Ill CS3 Adding/Saving swatch to default swatches palette
I've been combing the web and the knowledge base trying to find how to *permanently* add a swatch to the default swatch palette. I'm stumped. Any insights are appreciated.
Thanks,
Dami
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Is it possible to set the default colours in the swatches palette in Illustrator CS4?
Is it possible to set the default colours in the swatches palette in Illustrator CS4? What I mean is replace the swatches default colour palette with my own, so that each time I create a new document it comes up with my colours rather than Illustrators.
You might also consider using color groups with Illustrator. Let me know what you think. It may help you out with projects that use the same color preferences.
Check out the tutorial here:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/illustrator/articles/lrvid4019_ai.html
Let me know if this helps you.
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Illustrator CS3 crashes when selecting a swatch from the swatches palette
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I've tried trashing the preferences, restarting the computer, nothing seems to work.
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thanks.When trashing your preferences
1. Did you first quit Illustrator?
2. Did you trash the whole Adobe Settings folder or just the preference file?
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Adding colors to swatches palette
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I'll try again with a little more detail.
I am being given EMF files. They need to be converted to AI files, the file converted from RGB to CMYK, colors edited to be Pantone match, saved in 4 formats... AI, EPS, PNG and GIF. And I need to do this via Applescript as there are too many to sit and do one by one.
Problem: The colors in the EMF file do not come into the AI file's palette. I can't change the colors until they are in the palette. I can not sit and manage (open and edit) each file.... therefore I was at a standstill.
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thanks!Closing the browser, Firefox, fixed the problem with the keyboard shortcuts. I'm soo happy about that. Now I just need to find a work-around to keep the two from talking to each other. We use web based apps for job tracking as well as accesing our own website catalog.
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I then started clicking on palettes and noticed significant delay problems with these palettes: color, appearance, and color guide. All the other palettes respond upon click.
Another observation - when I switch back to illustrator from the browser there is significant delay in the redraw of the screen in illustrator. It's like a three step redraw: I toggle over and the artwork preview is there, with Firefox window header hanging around, followed by a brief pause, then replaced with the illustrator window header, visable blink and any open palettes are refreshed.
Then I try this... in illustrator I type the tab key to hide all palettes, toggle to Firefox then back to Illustrator and - bam - no delays!!
Because I can't work full time with the palettes closed I notice another thing. Typing tab to bring everyhting up – slow. Typing tab to close – normal. -
I'm running Photoshop CS3 Extended in 32 bit Vista. Whenever I need a layer filled with 50% Gray I have been accustomed to select it from the default swatches palette (last box on the right side of the first row). However, I have just discovered - perhaps belatedly - that the RGB values that this selection produces are NOT R 128, G 128, B 128 but can vary between 131 and 147 depending on the color profile of the document that I am using at the moment.
I can verify that it is not 50% Gray by then changing the blending mode of the new layer to Overlay which, at least in theory as I understand it, should produce no color change to the underlying layer. However, I do observe changes.
I have also confirmed with others that this behaviour is the same for CS3 running in XP on a different make of computer.
Am I missing something fundamental?Closing the browser, Firefox, fixed the problem with the keyboard shortcuts. I'm soo happy about that. Now I just need to find a work-around to keep the two from talking to each other. We use web based apps for job tracking as well as accesing our own website catalog.
OK, here's an intersting test. Closing the browser did't fix the swatch palette issue---completely. When I opened an exisiting document and clicked on the swatch palette - bam - it came right up. Granted it only had the "fill none" and "registration" swatches present. So, I loaded Pantone Solid Coated and same old story except that the swatch palette opened and closed normally. Then I started adding swatches from pantone and Illustrators default libraries to the swatch palette. And with each swatch I added the slower the palette performed. It's wierd - kind of incremental. Delete the swatches back down to the defualt and it works fine.
I then started clicking on palettes and noticed significant delay problems with these palettes: color, appearance, and color guide. All the other palettes respond upon click.
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Then I try this... in illustrator I type the tab key to hide all palettes, toggle to Firefox then back to Illustrator and - bam - no delays!!
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Hi yall,
I created this custom swatch palette which allows a person to keep swatch info in this palette and instantiate it in documents. The palette can store notes about a particular swatch and there is a save button somewhere which will save your palette state as an xml file.
