How to apply stroke property to the image frame in illustrator.

[Abpujar]

Hi all, how can we write a script to apply stroke property to the image frame in illustrator.?can anyone please help me. There is no stroke property in illustrator. 

[Laura Coyle.]

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for (it's not a script) but you could create a Graphic Style and apply it to an image. See screenshot.

You will need to add a new stroke in the Appearance panel, then add an effect to that stroke by choosing the new stroke, then , fx > Convert to Shape > Rectangle. Set as shown in the screenshot. Once you have an appearance you like, save it as a Graphic Stlye by opening the GS panel and with the image selected, click the plus button to save the style so that you can apply it to other images.

[Abpujar]

Thank you for the reply. But I'm asking how to write a code for applying stroke color and weight on image frame in illustrator. How can we implement stroke property in image frame on illustrator. Because in illustrator image frame has no stroke property. 

[hhas01]

Illustrator doesn’t have image “frames” in the InDesign sense. Create a new path with the same size and position as the image’s bounds, and stroke that.

[Abpujar]

Thank you. But I've place the image on illustrator I want to apply stroke for that image. Could you please share the code for that. 

[renél80416020]

Bonjour Abpujar,

Il faudrait au moins expliquer quel est votre projet.

Les propriétés du cadre de l'image sont: (origine des règles en haut à gauche)

[Abpujar]

hi thank you for the response, I've placed the image in indesign and applied strokes and fill color to that image. Now i'm trying to write a script to recreate that image in illustrator through the code. now i'm able to recreate the image in illustrator but the strokes and fill colors are not recreating . only the image will be recreated. can you help to recreate the image along with stroke and fill color. 

Left Image- illustrator

Right image - indesign

[Ton Frederiks]

Would a Graphic Style combined with an Action or Script that applies the Graphic Style be sufficient?

Apply a stroke to the image and use the Effect > Path > Outline Object on the stroke.

[Abpujar]

Thank you for the reply. We can manually apply strokes to image in illustrator using mask or rectangular tool. But my question is, I had placed the image and applied strokes and fill color to that image in indesign. And I want to recreate that same image in illustrator. I can able to recreate the image but the strokes and fill color is not recreating along with the image.. Can you help me to write a script to Appling strokes and fill color to that placed image. The image placed in indesign should be recreate as it is in illustrator. 

[Ton Frederiks]

You can also copy from InDesign and Paste in Illustrator.

[Abpujar]

No we can't copy the indesign script to illustrator I guess. Because The property will be different. In indesign we are using image frame to place the image. But in illustrator there is no image frame here We can directly place the image.please let meknow how to write script to apply strokes to the placed image in illustrator. 

[Ton Frederiks]

Sorry, I am afraid I don't understand your workflow. Clicking a script is as fast as clicking a Graphic Style.

Unless you want to add a border unattended to thousands of images.

I can than even imagine a batch action in Photoshop that can add a border and be applied to a folder of images