Scripting Live Effects

[m1b]

I've made a suite of javascript convenience functions to make it much easier to apply Live Effects in your scripts.

Get them here: AI Live Effects Functions. (Note that some of the functions don't work as expected: see my notes.)

I've had a lot of help from others on this site. Most of the information here has been compiled from knowledge shared by several other forum users, especially @CarlosCanto (with initial help from Adobe's Sanjay K) and @Silly-V.

Let me know what you think. - Mark

Edit: My original post was explaining the underlying process to work out the structure of the applyEffect XML parameter, but now that I've made these functions, most people won't need to worry about all that detail and should find the functions much easier to use. (For anyone interested, I've pasted the original notes in later as a reply.)

[m1b · Accepted solution]

Get them here: AI Live Effects Functions. (Note that some of the functions don't work as expected: see my notes.)

[m1b]

I had the same hope as you, but I did not find a way to achieve it. Applying a graphic style or executing an Action are the only ways I know of. Neither are ideal.

- Mark

[m1b]

I share your frustration.. and the feeling that there must be a way. Alas, I couldn't find it.