Prepress Adobe Scripts
Essential Illustrator and Photoshop scripts for commercial printshop
Category Photoshop Scripts
Common images operation. Resize Images Works exactly like Menubar > Images > Resize Image but targets all documents. Resize Canvases Works exactly like Menubar > Images > Resize Canvas but...
As agreed upon most graphic designers, print-ready final arts need to have certain qualities like CMYK color space, high resolution (300 ppi), etc. This script checks if each document meets...
Close multiple documents without saving with this script. You can either close
all documents, other documents, or all unsaved documents.
Enlarge a canvas and create a guide layout separating content and bleed area.
Category Illustrator Scripts
Duplicating items given the horizontal and vertical
values. Relative Position is useful for adding gaps in between items.
Common artboard operations.
Linking large number of files has always been a pain in the ass since Illustrator only lets you do it one-by-one. All the scripts in Links sub-directory provide solution to...
Imposition is one of the most complex yet repetitive task there is in digital
prepression. Due to its complexity, such feature usually requires a proprietary
software or plugin.
Duplicate items in active artboard to other artboards within range.
Select sub-directories contain several scripts to manipulate selection, all of which works under 2 scenarios: When there are no selection, the scripts will scan all items and select ones with...
Change content of selected texts.
Both of these scripts have an option to execute recursively, which means that it
will go through the children of all groups and clipping masks.
As agreed upon most graphic designers, print-ready final arts need to have certain qualities like CMYK color space, high resolution (300 ppi), etc. This script checks if each document meets...
When adding bleed to link, it is advised to directly modify the source file: With vector file, use Illustrator’s Document Setup > Bleed. With raster file, use Photoshop’s Resize Canvas...
Close multiple documents without saving with this script. You can either close
all documents, other documents, or all unsaved documents.
Although natively supported with Menubar > Object > Create Trim Marks, this script behaves differently: With paths and compound paths, the dimension of stroke is ignored. With clipped items, the...
