hey guys,
i’m just trying to change the color of a raster item… i must be missing something.
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell document 1
set x to raster item 1 of layer 1
set theNewColor to {spot:spot "NA"}
set fill color of x to theNewColor
end tell
end tell
any ideas?
thanks a lot,
jordan
You do not set a Fill Color ‘property’ but use the ‘colorize’ command on the object.
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell document 1
set x to raster item 1 of layer 1
set y to color of spot "NA"
colorize x raster color y
end tell
end tell
you just blew my mind. i hope this helps some other people cause i was going crazy.
thanks!
-jordan
… ok i’ve had some more time to play with it, and i’m running into a problem.
the raster image is the correct color, but it hasnt been associated with the spot. this is important if i’m trying to switch things that are spot this to spot that…
regardless, this will work for the most part, and i really appreciate it. adobe just did a horrible job documenting this stuff it seems.
thanks again,
jordan
The documentation says colors with RGB or CMYK? I can’t see a way with the actual spot? hum.
ok, so i’m playing with it, and if i add selected colors to the swatch palette, it recognizes the color as the correct spot so i can merge everything, so i can make an action to do that and script it in, like this:
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell document 1
set x to raster item 1 of layer 1
set y to color of spot "VG"
get properties of x
colorize x raster color y
set selection to x
do script "Add Selected Colors" from "Swatch Actions" without dialogs
end tell
end tell
thats sort of clumsy, but the best ive been able to come up with so far. the only problem is, lets say i’ve got artwork with two raster images, one that should change to the new color, and one that shouldnt… i’m stuck.
still, we’re getting somewhere for sure. i was ready to scrap the whole idea and just make people manually color them in until i read this this morning. this will work for most designs here in the office.
-jordan
OK…
Not to overpost to the point I’m unbearable, but I got it!
It’s totally rigged, and I’d bet there’s a quicker way to do this, but…
on changecolors(oldOne, newOne)
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell current document
set whatwasselected to selection
set selectedthenwhat to ""
set selectedthenwhat1 to ""
set selectedthenwhat2 to ""
set selectedthenwhat3 to ""
set selectedthenwhat4 to ""
set selectedthenwhat5 to ""
try
set selectedthenwhat1 to every page item of every group item of selection
set selectedthenwhat3 to every page item of every group item of every group item of selection
set selectedthenwhat4 to every page item of every group item of every group item of every group item of selection
set selectedthenwhat5 to every page item of every group item of every group item of every group item of every group item of selection
end try
try
set selectedthenwhat2 to every page item of selection
end try
set selectedthenwhat to selectedthenwhat1 & selectedthenwhat2 & selectedthenwhat3 & selectedthenwhat4 & selectedthenwhat5
set oldcolorinfo to color of spot oldOne
set newcolorinfo to color of spot newOne
repeat with x from 1 to (count of selectedthenwhat)
set i to item x of selectedthenwhat
set objectClass to class of i
if objectClass is raster item then
set selection to i
set stupidsquare to make new rectangle at the beginning of layer 1
set stupidsquarecolor to fill color of stupidsquare
try
set stupidsquarecolor to spot of stupidsquarecolor
set stupidsquarecolor to color of stupidsquarecolor
end try
if stupidsquarecolor is oldcolorinfo then
colorize i raster color newcolorinfo
do script "Add Selected Colors" from "Swatch Actions" without dialogs
end if
delete stupidsquare
set selection to ""
end if
if objectClass is compound path item then
repeat with j from 1 to (count of path items of i)
try
if (the name of spot of fill color of path item j of i begins with oldOne) then set fill color of path item j of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if (the name of spot of stroke color of path item j of i begins with oldOne) then set stroke color of path item j of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if (the name of pattern of fill color of path item j of i begins with oldOne) then set fill color of path item j of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if (the name of pattern of stroke color of path item j of i begins with oldOne) then set stroke color of path item j of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
end repeat
end if
try
if the name of spot of fill color of i begins with oldOne then set the fill color of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if the name of spot of stroke color of i begins with oldOne then set the stroke color of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if the name of pattern of fill color of i begins with oldOne then set the fill color of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if the name of pattern of stroke color of i begins with oldOne then set the stroke color of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if the name of spot of fill color of character 1 of i begins with oldOne then set the fill color of every text of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if the name of spot of stroke color of character 1 of i begins with oldOne then set the fill color of every text of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if the name of pattern of fill color of character 1 of i begins with oldOne then set the fill color of every text of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
try
if the name of pattern of stroke color of character 1 of i begins with oldOne then set the fill color of every text of i to {spot:spot newOne}
end try
end repeat
set selection to whatwasselected
end tell
end tell
end changecolors
Basically, if I select the raster item and make a square, it’ll make it the color I need, and I can just look to that for the answers.
Pretty ridiculous, but it works!
Thanks for the help,
Jordan
I can’t get any of this to work in Illustrator CS3, nor can I get it to work in Illustrator CS5. Help?
the error I get is that Applescript doesn’t understand the colorize message…