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What's New in Illustrator Scripting CC2018

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CarlosCanto

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data comes from the Object Model Viewer, you can open it from the ESTK's help menu. There's is an xml document the actual data gets pulled.

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schroef

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Sorry for asking, what is the "Object Model Viewer" and ESTK?

Do you have any idea why Adobe did not update their documentation?

EDIT

Ahh you mean ExtendedScript ToolKit... duhhh 😉

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schroef

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Bizar they drop Flash, yet these tools are still flash builds.... hahaha rediculous!!

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schroef

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Call me crazy but why doesnt have antiAliasing any effect? i changed it to ARTOPTIMZED or NONE, makes no difference. Also checked SCALEBYRESOLUTION. its still looking jagged?

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schroef

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setting it to Type does work, but when we use the export screen function Art simple works and is smooth. But it is now when using it with scripting

jpegParam.antiAliasing = AntiAliasingMethod.TYPEOPTIMIZED;

See below the 3 versions both None and ArtOptimized look exactly same

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CarlosCanto

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it's a bug, fortunately TYPEOPTIMIZED works.

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schroef

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Really great, how did you found this data?

its 2020 and they still have their official docs at 2017?!?!?

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scottr12917177

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Thanks for posting this Carlos!!

Looks like they changed the interface for "TextFrame.textRange.justification.CENTER" enumeration? My scripts are throwing an error when trying to " myDoc.textFrames.textRange.justification = Justification.CENTER;"?

Cheers,

Scott

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CarlosCanto

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Hi Scott, it works fine here with Win10, CC2018.

change this

myDoc.textFrames.textRange.justification = Justification.CENTER

you're missing the index, perhaps that's the problem?

myDoc.textFrames[0].textRange.justification = Justification.CENTER

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scottr12917177

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*** Sharing the solution in case anyone sees this problem. ***

Hey Carlos, thanks for the reply and I found the issue!

So, you were able to create a textFrame object, and set the parameters WITHOUT assigning any content:

// create number textFrame

var artBoardNum = myDoc.textFrames.add();

// sets style on number textFrame

artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor = fontColor;

artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.size = fontSize;

artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.strokeWeight = 0;

artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = fontStyle;

// BELOW LINE WILL NOT WORK!!!

artBoardNum.textRange.justification = Justification.LEFT;

// assign number to textFrame object

artBoardNum.contents = artboardNum.toString();

Solution: You have to assign content to the textFrame BEFORE changing the justification property!?!?

// create number textFrame

var artBoardNum = myDoc.textFrames.add();

// sets style on number textFrame

artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor = fontColor;

artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.size = fontSize;

artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.strokeWeight = 0;

artBoardNum.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = fontStyle;

// assign number to textFrame object

artBoardNum.contents = artboardNum.toString();

// MOVE AFTER CONTENT HAS BEEN ADDED?

artBoardNum.textRange.justification = Justification.LEFT;

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daneJ

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CarlosCanto

Do you know if the asset class and collection at the top for manipulating cloud libraries?

Thanks.

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daneJ

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Hey CarlosCanto,

Thanks alot for posting this.

Is the asset class and collection at the top for cloud libraries?

Thanks,

Dane

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CarlosCanto

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Hi daneJ, no, the new Assets collection refers to the assets in the Asset Export Panel.

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daneJ

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Too bad. I'd sure like some methods to work with and modify the cloud libraries. When you have thousands of Library elements and much of your work involves these libraries, some scripting could really make a difference. Maybe CC 2019.

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