Re: JSX: Make document copy using Document.saveAs(...

Disposition_Dev · ‎Mar 22, 2023

in the UI, you can use File > Save a Copy this will save a new copy of the current document without altering the current document's name or saved status. but the duplicate file would need to be manually opened after that

Disposition_Dev · ‎Mar 22, 2023

you can use a script save the current document, save the name to a variable, save as (which makes a copy and doesnt alter the current document) then make whatever changes you want. you can always re-open the original document with app.open(File(fileNameVariable)); per your previous comment about wanting to keep the original file name unchanged.... you can't do that with save as... saveAs only saves the current document with a new file name. there is no method for duplicating a document in the way you're asking... except to save the current document, save as to make a copy, then reopen the original document. or i guess you could use a script to duplicate everything to a new document and leave the original completely untouched.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Mar 22, 2023

my macbook air 13" (early 2015) with 4gb ram and i have no issues with illustrator crashes (even when running lengthy and involved scripts. except for the normal script related crashes and mrap errors). I regularly use CC2021 and CC2023 It runs a bit slow on bigger files for sure.. But im wondering how big are the files OP is using..?

Disposition_Dev · ‎Mar 22, 2023

nevermind. i think i know what you're asking. you can save the current file name as a variable so you can still access it later... then at any point you can perform another save as and use the saved file name in your File() argument.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Mar 22, 2023

so you want to "save as" the current document, but you want it to save with the same name as the original document without overwriting the original file???

Disposition_Dev · ‎Feb 17, 2023

I'm not really sure what you meant in your first reply. "I'm not sure how to isolate the selection of the stroke so it doesn't pick up the stroke from the fill selection." Are you saying that the stroke of the filled items changes? like they either start with no stroke, or a different stroke and then the mySpotSwatch gets applied to the stroke? I didn't see that on my end, but i also didn't test extensively. It probably needs an app.redraw() in between the stroke/fill processing to ensure the selection is what it should be.. Sometimes executeMenuCommands don't update the dom right away so the next loop still includes the previously selected items.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Feb 17, 2023

this solution will change the stroke of some items in the document. because it selects the filled items and then sets the default document stroke color, it will change the stroke of all selected items. I processed them separately to avoid changing any of the artwork that's being moved.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Feb 17, 2023

From this post, yes. But I don't know if we know each other previously. Are you waiting for something from me? I just edited my other post to fix the typo. Is that updated code not working for you?

Disposition_Dev · ‎Feb 16, 2023

Apologies. I made a typo in the code. I've edited my previous reply and tested it on your example file with success.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Feb 16, 2023

//author: William Dowling //adobe forum username: Disposition_Dev //email: illustrator.dev.pro@gmail.com //linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-dowling-4537449a/ //Adobe Discussion Forum Post about this function: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/moving-objects-with-spot-color-to-a-new-layer-javascript/td-p/13584610 //*******// //Did you find this useful? Would you like to buy me a cup of coffee to say thanks? //paypal.me/illustratordev //<3 //*******// //Move Spot Color Items to New Layer // // pass the name of the spot color as a string // and this script will move all objects with that spot color to a new layer //arguments // //mySpotColorName : string. The name of the spot color you want to move to a new layer //Dependencies // //none function moveSpotColorItemsToNewLayer ( mySpotColorName ) { var doc = app.activeDocument; var mySpotSwatch; for ( var i = 0; i < doc.swatches.length && !mySpotSwatch; i++ ) { if ( doc.swatches[ i ].name.match( mySpotColorName ) ) { mySpotSwatch = doc.swatches[ i ]; } } if ( !mySpotSwatch ) { alert( "Spot color \"" + mySpotColorName + "\" not found" ); return; } var myLayer = doc.layers.add(); myLayer.name = mySpotColorName + " Objects"; doc.selection = null; doc.defaultFillColor = mySpotSwatch.color; //get filled items matching the spot color app.executeMenuCommand( "Find Fill Color menu item" ); for ( var s = 0; s < doc.selection.length; s++ ) { doc.selection[ s ].moveToBeginning( myLayer ); } doc.selection = null; app.redraw(); doc.defaultStrokeColor = mySpotSwatch.color; //get stroked items matching the spot color app.executeMenuCommand( "Find Stroke Color menu item" ); for ( var s = 0; s < doc.selection.length; s++ ) { doc.selection[ s ].moveToBeginning( myLayer ); } doc.selection = null; alert( "All Done." ); } moveSpotColorItemsToNewLayer( "mySpotColorName" );