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// BETA
* @@@BUILDINFO@@@ Hobo Swatches_v1.jsx !Version! Sat Jan 18 2014 22:36:40 GMT-0600
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//===================================XML=============//
function wrapCDATA(str, propNm){
str = '<data>'+str+'</data>';
str = str.replace(/(\<data\>)/g, '<'+propNm+'><![CDATA[');
str = str.replace(/(\<\/data\>)/g,']]\>'+'</'+propNm+'>');
return XML(str);
function stringXmlSafe(str){
str=str.toString();
str=str.replace(/&(?!(amp;|gt;|lt;|quot;|apos;))/g,"&");
str=str.replace(/</g,"<");
str=str.replace(/>/g,">");
str=str.replace(/'/g,"'");
str=str.replace(/"/g,""");
return str;
function getXmlSwatchesArr(xmlFile){
var myFile=xmlFile;
myFile.open('r');
myFile.seek(0,0);
var fileStr=myFile.read();
myFile.close();
var xmlObj=XML(fileStr);
var swatchArr=[];
for(var x=0, ln=xmlObj.children().length(); x<ln; x++){
var sw={};
var thisSw=xmlObj.children()[x];
sw.name=thisSw.descendants("name").toString();
sw.aiSwatchKind=thisSw.descendants("aiswatchkind").toString();
var comp=thisSw.descendants("colorcomp");
sw.colorComp={};
sw.colorComp.mode=comp.descendants("mode").toString();
sw.colorComp.comp=[];
for(var y=0, ln_2=thisSw.descendants("colorcomp").descendants("colorvalues").children().length(); y<ln_2; y++){
sw.colorComp.comp.push(thisSw.descendants("colorcomp").descendants("colorvalues").childre n()[y]*1);
sw.notes=thisSw.descendants("notes");
sw.originDoc=thisSw.descendants("origindoc").toString();
swatchArr.push(sw);
return swatchArr;
function getXmlSwatchesXML(swatchArr){
XML.prettyIndent=4;
var xmlBody=new XML('<swatches></swatches>');
for(var i=0; i<swatchArr.length; i++){
var thisSw=swatchArr[i];
xmlBody.appendChild(new XML("<swatch></swatch>")); xmlBody.swatch[i].@order=i+1;
xmlBody.swatch[i].appendChild(new XML("<name>"+stringXmlSafe(thisSw.name)+"</name>"));
if(thisSw.name!='none'){
if(thisSw.info && thisSw.info.plating){
thisSw.aiSwatchKind=thisSw.info.plating;
thisSw.colorComp.mode=thisSw.colorComp.typename;
thisSw.originDoc=thisSw.info.originDoc;
thisSw.notes=thisSw.info.notes;
xmlBody.swatch[i].appendChild(new XML("<aiswatchkind>"+stringXmlSafe(thisSw.aiSwatchKind)+"</aiswatchkind>"));
xmlBody.swatch[i].appendChild(new XML("<colorcomp></colorcomp>"));
xmlBody.swatch[i].colorcomp[0].appendChild(new XML("<mode>"+stringXmlSafe(thisSw.colorComp.mode)+"</mode>"));
xmlBody.swatch[i].colorcomp[0].appendChild(new XML("<colorvalues></colorvalues>"));
for(var j=0; j<thisSw.colorComp.comp.length; j++){
xmlBody.swatch[i].colorcomp[0].colorvalues[0].appendChild(new XML("<value>"+stringXmlSafe(thisSw.colorComp.comp[j])+"</value>"));
xmlBody.swatch[i].notes=wrapCDATA(thisSw.notes, 'notes');
xmlBody.swatch[i].origindoc=stringXmlSafe(thisSw.originDoc);
return xmlBody;
//===================================end XML=============//
// gets type and color array from swatch in swatch palette - for BT
function getAISwatchColor(processColorOrSpot,name){
function round2(num){
return Math.round(num*100)/100;
var result={type:null, name:null, colorArr:null, uiColor:null, plating:null, originDoc:null, creDt:null, rgbClr:null, cmykClr:null, grayClr:null, labClr:null};
var clr=processColorOrSpot;
result.name=name;
if(clr=="[RGBColor]"){
result.type="RGB"; result.colorArr=[round2(clr.red),round2(clr.green),round2(clr.blue)];
result.uiColor=[clr.red/255,clr.green/255,clr.blue/255]; result.plating='Process';
} else if(clr=="[CMYKColor]"){
result.type="CMYK"; result.colorArr=[round2(clr.cyan),round2(clr.magenta),round2(clr.yellow),round2(clr.black )]; result.uiColor=function(){
var newArr=convertAppColor("CMYK","RGB",[clr.cyan,clr.magenta,clr.yellow,clr.black]);
return [newArr[0]/255,newArr[1]/255,newArr[2]/255,];
}(); result.plating='Process';
} else if(clr=="[GrayColor]"){
result.type="GRAY"; result.colorArr=[round2(clr.gray)]; result.uiColor=function(){
var newArr=convertAppColor("GrayScale","RGB",[clr.gray]);
return [newArr[0]/255,newArr[1]/255,newArr[2]/255,];
}(); result.plating='Process';
} else if(clr=="[SpotColor]"){
clr=clr.spot;
if(clr.colorType==ColorModel.SPOT){
result.plating='Spot';
} else if(clr.colorType==ColorModel.PROCESS){
result.plating='GlobalProcess';
} else if(clr.colorType==ColorModel.REGISTRATION){
result.plating='Registration';
} else {
result.plating="Process";
var intClr=clr.getInternalColor();
for(var i=0; i<intClr.length; i++){
intClr[i]=round2(intClr[i]);
if(clr.spotKind==SpotColorKind.SPOTLAB){
result.type="LAB"; result.colorArr=intClr; result.uiColor=function(){
var newArr=convertAppColor("LAB","RGB",[intClr[0],intClr[1],intClr[2]]);
return [newArr[0]/255,newArr[1]/255,newArr[2]/255,];
} else if(clr.spotKind==SpotColorKind.SPOTRGB){
result.type="RGB"; result.colorArr=intClr; result.uiColor=[intClr[0]/255,intClr[1]/255,intClr[2]/255];
