Hi all. I've been using the below script to select a folder of JPEGs, place them on an existing AI template file, and save AI files elsewhere. It was cribbed from here originally and messed about with by me until it worked for what I wanted, which it does very nicely.
What I'm coming up against now is I need a way of applying a set of metadata -- specifically keywords -- quickly to the AI files at the time they're created, hopefully minimizing any manual entry the users will have to do. The JPEGs have (or can have) metadata applied to them via an action when they're saved in PS. But it seems you can't do this in Illustrator. So what I want to know is: can the keywords from the JPEG files be applied to the AI files as they're being saved, and how would one go about this?
Assume I'm a beginner here. Profuse thanks in advance for any assistance.
/**********************************************************
Place_JPG_to_AI.jsx
DESCRIPTION
This script gets files specified by the user from the
selected folder and batch processes them and saves them
as AIs in the user desired destination with the same
file name.
Modified from Adobe supplied scripts and
scripts by Carlos Canto on Illustrator Scripting
by Larry G. Schneider 072911
Note to Thatcham users: Modified from the above by Douglas Roberts
**********************************************************/
// uncomment to suppress Illustrator warning dialogs
function jpegMET(){
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;
var destFolder, sourceFolder, files, fileType;
// Select the source folder.
sourceFolder = Folder.selectDialog( 'Select the folder containing M.E.T. JPEG files, you beauty', '~' );
// If a valid folder is selected
if ( sourceFolder != null )
{
files = new Array();
// Get all files with JPEG extension
files = sourceFolder.getFiles("*.jpg");
if ( files.length > 0 )
{
// Get the destination to save the files
destFolder = Folder.selectDialog( ' Hey buster. Select the folder where you want to save the AI files.', '~' );
for ( i = 0; i < files.length; i++ )
{
var idoc = app.open(File("/G/Design & Publishing/Elements/Master Templates/Re-Engineering Templates/Illustrator/MET Template 106.82x60.ai")); // open template document. Change the file path for different templates
var ilayer = idoc.layers["Image"];
var iplaced = ilayer.placedItems.add(); // add image place holder
iplaced.file = (files); // place file
var PosXY=new Array(2); // ensure position is 0,0
PosXY[0]=0;
PosXY[1]=0;
iplaced.position = PosXY;
iplaced.embed();
ilayer.dimPlacedImages = false; // do not dim images
ilayer.locked = true; // lock layer
ilayer.printable = true;
var docName = decodeURI(files.name.replace('.jpg', '.ai')); // take the first part of the placed file name for the new document
var test = destFolder.getFiles(docName);
if(test != 0){
var overWrite = confirm("A file with this name already exists. Continue and overwrite?");
if (overWrite){
var destFile = new File(destFolder + "/" + docName); // make a new file in the dest folder
}else{
return;
}
}else{
var destFile = new File(destFolder + "/" + docName); // make a new file in the dest folder
}
var options = new IllustratorSaveOptions(); // new save options
options.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR15; // save as AICS5. May want to update if we go to CC
options.pdfCompatible = true; // needs to be set to view links in InDesign
// Export as AI
idoc.saveAs(destFile, options); // save the file in the dest folder
}
alert( 'Way to go champ! Files are saved as AI in ' + destFolder );
// Remove JPEGs from source folder
var removeFiles = sourceFolder.getFiles();
for(var a=0;a<removeFiles.length;a++){
removeFiles.remove();
}
}
else
{
alert( 'No matching files found.' );
}
}
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DISPLAYALERTS
}
jpegMET ()
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