Dimensions of Documents in Bridge MetaData window... AI, PDF, ect

Question

Can the Illustrator team please ad a line into their metadata that bridge can access. Obviously illustrator knows the size of the document... why can't bridge?

Bridge should have under Dimension the following:

Default to Document measurement = What ever the document is saved as (pixel, cm, in)

Select to Measurement: Pixel, cm, in

Please don't tell me that it's "Vector" and that vector can be any size you want. that's not the point. It's an Illustrator file (ie a poster or a print ad with Pixel Data such as jpgs or tiff placed in the artwork)

ALSO Bridge should include Artwork exceeds art board: Yes/No (this would be good for Bleed info or additional artwork material the Preview icon can't display)

Stephen Marsh · Accepted Answer

Bridge CC 2018 still has limitations with multiple pages, page 2 reports the same page size as page 1, when it is different.

If the AI or PDF file is a single artboard or page, then:

A4 page – 21cm wide = 595px x 2.54cm / 72 (width in pixels multiplied by 2.54 divided by 72). For inches, it would be a little simpler, 595px / 72. PDF files use PostScript Points as the native unit of measure, which are 1/72".

For those with the knowledge (not me), it should be pretty easy to create an Inspector panel to report on the width and height of a single page document, using the px to cm or in conversion outlined in the previous paragraph.

Stephen Marsh · Answer

Until Adobe adds this as a native feature, one way is via an inspector panel. The following scripts only show info for the first page.

Inspector panel for AI/PDF page size in inches:

// https://forums.adobe.com/message/3903326#3903326
// https://forums.adobe.com/message/9032111#9032111
#target bridge

function SizeDetails() {
   var mpp = new InspectorPanel("Metric Document Dimensions");
   this.panelRef = mpp;
   var zzz = [
      ["Document Dimensions in Inches", "[[javascript&colon;getDetails()]]"]
   ];
   var tp = new TextPanelette("Document Dimensions", "", "[[this]]", zzz);
   mpp.registerPanelette(tp);
   app.registerInspectorPanel(mpp);
   try {
      app.document.displayInspectorView = true;
   } catch (e) {};
}

function getDetails() {
   var retval = "\r";
   for (var i = 0; i < app.document.visibleThumbnails.length; i++) {
      var thumb = app.document.visibleThumbnails[i];
      if (thumb.type != "file") continue;
      app.synchronousMode = true;
      thumb.core.preview.preview;
      app.synchronousMode = false;
      var Resolution = 0;
      var height = thumb.core.quickMetadata.height;
      var width = thumb.core.quickMetadata.width;
      Resolution = thumb.core.quickMetadata.xResolution;
      if (Resolution == 0) Resolution = 72;
      var Width = (width / Resolution).toFixed(2);
      var Height = (height / Resolution).toFixed(2);
      retval += decodeURI(thumb.spec.name) + "\n" + "W = " + Width + " inches x H = " + Height + " inches\r\r";
   }
   return retval;
}
SizeDetails();

Inspector panel for AI/PDF page size in metric CM:

// https://forums.adobe.com/message/3903326#3903326
// https://forums.adobe.com/message/9032111#9032111
#target bridge

function SizeDetails() {
   var mpp = new InspectorPanel("Metric Document Dimensions");
   this.panelRef = mpp;
   var zzz = [
      ["Document Dimensions in Centimetres", "[[javascript&colon;getDetails()]]"]
   ];
   var tp = new TextPanelette("Document Dimensions", "", "[[this]]", zzz);
   mpp.registerPanelette(tp);
   app.registerInspectorPanel(mpp);
   try {
      app.document.displayInspectorView = true;
   } catch (e) {};
}

function getDetails() {
   var retval = "\r";
   for (var i = 0; i < app.document.visibleThumbnails.length; i++) {
      var thumb = app.document.visibleThumbnails[i];
      if (thumb.type != "file") continue;
      app.synchronousMode = true;
      thumb.core.preview.preview;
      app.synchronousMode = false;
      var Resolution = 0;
      var height = thumb.core.quickMetadata.height;
      var width = thumb.core.quickMetadata.width;
      Resolution = thumb.core.quickMetadata.xResolution;
      if (Resolution == 0) Resolution = 72;
      var Width = (width * 2.54 / Resolution).toFixed(2);
      var Height = (height * 2.54 / Resolution).toFixed(2);
      retval += decodeURI(thumb.spec.name) + "\n" + "W = " + Width + " cm x H = " + Height + " cm\r\r";
   }
   return retval;
}
SizeDetails();

One can go further and truncate, round to the nearest required number of decimal places etc.

These scripts could use some refinement, such as only showing info for AI/PDF files or perhaps only for the active selected document rather than the entire directory. I don't do much Bridge scripting, I'm sure that @Lumigraphics could make short work of such tasks.

