Hi guys, if I had a graphic, eg a green and purple logo, how could I know the percentage of green and the one of purple? Maybe is there some plugin that outputs the area of a item?
Thanks a lot!
ascotto,
Sorry, I forgot to mention the crucial fact that Patharea sums up the constituent paths in a Compound Path. This means that the area of the holes are added to the area of the outer bounds instead of being subtracted.
For a Compound Path, you can get the exact non hole ink using area as follows:
1) Select the Compound Path and apply Patharea and take a note of it/save the number somewhere;
This will give you the area of the outer bounds + the area(s) of any hole(s);
2) With the Direct Selection Tool Alt/OptionShiftClick on the border of each subpath forming a hole (the one in an A, the two in a B or whatever, you only need to hold Shift if there are more than one hole) to get the total hole area;
3) Take the area from 1) and subtract twice (2x) the area from 2).
This should give you the exact ink using area.
You may try it out with paths of known areas, such as a large 100 x 100 mm square with a number of 10 x 10 mm squares cut out, until you are convinced that it works.
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