Disposition_Dev · ‎Jan 24, 2023

Here you go. When the forums migrated recently, a lot of old posts that included code snippets mysteriously had the brackets and index variables removed from loops.. var doc = app.activeDocument; var Layer2Move = doc.layers.getByName ("YourLayerName"); for( e = 0;e <= doc.textFrames.length-1;e++) { doc.textFrames[e].moveToEnd(Layer2Move); }

Disposition_Dev · ‎Nov 15, 2022

are you able to share the file you're working with? Or a sample file that exhibits the same behavior?

Disposition_Dev · ‎Nov 09, 2022

i really, REALLY, REALLY wish illustrator's textBoxes would simply just fit the visible text and behave just like any other rectangle. live text is a friggin nightmare for positioning and scaling (in js) because of these stupid bounding boxes.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Nov 09, 2022

Is there a way around this? And don't say don't run two actions at the same time. Why bother coming here to ask a question if you're going to pre-disregard the correct answer? Illustrator is single threaded. An action occupies that thread and does not relinquish control until the action is completed. Illustrator simply cannot do multiple nested concurrent actions. So there is no answer other than "don't run two actions at the same time". The real solution is to just re-work your flow of control. You can still use multiple actions, you just can't nest action calls. If you have two separate actions you need to run, write a .jsx that runs both of those actions sequentially. If the problem is that you want to have an action that runs a script (which executes another action) so that you can use a hotkey to execute the script then simply don't use an action for this purpose. There are plenty of other options available for hotkeying scripts. Lastly, I think i was able to figure out what you want to do here, but it was definitely confusing with the loose usage of the word "action" and "script" and it's definitely possible that i'm misunderstanding your goal/problem. For future questions, you can help us out (and improve the quality of the answers you receive) by being a little more intentional with word choices to avoid confusion.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 30, 2022

What is the output resolution of your images? "Standard" screen resolution is 72ppi.. at least that was the standard on the old 4:3 tube style monitors.. Most monitors today are FHD (1080p) or higher. Retina pixel density is 218ppi. In my experience, somewhere around 150ppi is a decent compromise between fidelity on a retina screen and file size. from your first screenshot, it looks like the new document you're creating is 72ppi. My guess is that means your exported pngs are also 72ppi, and thus would look blurry on a higher resolution screen. When you open the exported pngs in photoshop and inspect it, what is the resolution? Another possible issue could be the quality/downsampling setting. in your screenshot, it looks like you have bicubic selected. Try different settings here to see if that gives you the result you're after.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 30, 2022

