Script to Perform Live Trace then in Illustrator Run Action... Please Help
Hello Everyone, I am brand new to scripting and need some help... I would like to create an inter-application javascript (.jsx) file that will perform the following steps in sequence:
1) Target Bridge CS3 and:
a) Automatically select files (thumbnails) (the names of, and path to these files never change so scripting them is no problem). Path & Files are: C:\files\1.psd, C:\files\2.psd and C:\files\3.psd.
b) Run Tools > Illustrator > Live Trace [Live Trace Dialogue Box Settings (Tracing Preset: Color 16, Save & Close Results (checked), Document Profile: "Basic RGB", Width: "576", Height: "720", Units: Pixels, Destination: "C:\files\, File Naming: Document Name + .ai)].
After Live Trace finishes, C:\files\1.ai, C:\files\2.ai and C:\files\3.ai are created.
and then....
2) Target Illustrator CS3 and:
Run my Illustrator precreated Action: "Add Border". This action adds a precreated border to the files. The action is coded with the paths and file names of the .ai files as well as saving instructions.
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To summarize:
1) In Bridge, run Live Trace on precreated .psd files
2) In Illustrator run an action on the files that were live traced
That's it. It seems straight forward when I write it out but trying to figure out how to script it is boggling my mind.
Thank you for your help!
