How to add a custom color in the sample via script

[mauricior6328708]

Hello! I'm looking for a script that will add a sample named "CutContour" and color type "Process Color" This is important because creating vector files that contain cut boundaries added in strokes to a Roland Printer. Thank you!

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi mauricior6328708​

The forum search with search phrase "spotColor" will help you out, eg:

How to add a spotcolor to a colorgroup?

Have fun

[mauricior6328708]

pixxxel schubser, You gave me a good idea ... I'll take a lookup and then I'll come back. Thank you!

[Silly-V]

By the way, do you mean "Spot color" instead of "Process" ? Cause it seems like you are starting out with Process and then change it to make it Spot.

[mauricior6328708]

I'm adding my main tools and commands to a single Panel that I'm still building, and one of the commands I'm trying to create is adding a color that contains that ID "CutContour" will be through that ID that an Action will identify that color:

I made a short video showing how this works manually:

What I would like to find is a script that automates that process from "0:57 minute to 1: 4 minute" of the video. Thanks in advance!

[Silly-V]

Hey that's really cool, I used to do this kind of thing in my past job. You probably have what I did - a decal-making action in the works - mine copied the art 3 times and made it go into separate layers, one for the bleed, one for the art and one for the cutline. Using pathfinder I'd make all the stuff - but it reminds me of the method I used to create the CutContour swatch: in my action I had a place command which placed a little .ai file on whose artboard was a shape containing my swatch. It would automatically appear in the document when placed. So the action would place and immediately delete the document but my swatch would stick around. Just reminiscing..

[mauricior6328708]

Hey Silly-V,I also used this file a lot. The annoying thing is that for every open document, I'll have to get that color in the sample library ... With a script this would no longer be necessary.

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

Hi mauricior6328708​

give this snippet a try

try { var newSpot = app.activeDocument.swatches.getByName("CutContour"); alert("already here")}
catch (e) {
var newSpot = app.activeDocument.spots.add();
var newColor = new CMYKColor();
newColor.cyan = 0;
newColor.magenta = 100;
newColor.yellow = 100;
newColor.black = 0;
newSpot.name = "CutContour";
newSpot.colorType = ColorModel.SPOT;
newSpot.color = newColor;
var newSpotColor = new SpotColor();
newSpotColor = newSpot;
newSpotColor.tint = 100; 
alert("done"); }

Have fun

[Silly-V]

Hey, what's Ai-fxrios-Pro? Where do you get this at?

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi Silly-V​

this seems to be his own panel. Looks nice.

mauricior6328708​,

you can add the new created spot color like this

app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeColor = newSpot.color;
app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeWidth = 10;

(but this way only works with simple paths, not with compound paths)

[mauricior6328708]

Great, it worked perfectly well! pixxxel schubser you are a genius ... This will improve my workflow, I will be eternally grateful to you. Soon I'll post a video showing how this will work on my Panel.

[mauricior6328708]

I noticed in some tests I did here, and realized that the color added to the outline is not the last Spot color created.

pixxxel schubser escreveu:
Hi Silly-V
this seems to be his own panel. Looks nice.
mauricior6328708,
you can add the new created spot color like this

1. app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeColor=newSpot.color;
2. app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeWidth=10;

app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeColor = newSpot.color; app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeWidth = 10;

(but this way only works with simple paths, not with compound paths)

pixxxel schubser,I did a couple of scripts here to try to automate the process however the color added to the outline was not exactly the Spot collor created "CutContour" ... How to fix this bug? Thank you!

#target illustrator
// Select Stock
function test(){
     var doc = app.activeDocument;
          for(var i=0; i<doc.pathItems.length; i++){
               doc.pathItems.selected = doc.pathItems.stroked;
          };
};
test();
 // Create Collor CutContour
try { var newSpot = app.activeDocument.swatches.getByName("CutContour"); alert("A Linha de Corte j? foi Adicionada nesse Documento!")}  
catch (e)
{ var newSpot = app.activeDocument.spots.add();  
var newColor = new CMYKColor();  
newColor.cyan = 0;  
newColor.magenta = 100;  
newColor.yellow = 100;  
newColor.black = 0;  
newSpot.name = "CutContour";  
newSpot.colorType = ColorModel.SPOT;  
newSpot.color = newColor;  
var newSpotColor = new SpotColor();  
newSpotColor = newSpot;  
newSpotColor.tint = 100; 
} 
// Add the new created spot color like this
app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeColor = newSpot.color;  
app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeWidth = 3;

[Silly-V]

That's right, it seems to only put the process values but not the spot!

It does so because you have "newSpotColor = newSpot" which should be "newSpotColor.spot = newSpot" and also the edit the following line to:

app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeColor = newSpotColor;

[mauricior6328708]

Now it worked perfect !. Silly-V You're a great programmer.

The Panel is getting marvelous, I'm doing some tests yet and I'll share soon. I still need to make a video showing how each button works ...

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi,

there are several ways to to this.

You also can redefine the new created spot color like this:

// Add the new created spot color like this  
newSpot = app.activeDocument.swatches.getByName("CutContour"); // the variable new spot now is the color of the swatch
app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeColor = newSpot.color;    
app.activeDocument.selection[0].strokeWidth = 3; 

Have fun

[mauricior6328708]

pixxxel schubser,Great, very good! My panel depends a lot on Actions to run ... I am not aware of Scripts. Gradually I find the scripts that will replace the actions of each button. I count on your help. Thank you!,

[mauricior6328708]

Silly-V, "Ai-fxrios-Pro" is the name of a panel that I'm creating in html 5, I'm still adding some functions. It's 90% working ... I'm thinking of making it available here for the Illustrator users here in the forum in the form of grateful beautiful support I get here!