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Suppose that you want to create a visual legend of some colors. This script will make a map of ALL the swatches in the documents swatch palette. (If you want to skip the "none" and "registration" values, just edit the script so the "for" loop start at 2 instead of 0.)
Just run this script, and a legend of named swatch rectangles with (by default) their CMYK values will appear in a nicely grouped object on the top of your document.
Sound off in the comments if you find this one useful.
cheers,
-J
14 comments:
Hey, this is something I need every day in my job, I will give it a try and thanks to you for sharing this..
Mario
From Colombia
It is very usefull, I will use it a lot and recomend.
If I could I would add an improvment: The text label over black swatch or very dark colors should be in non black color.
Great idea Ana!
Labels now render white over dark swatches.
cheers,
-J
This is really useful. I've been doing the same thing for ages by hand. You've saved me countless hours!
If I may suggest, how about a little spot in a white triangle, like in Illy's color palette, for spot color swatches?
Good Idea Tom. I'll see about incorporating that into the next version...
wonderful, thanks :)
Great script.
One suggestion:
Instead of using 'Math.floor', it's better to use 'Math.round'.
In that case they correspond with the official Pantone Process CMYK values for:
• Color Bridge Coated / Uncoated
• CMYK Coated / Uncoated
• GoeBridge Coated
What a wonderful script! Thanks so much for sharing!
What line of code would you edit to customize the location where the color swatches are placed in the artboard?
There is no "offset" variable, it just renders from the top left of the current art board.
The lines to check out are 47 and 48. If you add in a baseline value it should render from there.
THANK YOU! I just found your script and it saved me oodles of time on a silkscreen print file. Much appreciated!
OK, maybe I'm just blind...
I DLed this collection of scripts, but I can not locate "Generate Color Legend from Swatches" script.
Also, what would really be cool is a script that created a swatch panel AND a swatch panel collection (like this script) from all colors on an artboard.
Hey Unknown, It's called renderSwatchLegend.jsx.
Neat idea. Let me play with it.
How do I do the following:
- remove all texts except Pantone number.
- move text under the box.
Thanks!
Been looking for this for a long time! Thank you!
renderSwatchLegend.jsx still worked great on Illustrator CC 2020
Thanks!
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