} else if(clr.spotKind==SpotColorKind.SPOTCMYK){
result.type="CMYK"; result.colorArr=intClr; result.uiColor=function(){
var newArr=convertAppColor("CMYK","RGB",[intClr[0],intClr[1],intClr[2],intClr[3]]);
return [newArr[0]/255,newArr[1]/255,newArr[2]/255,];
var colorMode=result.type;
if(colorMode=="GRAY"){
colorMode="GrayScale";
var altClrs=[
result.rgbClr=convertAppColor(colorMode, "RGB", result.colorArr),
result.cmykClr=convertAppColor(colorMode, "CMYK", result.colorArr),
result.grayClr=convertAppColor(colorMode, "GrayScale", result.colorArr),
result.labClr=convertAppColor(colorMode, "LAB", result.colorArr),
for(var c=0; c<altClrs.length; c++){
for(var d=0; d<altClrs[c].length; d++){
altClrs[c][d]=round2(altClrs[c][d]);
result.originDoc=app.activeDocument.name;
result.creDt=currentTime();
return result;
function drawPath(shp, canvas){
var thisShp=shp;
if(thisShp.ellipsePath!=true){
var vectorPts=thisShp.pathPoints;
canvas.newPath(); canvas.moveTo(thisShp.pathPoints[0][0],thisShp.pathPoints[0][1]);
for(var j=0; j<vectorPts.length; j++){
var thisAnchor=vectorPts[j];
var x=thisAnchor[0], y=thisAnchor[1];
canvas.lineTo(x,y);
if(thisShp.closed==true){
canvas.closePath();
} else {
var cirPts=thisShp.pathPoints;
canvas.newPath();
canvas.ellipsePath(round2(cirPts[0]), round2(cirPts[1]), round2(cirPts[2]), round2(cirPts[3]));
canvas.closePath();
if(thisShp.fillColor!=null){
var clr=thisShp.fillColor;
var myBrush=canvas.newBrush(canvas.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,clr);
canvas.fillPath(myBrush);
if(thisShp.strokeColor!=null){
var clr=thisShp.strokeColor;
var myPen=canvas.newPen(canvas.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[clr[0],clr[1],clr[2],1], thisShp.strokeWidth);
canvas.strokePath(myPen);
function drawImg(objString, canvasArea){
// using drawPath();
var obj=eval(objString.replace(/(^'|';$)/g,''));
var canvas=canvasArea.graphics;
var counter=obj.total;
while(counter>=0){
for(all in obj){
if(all.match(/\d{1,2}$/g) && all.match(/\d{1,2}$/g)==counter){
var thisShp=obj[all];
if(all.match('group')){
var ctr=obj[all].total;
while(ctr>=0){
for(paths in obj[all]){
if(paths.match(/\d{1,2}$/g) && paths.match(/\d{1,2}$/g)==ctr){
drawPath(obj[all][paths], canvas);
ctr--;
} else {
drawPath(thisShp, canvas);
counter-=1;
function btnSkin(elem,aClr,w,h){
var g=elem.graphics; var brush=g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,aClr);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(1,1); g.lineTo(w-1,1); g.lineTo(w-1,h-1); g.lineTo(1,h-1); g.closePath(); g.fillPath(brush);
var ltr=[aClr[0]*1.2,aClr[1]*1.2,aClr[2]*1.2];
for(var c=0; c<ltr.length; c++){
if(ltr[c]>1){
ltr[c]=1;
brush=g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,ltr); g.newPath(); g.rectPath(0,0,w,h/2); g.fillPath(brush);
var pen=g.newPen(g.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[1,1,1,1],2);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(1,1); g.lineTo(w-1,1); g.lineTo(w-1,h-1); g.lineTo(1,h-1); g.closePath();
g.strokePath(pen);
function createAltDisp(swObj, uiParent){
var altClrs=swObj.info.altClrs;
var modes=['CMYK','RGB','LAB','GRAY'];
for(var m=0; m<modes.length; m++){
if(swObj.colorComp.typename!=modes[m]){
var altG=uiParent.add('panel',undefined,modes[m]); altG.margins=[2,6,2,2];
altG.size=[80,88]; altG.spacing=2; altG.alignChildren='left';
if(modes[m]=="RGB"){
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'R: '+altClrs.rgbClr[0]);
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'G: '+altClrs.rgbClr[1]);
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'B: '+altClrs.rgbClr[2]);
} else if(modes[m]=="CMYK"){
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'C: '+altClrs.cmykClr[0]);
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'M: '+altClrs.cmykClr[1]);
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'Y: '+altClrs.cmykClr[2]);
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'K: '+altClrs.cmykClr[3]);
} else if(modes[m]=="LAB"){
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'L: '+altClrs.labClr[0]);
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'A: '+altClrs.labClr[1]);
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'B: '+altClrs.labClr[2]);
} else if(modes[m]=="GRAY"){
altG.add('statictext',undefined,'Black: '+altClrs.grayClr[0]);
function swatchInfoBox(swObj, uiParent){
var baseG=uiParent; // usually a group
var g_1=baseG.add("panel",undefined,"Swatch Info"); g_1.size=[340,340]; g_1.spacing=2; g_1.margins=[4,12,4,4];
var nameD=g_1.add('edittext',undefined,swObj.name,{readonly:true}); nameD.characters=20; nameD.justify='center';
if(swObj.name!='none'){
var mode=swObj.colorComp.typename;
var sep=g_1.add('panel'); sep.size=[310,2];
var g_1_0=g_1.add('group');
