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kermy812
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May 24, 2011
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[AS CS5] Tint of spot color to 100% tint of a different spot color

  • May 24, 2011
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Need some help writing a applescript - Still somewat new at this...

I need to replace spot color with a different spot color.

I have this in my script:

try

set myColorJ to color "CUSTOM_7538" of myDocument

on error

set myColorJ to make color with properties {name:"CUSTOM_7538", model:spot, color value:{29, 26, 29, 24}}

end try

try

delete swatch "gray mix" replacing with swatch "CUSTOM_7538"

end try

However, in some places the are text or element that are tints. So a 75% tint of "gray mix", becomes a 75% tint of "CUST_7538".

I want the 75% tint of "gray mix" to go to 100% "CUSTOM_7538".

How can I get elements that are 75% tint of spot color to go to a 100% spot of a different color?

Basically, anything that is 75% gray mix, need to be 100% CUSTOM_7538

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kermy812Author
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June 10, 2011

I figured out how to do text with this:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"

set theDocument to active document

set find frames preferences to nothing

set change text preferences to nothing

set fill color of find text preferences to swatch "gray mix" of theDocument

set fill color of change text preferences to swatch "CUSTOM_7538" of theDocument

set fill tint of change text preferences to 100

tell theDocument

change text

end tell

end tell

How would I do objects/All Frames? I can't seem to get the syntax in my script. I thought it would be just changing the word "text" to "object" above, but its not. Any idea anyone? I can't seem to find any examples anywhere.

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kermy812Author
Known Participant
July 19, 2011
Still havent't figured this out yet...
I want to change objects that are a 75% "gray mix" to 100% "CUSTOM_7538"
I thought I had it below, but it is changing everything that is a 75% tint to a 100% tint, whether it is "grey mix" or not.
Any ideas what's wrong below?

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"

set myDocument to active document

tell myDocument

try

set myColorI to color "CUSTOM_7538" of myDocument

on error

set myColorI to make color with properties {name:"CUSTOM_7538", model:spot, color value:{19.77, 24.49, 25.56, 41.59}}

end try

end tell

set change object preferences to nothing

set find object preferences to nothing

set include footnotes of find change object options to true

set include locked layers for find of find change object options to true

set include hidden layers of find change object options to true

set include locked stories for find of find change object options to true

set include master pages of find change object options to true

set object type of find change object options to all frames type

set properties of find object preferences to {fill tint:75, fill color:"gray mix"}

set properties of change object preferences to {name:myColorI, fill tint:100}

tell myDocument

change object

end tell

end tell

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