Questions tagged [automation]
Questions about automation, the process of recording or scripting multiple actions for a software to take to complete a desired task without direct user interaction. Professional designers tend to automate commonly taken actions, to save time in the long term. Ask anything about automating a task in a graphic design software.
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Automaticly move numbers from one text field to another (InDesign)
I'm currently working on a Greek New Testament and need to move all verse numbers out of the body text to another text field to the left that will be placed in the margin. The verse numbers need to be ...
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Streamline in Photoshop, Illustrator, Actions, or a Script?
When I receive the artwork from my artist, I get a TIFF in a size that includes bleed (Fig 1). Every time I receive a new commission, I need several additional outputs of that file, so I am trying to ...
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Indesign Index Question
I'm working on a law textbook and I have a list of words my client has given me. I have to feed it into Indesign's (mediocre) indexing function. The problem is, I have to make an index with these ...
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Adobe indesign script to apply stroke to all the frames in document
I need to automate some process in Indesign, therefore I need a javascript script with simple feature: select all frame objects (no matter what kind of a content: both text and image), and add a ...
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Inkscape - Automating Trace Bitmap with Preset Parameters
I'm seeking guidance on automating the Trace Bitmap function in Inkscape. Specifically, I'm looking to preset parameters like color type, number of scans, and corner smoothing for the Trace Bitmap ...
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Indesign Automation
We are planning to automate in-design flow
Create a base design with place holders
Tag all the placeholders
Export the content as xml/ export as Idml
Update xml/idml (html form to update conent)
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Convert fonts into curves/ paths automatically on export to PDF in Illustrator
Is there any way in illustrator to convert text into curves/ paths automatically when exporting as PDF?
I couldn't find any preset option in the PDF export dialog.
Are there "Actions" like ...
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How can I automatically export parts of Inkscape SVG layers, defined by rectangles on a layer, into separate images named by rectangle+layer?
I have one SVG created in Inkscape. It has a layer* containing rectangles which define clipping boundaries. It has multiple other layers containing the elements that I want to end up rendered into ...
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InDesign: how can I import specific data from csv
I now the Datamerge feature, but it is not quite what I want.
I have a CSV with multiple rows and i want data from specific rows and specific columns put into my document. Obviously, data merge cant ...
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Photoshop: Automating vector art placement into multiple PSD mockup files
I have a small print-on-demand clothing company, and spend a lot of time creating mockups for t-shirt designs. I'm wondering if it's possible to place a "linked" smart object or vector ...
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Non-Conventional MSWord Formatting Using Baselines
It was a tie between SuperUser SE or this one - I feel like I would get better results here. My question is regarding the use of baselines, but keep in mind that I have a copy of MSOffice 2016 Home &...
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Is it possible to blend overlapping layers with seamless transition using G'IMC filter or something else with Krita?
Lets say I have a texture that I want to make tillable/seamless:
What I normally do is cut it in half, move the halves to opposite sides, overlap them a fair bit so that the repeating but irregular ...
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How do you import multiple pages of a PDF into Inkscape CLI?
I'm trying to import a PDF (actually hundreds of PDFs) into Inkscape Command Line for export into PDF again. This is in an attempt to clean up a PDF with some compatibility issues with another piece ...
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Can layers be symlinked in gimp? Like if they were the same layer
Can layers be symlinked in gimp? Like if they were the same layer.
For example, I have one tree, and I want to create a forest. I want to draw a single tree, dup that layer into 20 layers. Then i will ...
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Inkscape scripting and automation: nodes?
How does Inkscape handle nodes in scripting? Or can the nodes be written out in some way? Or perhaps there is a better place to ask about this:
I have a simple manual clicking routine that seems a ...