var txtG=g_1_0.add('group'); txtG.orientation='column'; txtG.spacing=2; txtG.margins=[2,2,2,2]; txtG.alignChildren='left';
txtG.add('statictext',undefined,'Color Model: '+swObj.colorComp.typename);
txtG.add('statictext',undefined,'Illustrator Swatch Type: '+swObj.info.plating);
var swD=g_1_0.add('panel'); swD.size=[34,34]; swD.setBg(swObj.fillColor);
var sep_1=g_1.add('panel'); sep_1.size=[310,2];
var g_1_1=g_1.add('group'); g_1_1.spacing=2;
if(mode=="RGB"){
var rD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Red: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[0]+',');
var gD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Green: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[1]+',');
var bD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Blue: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[2]);
} else if(mode=="CMYK"){
var cD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Cyan: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[0]+',');
var mD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Magenta: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[1]+',');
var yD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Yellow: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[2]+',');
var kD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Black: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[3]);
} else if(mode=="LAB"){
var lD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Luminance: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[0]+',');
var aD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'a: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[1]+',');
var bD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'b: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[2]);
} else if(mode=="GRAY"){
var gD=g_1_1.add('statictext',undefined,'Gray-Scale Black: '+swObj.colorComp.comp[0]);
var g_1_2=g_1.add('group');
createAltDisp(swObj, g_1_2);
var sep_2=g_1.add('panel'); sep_2.size=[310,2];
var originDocG=g_1.add('group'); originDocG.orientation='row';
var originDocH=originDocG.add('statictext',undefined,"Originating Document");
var originDocE=originDocG.add('edittext',undefined,swObj.info.originDoc,{readonly:true}); originDocE.characters=18;
var g_1_3=g_1.add('panel',undefined,'Notes'); g_1_3.margins=[2,8,2,2]; g_1_3.spacing=2;
var notesE=g_1_3.add('edittext',undefined,'',{readonly:true, multiline:true}); notesE.size=[310,60];
if(swObj.info && swObj.info.notes && swObj.info.notes!=''){
notesE.text=swObj.info.notes;
var notesBtnG=g_1_3.add('group');
var viewBigBtn=notesBtnG.add('button',undefined,"View Big");
var editBtn=notesBtnG.add('button',undefined,"Edit Notes");
var clearBtn=notesBtnG.add('button',undefined,"Clear Notes");
viewBigBtn.onClick=function(){
if(notesE.text!=''){
var notesW=new Window('dialog',"Notes in a bigger window:"); notesW.margins=[4,4,4,4];
var bignotesE=notesW.add('edittext',undefined,notesE.text,{multiline:true, readonly:true}); bignotesE.size=[300,360];
var closeNotes=notesW.add('button',undefined,"Ok");
notesW.show();
} else {
alert("There are no notes here.");
editBtn.onClick=function(){
var editResult=function(){
var newNotes=null;
var w=new Window('dialog','Edit Notes');
var inst=w.add('statictext',undefined,"Tip: use Ctrl+Return to enter in a carriage-return.");
var editE=w.add('edittext',undefined,notesE.text,{multiline:true}); editE.size=[310,160]; editE.active=true;
var btnG=w.add('group');
var okBtn=btnG.add('button',undefined,'Set Notes (OK)');
var cclBtn=btnG.add('button',undefined,'Cancel');
okBtn.onClick=function(){
if(editE.text.replace(/\s/g)!=''){
newNotes=editE.text;
} else {
newNotes='';
w.close();
w.show();
return newNotes;
if(editResult!=null){
notesE.text=editResult;
swObj.info.notes=editResult;
swObj.noteChange=currentTime();
clearBtn.onClick=function(){
if(confirm("Are you sure you want to clear the notes?")==true){
notesE.text='';
swObj.info.notes='';
swObj.noteChange=currentTime();
function infoWindow(SESSION){ //======================================MINI UI
var noteChange;
var userChoice={showMode:SESSION.options.showMode, showNotes:SESSION.options.showNotes, noteChange:false};
var swatchBox=function(){
if(SESSION.selection.length==0){
return null;
} else if(SESSION.selection.length==1){
return SESSION.selection[0];
} else if(SESSION.selection.length>1){
return "--Multiple Selection--";
var w=new Window('dialog',"Swatch Info & Preferences"); w.margins=[4,4,4,4];
var g_0=w.add('group'); g_0.orientation='column'; g_0.spacing=4;
var g_0_1=g_0.add("group");
if(swatchBox!=null){
if(swatchBox=="--Multiple Selection--"){ // Multi
var msg=g_0_1.add('statictext',undefined,swatchBox);
} else { //Single
if(swatchBox.name!='none'){
noteChange=swatchBox.noteChange;
