What are the best platforms to develop automations for Illustrator CS3? Since Adobe advocates JavaScript for most of InDesign CS3 custom programming, is that also a good choice for Illustrator? Would Illustrator SDK be still superior in terms of access to most of AI APIs?
We have experience in developing Freehand Xtras, so for us AI SDK may be a natural progression path, but if JavaScript can deliver the same, or more, perhaps it makes sense to consider it instead? And what are the caveats for each option?
I would appreciate any insights.
If you're simply automating standard Illustrator behaviour, you'd probably be best to work with the scripting. The SDK offer a much broader range of control, but it comes with a much steeper learning curve if you're not familliar with C/C++ programming. I'd start with scripting, and fall back on the SDK if it doesn't provide enough of what you need.
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