Adobe Illustrator CS2 Official JavaScript Reference [Paperback]

Adobe Systems Inc. (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 032141294X | ISBN-13: 978-0321412942 | Publication Date: October 30, 2005

Are you a creative professional? Do you spend too much time doing repetitive production tasks such as placing and replacing images, resizing them, dragging them from one document to another, and preparing images for printing instead of being creative? Do you use Adobe Illustrator CS2 and have some experience with scripting? Then this book is for you. Virtually every repetitive or time-consuming task that creative professionals have to do in the Adobe Creative Suite can be streamlined with the help of a script. This book describes how to use JavaScript to manipulate and extend Adobe Illustrator within Adobe Creative Suite 2, and provides reference information for the JavaScript objects, properties, and functions defined by Adobe's applications. Available in print for the first time, this scripting reference provides the information experienced JavaScript user needs to create custom scripts for the Illustrator, whether you're looking to capture and automate parts of the printing process; manipulate swatches to create new patterns, gradients and spot colors; or create a script that applies formatting to selected text or changes a selected path's shape. These are just a few examples of how you can use Illustrator CS2's built-in scripting capabilities to save you from hours of repetitive tasks.

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Adobe Systems, Inc. is the world's leading provider of software solutions to create, manage and deliver high-impact, reliable digital content. The official Adobe CS2 scripting references are written by Adobe's own engineers and scripting experts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press (October 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 032141294X
• ISBN-13: 978-0321412942
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,083,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Same document available from Adobe for free, January 10, 2007

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This review is from: Adobe Illustrator CS2 Official JavaScript Reference (Paperback)

This is almost exactly page for page what is in the PDF you can download for free from the Adobe site. It's quite technical and does not provide much leeway for the begining javascript user... But then again there is not a whole lot of other documentation for scripting in Illustrator, so it's at least as informative as anything else out here, however, it's still not worth the price when you can download it for free from Adobe.