@jduncan 's solution is the best one.. For the sake of completeness, here's the worst solution i could come up with on the spot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TgC1jWDQOs function selectInverse () { var nonSelectedItems = []; for ( var x = 0; x < app.activeDocument.pageItems.length; x++ ) { alert( "Checking item " + x + " of " + app.activeDocument.pageItems.length ); alert( "Testing whether item " + x + " is selected" ); if ( !confirm( "Do you want to continue?" ) ) return; if ( app.activeDocument.pageItems[ x ].selected == false ) { alert( "Item " + x + " is not selected" ); alert( "Adding item " + x + " to array of non-selected items" ); if ( !confirm( "Do you want to continue?" ) ) return; app.activeDocument.pageItems[ x ].note = x; nonSelectedItems.push( app.activeDocument.pageItems[ x ] ); } else { alert( "Item " + x + " is selected" ); alert( "This item will be deselected." ); if ( !confirm( "Do you want to continue?" ) ) return; } app.redraw(); } alert( "Successfully added all non-selected items to array" ); alert( "Deselecting all items" ); for ( var x = 0; x < app.activeDocument.pageItems.length; x++ ) { alert( "Deselecting item " + x + " of " + app.activeDocument.pageItems.length ); if ( !confirm( "Do you want to continue?" ) ) return; app.activeDocument.pageItems[ x ].selected = false; app.redraw(); } alert( "Successfully deselected all items" ); for ( var x = 0; x < app.activeDocument.pageItems.length; x++ ) { alert( "Checking item " + x + " to see whether it should be selected." ); if ( !confirm( "Do you want to continue?" ) ) return; for ( var y = 0; y < nonSelectedItems.length; y++ ) { alert( "Checking item " + x + " against item " + y + " of non selected items array" ); if ( !confirm( "Do you want to continue?" ) ) return; if ( app.activeDocument.pageItems[ x ] === nonSelectedItems[ y ] ) { alert( "Item " + x + " is the same as item " + y + " in the non-selected items array" ); alert( "Selecting item " + x ); if ( !confirm( "Do you want to continue?" ) ) return; app.activeDocument.pageItems[ x ].selected = true; } else { alert( "Item " + x + " is not the same as item " + y + " in the non-selected items array" ); alert( "Item " + x + " will not be selected" ); if ( !confirm( "Do you want to continue?" ) ) return; } } } } selectInverse();

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 30, 2022

When possible, OSX tries to show you a preview of the document inside the icon on your desktop. The reason your rudi.ai icon looks empty is likely because there's nothing on the artboard and therefore nothing to display except a white background. I'm not sure how to disable this.. But i find it helpful, to be honest. You can witness this behavior change by updating the extension from ".ai" to ".ait" to make it a template file. the preview will disappear and it will be replaced by the illustrator logo instead.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 30, 2022

Monika is not saying you shouldn't use svg tiny... she's saying that you should use a regular Illustrator file for creating and manipulating your artwork, and then the svg tiny file is exported from illustrator and sent to whomever needs it.. If adjustments are necessary, you open up your .ai file, make the adjustments, then re-export the svg tiny. The point is you shouldn't be using svg files as your working files. They are only export files. Always keep a regular illustrator file to use for working with the art, then export the svg when the art is ready.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 27, 2022

Check your document color settings. Most likely your document is in CMYK mode. CMYK output is necessarily different from RGB output and they have different color gamuts (the array of colors available). So, when your nice beautiful vibrant RGB image is imported, it is converted to CMYK color space which will result in a muddier and less saturated appearance. What is your end goal for this image? Are you designing for web/screen? Or are you designing something to print onto physical media?

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 27, 2022

to piggyback on this. getVisibleBounds will give you the actual visible bounds. If you then want to get the amount of art that is clipped, you can simply do the calculations to compare the standard bounds from illustrator to the calculated visibleBounds. like this: var myItem = //some clip group var trueBounds = myItem.visibleBounds; var visBounds = getVisibleBounds(myItem); var leftSideClippedArtDimension = visBounds[0] - trueBounds[0]; etc...

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 20, 2022

It's possible there's some sort of workaround.. But illustrator isn't really built to be a robust chart making tool. Whatever kind of workaround you find will surely be more difficult than just multiplying all of your spreadsheet values by some scale factor and then indicating that scale factor somewhere on the graph. It should be a matter of a couple clicks to update the source data.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 20, 2022

It sounds like grouping them should do what you want.. That will give your animation software one "object" to manipulate.. It should be as though it's one shape, but still retains the visual appearance of multiple different size/color shapes. Does this not work for your process??

