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• • October 2, 2017 at 9:59 am #98500
    Masood Ahmad

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    Hello Everyone,

    I had a script with me (originally created by Ari S.) and I tweaked it for some fun. I wanted to make Fake Duotone in InDesign.

    Below listed (edited) script does the following:

    1) creates two duplicates of the selected image, i.e. making a total of 3 images.
    2) Top image is set to Luminosity, Middle to Multiply and the bottom to Normal;
    3) Grouped the three images.

    What I wanted is to:
    4) Delete the content (image) from the bottomObject and apply a new colour-fill to the frame.
    5) The new colour will be called “Duotone” with CMYK values as: 75/5/100/0.
    6) If “Duotone” colour already exists, then skip point 5.
    7) Finally group all the three objects.

    Can someone complete the remaining part.

    app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false;
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Image Manipulation Script");

    function main(){
    try{
    var mySelection = app.selection[0];
    var bottomObject = mySelection;
    var topObject = bottomObject.duplicate();
    var midObject = bottomObject.duplicate();
    topObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.LUMINOSITY;
    midObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.MULTIPLY;
    bottomObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL;

    try {
    var myGroup = bottomObject.parent.groups.add ([bottomObject, midObject, topObject]);
    app.select(myGroup);
    }
    catch (myError) {
    alert("could not group successfully");
    }

    }
catch (myError){
alert("Make sure you selected a graphic frame");
}
}

  • October 2, 2017 at 10:14 am #98501
    Masood Ahmad

    Participant

    Sorry, small correction in point # 6.

    6) If “Duotone” colour already exists, then skip the creation of Duotone in point #5 and simply apply the Duotone color to the bottomObject.

  • October 3, 2017 at 5:45 am #98516
    Masood Ahmad

    Participant

    After a lot of hit and trials, I came up with this:

    
//Fake Duotone in InDesign
//Edited by: Masood Ahmad, 29th September 2017
//Original Script created by: Ari S. - designerjoe@outlook.com

    app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false;
    app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Image Manipulation Script");

    function main(){
    try{
    var mySelection = app.selection[0];
    var bottomObject = mySelection;
    var topObject = bottomObject.duplicate();
    var midObject = bottomObject.duplicate();
    topObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.LUMINOSITY;
    midObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.MULTIPLY;
    bottomObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL;

    // Find Duotone swatch position
    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var mySwatches = myDoc.swatches;
    var swatchesLength = mySwatches.length;
    for (i=0;i<swatchesLength;i++) {
    if (mySwatches[i].name == "duotone" || mySwatches[i].name == "Duotone") {
    var duotoneSwatch = mySwatches[i];
    bottomObject.fillColor = duotoneSwatch;
    }
    }

    // Check if Duotone swatch is defined
    if (duotoneSwatch == undefined) {
    //alert("Please create a Duotone swatch");
    var myColor = myDoc.colors.add();
    myColor.colorValue = [75,5,100,0];
    myColor.name = "Duotone";
    bottomObject.fillColor = myColor;
    }

    try {
var myGroup = bottomObject.parent.groups.add ([bottomObject, midObject, topObject]);
app.select(myGroup);
}
catch (myError) {
alert("could not group successfully");
}
}
catch (myError){
alert("Make sure you selected a graphic frame");
}
}


    The scripts works well and duly checks, create and apply the Duotone swatch.

    The only part remaining in the script is to:
    1) Delete the image (content) from the bottomObject i.e. keep the bottom frame but delete its content image.

    Last but not the least, clean-up the script to avoid unnecessary codes.

    Thanks in advance.

  • October 3, 2017 at 9:09 am #98526
    Masood Ahmad

    Participant

    Wow! I couldn’t believe, I’ve finally completed my scripts. Initially, it was a sort of challenge to me as I’m not a script writer, but it was interesting.

    Here is my final code:

    
//Fake Duotone in InDesign
//Edited by: Masood Ahmad, 29th September 2017
//Original Script created by: Ari S. - designerjoe@outlook.com

    app.scriptPreferences.enableRedraw = false;
    app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, "Image Manipulation Script");

    function main(){
    try{
    var mySelection = app.selection[0];
    var bottomObject = mySelection;
    var topObject = bottomObject.duplicate();
    var midObject = bottomObject.duplicate();
    //apply blending modes to all the three objects
    topObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.LUMINOSITY;
    midObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.MULTIPLY;
    bottomObject.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL;

    // Find Duotone swatch and apply the fill to the bottom object
    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var mySwatches = myDoc.swatches;
    var swatchesLength = mySwatches.length;
    for (i=0;i<swatchesLength;i++) {
    if (mySwatches[i].name == "duotone" || mySwatches[i].name == "Duotone") {
    var duotoneSwatch = mySwatches[i];
    bottomObject.fillColor = duotoneSwatch;
    }
    }

    // Check if Duotone swatch is defined, if not create and apply the fill to the bottom object
    if (duotoneSwatch == undefined) {
    //alert("Please create a Duotone swatch");
    var myColor = myDoc.colors.add();
    myColor.colorValue = [75,5,100,0];
    myColor.name = "Duotone";
    bottomObject.fillColor = myColor;
    }

    //delete the image (content) from the bottom most object
    myGraphics = bottomObject.allGraphics;
    try {myGraphics[0].remove()} catch(_){}

    //group all the three objects.
try {
var myGroup = bottomObject.parent.groups.add ([bottomObject, midObject, topObject]);
app.select(myGroup);
}
catch (myError) {
alert("could not group successfully");
}
}
catch (myError){
alert("Make sure you selected a graphic frame");
}
}


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