. Adobe Illustrator (@Illustrator) | Twitter
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‎Nov 20, 2017
04:58 PM
1 Upvote
I don't know how helpful this will be but I did find it interesting. There is a JSON file saved in the Adobe Illustrator preferences folder in /Users/your-user-name/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator 22 Settings/en_US/PresetDocumentProfileData.json that has all of the settings for the document profiles that appear in the New Document dialog. I played around with the data in the JSON file and, sure enough, you can customize what appears in each of the sections - Mobile, Print, Art & illustration, etc. - by editing the file. A word of caution, however, - ok two words of caution - First, editing the preferences file may have unexpected consequences so do so at your own risk. Second, any changes are probably only temporary as the next time you update Illustrator the file will likely be over-written. If you edit the file you need to restart Illustrator to see the changes take effect. I created a Gist of the file for folks to have a look at it: Adobe Illustrator Document Profiles Preferences · GitHub Cheers.
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‎Nov 16, 2017
06:38 AM
Thanks. That works. A Doc profile is a bit more convenient but that will do just fine. Cheers.
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‎Nov 16, 2017
06:26 AM
I tried saving an AIT file to the New Document Profiles directory. It shows up as a profile but still does not create the guides. I guess I will just have to use a template instead of a profile. Not the end of the world, I guess. Thanks anyway.
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‎Nov 16, 2017
06:12 AM
Thanks, Doug. This thread solved the bigger problem for me so I'm happy to contribute. It does not appear that Document Profiles will let you have predefined guides, though, which is disappointing. That's really what I need most. Any idea if that is possible?
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