swatchInfoBox(swatchBox, g_0_1);
} else {
var msg=g_0_1.add('statictext',undefined,"Empty Cell");
} else { // NONE
//var msg=g_0_1.add('statictext',undefined,"NONE");
var g_0_1=g_0.add("panel",undefined,"Main Window Prefrences"); g_0_1.size=[340,44]; g_0_1.orientation='column';
var boxGrp=g_0_1.add('group');
var modelBx=boxGrp.add('checkbox',undefined,"Show Color Mode"); modelBx.value=SESSION.options.showMode;
var noteBx=boxGrp.add('checkbox',undefined,"Show Note Marker"); noteBx.value=SESSION.options.showNotes;
var g_0_2=g_0.add("panel",undefined,"Persistence Options"); g_0_2.size=[340,54];
var saveBtn=g_0_2.add('button',undefined,"Save Current Session");
var okBtn=w.add('button',undefined,'Ok'); okBtn.size=[340,20]; okBtn.margins=[0,0,0,0];
okBtn.onClick=function(){
w.close();
saveBtn.onClick=function(){
var swcs=SESSION.swatchBoxes, swcsLn=SESSION.swatchBoxes.length;
var dir=SESSION.presetFolder;
var saveFl=File(dir+"/HoboSwatchSession.xml");
var blank=function(){
for(var s=0; s<swcsLn; s++){
if(swcs[s].name!='none'){
return false;
return true;
var go=false;
if(blank==true){
if(confirm('Set saved session to all blanks?',true,'Confirm this action:')==true){
go=true;
} else if(confirm('Save current session?',true,'Confirm this action:')==true){
go=true;
if(go==true){
if(!dir.exists){
dir.create();
saveFl.open('w');
saveFl.write('<?xml version="1.0"?>\r'+getXmlSwatchesXML(swcs));
saveFl.close();
if(saveFl.exists){
alert("Successfully Saved in: "+decodeURI(saveFl),'SUCCESS!');
} else {
alert("Sorry, "+decodeURI(saveFl)+"'s save operation was NOT successful!",'Failure... Horrible abysmal failure. :\'(');
w.show();
userChoice.showMode=modelBx.value;
userChoice.showNotes=noteBx.value;
userChoice.noteChange=function(){
if(swatchBox!=null && (swatchBox.noteChange != noteChange)){
return true;
return false;
return userChoice;
//===================================================For Bridge Talk========================//
function asSourceString(func, withArgs){
if(withArgs!=undefined && withArgs==true){
return func.toSource().toString().replace("(","").replace(/\)$/,"");
} else {
return func.toSource().toString().replace("(function "+func.name+"(){","").replace(/}\)$/,"");
function sendBTmsg(func, updateObj, resultFunc, resultFuncArgs){
if(updateObj==undefined){updateObj={self: 'nothing'}};
var updateObjName=updateObj.self;
if(updateObjName!=undefined){
var bt=new BridgeTalk;
bt.target='illustrator';
var btMsg=asSourceString(func);
for(all in updateObj){
if(all!='self'){
var rx=new RegExp(updateObjName+'\\.'+all,'g');
btMsg=btMsg.replace(rx,updateObj[all]);
bt.body=btMsg;
//$.write(btMsg);
if(resultFunc!=undefined){
bt.onResult=function(result){
resultFunc(result.body, resultFuncArgs);
bt.send();
} else {
$.writeln("Error, function 'sendBTmsg(func, updateOb)': the update object should have a 'self' property, indentifying its' name.");
function doNothing(){
var nothing=function(){
return;
function initSwatch(SESSION, sw, name, mode, clrArr, uiClr, info){ // Result of getting document swatches.
sw.fillColor=uiClr;
sw.name=name;
if(mode=="RGB" || mode=="LAB"){
sw.colorComp={typename:ColorComp[mode].typename,comp:[clrArr[0],clrArr[1],clrArr[2]]};
} else if(mode=="CMYK"){
sw.colorComp={typename:ColorComp[mode].typename,comp:[clrArr[0],clrArr[1],clrArr[2],clrAr r[3]]};
} else if(mode=="GRAY"){
sw.colorComp={typename:ColorComp[mode].typename,comp:[clrArr[0]]};
sw.colorComp.name=sw.name;
SESSION.nameDisplay.text=sw.name;
sw.info=info;
sw.addDrawPhase(sw.coloredState);
if(info.plating=="Spot"){
sw.addDrawPhase(sw.spotMark);
} else if(info.plating=="GlobalProcess"){
sw.addDrawPhase(sw.globalMark);
if(SESSION.options.showMode==true){
sw.addDrawPhase(sw[mode+'Model']);
if(SESSION.options.showNotes==true && sw.info && sw.info.notes!=''){
sw.addDrawPhase(sw.noteMark);
if(sw.selected==true){
sw.removeDrawPhase(sw.selectedMark);
sw.addDrawPhase(sw.selectedMark);
sw.refresh();
sw.instantiated=true;
sw.elem.helpTip=sw.getInfo();
//=========<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<BT Function
function bt_func(){
var outcome={swatches:[],};
if(app.documents.length>0){
var doc=app.activeDocument;
var swcs=doc.swatches.getSelected();
if(swcs.length>0){
BTOBJ.func_convertAppColor;
BTOBJ.func_currentTime;
BTOBJ.func_getAISwatchColor;
for(var s=0; s<swcs.length; s++){
var thisSw=swcs[s];
if(thisSw.color!="[PatternColor]" && thisSw.color!="[GradientColor]"
&& thisSw.name!="[Registration]" && thisSw.name!="[None]"){
outcome.swatches.push(getAISwatchColor(thisSw.color, thisSw.name));
outcome=outcome.toSource();
} else {
alert("Please select some swatches from the document's swatches palette.");
} else {
alert("Please open a document with swatches.");
function bt_func_rt(objString, args){ //puts swatches into palette.
