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• • April 1, 2019 at 3:43 am #115701
    Kyle Melderis

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    I want to know if it’s possible to create a script for InDesign that will take the selected frame within an existing artwork proof (with artwork placed inside the frame at 10% scale), copy it, open a new InDesign document at the 100% print size and paste the artwork into the new document & scale by 1000%. (So it’s the correct size) if possible… Then save the document using the High quality print file PDF profile.

    Would any of this be possible, or is it a pipe dream? ?

  • April 1, 2019 at 4:02 am #115702
    Jeremy Howard

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    This could absolutely be done! What scripting language are you most familiar with?

    Also, what OS are you running, OS X or Windows?

  • April 1, 2019 at 9:24 pm #115747
    Kyle Melderis

    Member

    I’m pretty much a newbie when it comes to scripting. I’ve looked through other InDesign scripts to get my head around certain commands etc. But I’d tend to do a lot of googling when trying to work out how to customise something for my needs.

    I’m working on InDesign CC v14.0.1 x64 on Windows 10 Pro

  • April 2, 2019 at 5:36 am #115754
    Jeremy Howard

    Participant

    Hey there,

    Try this script out, I think that it accomplishes what you are trying to accomplish. It scales an image dynamically to ensure that it gets scaled up to 100% in the new document (rather than scaling based on the static 1000%).

    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    //set selection as variable
    var thisItem = app.selection[0];

    //create new document
    var myNewDocument = app.documents.add();

    //duplicate selected item to new document
    var myDuplicatedItem = thisItem.duplicate(myNewDocument.pages.item(-1));

    //get image within the frame
    var myLinkedItem = myDuplicatedItem.pageItems[0];

    //find the horizontal and vertical scale integers
    var myHscale = 100 / myLinkedItem.horizontalScale;
    var myVscale = 100 / myLinkedItem.verticalScale;

    //Scale the image around its center point
    var myScaleMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add();
    myScaleMatrix = myScaleMatrix.scaleMatrix(myHscale, myVscale);
    myLinkedItem.transform(CoordinateSpaces.PASTEBOARD_COORDINATES, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, myScaleMatrix);

    //fit frame to content
    myDuplicatedItem.fit(FitOptions.frameToContent);

    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  • April 2, 2019 at 6:11 am #115756
    Jeremy Howard

    Participant

    Here is a better version that copies the selected image to a new document, dynamically sizes it to 100%, centers it on the page and exports the page to a PDF that is named using the original image name.

    // Begin Script ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    //set selection as variable
    var thisItem = app.selection[0];

    //create new document
    var myNewDocument = app.documents.add();

    //duplicate selected item to new document
    var myDuplicatedItem = thisItem.duplicate(myNewDocument.pages.item(-1));

    //get image within the frame
    var myLinkedItem = myDuplicatedItem.pageItems[0];
    //get name of the linked image
    var myLinkName = myLinkedItem.itemLink.name;

    //strip extension from linked image name
    var myLinkName = myLinkName.split(“.”)[0];

    //find the horizontal and vertical scale integers
    var myHscale = 100 / myLinkedItem.horizontalScale;
    var myVscale = 100 / myLinkedItem.verticalScale;

    //Scale the image around its center point
    var myScaleMatrix = app.transformationMatrices.add();
    myScaleMatrix = myScaleMatrix.scaleMatrix(myHscale, myVscale);
    myLinkedItem.transform(CoordinateSpaces.PASTEBOARD_COORDINATES, AnchorPoint.centerAnchor, myScaleMatrix);

    //fit frame to content
    myDuplicatedItem.fit(FitOptions.frameToContent);

    //get width of the full-sized item
    var dupedItemWidth = myDuplicatedItem.geometricBounds[3] – myDuplicatedItem.geometricBounds[1];
    //get height of the full-sized item
    var dupedItemHeight = myDuplicatedItem.geometricBounds[2] – myDuplicatedItem.geometricBounds[0];

    //get the x coords we need to center the item on the page
    var xCoordsCalc = (myNewDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth – dupedItemWidth) / 2;
    //get the y coords we need to center the item on the page
    var yCoordsCalc = (myNewDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight – dupedItemHeight) / 2;

    //set frame bounds in order to center the frame on the page
    myDuplicatedItem.geometricBounds = [yCoordsCalc, xCoordsCalc, (yCoordsCalc + dupedItemHeight), (xCoordsCalc + dupedItemWidth)];

    //move the image to fit into the centered frame
    myDuplicatedItem.fit(FitOptions.contentToFrame);

    //Set Name of exported pdf to match the name of the linked image
    var myFile = File(“/Users/admin/Desktop/” + myLinkName + “.pdf”);

    //export the pdf
    myNewDocument.exportFile(ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, myFile, false, “High Quality Print”);

    // End Script ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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