Edit: The following code can be used by right-clicking on selected files in Bridge.

Contextual Menu Item in Metric CM (rounded):

// https://forums.adobe.com/message/9032111#9032111
// https://forums.adobe.com/message/10365909#10365909
#target bridge
if (BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge") {
    pdfai = MenuElement.create("command", "PDF and AI dimensions", "at the end of Thumbnail", "pdfai");
}
pdfai.onSelect = function () {
    var w = new Window("dialog", "PDF/AI dimensions");
    w.alignChildren = "fill", "fill";
    w.p1 = w.add("panel", undefined, undefined, {
        borderStyle: "black"
    });
    w.p1.preferredSize = [900, 400];
    w.g1 = w.p1.add("group");
    w.g1.alignment = ["fill", "fill"];
    w.g1.orientation = "column";
    w.g1.st1 = w.g1.add("statictext", undefined, "");
    w.g1.st1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Tahoma", 0, 16);
    w.g1.lb1 = w.g1.add("edittext", undefined, undefined, {
        multiline: true
    });
    w.g1.lb1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Tahoma", 0, 16);
    w.g1.lb1.preferredSize = [890, 360];
    w.g1.bu1 = w.g1.add("button", undefined, "OK");
    w.g1.bu1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Tahoma", 0, 16);
    w.g1.bu1.preferredSize = [860, 30];;
    w.g1.bu1.onClick = function () {
        w.close(0);
    }
    w.g1.lb1.text = getDetails();
    w.show();

    function getDetails() {
        var retval = "\r";
        var fileTypes = app.document.getSelection("ai,pdf");
        for (var i in fileTypes) {
            var thumb = fileTypes[i];
            if (thumb.type != "file") continue;
            app.synchronousMode = true;
            thumb.core.preview.preview;
            app.synchronousMode = false;
            var Resolution = 0;
            var height = thumb.core.quickMetadata.height;
            var width = thumb.core.quickMetadata.width;
            Resolution = thumb.core.quickMetadata.xResolution;
            if (Resolution == 0) Resolution = 72;
            var Width = Math.round(width * 2.54 / Resolution * 10) / 10;
            var Height = Math.round(height * 2.54 / Resolution * 10) / 10;
            retval += decodeURI(thumb.spec.name) + "\n" + "W = " + Width + " cm x H = " + Height + " cm";
            if (fileTypes.length > 1) retval += "\r";
        }
        return retval;
    }
};

Contextual Menu Item in Inches:

// https://forums.adobe.com/message/9032111#9032111
// https://forums.adobe.com/message/10365909#10365909
#target bridge
if (BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge") {
    pdfai = MenuElement.create("command", "PDF and AI dimensions", "at the end of Thumbnail", "pdfai");
}
pdfai.onSelect = function () {
    var w = new Window("dialog", "PDF/AI dimensions");
    w.alignChildren = "fill", "fill";
    w.p1 = w.add("panel", undefined, undefined, { borderStyle: "black" });
    w.p1.preferredSize = [900, 400];
    w.g1 = w.p1.add("group");
    w.g1.alignment = ["fill", "fill"];
    w.g1.orientation = "column";
    w.g1.st1 = w.g1.add("statictext", undefined, "");
    w.g1.st1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Tahoma", 0, 16);
    w.g1.lb1 = w.g1.add("edittext", undefined, undefined, { multiline: true });
    w.g1.lb1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Tahoma", 0, 16);
    w.g1.lb1.preferredSize = [890, 360];
    w.g1.bu1 = w.g1.add("button", undefined, "OK");
    w.g1.bu1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Tahoma", 0, 16);
    w.g1.bu1.preferredSize = [860, 30];;
    w.g1.bu1.onClick = function () { w.close(0); }
    w.g1.lb1.text = getDetails();
    w.show();
    function getDetails() {
        var retval = "\r";
        var fileTypes = app.document.getSelection("ai,pdf");
        for (var i in fileTypes) {
            var thumb = fileTypes[i];
            if (thumb.type != "file") continue;
            app.synchronousMode = true;
            thumb.core.preview.preview;
            app.synchronousMode = false;
            var Resolution = 0;
            var height = thumb.core.quickMetadata.height;
            var width = thumb.core.quickMetadata.width;
            Resolution = thumb.core.quickMetadata.xResolution;
            if (Resolution == 0) Resolution = 72;
            var Width = Math.round(width / Resolution);
            var Height = Math.round(height / Resolution);
            retval += decodeURI(thumb.spec.name) + "\n" + "W = " + Width + " in x H = " + Height + " in\r";
            if (fileTypes.length > 1) retval += "\r";
        }
        return retval;
    }
};

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/11/downloading-and-installing-adobe-scripts.html

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