var docSws=eval(objString).swatches; var SESSION=args[0];
for(var s=0; s<docSws.length; s++){
var thisSw=docSws[s];
if(SESSION.selection[s]!=undefined){
if(thisSw.name!='none'){
var sw=SESSION.selection[s];
var info={plating: thisSw.plating, originDoc: thisSw.originDoc,
altClrs:{rgbClr:thisSw.rgbClr,cmykClr:thisSw.cmykClr,labClr:thisSw.labClr,grayClr:thisSw. grayClr},
notes: '',
initSwatch(SESSION, sw, thisSw.name, thisSw.type, thisSw.colorArr, thisSw.uiColor, info);
} else {
alert("Sorry, can't have a swatch by the name of '"+thisSw.name+"'");
function bt_func_2(){
BTOBJ.func_currentTime;
var outcome={};
if(app.documents.length>0){
var doc=app.activeDocument;
var swcs=eval(BTOBJ.sessionSelection);
var nonConflictingSwatches=[];
for(var s=0; s<swcs.length; s++){
var thisSw=swcs[s];
try{
doc.swatches.getByName(thisSw.name);
continue;
} catch(e){
nonConflictingSwatches.push(thisSw);
for(var s=0; s<nonConflictingSwatches.length; s++){
var thisSw=nonConflictingSwatches[s];
for(var t=0; t<nonConflictingSwatches.length; t++){
var thisOtherSw=nonConflictingSwatches[t];
if(t!=s && thisSw.name==thisOtherSw.name){
nonConflictingSwatches.splice(s,1);
s=0;
break;
if(nonConflictingSwatches.length>0){
var swG=doc.swatchGroups.add(); var d=new Date();
swG.name="Added at "+((d.getMonth()+1)+"/"+d.getDate()+"/"+d.getFullYear()+" "+currentTime());
for(var s=0; s<nonConflictingSwatches.length; s++){
var thisSw=nonConflictingSwatches[s];
if(thisSw.plating!='Process'){
var dsw=doc.spots.add();
if(thisSw.colorComp.typename=="LAB"){
dsw.colorType=ColorModel.SPOT;
dsw.color=function(){
if(thisSw.colorComp.typename=="RGB"){
var c=new RGBColor();
c.red=thisSw.colorComp.comp[0];
c.green=thisSw.colorComp.comp[1];
c.blue=thisSw.colorComp.comp[2];
return c;
} else if(thisSw.colorComp.typename=="CMYK"){
var c=new CMYKColor();
c.cyan=thisSw.colorComp.comp[0];
c.magenta=thisSw.colorComp.comp[1];
c.yellow=thisSw.colorComp.comp[2];
c.black=thisSw.colorComp.comp[3];
return c;
} else if(thisSw.colorComp.typename=="LAB"){
var c=new LabColor();
c.l=thisSw.colorComp.comp[0];
c.a=thisSw.colorComp.comp[1];
c.b=thisSw.colorComp.comp[2];
return c;
} else if(thisSw.colorComp.typename=="GRAY"){
var c=new CMYKColor();
c.cyan=0;
c.magenta=0;
c.yellow=0;
c.black=thisSw.colorComp.comp[0];
return c;
dsw.name=thisSw.name;
if(thisSw.plating=="Spot"){
dsw.colorType=ColorModel.SPOT;
} else if(thisSw.plating=="GlobalProcess"){
dsw.colorType=ColorModel.PROCESS;
swG.addSpot(dsw);
} else {
var dsw=doc.swatches.add();
var color=function(){
if(thisSw.colorComp.typename=="RGB"){
var c=new RGBColor();
c.red=thisSw.colorComp.comp[0];
c.green=thisSw.colorComp.comp[1];
c.blue=thisSw.colorComp.comp[2];
return c;
} else if(thisSw.colorComp.typename=="CMYK"){
var c=new CMYKColor();
c.cyan=thisSw.colorComp.comp[0];
c.magenta=thisSw.colorComp.comp[1];
c.yellow=thisSw.colorComp.comp[2];
c.black=thisSw.colorComp.comp[3];
return c;
} else if(thisSw.colorComp.typename=="GRAY"){
var c=new GrayColor();
c.gray=thisSw.colorComp.comp[0];
return c;
dsw.color=color;
dsw.name=thisSw.name;
swG.addSwatch(dsw);
outcome=outcome.toSource();
} else {
alert("Please open a document with swatches.");
//===================================================Used Objects========================//
var BTOBJ={
self: "BTOBJ",
doNothing: asSourceString(doNothing),
func_getAISwatchColor: asSourceString(getAISwatchColor, true),
func_convertAppColor: asSourceString(convertAppColor, true),
func_currentTime: asSourceString(currentTime, true),
func_round2: asSourceString(round2, true),
sessionSelection: null,
var ColorComp={
CMYK:{typename:'CMYK', name:'', comp: [0,0,0,0]},
RGB:{typename:'RGB', name:'', comp: [0,0,0]},
LAB:{typename:'LAB', name:'', comp: [0,0,0]},
GRAY:{typename:'GRAY', name:'', comp: [0]},
NULL:{typename:'NULL', name:'None', comp:null},
function SwatchBox(elem){
this.uiOrder=elem.order;
this.name='none';
this.elem=elem;
this.colorComp=ColorComp.NULL;
this.elem.parentObj=this; // access constructor through UI element.
