Import xmp file as a Photoshop/illustrator file

[Ishay_Healthy]

Hi community, I usually import an illustrator into Photoshop in order to save it as a tiff.

I want to write an automation to change the LAB spot color swatches values, and I found the 'Raw Data' section in 'File Info', where I saw the LAB values defined.

Could it be possible to edit the xmp file and then open it in Photoshop somehow in order to create such automation?

I tried creating a JavaScript script once for directly editing the swatches in Illustrator but I had an issue where Illustrator grabs the current LAB swatch values wrongfully.

[Stephen Marsh]

That would be embedded metadata in the AI/PDF file, not an XMP file. Regardless, my recommendation is that the changes should be made in Illustrator or in a proper PDF editing environment prior to Photoshop.

[jane-e]

I usually import an illustrator into Photoshop in order to save it as a tiff.

By @Ishay_Healthy

In addition to what Stephen said, you might consider Exporting to TIFF directly from Illustrator. 

File > Export > Export As > TIFF

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/exporting-artwork.html

Jane

[Stephen Marsh]

Not knowing the expectations for spot colour gamut, you may need to rasterize as RGB in Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB or Lab mode to retain vibrancy of certain spots when converting from their Lab based source alternate colour values.