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glooft
glooft
Inspiring
September 19, 2022
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Automating color changes

  • September 19, 2022
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I am working on a design that has 7 color palette variations. There are about 8 layers that each need the color changed in each file. So this takes me about 20 minutes to do all 7 files manually. I have many files that these colors will be applied to. If this could be automated, it would be a huge time saver. 

 

Does anyone know of a tutorial that explains how I could script/automate this process? I'm not a coder but willing to try anything if there's good explanation.

 

Thanks.

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m1b
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m1bCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 19, 2022

Hi @glooft, this might be something you could do with the Recolor Artwork command (Edit menu). Try googling for video tutorials—I found plenty when I looked just now.

 

Otherwise, can you share two sample files: before and after you have manually changed colors? Samples don't have to be the real thing, but must be set up with the same color types. That will help us understand specific details.

- Mark

    glooft
    glooftAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 20, 2022

    Thanks Mark. Recolor Artwork appears to be what I'm looking for based on a few experiments. No scripting necessary. Wish I knew about this earlier.

     

    Gary

      Charu Rajput
      Community Expert
      Charu RajputCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 19, 2022

      Hi @glooft 

      Could you please share some sample files, how layers are arranged. A more description will be really helpful.

      To start learning the scripting, you can refer the following documentation

      https://ai-scripting.docsforadobe.dev/

       

      Best regards
        glooft
        glooftAuthor
        Inspiring
        September 20, 2022

        https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:794e38f4-7cc7-4c7d-8339-ecf7302e8897?view=difile

         

        This is one color palette of the seven. Each layer in this file needs the color changed and saved into a new file. I have a text file that has the hex value for each palette. 

         

        Does that make sense? Let me know if you need more info.

         

        Thanks!

        Charu Rajput
        Community Expert
        Charu RajputCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 20, 2022

        So, what new colors would you like to use. For an example, X color must be replaced by Y color. 

        Do you have some mapping of these?

        Best regards
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