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leszekg66533991
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September 9, 2016
Question

Random coloring words

  • September 9, 2016
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Hi,

I have a group of words changed to curves. I would like to whole words got random colors, not as individual letters. It is possible?

I tried free scprit Random-Swatch-Fill but it doesn't work with groups but idea of action is very similar.

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zertle
Inspiring
September 9, 2016

Hey! Assuming that you have a loop that looks like this

loop through shapes {

     pick random color;

     shape.fillColor = random color;

}

all you need to do is move the pick random color to before the loop

pick random color;

loop through shapes {

     shape.fillColor = random color;

}

If you post the code I can be a bit more specific, but that's the general idea.

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leszekg66533991Author
Participant
September 9, 2016

Code of Random Swatch Fill

mySelection = app.activeDocument.selection;

myDoc = app.activeDocument;

if (mySelection instanceof Array)

{

  selSwatches = myDoc.swatches.getSelected();

  if(selSwatches.length != 0)

  for (i=0; i<mySelection.length; i++)

  {

  if(mySelection.typename == "PathItem" || mySelection.typename == "CompoundPathItem")

  {

  selItem = mySelection;

  selItem.filled = true;

  swatchIndex = Math.round( Math.random() * (selSwatches.length - 1 ));

  if(selItem.typename == "PathItem")

  selItem.fillColor = selSwatches[swatchIndex].color;

  else

  selItem.pathItems[0].fillColor = selSwatches[swatchIndex].color;

  }

  }

}

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zertle
Inspiring
September 9, 2016

I added some comments

function RandomColor() {
myDoc = app.activeDocument;  // current document file
mySelection = app.activeDocument.selection;   // get anything that's selected in the current document
if (mySelection instanceof Array)
{
    selSwatches = myDoc.swatches.getSelected();  // get any selected swatches
    
    if(selSwatches.length != 0)
    {
        ///////////////// This is the big change ///////////////////
        // select an index at random from our list of selected swatches
        swatchIndex = Math.round( Math.random() * (selSwatches.length - 1 ));
        /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        
        // loop through everything that's selected
        for (i=0; i<mySelection.length; i++)
        {
            // if the current item we're checing is either a Path Item or a Compound Path Item
            if(mySelection.typename == "PathItem" || mySelection.typename == "CompoundPathItem")
            {
                // get the current item from our list of selected items
                selItem = mySelection;
                selItem.filled = true;
                
                // set it's fill color to our random swatch color
                if(selItem.typename == "PathItem")
                    selItem.fillColor = selSwatches[swatchIndex].color;
                else
                    selItem.pathItems[0].fillColor = selSwatches[swatchIndex].color;
            }
        }
    }
}
}
RandomColor();

Good luck! :-)

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