this.selected=false;
this.instantiated=false;
this.refresh=function(){
this.assignOnDraw(this.currentDrawingState);
this.elem.hide(); this.elem.show();
this.elem.helpTip='none';
this.fillColor=[0.4,0.4,0.4];
this.selectedMark={id: 'selected',
func:function(elem){
var g = elem.graphics;
var pen=g.newPen(g.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[0,0,0,0.7],3);
g.rectPath(2, 2, 19, 19); g.strokePath(pen);
pen=g.newPen(g.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[1,1,1,1],2);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(2,7); g.lineTo(2,2); g.lineTo(7,2); g.strokePath(pen);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(21,7); g.lineTo(21,2); g.lineTo(16,2); g.strokePath(pen);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(2,16); g.lineTo(2,21); g.lineTo(7,21); g.strokePath(pen);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(21,16); g.lineTo(21,21); g.lineTo(16,21); g.strokePath(pen);
this.coloredState={id:'colored',
func:function(elem){
var g = elem.graphics;
var pen=g.newPen(g.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[0.7,0.7,0.7,1],1);
var brush=g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,elem.parentObj.fillColor);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(1,1); g.lineTo(22,1); g.lineTo(22,22); g.lineTo(1,22); g.closePath();
g.fillPath(brush); g.strokePath(pen);
this.noneState={id:'none',
func:function(elem){
var g = elem.graphics;
var pen=g.newPen(g.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[0.7,0.7,0.7,1],1);
var brush=g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,[0.4,0.4,0.4]);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(1,1); g.lineTo(22,1); g.lineTo(22,22); g.lineTo(1,22); g.closePath();
g.strokePath(pen); g.fillPath(brush);
this.spotMark={id:'spot',
func:function(elem){
var g = elem.graphics;
var brush=g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,[1,1,1]), pen=g.newPen(g.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[0.7,0.7,0.7,1],1);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(22,13); g.lineTo(22,22); g.lineTo(13,22); g.closePath();
g.fillPath(brush); g.strokePath(pen);
g.newPath();
brush=g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,[0,0,0]);
g.ellipsePath(18,18,2,2); g.fillPath(brush);
this.globalMark={id:'global',
func:function(elem){
var g = elem.graphics;
var brush=g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR,[1,1,1]), pen=g.newPen(g.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[0.7,0.7,0.7,1],1);
g.newPath(); g.moveTo(22,13); g.lineTo(22,22); g.lineTo(13,22); g.closePath();
g.fillPath(brush); g.strokePath(pen);
this.noteMark={id:'notes',
func:function(elem){
drawImg(noteMarkSrc, elem);
this.LABModel={id:'labmodel',
func:function(elem){
drawImg(labModelSrc, elem);
this.GRAYModel={id:'graymodel',
func:function(elem){
drawImg(grayModelSrc, elThank you W_J_T and here is the place where I got my drawing from:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5819478#5819478
* I posted the latest update at the bottom on Jan 25 2014.
The principles of this method are to draw by reading the string object and that;s how you can change colors and things by changing the eval-led objects and redrawing them with putting an updating function into OnDraw and hiding/showing the element to force the OnDraw. If you end up using this , I'd like to see some examples! -
Swatch palette becomes full of unused colors when copy and paste from one document to another!!
sometimes (i haven't found a pattern yet of when) when i copy and paste an object that is solid black (for example) into another Illustrator document, a bunch of unused swatches copy into the swatch palette for no reason! lots of "default global colors" and PMS swatches. i then have to 'select all unused' and delete them all to clean out the palette (which always seems to stall while thinking when selecting or deleting them). often times i get the global swatch warning (always 2x, not just once) before placing an object and before the whole swatch palette fills up with unused colors.
this has only happened recently in the last few months and i have been using Illustrator for years so i'm not sure what's stemming this. a new update? has anyone else noticed this problem and know a solution? is there a preference checked somewhere that i don't know about?
guess i should mention i'm on CS3 Illustrator running MAC OS 10.5.6
thanks,
kimI've had this problem before as well and it has to do with a currupt file that your coppying from. It's too complicated to explain here so here is my fix for it.