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 19, 2022

Image trace can be really great.. But you need to temper your expectations and think hard about the situation in which you're using it. For getting high quality, high fidelity, clean vector lines... It's probably not your thing. Most likely you'll need to draw something like that manually, either with the pen tool or with other shape tools that make precise vector shapes. But if you need to convert an image to vector to use as a background or some other auxiliary image that isn't going to receive tons of focus, then live trace is fantastic. It makes a perfectly workable representation of an image to be used for complementing. But it's just not good for making artwork that serves as the focal piece.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 19, 2022

perhaps i misunderstood the assignment? Are you talking about "grouping" the shapes so that you can manipulate all of them at the same time?? Select the bus shapes and hit "cmd/ctrl + g" or go to the "Object" menu and select "Group".

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 19, 2022

if you want them to be different colors, they must be different shapes. If, however, you want just an outline of the bus shape using only one shape/color, select all the shapes that make up the bus, then open the "Pathfinder" panel and click "Unite". that will condense all the shapes into one.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 16, 2022

can you try to take a screencapture video of the issue next time it happens and share it with us? In the video, include a part where you select the problem artwork, then show us the artwork in the layers panel, as well as the "appearance" panel. Hard to say much at this point with limited info.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 15, 2022

Click the "View" menu. Then hover over "Perspective Grid" and click "Hide Grid".

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 09, 2022

carlos will abide no off-by-two errors

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 09, 2022

i posted this in a reply to someone else, but i'll post it here as well for visibility. I can't believe i didn't see it before, but the effect you're looking for here is perspective. That will achieve both the variable vertical scaling of the text (how it starts taller and gets shorter), while also handling the decreasing letter width AND tracking. Many of the other suggested solutions here achieve one of these things, but not all of them. If you prefer videos for learning, here's a good tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1gJRhPL1yk If you're a nerd who prefers reading and screenshots and bulleted lists... Here's... that. Here's the process: Paste your source image into your document at the center of the artboard and lock the layer. in the "View" menu, find "Perspective Grid" and click "Show Grid" In your tools panel, locate the "Perspective Grid Tool". It looks like the side of a building. pay attention to the right side of the tooltip for the keyboard shortcut to use if you prefer that. or you may see this instead: if so, click and hold and you'll see a flyout menu that contains the perspective related grid and selection tools resize your perspective grid until it matches the dimensions of the text in your source image, like so: If you're unsure how to get your perspective grid looking like this, check out this pretty good perspective grid tutorial. make a new layer for your art make a new text frame, input the contents, and apply the font and other character styles necessary. make a duplicate of your text and keep it off to the side when you attach the text to the perspective grid, you will loose editability. so you want to keep a live text version as a backup plan if you need to start over at some point. align your text roughly to the desired plane (orange in this example) like so: (don't mind the font.. couldn't be bothered to try to find the exact one you used) grab the "Perspective Selection Tool" (see above if you don't know where it is) with the perspective selection tool, click and drag your text onto the perspective grid until you see it "snap" into perspective. Don't worry about exact size or placement. you can move and scale the text in perspective until it fits nicely into your predefined perspective grid, which is the same dimensions as your source image text. Manipulate to your hearts delight, then "Expand" the artwork to extract it from the perspective grid so you can use it as regular old artwork again. Yours will look better than mine. i'm just a programmer.

Disposition_Dev · ‎Sep 09, 2022

came here to say the same. except it can be done in illustrator as well using the perspective tool. @Allo260017104xcf Set up your type at a good approximate starting size, then turn on the perspective grid and resize it until the grid roughly matches the shape/dimensions/angles of the source image text, then grab the "Perspective Selection Tool" (in the toolbar, lower part of right side middle. might have to click and hold the "Perspective Grid Tool" to open the flyout menu). Using the perspective selection tool, click and drag your tex onto the perspective grid and it will snap into perspective and you can then manipulate it and scale it from there. (though, the text is expanded when you do this.. so make sure you keep a fresh copy of the live text off to the side so that you can start over if you want. don't work destructively. =)) Here's a handy video tutorial if that's easier to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1gJRhPL1yk

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