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Anonymous
April 1, 2013
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Passing file between programs.

  • April 1, 2013
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Ok, so what I am trying to accomplish is a one-touch script that will take a Photoshop eps. save it, then open a specific Illustrator file, place the eps. inside it, then run a set of Illustrator actions.

So basically I am trying to figure out how to script between the two programs.  My original thought would be to use Bridge as a middleman, but I dont have any sort of Bridge scripting experience so any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Muppet Mark
Inspiring
April 1, 2013

Yes you can use Bridge to do this… But Bridge it just a file system browser… BridgeTalk will let you comm between apps but it's a little complex… Do give more details of what you waant to happen… do like OS and AI version…

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Anonymous
April 3, 2013

Alright, I've been researching BridgeTalk but I can't find a good resource to try to start learning how to use it.

My situation is commercial screen printing.  Currently I have to save an eps. in a certain location, then drag an illustrator template with reg marks and info into that folder, then name it with the customer and design name, then open it, then drag the eps file in, then align it.

I'm looking for a way to trigger something from inside Photoshop that will grab the filepath of the eps file, automatically copy and paste the template into the same folder as the eps., then open the template and link the eps file into it.

Also do you know of any good resource for tutorials or good info on BridgeTalk?

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Muppet Mark
Inspiring
April 3, 2013

Well to be honest this could be a fairly simple task depending on which end of a stick you want to hold… I don't see any requirement for Photoshop… Once you've saved the file some location it's done… An *.ai template file opens as new document so as long as you know the path to where it is then you can place the *.eps and save the *.ai to some other location ( parent of image ). This could just be a plain and simple Illustrator script where you have a dialog asking you to select the image file and the rest is done… You could select the file in a Bridge window and use BridgeTalk but this seams way over the top for just one file… ( really not worth the scripting hassle ) for a random user selection may be… Oh how come *.eps that is a yuk format…?

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