I take the file and save it down or up in CS1. Open infected file in CS1. Create a new file in CS1 the same size as the one you've opened. Select all and drag and drop into the new empty file. Don't copy paste, it must be dragged into the file. You can then delete all global colours and save your file. The curruption will be gone. There's a way to check suspect files to see if they have the deleted global colours present. Open your suspect file in a text editor like simple text, scroll down a little way and if you see a bunch of lines of code mentioning "deleted global colours" then you know it's infected and has to be fixed.
Hope this helps
Here is another idea from a bit of research I just did. Don't know if this works or not but you might want to give it a try and it explains the issue in more detail
http://adobe.groupbrowser.com/t177412.html -
i wanted to create a custom dialog, that contains a color (swatch) palette
i don't want to create one from scatch (*shrugs*). I was able to get the Swatch panel from the JFileChooser
The problem i'm having now is..when the user click on the color..i want to detect that event and my dialog would get the selected color and process it. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do this. The AbstractColorChooserPanel
is not really a GUI components like JButton, JTExtFields..etc...so there's no listener to add. I did noticed that i can get the ColorSelectionModel..and throough the colorSelectionModel...i can add a ChangeListener. What i'm afraid of is if i add a new change listener..it would remove the old one..and make the compoennt useless.
anyone know how i can get the event of a useer selected a color?
here's how i got the color palette:
private AbstractColorChooserPanel getColorPalette(int type){
JColorChooser chooser = new JColorChooser();
String name = "javax.swing.colorchooser.Default";
switch (type){
case SWATCH: name += "SwatchChooserPanel"; break;
case HSB: name += "DefaultHSBChooserPanel"; break;
case RGB: name += "DefaultRGBChooserPanel"; break;
default: name += "DefaultSwatchChooserPanel"; break;
AbstractColorChooserPanel[] panels = chooser.getChooserPanels();
for (int i=0; i < panels.length; i++) {
String clsName = panels.getClass().getName();
if (clsName.equals(name))
return panels[i];
return null;nevermind. i tested adding a new ChangeListener..and it doesn't remove the old one..which is good and get it to do what i wanted.
final ColorSelectionModel model = palette.getColorSelectionModel();
model.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener(){
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e){
Color color = model.getSelectedColor();
area.append("new Color is = " + color);
}); -
Swatches Palette Kills Productivity
Having issues with the “swatches” palette. Everything comes to a crawl and the spinning beach ball is getting really annoying. When that window is closed/collapsed/or returns to “basic” window view the app runs clean – no holdups. But click on the “swatch” icon to bring it up and we’re back to the spinning beach ball. If the palette is open and you hide tools the app runs clean. Unhide the tools and the app crawls. Swatches palette only.
Closing the browser, Firefox, fixed the problem with the keyboard shortcuts. I'm soo happy about that. Now I just need to find a work-around to keep the two from talking to each other. We use web based apps for job tracking as well as accesing our own website catalog.
OK, here's an intersting test. Closing the browser did't fix the swatch palette issue---completely. When I opened an exisiting document and clicked on the swatch palette - bam - it came right up. Granted it only had the "fill none" and "registration" swatches present. So, I loaded Pantone Solid Coated and same old story except that the swatch palette opened and closed normally. Then I started adding swatches from pantone and Illustrators default libraries to the swatch palette. And with each swatch I added the slower the palette performed. It's wierd - kind of incremental. Delete the swatches back down to the defualt and it works fine.
I then started clicking on palettes and noticed significant delay problems with these palettes: color, appearance, and color guide. All the other palettes respond upon click.
Another observation - when I switch back to illustrator from the browser there is significant delay in the redraw of the screen in illustrator. It's like a three step redraw: I toggle over and the artwork preview is there, with Firefox window header hanging around, followed by a brief pause, then replaced with the illustrator window header, visable blink and any open palettes are refreshed.
Then I try this... in illustrator I type the tab key to hide all palettes, toggle to Firefox then back to Illustrator and - bam - no delays!!
Because I can't work full time with the palettes closed I notice another thing. Typing tab to bring everyhting up – slow. Typing tab to close – normal. -
I am a designer working for a printer. We have a customer who is trying to add a new color to her CS4 document. She is selecting New Color Swatch - Spot - Pantone Solid Coated but is getting Process Coated DS colors -- the palette is stuck. Any suggestions? When she sent the document to me I didn't have any problems with the swatch palette.
Thanks for any help.from the help files:
Restore all preferences and default settings
When InDesign is behaving erratically, deleting preferences (also referred to as “trashing preferences” or “removing preferences”) often solves the problem.
Do one of the following:
(Windows) Start InDesign, and then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files.
(Mac OS) While pressing Shift+Option+Command+Control, start InDesign. Click Yes when asked if you want to delete preference files.
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